The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-05

diana in convention assembled for tn
purpose of electing two delegates anc
two alternate delegates 10 the Repub /
Iican national convention ar Chicago |
to be convened June Is. 1908, hereby |
adopt the following resolutions:
l. Resolved. That the past record of /,
the Republican party during the five |
decades of its history commends itself |
TO the thinking voters of this mighty |
republic. The great party of Lincoln. |
Garfield. Mckinley and Roosevelt IS |
alive TO the needs and interests of the |
people, is safe. progressive and prac |
teal. and in its matchless leadership |
and from its leadership to rank and !
file of it's membership represents the
best thought and action of eighty mil |
lion of free people. working out their
destiny under the institutions of free. !
popular Republican government. We
stand for the principles of equality be
fore the law, the right of all our Citi-
Zens to transact business without be
ing hampered and preyed upon by
powerful and unlawful business and
financial interests to perform their
proper functions and duties without
persecution or unjust hindrance. To /
this position so manifestly right and
fair as to be undeniable but univer-
sally admitted, the Republican consis-
tency holds and moves. We commend
I he railroad rate law as wise and
statesman like measure cOunselcd by a
Republican president and placed upon
the statute books by q Republican con
gress as law which makes equally
available to all Of our citizens the pub
lie ways of transportation and the
same, we believe. is received with pop
ular and universal approval The
| strong arm of the republic under the
| leadership of Theodore Roosevelt is
| barred for the defense and interest Of
| the weak. 1t has reached across the
| sea and brought together warning ma
| tions and made much for international
peace and added new and greater pres
| tige to our nation in international
| Therefore. be it
| Resolved, That We reaffirm and
again express our confidence in the
wisdom, stalwart integrity and devo-
ton to the right of the great leader of
| our party and nation, Theodore ROose-
welt, president of the United States,
the champion of equality, justice and
the square deal"
| >. Resolved, That we take great
pleasure in indorsing the effort and
accomplishments of our representa-
tives in the United States senate, AL
| bert J. Beverage and James J. Hem
| enway, who have unswervingly and
patriOticly espOused and championed
the principles and policies for which
our party has been laboring. They
| have always been on the right side of
public questions and have served their
| constituents with the utmost fidelity
and loyalty and with signal ability.
| 3. Resolved, That we approve the ad-
ministration of civil affairs in the
| state of Indiana. We command and
| feel justly proud of the official acts of
| our governor, the state officers and of
| the general assembly as representa-
| tives of the advancement toward an
even more wholesome and better adj
ministration of public affairs.
4. Resolved, That we most cordially
and enthusiastically indOrse the can
| didacy of Hon. James Z. Watson for
the nomination for the Office Of gov
| ernor of the state of Indiana, and
pledge him our earnest and undivided
support and we ask the Republicans of
The state to give him their support as
one especially well fitted to lead them
in this campaign and fill the position
| to which he aspires with great credit
| to himself and the people whom he of
fers to serve. We recognize in the vice
president of the United States one of
lndiana's most prominent men,
Charles w. Fairbanks, as a wise and
conservative leader, man who by
long years of experience in public life
is familiar with all great public ques-
lions and therefore. eminently fitted
for the high position to which he as
pireS. We. therefore, earnestly indOrse
his candidacy and instruct the dele
Gates chosen by this convention to rep
resent the district in the coming ma
onal Republican convention to work
and vote for his nomination for pres
ident of the United States, SO long as
here is a possibility of his nomina
ion. We also pledge our undivided
~upport to Prof. J. H. Tomlin, for SUI
perintendent of public instruction. and
o Judge David A. Myers for the nom.
nation for the Judge for the appellate
court of Indiana.