Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-17

prbducts with such limitations as TO sugar
end tobacco 'as' win avoid injury to domes-
tic Interests.
0Financiai Policy Approved.
We Approve the emergency measures
adopted eby the government duringSthe re-
commend the passage by the last session
OF congress of the temporary enactment
designed to protect the country from .
repetition OF such stringency only until
there can be established a permanent cur
rency system that will avoid all emergen-
The republican. party is committed to
the development Of such a permanent sys-
rtem, responding to our greater needs, and
in linz In az respects With the most pro
spoihtment of a monetary commission by
ftheipresent congress-, which will impartially
the early reaiizsSlon 81 this purpose.
The present currency laws have fully
justified their adoption. but an expanding
and population, multiplying the c~enters of
distribution, increasing the demand for the
and entaiilng peAodie, changes in monetary
conditions, disclose the need of a more
elastic and adaptable system. Such a sys-
%,tnrists, manufacturers; merchants and
business men generally automatic In oper-
alton msPiml5ins 6 me h~s sgf Fl m,,s n In Is
harmony with the Republican doctrine,
which insists that eyery dollar shall be
based upon, redeemable in, and as GOOD
In line with the purpose here declared
SO ssGu and Oy gta fbSiiGitty IN m'St the ms bankihE and
currency system. we favor the establish
ment of postal savings banks on principles
congress and set, for vote on December IA
next.
Anti-Tfust PLANK.
The republican party passed the sherman
antitrust law over democratic opposition
and enforced It after democratic rejection.
1t has been a wholesome instrument for
good in the hands of'a wise and fearless
administration. But experience has shown
that its effectiveness can be strengthened,
and !s real object better obtained, by such
government greater supervision and con-
troll over and secure greater publicity in
the management Of that class of interstate
to eject monopolies, and at the same time
will not interfere with the operation of
such associations among business men,
farmers and wage earners as result in a
positive benefit to the public.
We approve the enactment of the railroad
rate law and the vigorous enforcement by
the present administration OF the statutes
against rebates. and determinations, as the
result of which the advantages formerly
possessed by the large shippers over the
small shippers have substantially disap-
appropriation of $3.50, 900 by the present con-
gress in order to enable the Interstate
Commerce commission thoroughly to inves-
tigate and. to give publicity to the accounts
of interstate law, and should be
further amended so as to give railroads
| Ine flRnI TO make ana PUBLISH ITdIIlC dbItt-
ments subject to the approval of the COM
mission, but maintaining always tho princi-
pie 'of~ competition between naturally com
petiI g lines and avoiding the common con-
Ftrol of such lines by any means whatso-
ever and especially favor the enactment
of such legislation as will prevent by fed
stocks and bonds by interstate carriers.
" Assistance Pledged to Labor.
=. The enactment in constitutional form by
the present. session Of congress of the en-
foTeement OF. the. safety appliance statutes,
as we'll as the additional protection Sc
cured for enHsipe osr ana an ,. fhiremsn, the re,
exercise OF the powers Of mediation and
their employees, and the law making a be-
ginning IN the policy Of CONDENSATION Tor
among the most commendable accomplish
ments of the present administration: But
there is further work in this direction yet
pledges Its devotion to. every cause that
makes for safety, and the oetterment OF
tributes so much to the progress and well
fare of the country.
r Tightening Bprdenssof TOilers.
The same wise policy which has induced
the republican party to maintain protec-
ton to American labor, to establish an
\ eight4hour day in the construction OF all
pHblie work to Increase the iiss Ct en- fnr
wages upder the bankruptcy laws, to
adopt an adequate child labor statute for
the District Of Columbia, to direct an in
vestlgation into the conditions of working
women and children and later the employees
Of telephone and telegraph companies en-
gagged in interstate business, ito appropriate
$780, at the recent session of congress in
order to secure a thorough inquiry into
the causes Of catastrophes, and loss OF life
IN the mines, and to amend and strengthen
the law prohibiting the Importation OF con-
tract labor will be pursued ~ every Ieglp7
tighten the burdens and Increase the ops
portunity for happiness and advancement
The republican party recognizes the spe-
cial needs OF wage workers generally, for
their weli-being means the weaEbeing, OF
all. But. more important than all other
considerations is that of good citizenship.
and we Especially stand for the needs of
every American what ever his occupation
In his capacity as a self-respecting citizen
l. Welfare, of the Farmer. ,.~
Among those. whose welfare Is. as vital
| to the welfare of the whole country as Is
that of the wage-earner is the American
The prosperity of the whole country rests
peculiarly upon the prosperity of agrlcul-
ture. The republican party during the last
twelve years has accomplished extraor-
binary work in bringing the resources of
the national government to the aid OF the
Not only In advancing agriculture itself,
but In increasing the conveniences OF rural
life in order to attract farmers sons and
daughters toward, rather than away from
the farm have the energies of the admin
lStratlOn been engaged. |
Free rural mail delivery was established
over earnest democratic opposition; IL now
reaches millions of our citizens, and we
favor its extension until every community
in the land receives the full benefits OF the
postal service. We recognize the social and
economical advantage of good country
roads, maintained moro and more largely
at public expense, and less and less at the
expense of the abutting owners. In this
work we the growing factors of
state aid and believe in such national as
sistance as can be appropriately rendered.
Authorization Clause.
We declare for such amendments OF the
statutes OF procedure in the federal courts
with respect To the use of the writ of in
junction as will. on the one hand. prevent /
the summary issue of such. orders without
proper consideration, and, on the other, |
will preserve undimlnished the power OF the
courts to enforce their process, to the end
that justice may be done at all times and
to all parties,
The republican party has been for more
than fifty years the consistent friend of
the American negro. 1t gave him freedom
and citizenship. It wrote into the organic
law of the land the declarations that pro-
claim his civil and political rights and II
believes today that his noteworthy prog
ress in intelligence, industry and good citi-
zenship has earned the respect and en-
c~ouragement of the nation We demand
equal justice for all men. without regard
IN race or color. We approve the efforts