The Green Forest tribune., 1908-06-26
REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM
Complete Text of the Wade Ellis Document After Resolutions Committee Had Finished
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The complete text of the Republican platform as adopted by the Committee on Resolutions and accepted by the coIiy en- tion is follows
 Once more the Republican party in national convention assembled, submits its to the people This great historic organization that destroyed slavery, preserved the Union, restored credit, expanded the national domain estab iished sound financial system developed the industries and resources of the country ana gave to the nation her seat of honor in the councils of the world meets the prob lems of government with the courage and capacity with which it solved the old.
 Republication Under Roosevelt.
 In this, the greatest era of American advance ment the Republican party has reached it's highest service under the leadership of Theo- dore Roosevelt.
 His administration is an epoch in Amerl- can history In no other period since national sovereignty won under Washington or preserved under Lincoln. has there been mighty progress in those ideals of government which make for justice equality and fair dealing among men. The highest aspirations of the American people have found voice. Their most exalted servant represents the best aims and worthiest purposes of all his country men. American manhood has been lifted to a nobler sense of duty and obligation. Con science and courage in public station and higher standards of right and wrong in private life have become cardinal prnciplaes of polit- cal faith; capital and labor have been brought into closer relations of confidence and inde- pendence; and the abuse of wealth. the tyranny of power and all the evils of privilege and favoritism have been put to scorn by the simple, manly views of juA ice and fair play.
 The great accomplishments of President Roosevelt have been, first and foremost brave and impartial enforcement of the law the prosecution of illegal trusts and monopo- lies; the exposure and punishment of evil doers in the public service; the most active regulation of the rates and service of the great corporation lines; the complete overthrow of rpf that md 1i vT1in in the arbitration of labor disputes; the ameliora tion of the condition of wage workers every where; the conservation of the natural resources of the country; the forward step in the i'm provement of the inland waterways, and always the earnest support and defense of every wholesome safeguard which has made more for the guaranties for life, labor and property. These are the achievements that will make for Theodore Roosevelt his place in history, but more than all else the great things he has done will be inspiration to those who have yet greater things to do. We declare unfaltering adherence to the policies thus inau- gurated, and pledge their continuance under Republican administration of the government.
 Equality of Opportunity.
 Under the guidance of Republican principles, the American people have become the richest nation in the world Our wealth today exceeds that of England and all her colonies and that of France and Germany combined. When the Republican party born, the total wealth of the country was S16,0oo, 600 000 It has leaped
 
 Great Britain has gathered but $Gl 900 GOO in 800 rears The United States one fourth of the worlds wealth and makes one-third of all modern manufactured products. In the greatness of civilization such as coal. the motive power of all activity; iron. the chief basis of all industry. and cotton. the staple foundation of all fabrics wheat, and the agricultural products that feed man kind, Americas supremacy is undisputed. And yet her great natural wealth has been scarcely touched. We have vast domain of 3,00o,000 mil lnf., treasure still waiting the magic capital and industry to be converted to the practical uses of mankind; country rich in soil and climate, in the unharnessed energy of its rivers and in all the varied products of the field, the forest and the factory With gratitude for Gods bounty, with price for the splendid productive ness of the past and with confidence in the plenty and prosperity of the future, the Re publican party declares for the principles that in the development and enjoyment of wealth so great and blessings benign, there shall be equal opportunity for all
 The Revival of Business
 Nothing so clearly demonstrates the sound basis upon which our commercial, industrial and agricultural interests founded and the necessity of promoting the present continued welfare throughout the operation of Republi- can policies, the recent safe passage of the American people through financial dis turbancc, which if appearing in the midst of Democratic rule. or the menace of it. might have equaled the familiar Democratic panics of the past. We congratulate the people upon this renewed evidence of American supremacy, and hail with confidence the signs mani fest of complete restoration of business prosperity in all lines of trade commerce and manufacturing.
 Recent Republican Legislation.
 Since the elction of William Mckinley. in 1896. the people of this great country have felt a new wisdom of entrusting to the Re publican party. through decisive majorties, the control and decision of national legislation.
  adopted at recent sessions of Congress have demonstrated the patriotic resolve of Repub , lican leadership in the legislative depart ment to keep step in the forward march to better government. Notwithstanding the ndefensible fibustering of Democrat minority in the House of Rep resentatives during the last session, many wholesome and progressive laws enacted and we especially commend the passage of the emergency currency bill: the appointment of national monetary commission: the employers and government liability laws the measures for the greater efficiency of the army and navy the widows pension bill; the child labor law for the District of Columbia; the statutes for the safety of railroad engineers and fire men, and many other acts conserving the public welfare.
 Tariff. The Republican party declares unequivocally for a revision of the tariff by special session of Congress immediately following the inaugura- tion of the next president. and commends the steps already taken to this end in the work I Congress. which are now Investigating the opera tion and effect of existing schedules. In all tariff legislation the true principle of pro- lection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties will equal the difference be- tween the cost of production at home and abroad together with reasonable profit to American industries. We favor the establish ment of maximum and minimum rates to be administered by the president under lmita- tions fixed in the law, the maximum to be available to meet discrminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets, and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home; the aim and purpose of the Republican policy being not only to preserve without excessive duties that security against foreign competi !, tion to which American manufacturers. farmers and producers entitled but also to main- tain the high standard of living of the wage earncrs of this country, who are the most direct benefcaries of the protective system. Between the United States and the Philippines we believe in free interchange of products with such Limitations to sugar and tobacco as will afford adequate protection to domestic interests.
 Railroad and Government Employees. The enactment in constitutional form at the present session of Congress of the employers liability law: the passage and enforcement of the safety appliance statutes. well as the additional protection secured for engineers and firemen; the reduction in the hours of labor of trainmen and railroad tcleGraphers; the sue cessful exercise of the powers of mediation and arbitration between interstate railroads and their employees, and the law making begin ming in the policy of compensation for injured employees of the government among the most commendable accomplishments of the pres ent administration But there is further work in this direction yet to be done. and the Re- publican party pledges its continued devo- tion to every cause that makes for safety and the bettermcnt of conditions among those whose labor contributes much to the pro- gross and welfare of the country.
 Wage Farmers Generally.
 The srnn wise nolicY which has induced