Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-17


those whose labor contributes so
much to the progress and welfare of
the country. The same policy which
has induced the Republican party to
maintain protection to American labor,
to establish an eight-hour day In the
construction of all public work; to in
crease the list of employees who shall
have preferred claim for wages under
the bankruptcy laws, to adopt an ade-
quate child-labor statute for the Dis
trict of Columbia, to direct an inves-
tigation into the conditions of work.
ing men and children and later en-,
ployes of the telephone and telegraph
companies engaged in interstate bust
ness; to appropriate $150,000 at the re-
cent 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 i'm
portation of contract labor will be pur-
sued within federal authority to tighten
the burdens and increase the opportu-
nifty for happiness and advancement of
all who toll.
The Republican party recognizes spe-
cial needs of wage workers generally,
for their we'll being means the well be-
ing of all. But more important than
all other considerations is that of good
citizenship, and we especially stand for
the needs of every American, whatever
his occupation in his capacity as self
respecting citizen.
Among those whose welfare is as
vital to the welfare of the whole
country as that OF the wage Garner
is the American farmer. The pros
perity of the whole country rests upon
the prosperity of agriculture.
For Farmers Benefit
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 farmer.
Not only in advancing agriculture
itself, but in increasing the conven-
fences of rural life in order to attract
farmers sons and daughters toward.
rather than away, from the farm, have
| the energies of the administration been
engaged. Free rural mail delivery was
| established over earnest Democratic
opposition. It now reaches millions
of our citizens and we favor its extern
sion 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 more and more
| largely at public expense, less and less
| at the expense Of the abutting owners.
In this work we recommend the
| growing factors OF STATE ala ana De-
| lieve in such national assistance as can
be appropriately rendered.
We declare for such amendments of
the statutes as procedure in the federal
courts with respect to the use of the
| writ of injunction as will, on the one
hand, prevent the summary issue of
such orders without proper instruc-
ton. and on the other will preserve I'M
| diminished 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. It gave
him freedom and citizenship. It wrote
into the organic law of the land the
declarations that proclaim his civil and
political rights, and it believes today
his noteworthy progress in intelligence,
| industry and good citizenship has
earned the respect and encouragement
| OF the nation.
Equal Justice for All
We demand equal Justice for all men
| without regard to race or color We
approve the efforts OF President Roose-
welt and the Republican majority In
| congress over a solid Democratic oppo-
sition to secure equal accommodations
| of railroads and other public carriers
for all citizens, whether white or black.
| We declare once more and without res
ervatlon for the enforcement In spirit
| and letter of all those amendments
to the constitution which were designed
for the protection and advancement of
the negro and we condemn all devices
like the so-called grandfather clause"
4 that have for their real aim disfran-
| chisement for reasons of color alone
unfair, unamerican and repugnant to
the supreme law OF the land.
We reaffirm former declarations that
the civil service laws, enacted, extend
ed and enforced by the Republican
party shall continue to be maintained
and obeyed.
| We indorse the movement inaugur-
ated by the president for the co-opera-
tive conservation of natural resources.
we favor the preservation of the White
mountain and Appalachian forests, we
approve all measures to prevent the
waste of timber, and commend the
work now going on for the reclamation
of arid lands. No obligation of the
future is more insistent and none will
| result in greater blessings to posterity.
In. line with this splendid undertaking
is the further duty, equally imperative,
to enter upon a systematic improve
ment under large and comprehensive
plan, just to all portions of the country,
OF the waterways, harbors and great
lakes, whose natural adaptability to
the traffic Of the land Is one of the
greatest gifts of benign providence.
The SiXtieth congress passed many
commendable acts increasing the eff
cheney of the navy, making the army
first as an integral part of a national
establishment, establishing joint man
euvers of the army and militia, fortify-
Ing new naval bases, completing the
construction of coaling stations insti-
tuting a female national corps for ma
| tional hospitals and ships, and adding
two new battleships, ten torpedo boat
destroyers, three steam Golfers and
eight submarines to the strength of the
navy. Although at peace with the
world, and secure in the consciousness
that the American people do not desire
and will not provoke a war with any
other country, we nevertheless declare
our unalterable devotion to a policy
that will keep this republic ready at all
time to defend her traditional doctrines,
protect her citizens at home and abroad
and assure her an appropriate part in
promoting permanent tranquility
among the nations.
Cause of Peace
The conspicuous contributions of
American craftsmanship to the great
cause of peace, SO signally advanced in
The Hague conference, are a cause OF
just pride and qualification.
AT the last session of the United
States senate eleven Hague conventions
were ratified establishing the rights of
neutrals: laws of war on land restric-
ton of submarine mines; limiting Of