The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-25
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM

at the last session OF rne law designed 20
paotect the country from a repetition of
Is eommftsd y The Republican party
permanent currency system. RESPONDING
70 u greater needs and the ~appoinfs
mS1eennt o. the national monetary commits
impartially investigate all proposed
methods and insures the early reaiiza-
r rSn or this Stpoee; The present cur
adoption, but an expanding commerce.
a marvellous growth In wealth and pop.
slas9n, Multiplying the centers OF dis
movement Of crops IN the west and south
and entaitng periodic changes in mo-
d more elastic and adaptable system.
such q system must meet the require
ments or agriculturalists, manufacturers.
hm% a q business generally; must
me negotiations. In interest rates and
above all. must be In harmony with that
republican doctrine which Insists thai
good as gold.
Postal Savings.
We favor the establishment OF a .poStal
savings bank system for the conyeni
snss Of the people and the encourage
Tho Trusts.
The republican party passed the sher-
man antitrust law over democratic oppo-
dereiiction.
It has been a Wholesome INSTRUMENT for
good In the hands Of q wise and fearless
Administration. But experience has shown
that In effectiveness can be s~trengthened
and It's real objects better attained by
saeh anendment as will give to the fed
control over. and, secure greater publicity
IN the management of that class OF in
Ierstate explorations having power and
oesire TO e1rect m~onopo4ieS.
The Railroads.
rate law and the vigorous ENFORCEMENT
by the present administration of the
statutes against rebates and discrimina-
ages formerly possessed by the large
shipper over the small shipper have sub
stantiafy disappeared: and In this con-
by byet the c %s s to raise the ts epfi 0Psrstate
vesttgate and give publicity to the &C
iieSes hS y lnsers thae t aaiF intesst.t I'VE " cone Se-
merce law should be further amended so
as to give the railroads the right to
jest TO sH thep S appTov sTat 1f az a%gse eamm,ss s1D-
but maintaining always the principle Of
competition between naturally competing
OF Upe sut a'f lin exot by sny the % ss9mr %s.t sosSe2l
We favor such national legislation and
supervision Is will prevent the future
over-lssues Of stocks and bonds by in
Railroad and Government Employees.
The enactment in constitutional form at
the present session OF congress OF the en-
ployers' liability law; the passage and
enforcement of the safety appliance stat
utes, as we'll as the additional protection
secured for engineers and firemen, the re-
duction in the hours Of labor Of traInmen
and railroad t~elegraphers; the successful
exercise OF the powers of mediation and
arbitration between interstate railroads
and their employees and the law making a
beginning in the policy OF compensation
for injured employees Of the government,
piishments Of the present session. But
there is further work in this direction to
be done and the republican party pledges
its continued devotion to svery cause that
makes for safety and the betterment of
conditipons among those whose labor con-
tributes SO much to the progress n well
fare Of the country.
Wage Farmers Generally.
The same wise policy which has induced
the republican party to maintain protec-
ton to American labor: to establish an
eight-hour day on the construction of all
public works: to increase the list Of en-
ployes who shall have preferred claims for
wages undsr the BANKRUPTCY laws; to
Of Columbia: to direct an investigation
into the conditions Of working men, wom-
en- and children and later, Of employees OF
telephone and telegraph companies en-:
pirate $50 900 at the recent session Of con-
gress in order to secure q thorough In
quiry into the causes OF catastrophes and
loss OF life in mines; and to amend and
strengthen the law fo-biddtng the i'm
portation of contract labor will be pursued
In every legitimate direction within federal
authority to tighten the %, burdens and IN n;
all who toll. The republican party recog.
nizes the special needs Of wage workers
generally, for their well being means the
- INNNk MANA Ina NNfa ~
than all other considerations Is that OF
good citizenship and we especially stand
for TIE needs Of every American, what.
ever his occupation. In his capacity as q
self-respecting citizen.
Court Procedure.
The republican party will uphold at al
times the authority n integrity of the
courts, state and federal, and will ever
insist that their powers to enforce Their
process and to protect life, liberty apt
property, shall be preserved inviolate. We
believe, however, that the rules of pro
cedure in the federal courts with respect
to the issuance Of the writ of Injunction
should be more accurately defined by
statute, and that no Injunction, or tenn,
porary restraining order should be issuet
without notice, except where irreparablt
injury would result from delay. In which
case a speedy hearing thereafter SHOULD
be granted.
Tho American Farmer.
Among those whose welfare Is as vita
as the welfare Of the whole country, Al
that of the wage earners, Is the American
farmer. Prosperity of the whole countrI
rests peculiarly upon the prosperity o.
agriculture. The republican party during
the last Il years has accomplished an ex
traordinary work in bringing the re
sources Of the national government to thu
aid Of the farmer. Not only In ADVANCING
: agriculture itself, but in increasing tn
! conyeniences OF rural life.
Free rural mail delivery has been estab
! lished; II now reaches millions of our cit
J izens and we favor its extension unit
3 every community In the land receives tn
: fun benefits of the postal service; we rec
I ognize the social and economic adIant
3 AGES of good country roads, maintained
more and more largely at public expens'
! and less and less at the expense OF TN
{ AUDITING owner. In this work we com
: mend the growing practice OF state all
:. and we approve the efforts Of the nationa
I agricultural department, by experiment
. and otherwise, to make clear to the pub
: 10 the best methods of road construction
RIGHTS Of the Negro.
The republican party Va been for NOR
D than 80 years the consistent friend OF tn
= American negro. 1t gave him freedom
0 and c~itizenship. II wrote into the organi
law the declarations that proclaim hi
\, civil and POLITICAL rights and 1t believe
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