The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-06-25
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The Republican party is committed
to the development OF such perma-
| nent system responding to our great
er needs and in line in all respects
with the most progressive nations of
the world and the appointment of q
monetary commission by the Goth
Congress which will impartially in
vestigate all proposed methods, in
surfing the early realization of this
purpose.
The present currency laws have
fully justified their adoption by an
expanding commerce, marvellous
! growth in wealth and population,
multiplying the centers of distribu-
ton, increasing the demand for the
movement of crops In the West and
South and entailing periodic changes
| in monetary conditions, disclose the
need of more elastic currency and
adaptable system. Such a system
must meet the requirements of ag-
riculturaliSts, manufacturers, mer-
chants and business men generally
automatic In operation, minimizing
the fluctuations in interest rates, and
above all 1t must be In harmony with
the Republican doctrine which in
sists that every dollar shall be based
upon, redeemable in and as good as
gold.
We favor the establishment Of a
postal savings bank system for the
convenience of the people and the en-
couragement of thrift
We approve the enactment OF the
railroad rate law and vigorous en-
forcement by the present administra-
ton of the statutes against rebates
and discrimination as the result of
which the advantages formerly pos
sessed by the large shippers over the
small shippers have substantially dis
appeared. In this connection we
commend the appropriation of $780,
900 by the present Congress in order
to enable the Interstate Commerce
Commission thoroughly to investi-
gate and to give publicity in the ac-
counts OF interstate railroads. We
believe, however, that the Interstate
Commerce law should be further
amended SO as to give railroads their
right to make and publish traffic
| agreements subject to the approval
of the commission, but maintaining
always the principle of competition
| between naturally competing lines
and avoiding the common control Of
such lines by any means whatsoever.
We favor such National legislation
and supervision as will prevent the
| future overissue of stocks and bonds
by interstate carriers.
The enactment in constitutional
form by the present session of Con-
gress of the employers liability law;
| the passage and enforcement of the
safety appliance statutes, as well as
| o1 fO~
| engineers and firemen; the reduc-
| ton in the hours of laborers, train
men and railway telegraphers; the
| successful exercise of the powers Of
mediation and arbitration between
interstate railroads and their en-
ployes and the law making a begin
ming in the policy of compensation
for injured employees of the Govern
ment are among the most commend
able accomplishments of the present
administration.
The Republican party recognizes
! the special needs of wageworkers
generally, for their well being means
! the well being for all. But more inn
| portant than all other considerations
| is that of good citizenship, and we
especially stand for the needs of the
| American, whatever his occupation,
in his capacity as a self-respectlng
| citizen.
| The Republican party will uphold
| at all times the authority and integ-
| rity of the courts, state and Federal,
and will ever insist that their pow
ers to enforce their process and to
protect life, liberty and property
shall be preserved inviolate. We be-
| lieve, however, that the rules of pro-
cedure in the Federal courts with
| respect to the issuance of the writ
of injunction should be more accur-
| ately defined by statute, and that no
F! injunction or temporary restraining
order should be issued without no.
| tice, except where irreparable injury
would result from delay, In which
| case a speedy hearing thereafter
should be granted.
Among those whose welfare Is as
vital to the welfare of the whole
country as that of the wage-earner
| Is the American farmer The Repub-
lican party during the last IL years
has accomplished extraordinary work
in bringing the resources of the Ma
| tional government to the aid OF the
farmer, not only in advancing agri-
culture itself, but in increasing the
conveniences of rural life.
Free rural mail delivery was es-
tablished over earnest Democratic
opposition; 1t now reaches millions
OF our citizens and we favor its ex-
tension until every community In the
land receives the full benefits of the
postal service. We recognize the So
cial and economical advantages of
| good country roads, maintained more
and more largely at public expense,
less and less at the expense of the
abutting owners.
We indorse the movement inau-
gurated by the President for the CO.
| operative conservation of the natural
resources of the country. We ap-
prove all measures to prevent waste
of timber, and commend the work
now going on for the reclamation Of
arid lands, and we re-afiirm the Re-
publican policy OF the free distribu-
ton of the available area of the pub
| liz domain tO the 1and1osa settler