Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1908-06-18
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.
Principles Which Conven-
ton Will Approve.
PARTY RECORD EXTOLLED

Held Up to Country's View as Worthy
of Admiration and Continuance.
Present Administration Called an
Epoch In American History-DeeIa-
ration In Favor of Tariff Revision by
Special Session of Congress immedi-
ately After Inauguration of Incoming
President-Curb on Power of Issuing
Injunetions by Federal Courts Fa-
vored.
Chicago, June IL. - Despite denials
that any authentic draft of the Repub-
lished, it is generally believed that the
printed reports of the document are APP
proximately correct.
Some changes have been made by
the committee on resolutions, and 9TH
ers will in all likelihood be made be-
fore the platform is laid before the
convention for approval, especially in
view Of the fight that is being made
against some of its provisions, but in
the main the printed versions of the
platform embody the views of the com
mittee on resolutions and the Other
leaders of the party, worded in the
language in which they will be finally
approved. .....
The platform as it has been printed
reads in part as follows:
Once more the Republican party, in ma
tional convention assembled, submits its
cause to the people. This great historic
organization that destroyed slavery, pre-
served the Union, restored credit, expand
ed the national domain, established
sound financial system, developed the in
dustries and resources OF the country and
gave to the nation her seat of honor In
the councils of the world, now meets the
new problems of government with the
same courage and capacity with which
it solved the old. ...f t.....
In this the greatest era of American
advancement the Republican party has
reached its highest service under the lead
ership of Theodore Roosevelt.
The great accomplishments of President
Roosevelt have been, first and foremost,
a brave and impartial enforcement of the
law; the prosecution Of Illegal trusts and
monopolies, the exposure and punishment
of evildoers in the public service, the more
effective regulation OF the rates and serv-
ice of the great transportation lines the
complete overthrow Of preference rebates,
and determinations, the arbitration of la
Dor disputes, the amelioration of the con-
dition of wageworkers everywhere, 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 secure the guarantees OF life,
liberty and prosperity.
RooseveIt's Place In History.
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 an inspiration
to those who have yet greater things to
do. We declare our unfaltering adherence
to the policies thus inaugurated, and
pledge their continuance under a Repub-
lican administration of the government
Under the guidance of Republican prin-
ciples 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. Il
Nothing so clearly demonstrates the
sound basis upon which our commercial
industrial. and agricultural interests are
founded and the necessity of promoting
their continued welfare through the oper-
alton of Republican policies, as the re-
cent safe passage of the American people
through a financial disturbance which,
If appearing in the midst of Democratic
rule, or the menace of It, might have
equaled the familiar Democratic panics
of the past
Only the obstruction and filibustering
a Democratic minority in the last house
of congress prevented the enactment of a
number of measures of great public bene-
fit, the consideration of which can only
be intrusted to another Republican major
ity. But many wholesome and progressive
laws were enacted, and we especially COM
mend the passage of the emergency cur
rency bill, the appointment of the 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
model child labor law for the District of
Columbia. designed for emulation by the
states; the new statutes for the safety of
railroad engineers and firemen, and many
other acts conserving the public welfare.
For Revision of Tariff.
The Republican party declares unequiv- |
ocally for revision of the tariff by q |
special session of congress Immediately |
following the Inauguration of the next |
president, and commends the steps already |
taken to this end in the work assigned |
to the appropriate committees of the two |
houses which are now investigating the |
operation and effect of existing schedules |
In all tariff legislation the true principle |
Of protection is best maintained by the |
imposition of such duties as will equal the |
difference between the cost of production |
at home and abroad, together with rea- |
sonable profit to American industries; and |
the benefits that follow are best secured |
by the establishment Of maximum and /
minimum rates to be administered by the |
president Snder limitations fixed in the |
law. the maximum to be available to meet |
determinations 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 Re
publican policy being not only to preserve. |
without excessive duties. that security |
against foreign competition to which |
American manufacturers, farmers, and |
producers are entitled, but also to main
tain the high standard of living of the |
wage earners of this country, who are the |
most direct beneiciaries of the protective
system.
Between the United States and the Phil
fppines we believe in free interchange of |
products, with such limitation as to sugar
and tobacco as will avoid injury to domes-
tic interests.
We approve the emergency measures
adopted by the government during the re.
cent financial disturbance, and especially
commend the passage by the last session