The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-18

| 10 appropriate $loO,UVU at the recent SeS-s
/ sion or congress in order to secure
| thorough inquiry into the causes of
catastrophes and loss of life in the mines
and to amend and strengthen the law
prohibiting the importation of contract
labor. will be pursued in every legiti-
| mate direction within federal authority
| to tighten the burdens and increase the
opportunity for happiness and advance
ment of all who toll.
The Republican party recognizes the
special needs of wage workers general
| ly, for their well being means the we'll
being 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 a self
respecting citizen.
Court Procedure.
The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority and integrity
of the courts, state and federal, and
will ever insist that their powers to
enforce their process and to protect
served inviolate. We believe, how
ever, that the rules of procedure in the
federal courts with respect to the is
suance Of the write of injunction
statute. and that no injunction or tenn
porary restraining order should be
issued without notice, except where
irreparable injury would result from
thereafter should be granted.
The American Farmer
Among those whose welfare is as
vital to the welfare Of the whole
country as is that of the wage Garner
Is the American farmer.
The prosperity of the couI.-
try rests peculiarly upon the prosper
ity of agriculture. The Republican
party during the last twelve years has
accomplished extraordinary 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 conven7
fences of country Hfe.i
Free rural mail delivery has been es-4
tablished; it now reaches millions OF
sion until every community in the
land receives the full benefits of the
postal service. u
We recognize the social and econo-
| mic advantages of good country roads,
maintained more and more largely at
public expense and less and less at the
expense of the abutting owners. In
this work we commend the growing
practice of state aid and we approve
the efforts of the national agricultural
department by experiments and other
wise to make clear to the public the
best methods Of road construction.
| Rights of the Negro.
The Republican party has been for
more than SO years the consistent
friend of the American negro. 1t gave
him freedom and citizenship. 1t wrote
into the organic law, the
and political rights and it believes to-
| day that his noteworthy progress in
Intelligence, industry and good citi-
| zenship has earned the respect and
encouragement Of the nation. We de-
mand equal justice for all men with
out regard to race or color
We declare once more and without
reservation, for the 9, enforcement in
spirit and letter of the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
| were designed for the pro-
lection and advancement of the NJ.
gro and we condemn all devices
that have for their-real aim his dis
franchisement for soipeasonss of color
alone as unfair, unAmerican and re-
pugnant to the supreme law of the
land. .g.-s.,f sss
Natural Resources and Waterways.
We endorse the movement inaug-
urated by the administration for the
conservation of natural resources;
we approve all measures to pre-
vent the waste of timber; we
commend the work now going on
for the reclamation Of arid lands. and
reaffirm the Republican policy of the
free distribution Of the available areas
OF the public domain to the landless
settler. No obligation of the
future is more 4 insistent and
none will result in greater
blessings to posterity. In line with
this splendid undertaking is the furth-
er duty, equally imperative, to enter
upon a systematic improvement upon
a large and comprehensive plan Just
to all portions of the country. of the
waterways, harbors and great lakes,
whose natural adaptability to the in
creasing traffic of the land is one of
the greatest gifts of benign provi-
dence.
The Army and Navy.
The Sixtieth congress passed many
commendable acts increasing the eff
f1ciency of the army and navy; maxi
ing the militia of the states an inte-
grail part of the national establish
ment. authorizing joint maneuvers of
army and militia; terrifying new ma
val bases and completing the con-
struct1on OF coaling stations; institut-
ing female nurse corps for naval
hospitals and ships and adding two
new battleships, 10 torpedo boat de-
stroyers, three steam GOLFERS and
eight submarines to the strength of
the navy. Although at peace with all
the world and secure in the conscious
ness that the American people do not
desire and will not provoke war
with any other country, we neverthe-
less declare our unalterable devotion
to policy that will keep this repub-
lie ready at all times to defend her
traditional doctrines and assure
her an appropriate part in promoting
permanent tranquility among the ma
tons.
Protection of American Citizens
Abroad.
We commend the vigorous efforts
made by the administration to pro-
tect American citizens in foreign
lands and pledge our services to in
sist on the just and equal protection
Of all our citizens abroad. 1t is the
unquestioned duty of the government
to procure for all our citizens without
distinction, the rights of travel and