The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
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hour law. the employers liability act.
the statutes to minimize the hazard
OF railroad employees, the child labor
law for the District of Columbia, and
other enactments designed especially
TO Improve the conditions of labor. /
cannot hope to better state my posi-
ton on in5unctions than by a specific
, endorsement of Mr.. Taft's Cincinnati
declaration on that subject. That en-
dorsement / make.
AS a nation our duty compels that
| by every constitutional and reason
able means the material and educa-i
tlonal condition of the colored race be
advanced This we owe to ourselves
| as Well as to them. As the result of a
course of events that can never be re-
versed, they are a part of our civili-
! zation; their prosperity is our prosper
ity; their debasement would be our
| misfortune. The Republican party,
| therefore, will offer every encourage
ment to the thrift, industry and intelli-
| gence that will better their prospect of
| higher attainment.
l believe in the maintenance of such
| an army, the upbuilding of such a
| navy will be the guarantee of the
/ protection of American citizens and
| American interests everywhere, and an
| omen of peace; that at every exposed
! point we may be so fortified that no
| power on earth may be tempted to
| modest us. 1 believe in the restora-
| ton of the American merchant marine
| and in rendering whatever financial
| aid may be necessary to accomplish
| this purpose.
| / approve the movement for the con
| servation of our natural resources; the
| fostering Of friendly foreign relations;
| the enforcement of our civil service
\ law; adm the enactment of such stat
utes as will more securely and more
| effectively preserve the public health.
Stands by the Platform.
Our platform. as it should do,
| pledges adherence to the policies Of
| President Roosevelt promises to con-
| administration. to insure to persons
| and property every proper safeguard
! and all necessary Strengthening of
| administrative methods will be pro-
vided to furnish efficient inspection
| and supervision, and prompt righting
| of every injustice, discrimination and
| wrong.
| 1 have not touched upon every
| plank of our splendid platform. but
| 1 reiterate my full and unqualified
| approval of its every promise.
| L emphasize as my party's creed
and my faith that in legislation and
administration favor should be ex-
| tended to no class, no sect, no race, no
! section as opposed to another. To fos-
| ter class hatred, to foster discomfort,
| is un-Republican and un-American.
| Our party stands on the declaration
| that all men are created with equal
rights and it will have no part in the
| enactment or execution of any law
that does not apply alike to all good
American citizens; whatever their
| calling or wherever they live. 1t will
| allow no man in our land to have ad-
vantage in law over any other man. 1t
| offers no safeguard to capital that is
| not guaranteed to labor; no protection
| to the workman that is not insured to
his employer 1t would offer to each
and to both in pursuit of health and
happiness and prosperity every pos
| sible advantage.
The work that has been given the
Republican party to do has been of
| immense Importance. Much of that
work has been fully accomplished;
some has yet to be completed. Re-
| platform and no longer there, are
| omitted because they have become ac-
| complished facts. On the other hand.
Democratic declarations have been
| abandoned because the voters have
| pronounced them to be unwise and
unsafe and unsuited to our times and
| our country.
The People Do Rule.
| "Shall the people rule - is declared
| by the Democratic platform and can
didate to be the overshadowing issue
IL now under discussion" 1t
is no issue. Surely the people shall
rule surely the people have ruled;
| surely the people do rule. No party
rules. The party. commissioned by
the people, is simply the instrument to
that party which does not obey their
| expressed will, or which lacks the
| wisd ON to lead successfully, the peo-
| pie will withdraw their commission.
For half century. with but two
exceptions. the people have commits
stoned the Republican party to ad-
minister the national government:
| commissioned it because it's declared
principles appealed to their best judg
ment; commissioned it because the
| commonsense of the American people
scented danger in Democratic policies.
| Ours always has been, always must
! be, a government of the people. That
/ party will. after March next, exc
| cute old laws and enact new ones as
| in November it is commissioned by
the people to do. That commission
| will be from an untrammeled Ameri
| can electorate. Shame on the party
| which, shame on the candidate who in
| suits the American people by sugges-
! ton or declaration that majority of
| its electorate is venal. The American
voter, with rare exception, In casting
| his ballot, is guided by his best judg-
| ment, by his desire to conserve his own
| and the public veal.
| The overshadowing issue of the
| campaign really is: shall the admins
tration of President Roosevelt be APP
| proved: shall a party Of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
| continued in power, shall the reins of
| government be placed in experienced
hands, or do the people prefer to trust
their destinieS to an aggregation OF
experimental indictments and theor-
! lists, whose only claim to a history is
a party name they pilfered
| With a record Of four decades OF
| wise legislation; two score years Of
faithful administration; offering its
fulfilled pledges as a guaranty of it's
| promises for the future. the Republic
| can party appeals to the people and,