Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-28
Republican

Speaking for the republicans OF Ne
braska. as their delegates IN state con
vention assembled. and reaffirming the
declarations Of our national ana state
platform Of 1905, we congratulate the
country on the magnificent republican
victory which has given US for our
chief executive that firm and courage
Gus statesman, pr"e-eminently fitted Tor
his exalted office, William Howard
Taft. When we assembled one year
ago we we're facing a presidential CAM
paign in which our opponents, WITH
customary braggadocio, paraded a
false confidence In their cause and pro-
claimed loudly that republican ascend
ency in the nation was at an end, but
again at the ballot box came the in
dubitable proof that so strongly EN-
trenched in the hearts Of the people
are the principles n achievements Of
the republican party, and so discred-
tied are the fallacious doctrines and 50
distrusted the leaders Of the demo-
cratic party, that the third defeat Of
the democratic standard-bearer was
more signal and decisive tina before.
We see only encouragement for fu-
ture republican success In the cOndi-
tons confronting us in Nebraska to-
day. In spite Of the tremendous hand
leap by which we were required to
combat a distinguished Nebraskan D
pealing to home pride to support him
Tor president, and Notwithstanding the
fragrant deception by which the dem
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populists, the democratic leader, for
whom was confidently predicted a &,-
600 majority in his nome state, was
grievously disappointed to find that
he had saved himself in Nebraska by
a bare 1000 plurality. The election at
the same time by substantial, majOri-
ties Of the entire republican state
ticket, with only two places excepted,
gives us the right to regard the re-
suit as a republican victory.
We approve, IN and unqual-
ifiedly endorse the stand taken by
President Taft in the matter OK tariff
revision. We are counting on him to
see to il that the party 5 platform
promise Of revision is redeemed by the
enactment Of a tariff bill acceptable to
the people. n we would approve The
exercise OF his veto on any bill that
does not conform to his construction
OF the platform pledge which ne has
said means revision downward within
the limitations of the protectiye prin-
Ciple.' We look to our senators and
representatives in ongress to sustain
the president in this position, and we
them for their efforts in
support of the party's pledges n the
presidents policies.
We approve ana endorse the Brown
resolution adopted by congress sub
hitting to the several states for their
action a proposed constitutional
amendment empowering the federal
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on Incomes.
The republican party in this state
stands upon it's record. While pro-
Viding for a generous maintenance
under economical administration for
the various state Institutions we ex-
tinguished 4 stale debt of more than
200, 900, We abolished the evils of
corporate dictation in politics and
abrosated the free pass system under
a republican administration. Passen-
ger, freight and express rates have
been reduced and an elective railway
commission provided for speedy
adjustment OF differences betWeen
shippers and carriers and the regula-
ton of the same. We provided for
a more Just and equitable assessment
or all kinds OF property for taxation
and the assessment OF railway ter
minals for local purposes and removed
the bar against recover of adequate
damages Tor personal injuries.
We the consistent course
pursued by the republican minority in
the last legislature in resisting with
energy and ability the unwise and UNI
constitutional measures of the demo-
cratic majority.
We point with pride to the records
OF the judges VINO for many years
have been elevated to the bench in
this state as republicans, but who as
judges have known neither personal
Iavorttism nor political partisanship,
but have fearlessly and impartially
declared the law and held the scales
Of justice even between rich and poor,
high and low, republican, democrat,
populist, prohibitionist and socialist
alike. We denounce the eleventh hour
pretense of devotion to the idea Of
nonpartisanship by the late democratic
legislature after running riot of
craftsmanship for three months and
ruthlessly legislating republicans out
Of office by the wholesale in order to
make room for democratic office
seekers. If the passage of their So
called ~nonpartisan judiciary act was
intended to charge by innuendo that
republican judges are not to be trusted
to perform their official duties with