The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-27

y s3O,OO0,00o and steps were taken
to ascertain what further. economies
in administration are possible. I'm.
portant legislation was enacted for
the conservation OF our national re.
sources. Irrigation and reclamation
were substantially encouraged and
advanced. A postal savings bank bill
was enacted. A national bureau of
mines was established. A bill was
passed compelling publicity of con-
tributions to federal campaign funds.
Statehood was granted to Arizona
and New Mexico. All of which legis
lation we cordially indorse.
Senators and Representatives. In.
dorsed.
Our senators and representatives
in congress have maintained the high
standard of ability and devotion to
duty which have always characterized
Ohio's representation in the federal
legislature.
We Favor
Legislation which will revive our
merchant marine; the equal enforce
nlent Of all laws; an adequate ma.
tional defense. with q navy ample to
protect all our interests at home and
abroad, while favoring arbitration In
the settlement of international dis
putes; the systematic, comprehensive
and business.like Improvement OF our
rivers, harbors and waterways, and
such amendment of the antitrust law
as final judicial Interpretation proves
to be necessary for the proper regu'
lation of monopolies.
Employers Liability and Workmen's
Compensation.
We commend the action of con.
gress in the creation of a commission
to investigate the question of employ.
ers' liability laws and workmen's
compensation acts, and to make rec.
concentrations to the president and
to the congress.
We believe that Industrial acci.
dents to workmen should be treated
as inevitable incidents to industrial
operations and the compensation
therefor as a part of the cost OF pro-
luction. The experience of other
countries demonstrates that this
principle can be applied to our indus
trial conditions without increasing
the burdens of industry.
Conservation.
We endorse the principle Of con.
servation OF our natural resources
and cordially endorse the action OF
the present congress in enacting, and
of President Taft in approving, leg
islation along this line. We refer par.
ticularly, first, to the act of congress
comforting upon the president express
power to withdraw public lands from
entry and settlement whenever the
public welfare demands; and, second,
to the act separating the surface from
the coal and authorizing agricultural
homestea entries on lands hereto.
fore withdrawn from entry or settle.
ment undo" coal land classification.
Under this act millions of acres OF =
public domain can be entered
homesteaders and limited patent TO
the surface granted, reserving the II.
tie to the coal in the federal govern
ment for future disposition in accord.
ance with law.
Disfranehisement.
We demand the enforcement OF ex.
isting laws and the enactment OF new
laws for the protection, wise use and
conservation OF the natural resources
under the control of the federal gov.
ernment. These resources, such as
the coal deposits OF Alaska, water
power and reservoir sites, should be
developed under system by which
any abuses of monopoly can be avoid.
ed, extortion from the consumer pre-.
vented, and just compensation to the
public obtained.
We demand equal justice for all
men without regard TO race or color.
We declare once more and without
reservation for the enforcement In
letter anC spirit of the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend.
ments to the constitution. which were
designed for the protection and ad.
vancement OF the negro, and we con.
denim all devices which have for their
real aim his disfranchisement, and
that for reason OF color alone, as un.
fair, un.American and repugnant to
the supreme law Of the land
Pension Legislation.
The survivors OF the civil war,
whose ranks are rapidly thinning. de-
serve the nations gratitude and sup
port in their declining years. We
favor further generous pension legis-
lation and liberal administration Of all
pension laws. The Republican party
has enacted all general pension legis'
lation on the statute books, and viii
not fail in continued recognition OF
the services rendered by these brave
men who saved the Union; and we
denounce the insincere declaration OF
| the Ohio Democracy In its recent plat.
form in favor Of a certain dollar a
day pension bill, alleged to have been
introduced in the Sixtieth congress
by an Ohio Democratic member,
whereas no such dollar day bin was
introduced by him.
State Legislature and officials In
dorsed.
We commend the present Ohio
General assembly for its wise and
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