The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-04
|NSURGENT PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
AT IOWA STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

on It's own merits, and thus secure fair
and impartial action upon the part Of
congress.
They indorse such efforts as Presi-
dent Taft and his advisers have made
to fulfill the promises Of the national
platform and which have been in har-
mony with the declarations OF this con-
yention
They commend to the nation the
type of statemanship exhibited by
Senators Dolliver and Cummins and
they heartily indorse their work upon
the tariff bill, the railroad bill and the
postal savings bank bill.
The patriotic efforts of our senators
! to protect the public rights from the
greed Of special interests in national
Legislation have gained the admiration
of the country; the attempt to secure
the largest measure of equitable re-
! vision in the tariff law was "a repub-
/ lican defense of the peoples welfare;
their insistence determined largely the
beneficial features of the railroad law,
and 1t Is with pride that the republi-
4cans Of Iowa recognize the contribution
of their chosen representatives to the
welfare of the nation.
| They commend the action of the
house of representatives in revising
{ its rules, giving to the individual MEM
, Der greater freedom of expression and
! initiative in the discharge of his duty,
and they endorse the contributions of
Iowa's representative to this most i'm
portant reform.
/ The republicans of Iowa are the best
judges of the rejublicanism of the
senators anil representatives. whom
they send ;, CO: srcss and they yescrt
any attempt to exclude any of them
from the honor and privileges which
properly attach to membership in the
republican party.
Competition must be restored where
ut has been overcome by unjust or un-
lawful combinations, and 1t must be
maintained where 1t still ex
lists. They are not opposed to the
mere magnitude of enterprise, but
they insist that there shall be such
Icompetition as will protect the people
against the exactions of unrestrained
Iayarice and greed
They congratulate the country upon
4 the success obtained in the regulation
of our common carriers, but they feel
that there Is yet much to. be done to
secure reasonable rates and charges
to which it Is entitled. 1t is also mani
fest that there is yet much to be done
i to insure to passengers and employees
that measure of safety which the
sanctity of the man life demands.
j All common carriers should have
i fair compensation, but no more. 1t
! is clear that to enable the railroad
commissions, both national and state,
to discharge the duties imposed upon
them by law valuation should be
made of the physical properties of rail
way companies to secure an effective
control of rates and a complete system
of accounting
The platform concludes with an in
Idorsement of the postal savings bank
bill, suggesting, however, as the Demo
iSlotlS Eioblol iSSCAiiiy o0oPeCo at W.
tumwa that the law should provide
that savings deposited with these
banks shall remain on deposit for use
in the communities where the deposits
are made. The policy of conservation
of natural resources, income tax and
good roads are upheld. 1t is recon-
mended that the primary law of the
state be strengthened and United
States senators be elected by direct
|vote of the people. 1t Is urged that
the present method of representation in
national conventions based on mem
bers of congress Is unfair. Represen-
tation on the basis of party strength is
suggested.
/ On the subject of teHaaaff teeHaa arce the
resolution declare that under the
mulct law temperance territory has
been expanded, temperance sentiment
Increased. and saloon Influence mini
mized. No backward step will be talk
: len under republican rule.