Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-11-18
The Republican Platform.

The Republican Platform.
RESOLVED, That we, the delegated
representatives of the Republican cleo
tcrs Of the United States, in Convention
assembled, in the discharge of the duty
we owe to our constituents and our
country, unite in the following doclar
ntiuiss
FIRST, That the history Of the nation
during the last four years fully estab-
fishes the propriety and necessity OF the
organization and perpctuatioh Of the
Republican party .andR Rliat the causes
which called it into existence are per
uancnt inahcir. nature, and now, more
Than ever .bcfore, demand its peaceful
and constitutional triumph. ! q
SECOND, That the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in The Dcelara-
ton Of Independence, asd ,lmb6,licd in
the federal constitution, THAT alt men
are created equal that they are cidpw-
cd by their Creator with certain indrn-
able rights; that ar,ong these are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness;
that TO secure these rjghtsfovcrnmcnts
are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the. consent Of
the governed is essential to the pre-
scrvation of our republican institutions,
and the Federal Constitution, the Rights
of the States, and the Union of the
States, must and shall he pGscuvcd.. =
THiRb, That to the Union of the
States this nation oawc& its unprecc3ent-
ckpHrRaS ~ rlnlatNh, its s,n-E1ig
development of natural resources, ,pie
rapid augmentation of wealth, its hap
pincss at home and honor abroad and
wS hold in abhorreuec ap schcmea of
disunion, come from whatever, source
ahcys. may ,and swc copsrAulate .ue
country that no RcpuB!ican, MEM mbcfs Of
Congress has uttered or countcrnnccd
the thoughts of disunion, in case OF a
popular overthrow of their asccntcncy,
rs denying the vital prnlcinks of-a free
gop0sssmc1rt, ns an nvvwnl of contcmI,l I,la-
ted treason, which it is the imperative
duty of an indignant people stcrnly to
rehukc and forever silence.
-EabRTM,. That the maintenance inyi:
olatc of the rights, of tho States, and
especially Of the Iietis6f. eaGltStacs; 10
order and control its domestic institu-
ti0ns accprlug ia it's own jNdgpcllt texs
clusively is essential to that balance Of
power on:which the.pcrfcction and en-
durancc Of our political fabric depends; |;
anf We 3cnouncc the, ,fhwlass i,iyaziok
hg sttacl force of the soili ibf .aIS xAatc
or Territory, no matter under wli,tcyer
prctext as among the gravest of crimes.
FITrr, That. the PscsoNt, Democratic
administration has far exceeded our
worst aPPrcliensiohs In It's mcasurcless
aubsevicpcy to, the exaelons Of . sec
! tional interest, as especially evinccd In
its desperate cxertions to force toe .illfi.
mons hecomptdn Constitution upoafthc
protesting people of Kansas; con
structing the personal relation Between
master and servant is involved an un-
/, qualified property.in persons; in its ats
tomptcd enforcement, everywhere, 'Qn
land aud sea, through thcc Intervention
Of Congress, and the federal courts, Of
the acxtrenc prctensions .of b purely
local interest; and its general and un-
varying abuse of the power entrusted
to It ly.a .cnnfitling people. -.
SixTn, That the people justly view
with, alarm .hc reckless cxtravaeancc
Whie, rcrvadcs every dtraftncnf of'th6
federal government; tl,at~a return to
rigid economy and accountability is in
disrensable to arrest- the systematic
plumber Of thc, public treasury by favor
| cd partisans; while the recent startling
developments of fraud and corruption
at the federal pactropelis, show that an
entire chaEge Of administration is I'M
pcratively 5klanded.. - -
SEVENTH That the new dogma that
tho constitution, of its OWN force, carries
.slavcry, into amYor all Of the Territories
of tho tnitcd States, "a a&ihgerSus.f ~
htisa hcrayi st xarieRee, with the cxtT
lplicit provisions Of ftbat insffumcntitself,
wsSk Ahc cotempqfhco,ss Hxpesi1qu,
DIN "a rwdfdtiokay ihsas tekdc:S3,
and subversivc of the peace and harmo-
EsHIsn, Ml M t9Al Jo,tlaio.!
Fof an fIsc territory 6ftha 0Aiiest 5shtes
is that Of, frscdom, THAT as our Repul.
lican fathers, .W1m6thsy 57sbonAc1 -Mai
very in all our national territory, or
dVnsl that /. No Is srs9l signff ne tic.
fp1ecg' fJilrtysh hts. &. .. .rE9al@rs xi1ht
out due process Of law, il bccofncs Our
duty, by lcsisLai,u., ,lxhe,icvsrsucl leg
islation is nscsS4, ~ mSaaiW "
pr,,,,,,n,, Of tho ,on,t,t,,t,nn o.r.,snsf all