The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-27

We. your committee on platform and
resolutions, submit the following platform
for your consideration:
The Republicans of Utah in state con-
vention assembled, reaffirm their ale
glance TO their party and the prlncipes
expressed in the national platform of 1908.
we empha,ically approve the, wise.
able, patriotic and progressive admints-
tration of President William Howard
Taft. He has stood firm, but tactfully,
Tor the great reforms advocated by Theo
fen into the federal statute books In
the form OF enduring laws. He has
proven himself faithful exponent and
custodian OF the constitution. He has en-
forced the law fearlessly and faithfully
de has exercised the appointiyc power
with wisdom He has called to the dis
charge OF his official duties patience and
perseverance in the face OF msundcr-
standing and misrepresentation, and has
preserved in all respects the exalted char
acter of the high office which he has so
Splendidly filled.
AS we enter upon another important
campaign we invite attention to the hts
tory OF our country from the day when
Abraham Lincoln. OF immortal memory,
present time. On March t. 1861. at the
close OF a long period OF Democratic rule.
our industries were Frustrated, our ma
ton without credit at home or abroad
and its treasury depleted. and these de-
porable conditions were accentuated by
organized Democratic revolutions against
the HE OF The union.
With grand courage the Republican
party. under the leadership OF Abraham
Lincoln. accepted the solemn RESPONSE
bilities Of the hour, took up the work
OF preserving, the union and when il
had successfully completed this gigantic
task we had what we had not before a
free land. The rebellion suppressed, our
party commenced the work OF upbuildng
and impaired by the civil war Imme-
diately these interests awoke as from the
dead, and the nations progress, indus
trially, financially, educationally and po-
litically, has been the wonder OF man
kind. These historic fifty years OF Re-
publican rule have witnessed the most
progressive advancement by the United
States of any nation known TO history.
The record stands unequaled. unparal-
leled, and great and wonderful as it is.
II Is the record made by the grand old
Republican party.
1t has been the vote of the Republican
party in congress, which has written in
TO the federal statute books within the
last eighteen months a greater volume
enacted in any previous four.year period
during the life OF the Republican party
II Is this Republican progress that has
made the great and sweeping reforms
advocated by Theodore Roosevelt to ripen
into performance under William H. Taft
This statement does not rest In mere as
sertion. the following great pieces of con-
structiYe legislation are unimpeachab BILE
witnesses TO the sane and sure. but ever
forwarded movement OF the Republican
party:
1.-The railroad rate bill. which marks
an advance over existing law and great
as did the original interstate commerce
act itself, Under the new law the hands
OF the interstate commerce commission
are strengthened 10 become Surer pro-
tector OF the rights of the people. It's
powers. scope and efficiency are greatly
Increased; for the first time II has the
power of its own motion to correct the
dnfairness and injustices or Interstate
railroads telegraph and telephone lines,
and. most important and vital TO Utah
just discrimination. whereby Utah was
made to pay higher freight rates than the
Pacific coast points. will soon become a
thing of the past
bank system for the encoura cement OF
thrift among the people.
3-The establishment OF a bureau Of
mines and mining. the operation OF which
means SO much for the conservation OF
the mining resources OF the country and
preservation OF the lives and safety of
mining employees.
4-The withdrawal act, uuGer which
the president Is given authority TO with
draw from entry public lands for the
conservation OF natural resources, most
important step in the direction OF prac-
tiCal conservation.
5-Provision for maximum and mini |
mum rates for import duty, under which |
favorable treaties have been made with |
better market conditions for exports |
from the United States than heretofore |
enjoyed. A | per cent tax upon the net |
income OF corporations. increase In the
revenue and giving the government for |
the first time beneficial oversight OF the |
records and business OF the corporations |
OF the whole country.
6-A law providing for q bond issue Of |
$50 600. 600 TO complete the various irri- |
CATION enterprises in the west. another |
important step in the direction OF prac-
tical conservation.
"A law for the effectual suppression |
of the white slave trade
S-The act amending and rendering |
more effective the employers liability
act
9-The safety appliance act requiring
automatic couplers. continuous brakes. |
driving wheel brakes. etc. on cars and |
locomotives for the protection Of railway
employees.
1o-Thc act providing for railroads to
report all accidents to the interstate com
mcrcc commission.
1.-THE admission OF Arizona aud New
Mexico to statehood
12-Thc act against corrupt practices
in elections. providing for publicity OF
contributions