The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-08
THE KANSAS PLATFORM.

THE KANSAS PLAIFORNI
The Kansas Republican platform insurgency
prese cardinal principles the insurgents and
play part the political life of the nation
the Standard reproduces it in full as follows
We the Republicans of Kansas party council desiring
veneraion those traditions history made
be most adequately and ftngy expressed by turning
faces forward rather than back Therefore bind ourselves to
specific performance rather than ask for votes by
past achievements great is Our platform shall
be guarantee performance rather than confession of faith
We endorse such efforts President Taft has made to fulfill the
promises of the Republican national platform and for the enactment
of progressive laws
We commend fight Adriohism in
modifying the the and
overcoming the senate leadership that the enactment long de-
layed public measures has been made possible
We pledge loyalty Republican national platform
of 1908 and bind ourselves out its declarations accepting
the policy protection outlined party platform
established policy the binding Kansas members Of
Congress both houses to vote for revision the tariff law of
1909 using basis fixing duties difference between the
production at home and abroad with reasonable profit for
American manufacturers
We do not recognize the revision OF the tariff Of 1909 as salts
factory fument of the tariff pledge of the Republican platform
And therefore pledge the people of Kansas that the Republican
senators and from this state shall work and vote for
legislation that will maintain tariff commission with ample
between the production home and abroad and after such
information has been obtained hereby pledge Republican
ator Immediately the duties the basis
We pledge our senator's and to vote for joint
resolution that will provide for the revision Of the tariff schedule
at time.
pledge Republican of
Representatives support and vote for rule that will make the
membership the important house committees elective
OF aPRontve
believe that Voators of that should imprisoned
While endorsing the amendments made the interstate
merc law at the last session of pledge senators and
representatives to vote for such further amendments to the inter
state comerce law Will give power and sufficient to the
Interstate Commerce Commission to ascertain the physical valuation
We pledge Republican and representatives to
vote and work for effective laws that will overcapza
tion corporations and will require all moneys
actually invested for the benefit of the property owned by the
poratlon
the Republican party firmly established caring
d and sailors of the of the rebellion and for those
red the flag of liberty the oppressed of other lands and
iev that the limitation Of time imposed soldiers filing
for should be
We pledge Republican and senator's to
all the
along the lines advocated by former President Roosevelt opposed
to the lines laid down by those who hiding behind the doctrine
states rights and demand that possible effort be
private from obtaining ownership
unchecked control vast mineral and water and timber
We hereby pledge Republican congress
IN both houses to make every effort to secure the submission to the
election of United States senators by the people
We pledge Republican congressman to the
ing liquors into states which have prohibitory laws
We favor amendment the
provide for popular election of federal circuit and district judges
o and we instruct our senator's and congressman to
o 1o the early enactment OF federal code of civil procedure
to simplify and expedite litigation federal courts following
now in vogue IN the most enlightened and
We endorse without qualification Governor
to the fidelity public manifested
during the past twenty months of his administration
We pledge Republican members of legislature
ovote for law that will place public utilities railroads
distributors gas cities or by pipe lines express
companies and common carriers of all kinds under the control
state commission having authority the
bonds having and obtain the physical
the plants of these corporations fix
IN the interests OF Kansas and the investors employers these
corporations
we hereby bind Republican members of the legislature
Tor the enactment of law that will corporations
ness in Kansas to begin all litigation courts and take n
refuge in the federal until litigation
passed upon by the Kansas supreme
We hereby instruct Republicans the legislature
law that will make the second offen pohbtor
law punishable by sentence in the pententary.
we believe that the first every the
possibility of directly possible the hands
the voters giving the people only upon
laws but upon those who enforce the that pledg