Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-06-28

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Roosevelt, 107; not voting, 344; I
Regarding the acts of the Re-
publican national conventionPres-
ident Taft made the following
statement:
"A national convention of the great
parties is ordinarily in Importance only as
preliminary to a national campaign for
the election of president. The Chicago
convention just ended is much more than
this and is in itself the end Of precon
vention campaign presenting crisis more
threatening and issues moreimportantthan
those of the election campaign which is
to follow between the two great national
parties.
| "The question here at stake was wheth-
er the Republican party was to change its
attitude as the chief conseryator in the ma
ton of constitutional representative gov
ernment and was to weaken the consti-
tutional guarantees of life. liberty and
property and all other rights declared
sacred in the bill Of rights. by abandoning
the principle of the absolute independ-
ence Of the judiciary an essential to the
maintenance Of these rights.
The campaign carried on to seize the
Republican party and make it the instru-
ment Of reckless ambition and the unset
tling Of the fundamental principles Of our
government was so sudden and unexpect-
| ed that time was not given clearly 70
show to the people and the party
the dangers which confronted them.
1t was sought to break the wise and
valuable traditions against giving more
than two terms to any man in the
presidency and the danger from its
breach could not be measured.
THE Importance of the great victory
which has been achieved cannot be over
estimated.
at is not necessary at this time to
speak Of the result in November, OF the
issues which will arise between the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. 1t is
enough now to say whatever may happen
in November a great victory for the Re-
publican party and the United States
has already been won.
1.-The party remains as a great power
full organization for carrying out its pat
rotic principles as an agency # real
progress in the development of tfe nation.
Its future opportunities for usefulness are
as great as its achievements in the past.
Enthusiasm was rampant in the
great assembly when the platform
committee presented its report,
which closed as follows:
We challenge successful criticism of
the | 6 years of Republican administra-
ton under Presidents Mckinley, Roose-
welt and Taft. We heartily reaffirm the
Endorsement of President Mckinley in the
platform of 1900 and of 1904 and that
of President Roosevelt in the platform oil
1904 and 1903.
We invite the intelligent judgement oi
the American people upon the admins
tration of William Howard Taft. The
country has prospered and been at peace
under his presidency. During the years
in which he had the corporation of a
Republican congress an unexampleo
amount of constructive legislation was
framed and passed in the interest of the
people and in obedience to their wish
That legislation is record on which any
administration might appeal with conf
OenCe 70 the idNOtd dule IuoBehiehs VI hS
tory.
We appeal to the American electorate
upon the record of the Republican party
and upon this declaration Of its principle:
and purposes. We are confident thai
under the leadership of the candidate:
here to be nominated our appeal will moi
be in vain; that the Republican party will
meet every just expectation of the people
whose servant it Is; that under its admin
istration and its laws our nation will con-
tinue to advance; that peace and PROS
perity will abide with the people and thai
new glory will be added to the grea'
republic.
Here are some of the most i'm
: portant planks in the Republican
national platform:
The Republican party will strive. no
only in the nation, but in the severa
states, to enact the necessary Legislation
to safeguard the public health; to limit
effectively the labor OF women and chill
dren; to protect wage earners engaged
in dangerous occupations; to enact com
, prehensve and generous workman's CON
pensation laws in place Of the presen