The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-24
A the National Conv ehfioflj
Jus Ended in the CIV
Of Chicago.

e7st-AAt RtSNNtG a48gl4UtGl
~ its repfe sentatiyes in naionai
convention. declares It's unchangine
faith ~ government Of the people,
by the people, for the people. We
renew our allegiance to the princl.
pies Of the Republican party and
our devotion to che cause Of Repnb.
iican institutions established by the
fathers
y Is appropriate that we should
( nov recaiI with sense Of venera-
ton and gratitude the name OF our
tirst great leader, who was noml.
mated 81 this city, and whose lofty
principles ana superb devotion to
bis country are an Inspiration to
the party ne honored- abraham
lincoln III the present state Of
public I'VE should ne inspired
W his broad statemanship and BY
his tolerant spirit toward men.
Party Of Progress.
te spnbliean party looks back
npon Is record with pride and sat
Ion and forward to it's new re-
sppnstb lllties with hope ana conf
dence rts achievements in govern
nient constitute the most luminous
pages ~ eur history. Our greatest
national advance has been mace
during TIRE years Of it's ascendancy
IN public atfalrs 1t has been gen a.
iitiiltsly and Always q party of prog
fess;it has never been either sta
tionary 81 feactl6nary II has gore
from the iulatlment Of one great
pledge TO The fplailment Of another
An response to the public need and
to the popular will.
We believe in our self.controlled
Essentatiye democracy which is
q government Of laws, not Of men.
and IN which order Is the pre-
REQUISITE of progress.
Constitution sound.
The principles of constitutional
oyernment which make provision for
orderly and effective expression Of
me popular will 3or the protection
oftcivtl liberty ahd9the rights of men,
and for the Interpretation of the law
BY an untrammeted and Independent
Judiciary, have proved themselves
capable of sustaining the structure
ofisa government which, after more
than q century OF development, en-
braces one hundred millions of peo-
pie. scattered over a wide and di-
verse territory, but hound by com
mon purpose. common ideals and
common affeetion to the constitution
81 the United States, Under the
constitution and the principles as
serted and yitafized by 1t, the united
States has grown to be one OF the
great civilized and ciyiliztng powers
OF the earth 1T ofers home and
an opportunity to the ambitious and
the industrious from other lands.
Resting upon the broad basis of a
peoples confidence and peoples
support, and managed by the people
themselves, the government OF the
United States Will meet the prob
lens Of the future as satisfactory as
It has solved those of the past.
The Republican party is now, as
always, party Of advanced and con-
structiye craftsmanship. 1t is pre-
pared to go forward with the solu-
tion Of these new questions, which
social economic and political devel-
opment have brought into the fore
front OF the nations interest. 1t
will strive, not only in the national,
but In the several states, to enact
the necessary legislation to safe
guard the public health; to limit ef-
feetively the labor OF women and
children, to protect wage earners
engaged in dangerous occupations,
to enact comprehensive and gener-
Gus workman's compensation laws
in place of the present wasteful and
unjust system of employers nabil-
ity; and in. all possible ways to salts
~ the Just demand OF the people for
the study and solution Of the co1S-
pick and constantly changing prob
lens Of, social welfare.
judiciary Upheld,
In dealing with these questions,
tits important that the rights of
every individual to the freest pos
sible development Of his own powers
and resources and to the control OF
HE own Justly acquired property, so
far as these are compatible with
the rights Of others. shall not be in
terfered with or destroyed. The So
cial and political structure of the
United States rests upon the civil
liberty OF the individual; and for
the protection of that liberty the
people have wisely, in the national