Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-23
POLICIES OF
 PARTY TOLD
 IN PLATFORM
Protective Tariff with Con- tinuance of Tariff Board
 and Adjustment to COndi- lions. tsj
FEDERAL CONTROL
 OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Aid to Settlers on Arid Lands: Opening Alaska Coal Fields; COngratulates Arizona.

The republican party in convention assembled. declares its unchanginS faith in a government of. by and tor tho people We declare new allegi- ance 10 the principles of the rePubli- car party devotion to the cause oi republican Institutions established by our fathers.
 The Mississippi is the nations drainage ditch, foOdwaters gathered from thirty-one states and the DO- miniOn of Canada constitute an over towering force which breaks Ieve-s and pours over millions or acres of the richest land in the union. We be- heve the federal government should assume a fair proportion Of the bur der of control so as 10 prevent fu- ture disaster
 We favor the continuance of the policy of the government regarding arid lands and for the encouragement, speedy settlement and improvement Of government lands and for the eN- tension of time in which the cost of any reclamation project may be re- paiG by land owners.
 We favor a liberal. systematic pol icy for the improvement of rivers and harbors.
 We favor a liberal policy toward Alaska and the opening of coal lands through a system of leases on such terms as will invite development. pro vide fuel for the navy and commerce or the Pacific ocean ,he while re- taining title in the United States 10 ! prevent monopoly.
 The Philippines policy of the re- publican party has been and is in- spi-ed by the belief that our duty toward the Filippinos is a national obligation which should remain en- tirelv free from partisan politics.
 Immigration pledge of the repubii- can party 70 give relief from the growing evil of undesirable immisra- ton
 We congratulate the people of Ari- zona and New Mexico upon the ad- ission of those states and the merg- ing into the union in final and endur- ing form of the last Of the remaining portion of our continental territory.
 We challenge successful criticism of sixteen years of republican admins traitor under Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft We appeal to the Ameri- can electorate uPon the records of the republican party and upon its declaration Of principles and pur- poses.
 The republican party is opposed to special privilege for monopoly. EN- erience makes plain that the busi- ness of the country can be carried on without disturbance. st the same without resort to practices which are abhOrrent 10 common sense and jus tice We favor legislation whicn will define as criminal offenses. acts 1 in restraint Of, or to mOnopolize trade. To the end that business success can ' be honorably achieved and may not { be converted into crime That tiIe right of every man to acquire the ne 1 cessities Of life in an open market. uninfluenced by trust manipulation. be preserved.
 ' We rcaffirm our belief in a protective ! tariff The republican tariff policy | has been the greatest benefit to the country in developing it's resources. diversifying industry. protecting work men against competition and cheap | labor abroad. thus establishing for American wage earners an American standard of living. Protective tariff ! is 90 woven into the fabric of our | industrial and agricultural life that to substitute q tarih for revenue only would destroy many industries anf Ithrow millions of people out of em- Dloyment. Readjustment sould be made from time to time to conform |, to changed conditions and reduce ex- cessive rates. but without injury t1 | American industries. To accomplish this correct information is indispen-
 sable. This information can best be obtained by an expert commission. such as was contained in the recent report of the tariff board We con demn the democratic party for fail. Continued on Page 2)