The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-05
PLATFORM. or
REPUBLICANS
Adopted at National Conven-
ton In Chicago.
TARIFF REVISION ADVOCATED
Move to Investigate the High Cost Of
Living - Further Revision OF
Banking Arrang ements-
Rights Of individuals.

The platform adopted by the Repub-
lican national convention at Chicago
Is In full as follows:
The Republican party, assembled by
its representatives in national conven-
ton, declares its unchanging faith in
government of the people. by the
people, for the people. We renew our
allegiance to the principles of the Re-
publican party and our devotion to the
cause Of the Republican institutions
established by the fathers.
1t Is appropriate that we should now
recall with a sense of veneration and
gratitude the name of our first great
leader who was nominated in this city,
and whose lofty principles and superb
devotion to his country are an inspira-
ton to the party he honored-Abraham
Lincoln. In the present state of public
affairs we should be inspired by his
broad craftsmanship and by his toler-
ant spirit toward men.
Views Record with Pride.
The Republican party looks back up
on its record with pride and satisfac-
ton, and forward to it's new RESPONSE
bilities, with hope and confidence. It's
achievements in government constitute
the most luminous pages in our his
tory. Our great national advance has
been made during the years Of it's as
tendency in public affairs. 1t has been
genuinely and always a party Of prog
ress; 1t has never been either station
airy or reactionary.' 1t has gone from
the fulfillment Of one great pledge to
the fulfillment Of another in response
to the public need and to the popular
will
We believe in our self-controlled rep
eminent Of laws, not OF men, and in
which order is the prerequisite of
progress.
The principles Of constitutional gov
eminent, which make provision for
orderly and effective expression of the
popular will, for the protection of civil
liberty and the rights of men, and for
the Interpretation of the law by an
untrammeled and independent judici-
airy, have proved themselves capable OF
sustaining the structure OF govern
ment which, after more than a century
Of development, embraces 100,000,000
OF people, scattered over a wide and
diverse territory, but bound by a COM
mon purpose, common ideals. and COM
mon affection to the constitution Of the
United States.
Growth Of United States.
Under the constitution and the prin-
ciples asserted and vitalized by it the
United States has grown to be one of
the great civilized and civilizing pow
ers of the earth. 1t offers a home and
An opportunity to the ambitious and
the industrious from other lands. Rest
ing 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 problems OF the future as
satisfactorily as II has solved those OF
the past
The Republican party is now, as al
ways, party of advanced and con-
structive craftsmanship. 1t is prepared
to go forward with the solution of
those new questions which social, econ
omic, and political development have
brought into the forefront of the ma
tons interest. It will strive, not only
in the nation but in the several states
to enact the necessary legislation to
safeguard the public health; to limit
effectively the labor of women and
children; to protect wage earners en-
gagged in dangerous occupations; to
enact comprehensive and generous
workmen's compensation laws in place
of the present wasteful and unjust
system of employers liability; and in
all possible ways to satisfy the just
demand Of the people for the study and
solution of the complex and constant
ly changing problem of social welfare.
hc Rights of the Individual.
In dealing with these questions II Il
important that the rights Of every in
dividual to the freest possible develop
ment of his own powers and resources
and to tae control of his own justly
acquired property, so far as those are
compatible with the rights of others,
shall not be interfered with or destroy
ed. ..ria.
The social 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 and state
constitutions, put definite limitations
upon themselves and upon their gov
ernmental officers and agencies. To en-
force these limitations, to secure the
orderly and coherent exercise OF gov
ernmental rowers, and to protect the
rights of even the humblest and least
favored individual are the function OF
independent courts Of justice.
The Republican party reaffirms its
intention to uphold at all times the
authority and integrity Of tho courts,
both state and federal, and II will ever
insist that their power to enforce
their process and to protect life, liber-
", and property shall be preserved in
violate. An orderly method is pro-
vided under our system Of government