The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-09
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY The RE-
PUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVICTION


Of the committee on platform, which
was adopted as follows:
The Republican party assembled b,
the representatives in national con
vention, declares its unchanging faitl
in government Of the people. by tn,
people, for the people. We renew
our allegiance to the principles Of tn,
Republican party and our devotion tt
the cause of republican institutions
established by the fathers. II Is ap
propriate that we should now recall
with sense Of generation and graft
tude the name of our first great lead
er, who was nominated in this city
and whose lofty principles and ser
vices to his country are an inspira
ton to the party he honored-Abra
ham Lincoln. In the present state OF
public affairs we should be inspired
by his broad craftsmanship and by
his tolerant spirit toward men.
The Republican party looks back
on its record with pride and salts
faction and forward to its new respon.
sibilities with hope and confidence.
Its achievements in government con-
stitute the most luminous pages In
our history. Our greatest national
advance has been made during the
years of its ascendency in public az
fairs. It has been genuinely and al.
ways a party of progress; It has new
er been either stationary or reaction.
airy. It has gone from the fulfillment
of another in response to the public
need and to the popular win.
Laws, Not Men.
We believe In our self-controlled
representative democracy, which Is a
government 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 civ. /
il liberty and the rights of men and
of the law by an un.
and independent judiciary,
have proved themselves capable OF
sustaining the structure Of govern.
ment which after more than century
Of development. embraces 100,000.000l
people. scattered over a wide and di.
verse territory. but bound by common
to the constitution of the
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 civiliz-
ing powers of the earth. 1t offers a
home and an opportunity to the am.
bilious and the Industrious from other
lands. Resting upon the broad basis
Of peoples confidence and peo-
pies support, and managed by the
people themselves, the government of
the United States will meet the prob.
lens in the future as satisfactorily as
It has solved those of the past
Constructive Craftsmanship.
The Republican party is now, as al
ways the party of advanced and con-
craftsmanship. II Is pre-
pared to 90 forward with the solution
OF those new questions which social,
economic and political development
have brought into the forefront of the
nations interest.
1t 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 pro.
tect wage earners engaged in danger.
Gus occupations; to enact comprehen.
sive and generous workmen's compen.
sation laws in place OF the present
wasteful and unjust system OF EN-.
ployers' liability; and in all possible
ways to satisfy the Just demands OF
the people for the study and solution
of the complex and constantly chang.
ing problems of social welfare. In deal
ing with these questions It is impor-
tant that the rights Of every individu.
al to the powers and resources and to
the control OF his own Justly acquired
property. so far as those are compat
ble with the rights OF others, shall
not be interfered with or destroyed
Independence OF Courts.
The social and political structure
Of the United States, rests on the civ
il liberty OF the individuals; and fol-
the protection of that liberty the PEG
pie have wisely, in the national ant
state constitutions, put definit,