The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-24

peoples p and managed by the
people themselves, the government OF
the United States will meet the prob
lens of the future as satisfactorily as
it has solved those of the past.
Party of Progress.
The Republican party is now, as al
ways, a party of and coy
structive craftsmanship. 1t is prepar-
ed to go rwa will, the solution
of those new questions which social,
and political development
have brought in to 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 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 demand of the
people of the study and solution of the
complex and constantly changing prob
lens of social welfare.
In dealing with these questions it Is
important that the rights of every in
dividual to the freest possible develop
ment of his own powers and
and to the control of his own justly
acquired property, so far as those are
compatible within the rights of others.
shall not be interfered with or de-
stroyed. The social and political struc-
ture 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 limita-
tions on themselves and on their gov
ernmentaI officers and agencies. To en-
force these limitations, to secure the
orderly and coherent exercise of gov
ernmental powers and to protect the
rights of even the humblest and least
favored individual are the functions OF
independent courts of justice.
Against Recall of Judges.
The Republican party reaffirms its in
tention to uphold at all times the auth
ority and integrity of the courts, both
and federal, and it will ever in
sist that their right to enforce their
process and to protect life, liberty am
property shall be preserved inviolate.
An orderly method is provided under
our system of government by which
the people may alter or amend the con-
stitutional provisions which underlie
the government. Until these provisions
constitutional are so altered or amend
ed in orderly fashion, it is the duty OF
the courts to see to it that, when
challenged, they are enforced.
In order that courts, both federal and
state, may bear the heavy burden laid
on them to the complete satisfaction of
public opinion, we favor legislation TO
nrevent long delays and the tedious
and costly appeals which have so Of
ten amounted to a denial of justice II
civil cases and to a failure to protect
the public at large in criminal cases
Since the responsibility of the judiciary
is so great, the of judicial
action must be always and everywhere
above suspicion and r~eproach. While
We regard the recall of judges as un-
necessary and unwise we favor such
action as may be necessary to simplify
the process by which any judge who
is found to be derelict in his duty may
be removed from office.
Together with the peaceful and or
derby development at home, the Re
publican party earnestly favors al
measures for the establishment and
protection of the peace of the world
and for the development of closer re-
lations between the various nations of
earth. 1t believes most earnestly
in the peaceful settlement of the in
ternational disputes inc in the refer