The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-24
LOVER TARIFF
IS DEMANDED
Platform Adopted by Repuh
lican Convention Praises
Taft's Administration.

Chicago. Juna 22.-The republican
party. assembled by its representatives
in national convention. declares its
unrhanging faith i'm the government
of the people. by the people, for the
people. We enew our allagiance To the
principles Of the republican party and
our devotion To the "aGlss of republic
can institutions established by the
fathers.
1t is appropriate that We should
now recall with 4 sense of veneration
and gratitude the name Of our first
great leader. tvho Was nominated in
and principles. devotion to his our
try are an Inspiration to the party he
Observation-Disclosures Lincoln.
In the present state of public at
fairs we should be inspired by his
broad craftsmanship and by his toll
Grant spirit toward men.
The republican party looks back
upon its record with pride and salts
faction and forward to its now re
sp%onsihilities with hope and conf
dence. Its achievements in govern
ment constitute the most luminous
pages in our history. our greatest
national advance has been made dur-
ing the wears of its ascendancy in pub
Ii affairs. IT has been genuinely and
ALWAYS a party of progress: it has
never been either stationary or reac-
til)m"nt of another in response to the
public need and TO the popular will.
Believe in Dcmocracy.
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
which makes 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 untranlmeied and independent
judiciary. have proved themselves
capable of sustaining the structure of
a government which. after more than
a century Of development. embraces
one hundred millions of people scat
tered over a wide and diverse terri
tory, but bound by common purposes,
common ideals and common affection
TO the constitution of the United
States.
Under the constitutions and the
principles asserted and vitalized by
IT. the United States has grown to be
n of tho great civilized and cjviliz-
ing powers on earth. 1t offers a home
NV on 'bl'I iliN' ~ III d'IlbtlipiS
and the industrious from other lands.
Resting pom the broad basis of a
peoples confidence and a peoples sup
port and managed by themselves, the
government of the United States will
meet the problems of the future as
sa satisfactorily as it has solved those of
the past.
Party of Progress.
The republican party is now as al
IVA VS. a marty of 6,-aprun,cn and
constructive craftsmanship. It is
prepared to go forward with the solu-
ton Of those new questions. which So
ment have brought into the forefront
of the national interest. It will strive.
only in the nation, but in the sew
eral states. to enact the necessary leg
to safeguard the public
to limit effectively the labor
Of women and children: to protect
engaged in dangerous
occupations: to enact comprehensive
and generous workman's compensa-
ton laws in place of the present
and unjust system Of en-
ployers' liability. and in all possible
ways to satisfy the just demand of the
people for the study and solution of
the complex and constantly changing
problems of social welfare.
In dealing with these questions it is
that the rights of every in
dividual to the freest possible devel-
opment of his own powers and re-
and to the control Of his own
justly acquired property, so far as
those are compatible with the rights
Of others. shall not be interfered with
destroyed. The social and political
structure Of the United States rests