Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-06-27
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


vention, 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 Republican institutions estab-
lished by the fathers
1t is appropriate that we should now
recall with sense of generation and
gratitude the name of our first great
leader. Abraham Lincoln.
The Republican party looks back
upon its record with pride and salts
faction and forward to it's new re-
sponsibilities with hope and confidence.
The principles of constitutional gov
eminent which make provision for or
derIy 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 un-
trammeled and independent judiciary
have proved themselves capable of sus-
tanning the structure of the govern
ment.
Program of Legislation.
The Republican party is now, as al
ways, party of advanced and con
structive craftsmanship. 1t will strive,
not only in the nation, but in the sew
eral states. to enact the necessary leg
isation to safeguard the public health;
to limit effectively the labor of women
and children and to protect wage earn
ers engaged in dangerous occupations;
to enact comprehensive and generous
workmen's compensation laws in place
of the present wasteful and unjust sys
TEN of employers liability.
The Republican party reattirms its in
tention to uphold at all times the au-
thority and integrity of the courts, both
state and federal, and it will ever in
sist that their power to enforce their
process and to protect life. liberty and
property shall be preserved inviolate.
We favor legislation to prevent long
delays and tedious and costly appeals
Against the Recall of Judges.
While we regard the recall of judges
as unnecessary and unwise, we favor
such action as may be necessary to
simplify this process by which any
judge who may be found to be derelict
in his duty may be removed from of
fee
The Republican party earnestly IA
vors all measures for the establish
ment and protection of the peace of
the world and the development of
closer relations between the various
nations of the earth.
The Republican party is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly. 1t
placed upon the statute book the in
terstate commerce act of 1887 and the
important amendments thereto and
the antitrust act of 1890, and it has
consistently and successfully enforced
the provisions of these laws.
The Antitrust Act.
The party favors the enactment OF
legislation supplementary to the exist
ing antitrust act which will define as
criminal offenses those specific acts
that uniformly mark attempts to re-
strain and monopoliZe to the end that
all who obey the law may have a
guide for their action and that those
who aim to violate the law may the
more surely be punished. The same
certainty should be given to the law
prohibiting combinations and monopo-
lies that characterize other provisions
of commercial law, in order that no
part of the field of business may be
restricted by monopoly or combina-
ton; that business success hOnorably
achieved may not be converted into
crime and that the right of every man
to acquire commodities and particu-
Iarly the neceSsaries of life in an open
market uniufuenced by the manipula,
ton of trust or combination may be
preserved
In the enforcement and adminiStra-
ton of federal laws governing inter
state commerce and enterprises i'm
pressed with a public use engaged
therein there is much that may be com,
mitted to a federal trade commission.
On the Tariff.
We reatttrm our belief in protective
tariff The Republican tariff policy has
been of the greatest benefit to the
country, developing our resources, di-
versifying our industries and protect
ing our workmen against competition
with cheaper labor abroad, thus estab-
fishing for our wage earners the Amer
lean standard of living
We hold that the import duties
should be high enough, while yielding 8
sufficient revenue, to protect adequate,
ly American industries and wages.
Some of the existing import duties
are too high and should be reduced
REIMBURSEMENT should be made from
time to time to conform to changing
conditions and to reduce excessive
rates, but without injury to any Amer
lean industry. To accomplish this, cor
rect information is Indispensable. This
information can best be obtained by an
export commission, as the large vol
ume of useful facts contained in the