The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-22

an party can rest with confidence on
its title to command the approval oil
the American peOple- We have a
right to say mat We can be trusted
TO preserve and maintain the Ameri.
can system OF free representative gov
eminent handed down to us by our
fathers
No government must be administer
ed by the weak and fanatical and we
Justly claim for our government nm.
der the constitution that for a century
and a quarter II has worked out the
best results for individual liberty and
progress In civilization yet achieved
by governmental Institutions. Under
the peace and security II has afford
| ed. not only has our country become
vastly rich but there has been a diff.
fusion of wealth which should inspire
cheerful confidence in the future. Wit.
ness the 9,959,175 separate savings
bank accounts with s4,421. 72i ,535 de-
posits in the year 1911. Witness the
6,361.502 farms and the value Of farms
property of $4O.991 ,449, 900 in the year
1910, total more than double De-
tween 1900 and 1910.
We will maintain the power and
honor of the nation. but will observe
those limitations which the constitu-
ton sets up for the preservation of
local self-government. This country
is so large and the conditions Of life
80 varied that it would be intolerable
to have local and domestic affairs of
our home communities. which involve
no national rights, controlled by nia-
jorities made up in other states tno.-
sands of miles away or by the officials
of a central government.
Observe Constitution Limitations.
We will perform the duties and ex.
ericse the authority of the offices
with which we may be invested, but
we will observe, and require all Off.
Gals to observe, those constitutional
limitations which prescribe the boun-
Diary of official power. However wise.
however able. however patriotic a
Congress or an executive may be,
however convinced they may be that
the doing Of a particular thing would
be beneficial to the public-if that
thing be done by usurping the power
confined to another department or an.
other officer-it but opens the door
fer the destruction Of liberty. The
door opened for the patriotic and we'll
meaning to exercise power not con
fe,red upon them by law is the door
opened also thu self-seeking and am
bilious. There eau be no free govern
ment in which official power Is not
limited. and the lin it;t'ons upon Off
ciai power can be preserved up'
by vigorously insisting upon their OBJ
S rvance.
We will make and vigorously en-
forced laws for the promotion of pub
lie interests and the attainment OF
public ends, but We will observe those
great rules of right conduct which our
fathers embodied in the limitations OF
The honstitutiol. We will hold sad
red the declarations and prohibitions
- the hill Of tiri,fa which nrofp,s-
the lie and liDert-' and property Of
the citizen against the power of gov
ernnent. We will keep The covenant
that our fathers made and that we
have reaffirmed from generation to
generation, between the whole body
OF the people and every individual un-
der national jurisdiction.
With a deep sense of duty to so
order our country's government that
the blessings which God has vouch
safed us may be continued, we can
be trusted to keep the pledge given
to the American people by .hc last
Republican national convention.
The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority and integrity
of the courts, state and federal. and
viii! ever insist that their powers 10
enforce their process and to protect
life, liberty and prosperity shall be
preserved inviolate.