The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-10-31
Republican State
Platform

The Republicans of Utah, in con-
vention assembled, offer no program
that is not bulwarked with perform
ances; make no professions that do
not square with practices. The past
four years of Republican control In
state and nation mark an era of pro-
gress surprising any equal period in
American history. They have been
years alike of material prosperity
and moral awakening. Never has the
country been confronted with prob.
lens so complex and varied; never
have such problems been handled
with more skill or courage. Presi.
dent Taft has demonstrated that the |
principles of constitutional and rep
resentative government, though as
sailed by agitators and decried by
theorists, are broad and deep enough
to meet every exigency of our ad.
vanced civilization.
Endorse Administration
We give our hearty endorsement
to the platform and candidates pre-
scented by the National Republican
nation of William H. Taft, a Presi.
dent who, like Abraham Lincoln, has
proven that calmness, kindness and
sympathy are compatible with firm
resolution and infleXible courage. A
Republican administration which has
stood behind the protective tariff,
principles of Clay, Garfield, Blaine
and Mckinley, has also given to the
child its first national recognition and
to the workingman the broadcast ma.
tional supper
1t has likewise preserved to the
Utah farmer, miner and flockmaster
convention. We applaud the renomi-
that prosperity which results from
protected sugar, lead and wool The
people Of this state have not forgot
ten the kind Of cheapness that comes
with Democratic tariff. While insist.
ing on scientific tariff, based on non.
partisan investigation, the Republican
party has also insisted upon system
of railroad regulation which would
not build up the seaboards at the ex.
pense of the interior. Every mer.
chant, factory and consumer of Utah
enjoys the benefit of reduced rates
endowed with broad powers by Re
publican Congress.
Help for Worklngman
The Republican party which came
into power as the friend of the Cd
pressed and emancipation of the en-
shaved, continues as the champion OIL
the weak, helpless and unfortunate
The bill recommended by President
Taft, and passed by a Republican Sen
ate for workingmen's compensation
and employers liability was blocked
of passage in Democratic house
This measure of reform, compiled by
a commission of which Senator Suth
erland was chairman, constitutes tn,
greatest advance yet made for tn,
workingman, amounting almost to
revolution in existing law. We urg,
the passage of this act; and favo
both in nation and state all thos,
measures which make for social anC
economic advancement.
Urge Practical Laws
We urge passage or more effectiv,
factory inspection laws, rigid en-
forcement of sanitary regulations,
systematic application of tests il
weights and measures in every local
ity, the protection OF the consume
against impure food, the establish
ment of a national board of healtl
and the encouragement of every NOV
ment for the protection of womel
and children in working centers. w
favor an extension OF aid to goo,
roads to the end that Utah may hav
the best means of transportation. w
call attention to the fact that unde
authority given by the present Re
publican state administration, NOR
money has been spent on good road
during the past four years than Il
the whole previous history of tn
state. The employment OF convict
on the public highways has been a
ideal means OF prison discipline an