The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-09-14
THE REPUBLICAN,
STXTE PLATFORM

Inc hepuDllCdnS OI bldu, III tOH
vention assembled, offer no program
that is not bulwarked with perform
ances; make no professions that dc
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-.
sented by the National Republican
convention. We applaud the renomi.
nation of William II. Taft, a Presi.
dent who, like Abraham Lincoln, has
proven that calmness, kindness and
sympathy are compatible with firm
resolution and infexible 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 suppor'
1t has likewise preserved to the
Utah farmer, miner and flockmaster
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 a scientific tariff, based on non.
partisan investigation, the Republican
party has also insisted upon a 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 a lie.
publican Congress.
Help for Worklngman
The Republican party which came
into power as the friend of the OPP
pressed and emancipation of the en-
shaved, continues as the champion of
the weak, helpless and unfortunate.
The bill recommended by President
Taft, and passed by Republican Sen
ate for workingmen's compensation
and employers liability was blocked
OF passage in a Democratic house.
This measure of reform, compiled by
commission of which Senator Suth.
erland was chairman. constitutes the
greatest advance yet made for the
workingman, amounting almost to a
revolution in existing law. We urge
the passage of this act; and favor
both in nation and state all those
measures which make for social and
economic advancement.
Urge Practical Laws
We urge passage or more effective
factory inspection laws, rigid en-.
forcement of sanitary regulations. a
systematic application of tests in
weights and measures in every local.
ity, the protection OF the consumer
against impure food, the establish.
ment Of a national board OF health
and the encouragement of every move
ment for the protection OF women
and children in working centers. We
favor an extension of aid to good
roads to the end that Utah may have
the best means of transportation We
call attention to the fact that under
authority given by the present Re
publican state administration, more
money has been spent On good roads
during the past four years than in
the whole previous history OF the
state. The employment OF convicts
on the public highways has been an
ideal means Of prison discipline and
has assisted the construction Of good
roads, without injury to private lab
or We request our representatives
in Congress to work for the passage
OF a federal act creating and main
tanning a system OF national roads.
Reform Taxation System
A system of taxation in Utah which
s unequal and Anticipated is under
DING investigation by revenue com
mission created by the last leglsla
| ure. The levy of taxes on an equal