Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-02

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people, for the people. We renew our
allegiance to the principles of the
Republican party and our devotion to
the cause of Republican institutions
established by the fathers.
1t is appropriate that We should
now recall with sense Of generation
and gratitude the name of our first
great leader who was nominated in
this city, and whose lofty principles
and superb devotion to his country
are an inspiration to the party he
honored-Abraham Lincoln. In the
present state of public affairs we
should be inspired by his broad
craftsmanship and by his tolerant
spirit toward men,
Views Record with Pride.
The Republican party looks back
upon it's record with pride and salts
faction, and forward to it's new re-
sponsibilities, with hope and conf
dence. It's achievements in govern
ment constitute the most luminous
pages in our history. Our greatest
national advance has been made dur
ing the years of it's ascendency IL
public affairs. 1t has been genuinely
and always a party of progress, It
has never been either stationary or
reactionary. 1t has gone from the
fulfillment of one great pledge to the
fulfillment of another in response to
the public need and TO the popular
will
We believe in our self-controlled
representative democracy, which is
government of laws not of men, and
in which order is the prerequisite Of
progress.
The principles of constitutional gov
eminent, which make 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 untrammeled and independent
judiciary, have proved themselves
capable of sustaining the structure of
government which, after more than
century of development, embraces
100000 of people, scattered over
wide and diverse territory, bat
bound by common purpose, common
ideals, and common affection to the
constitution of the United States.
Growth of United States.
Under the constitution and the
principles asserted and vitalized by it
the United States has grown to be
one of the great civilized and civiliz-
ing powers of the earth. 1t offers
home and an opportunity to the am
bilious and the industrious from 9TH
err lands. Resting upon the broad
basis of a peoples confidence and a
peoples support, and managed by the
people themselves, the government of
the United States will meet the prob
lens of the future as satisfactory as
1t has solved those of the past
The Republican party is now, as
always, a party OF advanced and con
structive craftsmanship. 1t is pre-
pared to go forward with the solu-
ton of those new questions which
social, economic, and political devel-
opment have brought into the fore
front of the nations interest 1t will
strive, not only in the nation but IN
the several states, to enact the nee
essary legislation to safeguard the
public health; to limit effectively the
labor of women and children; to pro
tect wage earners engaged in dan
gerous occupations; to enact compre-
hensive and generous workmen's
compensation laws in place of the
present wasteful and unjust system
of employers liability: and in all pos
sible ways to satisfy the just demand
of the people for the study and solu-
ton of the complex and constantly
changing problems of social welfare
Rights of the Individual.
In dealing with these questions it is
important that the rights of every in
dividual to the freest possible devel-
opment of his own powers and re-
sources 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
or destroyed.
The social and political structure
Of the United States rests upon the
civil liberty of the individual. and
for the protection of that liberty the
people have wisely, in the national
and state constitutions, put definite
limitations upon themselves and upon
their governmental officers and
agencies. To enforce these limita
tons, to secure the orderly and co
herent exercise of government pow
ers, and to protect the rights of even
the humblest and least favored in
divIdual are the function of indie
pendent courts of justice.
The Republican party reaffirms it's
intention to uphold at all times the
authority and integrity of the courts.
both state and federal. and ii win
ever insist that their powers to en-
force their process and to protect
life. liberty and property shall be
preserved inviolate An orderly meth
cd is provided under our system of
government by which the people NAV.
when they choose, alter or amend
the constitutional provisions which
underIie that government
Laws Against Long Delays.
Until these constitutional provisions
are so altered or amended. in orderly
fashion. it is the duty of the courts
to see TO it that when challenged they
are enforced.
That the courts, both federal and
state, may bear the heavy burden laid