The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
FAVOR PUBLICITY OF
 CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Believes in Federal Aid for Flood Prevention-Want, Liberal Policy in Conservation of
 Natural Resources

 ciples of the republican party and our devotion to the cause of republican institutions established by the fathers.
 It is appropriate that we should now recall With a sense of veneration and gratitude the name of our first great leader who was nominated in this city ard whose lofty principles and superb devotion to his country are an inspir- ation 10 tho party he honored-Abra- ham Lincoln. In the present state of public affairs we should be inspired by his broad statesmanship and by his toll erant spirit toward men, The repub- lican party looks back upon it's rec ord with pride and satisfaction and feEward to its new responsibilities with hope and confidence. Its achievements in government constitute the most lum- inous pages in our history
 Progressive Party
 Our greatest national advance has been made during the year of it's as- cendancy in public affairs. It has been genuinely and always a party of pro- gressives; it has never been either sta tionary or reactionary. It has gqwe fl om the fulhllment 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-eontrolled rep resentatiye democracy, which is gov ernment of laws, not of men, and in which order is the prerequisite of pro- gress. The principles of constitutional government 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 law by an un- trammelled and independent judiciary have proved themselves capable of sus- taining the structure of a government which. after more than century of development, embraces 100, 0,0O0,0 900 peo- pie scattered over a wide and diverse territory, but bound by common pur pose, common ideals and common ar lection to the constitution of the Unit cd States. Under the constitution and the principles asserted and vitalized by 1t, the United States has grown to be one of the great civilizations and civ ilizing powers of the earth.
 It offers home and an opportunity to the ambitious and industrious from other lands. Resting upon the broad basis of a peoples confidence and a peoples extra ordinary support and managed by the peo- pie themselves, the government of the United States will meet the problems of the future as satisfactory as it has solved tuOoc bi titc peiSt.
 Party of Advanced Statesmanship
 The republican party is now as always a party of advanced and constructive states manship. It is prepared to go forward with the solution of these new questions which social, economic and political devel- opment have brought into the fore of the nations interest
 It will strive not only in the nation, but in the several states, to enact the neces- sary legislation to safeguard the public health, to limit effectively the labor of women and children; to protect wage earners engaged in dangerous occupations; to enact comprehensive and generous v-orkmans compensation laws in place of the present wasteful and unjust system of employers liability, and in all possible ways to satisfy the just demand of the people for the study and solution of the complex and constantly changing prob lens of social welfare.
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 Equal Rights
 In dealing win these questions it is im- portant the rights of every individual to the freest possible development of his own powers and resources and to .the best of his justly acquired property so far q. these are compatible with the rights of others shall not be interfered with. The social system of the United States rests upon the civil liberty of the individual and for the protection of that liberty the peo- plc have wisely in the national and state constitutions put definite limitations upon themselves and upon their government of- ficials and agencies. To enforce these lim- itations, to secure the orderly and eos herent exercise of governmental powers and to protect the rights of even the hum- blest and least favored individual are the future as satisfactorily as 1t has solved tice. The republican party reaffirms its intention to uphold these An orderly method Is provided under our system of government by which the people may when the choose alter or amend the constitutional pro visions which underie that govern lnent
 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 That the codftschbofh federal and state, may bear the heavy burden laid upon them to the eoinplet eesatisfactior of public opinion, we favor 1egisla, ton to prevent long delays and tHe tedious and costly appeals which have so often amounted to denial of jus tice fin civil cases and 10 failure tc Ff0tfci the 'publlc dt largo m criminal cases9a iN
 Favor Recall of Judges
 Since the responsibility of the ju- dietary is go great, the standards oi Judicial actton must be always and everywhere above suspicion and re- troeclii While we regard the recall of judges as unnecessary and unwise. we favor such action as may be neces sary to simplify the process by which ally judge. who is found to be derelici in his duly be removed from office.
 Together with peaceful and orderly development at home. the republican party earnestly favors all measures for the establishment; and protection of the peace of the world and for the develop rnent of the slosest relations between, the various nations of the earth. Il believes most earnestly in the peaceful settlement of international disputes and in the reference of all justicabfe con troversies between nations to an inter- national court of justice.
 Opposed to Monopoly
 The republican party is opposed to special privilege and to monopoly It placed upon the statute book the inter- state commerce act of 1887 and the ,,,r t1f{f,, q rfa fl.x,..t,