Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-27
REPu Bl.ICAN
PLATFORM
Party Stands on Its
| Record.
Protection AFFIRMED,
Recall Of Judges Is Called In
necessary and unWIse.
M0RF ANTITRUST law Asked
MORE ANTITRUST Law ASKED
Also a Scientific Inquiry Into'the
Cause Of High Cost Of Living.

The Republican party, assembled BY
it's representatives in the national con.
vention, declares Its unchanging faith
In government Of the people, by the
people. for the people. We renew our
allegiance to the principles of the Re-
publican party and our devotion to the
cause of Republican institutions estab-
lshed by the fathers.
1t is appropriate that we should now
recall with a sense of veneratlon 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 inspi'
ration to the party he honored, Abra'
ham Lincoln. In the present state OF
affairs we should be inspired by his
broad craftsmanship and by his toler-
ant spirit toward men.
The Party Record.
The Republican party looks back
upon its record with pride and salts.
faction and forward to its new re-
sponsibilities with hope and confidence.
Its achievements in government con.
stitute the most luminous pages In our
history. Our great advance has been
made during the years Of its ascend"
ancy in public affairs. 1t has never
been either stationary or reactionary.
It has gone from the fulfllment of
one great pledge to the ful6llment of
another In response to the public need
and to the popular will.
We believe in our self controlled rep
resentative democracy. which Is gov
eminent of laws. not Of men, and In
which order is the prerequisite OF prog.
resS.
Confidence In tho Future.
The principles of constitutional gov.
eminent which make provision for or
derly 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 un-
trammeled and Independent judiciary
have proved themselves capable Of sus-
tanning the structure Of government
which after more than a century Of
development embraces 10O,0O0,OOO Of
people scattered over a wide and d.
verse territory, but bound by common
purpose, common ideals and common
affection to the constitution Of the
INT koI Cko} TYnHnr h1 Ct k,,k
the principles vitalized by it, the Unit
ed States has grown to be one Of the
great civilized and civillzing powers
Of the earth. 1t offers home and an
opportunity to the ambitious and the
Industrious from other lands. Resting
upon a broad basis Of peoples conf
dence and a peoples support and man.
aged by the people themselves, the
government Of the United States will
meet the problems Of the future as sat-
isfactorily as it has solved those Of the
past.
Legislative Program.
The Republican party Is now, as al.
ways, q party of advanced and con-
structive craftsmanship. 1t is pre-
pared to go forward with the solution
Of those new questions which social.
economic and political development
has brought into the forefront o. the
nations interest. 1t will strive, not
only in the nation, but in the several
states, to enact the necessary legisla-
ton to safeguard the public health; to
limit effectively the labor Of women
and children and to protect wage earn
ers engaged in dangerous occupations;
to enact comprehensive and generous
workmen's compensation laws in place
Of the present wasteful and unjust sys-
tenn Of employers liability, and in all
possible ways to satisfy the just de.
mands Of the people for the study and
solution of the complex and constantly
changing problems of social welfare.
Dealing with this questiv,.. it is i'm.
portant that the rights OF 'Ae individ-
ual to the freest possible development
of his own powers and resources and
to the control Of his own justly &C.
Quire1 property so far as those are
compatible with the rights of others
shall not be interfered with or Destroy
ed. 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 peo-
pie have wisely in the national and
state constitutions put definite limita.
tons upon themselves and upon their
governmental officers and agencies. To
enforce these limitations. to secure the
orderly and coherent exercise Of gov.
ernmentaI powers aud to protect the