The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-13
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE RE-
PUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVICTION


was adopted as follows:
The Republican party assembled b
the representatives in national col
vention, declares it's unchanging fat
in government of the people. by tn
people, for the people. We rene'
our allegiance to the principles Of tn
Republican party and our devotion {
the cause of republican institution
established by the fathers. II is al
propriate that we should now recal
with a sense OF generation and graf
tude the name OF our first great lead
er, who was nominated in this city
and whose lofty principles and SCI
vices to his country are an inspira
ton to the party he honored-Abra
ham Lincoln. In the present state o
public affairs we should be inspired
by his broad statesmanship and by
his tolerant spirit toward men.
The Republican party looks back
on its record with pride and salts
faction and forward to its new respon.
sibilties with hope and confidence.
Its achievements in government con-
stitute the most luminous pages in
our history. Our greatest national
advance has been made during the
years of its ascendency in public af.
Hntr n u.
ways a party of progress; 1t has new.
er been either stationary or reaction.
airy. It has gone from the fulfillment
OF another in response to the public
need and to the popular will.
Laws, Not Men.
We believe in our self-controlled
representative democracy, which Is a
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 civ.
IL liberty and the rights Of men and
Interpretation of the law by an un-
trammeled and Independent judiciary,
have proved themselves capable of
sustaining the structure Of govern.
ment which after more than a century
of development. embraces 100,000.000
people. scattered over a wide and .di-
verse territory. but bound by common
affection to the constitution Of the
United States.
Under the constitution and the prin
ciples asserted and vitalized by 1t,
the United States has grown to be
one of the great civilized and civiliz
ing powers of the earth. II offers a
home and an opportunity to the am.
bilious and the Industrious from other
lands. Resting upon the broad basis
of a peoples confidence and a peo-
pies support, and managed by the
people themselves, the government of
the United States will meet the prob.
lens in the future as satisfactorily as
It has solved those of the past.
Constructive Craftsmanship.
The Republican party is now, as al
ways the 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
have brought into the forefront of the
nations interest.
1t will strive not only in the nation,
but in the several states, to enact the
necessary legislation to safeguard the
public health; to limit effectively the
labor OF women and children; to pro
tect wage earners engaged in danger.
GUS occupations; to enact comprehen.
sive and generous workmen's compen.
sation laws in place OF the present
wasteful and unjust system OF EN-.
ployers' liability; and in all possible
ways to satisfy the Just demands OF
the people for the study and solution
OF the complex and constantly chang
ing problems OF social welfare. In deal
ing with these questions II is impor
tant that the rights OF every individu
al to the powers and resources and to
the control Of his own Justly acquired
property, 30 far as those are compat
ble with the rights of others, shall
not be interfered with or destroyed
Independence OF Courts.
The social and political structur,
OF the United States. rests on the civ
IL liberty OF the individuals; and TO
the protection of that liberty the pee
pie have wisely, in the national an,
state constitutions, put definit
limitations on themselves and o.
their governmental officers and ager