River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-06-27
|COURTS MUST
Be INDEPENDENT
Republican Platform Demands
Freedom of Judiciary.
RECALL STRONGLY OPPOSED
Changes in Antitrust Laws Framed
Protective Tariff Approved and Mod
Ifications suggested-Lauds Pres
ent and Past Administrations.

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ent and Past Administrations.
Chicago-The following is the plat
form adopted by the Republican ma
tional convention on Saturday after
noon:
1.-The Republican party, assembled by
| its representatives in national conven-
ton, declares its unchanging faith in
government of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people. We renew our al
legiance to the principles of the Re
publican institutions established by
| the fathers.
1--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 Republican party 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 and to
protect wage-earners engaged in dan
gerous occupations; to enact compre-
hensive and generous workman's COM
pensation laws In place Of the present
wasteful and unjust system of employ
ers' 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
problems of social welfare.
"The Republican party reafirms Its
intention to uphold at all times the
authority and integrity of the courts,
| both state and federal, and it will ever
insist that their powers to enforce
their process and protect life, liberty
and property shall be preserved in
violate.
"That the courts, both federal and
state, may bear the heavy burden laid
upon them to the complete satisfac-
ton of public opinion we favor legis-
lation to prevent long delays and the
tedious and costly appeals which have
so often amounted to a denial of JUS
| tice in civil cases and to failure to
protect the public at large in criminal
cases.
Since the responsibility of the jul
|
| judicial action must be always and
everywhere above suspicion and re-
proach. 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
any Judge who is found to be derelict
| in his duty may be removed from Of
five
Together with peaceful and order
ly development at home, the Republic
can party earnestly favors all meas
ures for the establishment and pro-
lection of the peace of the world, and
| for the development of closer relations
between the various nations of the
earth.
"It believes most earnestly in the
peaceful settlement of international
| disputes and in the reference of all
| justiciable controversies between ma
| lions to an international court of JUS
| tice.
"The Republican party favors the
enactment of legislation supplement-
airy to the existing antitrust act,
| those specific acts that uniformly
mark attempts to restrain and to
monopolize trade, to the end that
| those who honestly intend to obey the
law may have a guide for their &C
| ton and that those who aim to vio-
late the law may the more surely be
punished.
Gin the enforcement and admins
tration of federal laws governing in
terstate commerce and enterprises
impressed with a public use engaged
| therein, there is much that may be
| committed to a federal trade commits
sion, thus placing in the hands of an
administrative board many of the
| functions now necessarily exercised
| by the courts.
1--WE reaffirm our belief in protec-
tive tariff. The protective tariff is so
woven into the fabric of our industrial
and agricultural life that to substitute
| for it tariff for revenue only would
! destroy many industries and throw
millions of our people out of employ
! ment The products of the farms and
of the mine should receive the same
measure of protection as other prod
ucts OK American labor
eve hold that the import duties
should be high enough while yielding
| a sufficient revenue to protect ade-
ouately American industries and
wages Some of the existing import
duties are too high and should be re-
duced. REIMBURSEMENT should be made
from time to time to conform to chang
| ing conditions and to reduce excessive
rates, but without injury to any Amer
| lean industry. To accomplish this cor
rect information is indispensable. This
| information can best be obtained by
an expert commission, as the large
| volume of useful facts contained In
| the recent reports of the tariff board
| has demonstrated.
1.-The pronounced feature of modern
industrial life is its enough diversifi-
cation. To apply tariff rates Justly to
these changing conditions requires
closer study and more scientific meth
| DDS than ever before. The Republican
| party has shown by its creation of a
tariff board, its recognition of this sit
uation, and its determination to be
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