The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-06

to tne.r fellow citizens the following
statement on matters OF supreme mo-
ment now engrossing the attention If
the american people:
Allegiance to Party
/. we unqualfiedly reaffirm our
allegiance to the national Republican
par ty and our approval and support OF
,n, ,iulCiples and policies proclaimed
4, ,..e party at its last national con.
yent,on
Ine rarity Record
2. We refer with pride to the great
record made by our party during the
pas, lnty years; a record which, IN
ITS broad sweep, embraces a great re-
pubic preserved; the emancipation OF
race; the opening of an empire oil
public domain to settlement by Mill
lions OF free people; the advancement
of free institutions to a foremost
place in the affairs of mankind; the
development of our resources, manu-
features and commerce on q scale
never before paralleled; and. for ur
ration, greatly increased national
prestige at home and abroad. The
splendor of this record will never
grow dim.
rhe Protective Tariff
3. We reaffirm with emphasis our
adherence to the great American
doctrine, consistently upheld by the
Republican party, of protection TO
home industries. The people OF Utah
irrespective of party, are vitality In
terested in the upbuilding of this
policy. Without 1t the profitable cult
walton of the sugar beet and the man.
ufacture of sugar from the beet root
would cease; the flocks would be
swept from our hills and plains; our
low-grade lead and silver mines would
be closed and with other kindred pur.
suits would disappear from the indus.
trial life Of Utah. We condemn he
inconsistency of those of our fellow
citizens who, appealing to the Repub-
lican party to protect their lead, sill.
yer, iron ore, wool and other interests
from disaster by threatened Democ.
ratio legislation, go to the polls AMI
with their votes support the party
from whose acts they ask the Repub.
lican party TO protect them. We oc:
them If such course is consistent
with straightforward political action
and just to the people among whom
they live and the state In whose ma.
terial welfare they have common
interest
Uphold the Constitution
a. We regard the preservation OF
representative institutions and an
.untrammeled judiciary one of the sn-
preme issues OF this campaign ana
deem it to be our duty to SOUND 70
uncertain or faltering note in regard
40 it. The Republicans of Utah stand,
where the national Republican party
has always stood, for the constitution
and the representative institutions, le'
gislative and executive, and the III
dependent judiciary II provides for
They believe these to be sufficient for
all our social and political needs. Tn Y
regard all attempts to subvert or
change these institutions by forms
and methods unknown to the constitu-
ton as revolutionary and destructive
Of the fundamental principles upou
which our form of government Is
based.
TIE Titanic Disaster
5. We deplore the great calamity
which so swiftly sent to the oceans
depth. with its precious load OF hui
man freight, the mighty Titanic, and
we urge upon our congressional dele
cation the importance OF adequate >
gislation to insure hereafter every
possible protection to the lives OF
those who may have to travel upon
the seas.
For Veterans
s. We deem it to be our duty Oh
every possible occasion to express our
appreciation and regard for the pa
tr.otic men who risked their lives in
defense of our country. We hoiG
them IN grateful remembrance and
fryor legislation that will place ey
cry soldier who, in the hour OF need
marched beneath the flas beyond th7
possibility of want so long as he
may live.
Six.Year Presidential Term
7. We favor an amendment to Tx
constitution of the United State,
making the term for which a Presi