The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-06
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE RE-
PUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

President Fairbanks read the repor
Of the committee on platform, whlcl
was adopted as follows:
The Republican party assembled b.
the representatives in national cor
vention, declares its unchanging faitl
in government Of the people. by tn
people, for the people. We renew
our allegiance to the principles of tn
Republican party and our devotion 4
the cause of republican institution
established by the fathers. II Is ap
propriate that we should now recall
with sense of veneration and graft
tude the name Of our first great lead
er, who was nominated in this city
and whose lofty principles and ser
vices to his country are an inspira
ton to the party he honored--Abra
ham Lincoln. In the present state OF
public affairs we should be inspired
by his broad statesmanship and by
his tolerant spirit toward men.
The Republican party looks back
on it's record with pride and salts.
faction and forward to its new respon.
sibilities with hope and confidence.
It's 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.
fairs. II has been genuinely and al.
ways party of progress; II has new.
er been either stationary or reaction.
airy. II 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
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
of the law by an un.
and Independent judiciary,
have proved themselves capable of
the structure Of a govern.
ment which after more than century
of development. embraces 10O,0OO.000I
people. scattered over 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. It offers
home and an opportunity to the am.
bilious and the industrious from other
lands. Resting upon the broad basis
Of a peoples confidence and 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
1t has solved those of the past.
Constructive Craftsmanship.
The Republican party is now, as al.
ways the party OF advanced and con.
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 fore. front 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 It 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, so far as those are compat-
ible with the rights of others, shall
not be interfered with or destroyed.
independence OF Courts.
The social and political structure
Of the United States. rests on the civ
Il liberty Of the individuals; and for
the protection of that liberty the PEG
pie have wisely, in the national ant
state constitutions nut dafinits