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LEADERS PLANNING THE ISSUES
@. O. p. PLATFORM WOULD CON
TINUE POLICY.
Tentative Drafts Of Various Plans
Made by Managers Of Taft
Forces.

Chicago, June 19.-The Republican
national platform for 1912 will be
short declaration of fundamental party
principles with avoidance of contro
versial issues as far as possible. A
tentative draft Of the platform which
TIE Taft forces expect to report to
the convention has been drawn. AL.
though the committee on resolutions
has not yet been appointed. leaders
who will have the making of the plat.
form in charge have been toiling over
the various planks for the last four
days. The tentative draft of the plat.
form follows in part:
The Republican party is now, as
always. a party of progress and Of
constructive craftsmanship. It is pre-
pared, if again intrusted with power
by the people. to go forward with the
solution of those new problems which
social, economic and political develop
ments have brought into the forefront
OF the nations interests.
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 children who should be at
school; to protect wage-earners en-
gagged in dangerous occupations; to
substitute the principle of workman's
compensation for actions of law to
recover damages in case of injury; to
retain public ownership and control Of
those natural resources that are still
the public property; and in all posi-
BILE ways to satisfy the just demands
of the people for the study and So
luton of the complex and constantly
changing problems of social welfare.
To enforce those limitations, to Sc.
cure the orderly and coherent exercise
of governmental powers, and to pro.
tect the rights of even the humblest
and least favored individual, are the
functions of independent courts of jus.
tice.
The Republican party reaffirms 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 to protect life, lib.
erty and property shall be preserved
inviolate.
The Republican party is opposed to
what Is known as the recall of judges.
or to the recall of judicial decisions.
Questions of law cannot be wisely set
tied by popular vote. The public il
better represented and better protect
ed by the careful selection of the
judiciary than by the recall OF judges
under the pressure of disappointment,
clamor or revenge.
Together with peaceful and orderly
party earnestly favors all measures
for the establishment and protection
of the peace of the world and for the
development of closer relations be-
tween the various nations of the
world. 1t believes most earnestly in
the peaceful settlement Of information.
al disputes, and in reference to all
justiiable controversies between ma
lions to an International court of JUS
tice.
1.-The Republican party is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly. 1t
placed upon the statute books the anti
trust act of 1890 and 1t has consist
emily and successfully enforced the
provisions of that law. 1t will take
no backward step to permit the re-es-
tablishment in any degree of condi-
tions which were intolerable.
1.-The experience of the past 20 years
and the Illuminating decisions Of the
United States supreme court in action
brought to enforce the antitrust act.
make it plain that the law.abiding
business of the country may be car
ried on without fear or without dis
turbance, and at the same time with
out resort to practices which are alb
horent to the common sence Of JUS
tice.
THE Republican party favors the en-
actment of legislation supplementary
to the existing antitrust act which
shall define as criminal offenses the
specific acts which uniformly mark at
tempts to restrain and to monopolize
trade, to the end that those who
honestly intend to obey the law may
have guide for their actions, and
that those who aim to violate the law
may the more surely be punished.
The same certainly should be given
to the law-controlling combinations
and monopolles that characterize 9th
er provisions Of commercial law.
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