The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-29

President Fairbanks read the repor
of the committee on platform, whlcl
was adopted as follows:
The Republican party assembled b.
the representatives in national con
vention, declares it's uncbanging faitl
in government OF the people. by tn,
people, for the people. We renew
our allegiance to the principles Of thu
Republican party and our devotion 4
the cause Of republican institutions
established by the fathers. II Is ap
propriate that we should now recall
with a sense of generation 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 craftsmanship 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.
sibilities 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 AT.
fairs. 1t has been genuinely and al.
ways a party Of progress; 1t 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
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 I'M
trammeled and independent judiciary,
have proved themselves capable of
sustaining the structure of a govern.
ment which after more than a century
of development. embraces 00000.000I
people. scattered over wide and d.
verse territory. but bound by common
affection to the constitution of the
United States.
Under the constitution and the prln
ciples asserted and vitalized by it,,
the United States has grown to be
one OF the great civilized and civiliz.
ing powers of the earth. 1t 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 a PEG
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
IL 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.
IL 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 possibl,
ways TO satisfy the Just demands o
the people for the study and solution
Of the complex and constantly chang
ing problems of social welfare. In dea
ing with these questions it is impoI
tant that the rights Of every individu
al 10 the powers and resources and I
the control OF his own Justly acquires
property, so far as those are compa'
ible with the rights OF others, sha
not be interfered with or destroyed
Independence OF Courts.
The social and political structur
OF the United States. rests on the CT
II liberty OF the individuals; and fC
the protection of that liberty the pc
pie have wisely, in the national an
etata constitutions put dafinit