The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-11
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE RE-
PUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVICTION

Chicago, Coliseum, June 22.-Vic
President Fairbanks read the repor
Of the committee on platform, which
was adopted as follows:
The Republican party assembled b.
the representatives in national con
vention, declares it's unchanging faitl
in government of the people. by thu
people, for the people. We renew
our allegiance to the principles of tn,
Republican party and our devotion t.
the cause Of republican institutions
propriate that we should now recall
with 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 honore6-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 az.
fairs. 1t has been genuinely and al.
ways a party Of progress; It has new.
er been either stationary or reaction.
airy. It 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. I
il liberty and the rights of men and
Interpretation of the law by an un.
trammeled and Independent judiciary,
have proved themselves capable of
sustaining the structure Of govern.
ment which after more than a century |
of development. embraces 10000O.0O0l
people. scattered over a wide and d. |
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 it, |
the United States has grown to be
one of the great civilized and civiliz-
ing powers of the earth. 1t offers a
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
ii has solved those of the past.
Constructive Statesmanship.
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.
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 1t 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.
nle 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 peo-
pie have wisely, in the national and
state constitutions, nut definite