The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-08-03

ton, declares its unchanging faith in
government of the people, by the people,
for the people We renew our allegiance
to the principles of the Republican Party
and our devotion to the cause of Repub
lican institutions established by the ia
theirs.
1t is appropriate that we snou:d nov
recall with sense OF veneration and
gratitude the name OF our first great lea
der, who was nominated in this city and
whose lofty principles and superb devo-
tion to his country are an inspiration to
the party he honored-Abraham Lincoln.
In the present state of public affairs We
should be inspired by his broad states
manship and by his tolerant spirit to-
ward men.
The Republican Party looks back upon
its record with pride and satisfaction,
and forward to its new responsibilities
with hope and confidence. Its achieve
ments in government constitute the most
luminous pages in our history. Our
greatest national advance has been made
during the years of its ascendancy in
public affairs. 1t has been genuinely
and always party of progress; it has
never been either stationary or reaction
one great pledge to the fulfllment of
another in response to the public need
and to the popular will.
We believe in our self-controlled rep
resentative democracy, which is gov
eminent of laws, not of men, and in which
order is the prerequisite of progress
The principles of constitutional gov
eminent which make provision for or
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popular will, for the protection of civil
liberty and the rights of men, and for the
Interpretation of the law by an untram
melted and Independent judiciary, have
proved themselves capable OF sustaining
the structure of government which,
after more than a century of develop
ment, embraces one hundred millions of
people, scattered over wide and diverse
territory, but bound by common purpose,
common ideals and common affection to
the Constitution of the United States.
Under the Constitution and the principles
asserted and vitali7ed by Il, the United
States has grown to be one of the great
civilized and civililing powers of the
earth. 1t offers a home and an oppor-
tunity to the ambitious and the indus
trious from other lands Resting upon
the broad basis of a peoples confidence
and a peoples support, and managed by
the people themselves, the Government
of the United States will meet the prob
lens of the future as satisfactorily as 1t
has solved those of the past.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
The Republican Party is now, as al
ways, a party of advanced and construc-
tive craftsmanship. 1t is prepared to go
forward with the solution of these 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 neces-
sary legislation to safeguard the public
health: to limit effectively the labor of
women and children, to protect wage
earners engaged in dangerous occupa-
lions, to enact comprehensive and gem
erous workmen's compensation laws in
place of the present wsafetul and unjust
system of employers liability, and in all
possible ways satisfy the just demand of
the people for the study and solution OF
the complex and constantly changing
problems of social welfare.
III uedllHS with thSoV dhSS'ioHS -
important that the rights of every indi-
yidual to the freest possible develop
ment of his own powers and resources,
and to the control of his own justly az
auired property, so far as those are COM
patible with the rights of others, snail
not be interfered with or destroyed. The
social and political structure of the
United States rests upon the civil liberty
of the individual, and for the protection
of that liberty the people have wisely,
in the National and State Constitutions,
put definite limitations upon themselves
anu upon their governmental officers and
agencies. To enforce these limitations,
to secure the orderly and coherent eXef-
else of governmental powers and to pro-
tect the rights of even the humblest and
least favored individual, are the function
of independent courts of justice.
TO UPHOLD COURTS
The Republican party reaffirms Its in
tention to uphold at all times the au'
thority and .Negrity of the courts, both
State and Federal, and it will ever in
sist that their powers to enforce their
process and to protect life, liberty and
property snail be preserved inyiolate.
An orderly method is provided under our
system of government by which the peo-
pie may, when they choose, alter or
amend the constitutional provisions
which underlie that government. Until
these constitutional provisions are so
altered or amended, in orderly fashion,
il is the duty of the courts to see to 1t
that when challenged they are enforced
That the courts, both Federal and State
may bear the heavy burden laid upon
them to the complete satisfaction OF
public opinion, we favor legislation to
prevent oug delays and the tedious and
costly appeals which have so often
amounted to a denial of justice in civil
cases, and to a failure to protect the
public at large in criminal cases.
Since the responsibility of the judi
ciary is so great, the standards OF judi
clal action must be always and every
where above suspicion ana reproach,
While we regard the recall of judges as
unnecessary and unwise, we favor such
acton as may be necessary to simplify
the process by which any judge who Is
found to be derelict in his duty may be
removed from office.