The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03

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Columbus, O.-The following is tho
Ohio Republican platform as adopted:
I'VE, the Republican party of Ohio,
in convention assembled, hereby pro-
mulgate the following platform:
I'VE reaffirm our adherence to the
great principles of the Republicanism
which have made the history of the
party glorious for more than half
century. We rejoice in the great
achievements. of our party which have
brought progress and prosperity to
our people.
Following step by step the changed
conditions of the years, the Republic
an party goes forward with renewed
faith in the people, firm in it's purpose
to serve them to-day with the same
sincerity and fidelity that marked the
noble work of Abraham Lincoln.
"On behalf of the Republicans of
Ohio, this convention extends to the
President of the United States sincere
sympathy on account of the sorrow
and bereavement which has recently
Iallen upon mis- houSenOlQ.
I'VE reaffirm our adherence to the
principle Of protection to American in
dustries for the investment of Amer
ican capital, and in the employment of
American labor at the American stand
ard of wage.
I'VE denounce the Underwood tariff
act as a law in the interest of foreign
rather than the American producer.
We denounce the legislation which
has turned the balance of trade against
us and is draining our country of its
gold.
"The fallacy of the Democratic
claim that protection is the cause of
the high cost of living is shown by the
failure of the Underwood act to reduce
it.
I'VE favor such legislation by the
National Congress as will provide an
adequate merchant marine for the eX-
tension Of our trade to all parts of the
world in times of peace, and will en-
able us in time of war to provide am
pie transportation of products of neu-
trail countries, especially those of the
western continents.
"The Republican party, recognizing
the debt the country owes to the vol
unteer soldiery, declares it's opposition
to the recent policy of the National
Administration to drop from the gov
eernment service the veterans of the
Civil War.
1--WE urge Congress to make liberal
and regular appropriations to complete
the improvement of the Ohio river.
The Republicans of Ohio condemn
the present state executive for his as
sumption of autocratic powers; for his
usurpation of the legislative func-
tions; for having used his official pre-
negatives to create gigantic ma
chine; for his creation of many use
less Offices and commissions; for his
trifling with the civil service. We es-
pecially denounce his administration
for its dangerous concentration of
power in the hands of the governor
and for its unprecedented extrava-
gances and the added burdens placed
upon local subdivisions. We arraign
he so-called Warnes law for it's fla
grant violation of the principle of local
self-government We condemn the
taxation policy of the Cox administra-
tion which seeks to increase revenue
rather than to curb expenditures. We
denounce the so-called Fitzpatrick law
for it's destruction of the wise provi-
sions of the Smith one-per-cent law.
I'VE not only favor the wOrkman's
compensation law, which we partic-
pated in enacting, but We favor the
increase in the maximum amount to
be paid for death and total disability
under said law.
I'VE depreciate the steadily increas-
ing outlay for all public purposes with
it's corresponding increase in taxation.
We pledge the Republican party to dis
courage unnecessary local expendi-
lures and to restore an economical
management of state Offices by abol-
ishing all unnecessary Offices and COM
missions.
"We favor laws for the moral pro-
lection and physical development Of
our women workers. We indorse the
eight-hour system of daily labor wher-
ever practicable. We approve the
principle of one days rest in seven
for all labor.
I'VE urge the enactment of laws
comforting upon the supreme court
Jurisdiction to revise the decisions of
the secretary of state on primary, cleo
tion and initiative and referendum
questions.
I'VE favor liberal appropriations to
promote agriculture. We pledge the
Republican party of Ohio to the ap-
pointment of farmers to all Offices
whose functions relate to the farm.
I'VE recognize the wider claims of
the people upon their government for
legislation to promote social justice,
and pledge our cooperation in the
broader movement for human welfareS
I'VE demand that our people shall
have restored to them their right Of
local self-government.
I'VE call the attention of the elect
ors of Ohio to the pending constitu-
tional amendment, all of which are
submitted without political party spon-
sorship through the plan of initiation
recently provided for in our constitii-
ton. and ask a verdict in the convic-
tions of Ohios citizenship without par
tissn prejudice or political bias We
pledge the Republican party to the
conscientious execution of the will of
the majority, and to use all the aU-
thority provided in the constitution
and the statutes for enforcement.
while the traffic in Intoxicating liq-
uors subsists in Ohio we favor its
regulation by such laws as are now or
hereafter may be enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly. We further propose
the decentralization Of the licensing
authority which, through the present
plan Of appointment of commissioners
by the Governor, tends to make po-
litical machine of the saloon. We
Would place the licensing authority
beyond the manipulation OF partisan