The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-03
REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION
ADOPT R|NG|NG RESOLUTIONS

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day. Great industrial plants are
closed down. hundreds 1f. thousands|
ofiworking men are thrown out al
employment and stagnacy exists in
business; trade and eommereiai spuf-
SUITS
q Believing as we do in the Ameri.I
can standard Of living, we demand
thesreyision OF the tariff sch eduIes to
tliesend that the prosperity OF tBel
American working man. the Ameris
can farmer and the American manu-
facturer may be cont inued on the ba.
sis created during nearly a squarteriof
o century under Republican admins
istration. Z, & q.
The First Con ressional district
Of West Virginia, by reason Of its
vast manufacturing and agricultural
Interests, Is essentially a. district in
need Of protective legislation. We
condemn any policy that tends ito
force competition with the halfapaid
working classes OF European coun-i
tries To meet changing require
nents.initariff schedules we favor the
creation Of "a tariff commission, COM
posed Of experts. n
Eve re-affirm our belief in and
acceptance of the Republican nation
platform Of 1912 and of the Republic
can state platform adopted at
Charleston in q 914 TO these expo
sitions we point as splendid exam
pies Of ERepuh lican doctrine and per,
Torrance. & 4
I'VE condemn the sfaltering, vacil-l
.ating Mexican policy of the exist
ing Democratic administration as q
disgraceful failure. The policy fol-
lowed regarding the situation in our
sister Republic has from the start
been eal,iwayering g and 1hesitant Jas
TO bring q blush Of shame ito the
cheek ofevery true American. "a
Hundreds OF American citizens
have been slaughtered, millions in
American capital has been seized or
destroyed and worse still, the flag Of
our fathers has been iwantonlyj in;
suited without more than a weak
kneed attempt to cxtort dbology be-
| ing exerted. *
I'VE oppose the ratification Of the
Colombian treaty, now pending be-
fore the United States senate, as an
other example Of thetlack DISABILITY
SO clearly evidentsi the state! de-
|partment and tile White House. BY
urging the atifications 6f I'll 8 Colon
bian treaty the b Democratic adndnis=
tration wilfully seeks stoIput the Uni
ted States inBthe position ofsdeliberE
lately stealing the Panama Canal
zone. We protest against such a
farcieal proceeding. and deny flat
| the United States owes Csiombla
black mail either in the form Of mon
cyl or an apology: I'm thfs !eonnection,
We urge upon. our esteemed senator,
the Honorable Nathan Con, ITO Use
every influence at his command in
opposing the ratification Of this pro-
lrosed treaty. n 55 (
Il I've belieYe in dealing justlysand
fairly With sal I foreign powers BIT Nj
condemn the general foreign policy
| Of the Democratic administration
(which has9yet to- take vigorous and
decided stand on any question Of an
international nature, which, after all,
| Is the only sure means of command
| ing the respect Of foreign nations ana
preventing serious ,entanglements.
SWc favor the adoption Of a fed
eral law providing for the punish
Iiment Of directors or individuals re-
|sponsible for the management Of in
ter-state commerce corporations or
businesses, found violating the law.
We favor the creation Of a federal
trade commission. We favor a min-
|limum wage law that will provide a
Efair and Just compensation FOR, all
aemployes OF corporal lions, firms 81. OF