Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-04
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Adopted BY The Ohio State Republi-
can Convention Stand for Protec-
ton Score State Administration
Wait Verdict of People on Pro-
hibition.

We, the Republican party of Ohio
in convention assembled, hereby pro-
mulgate the following platfor:
We reaffirm our adherence to the
great principles of the Republicanisrl
which has made the history of the
party glorious for more than half a
century. We rejoice in the great
achievements of our party, which have
brought progress and prosperity to
our people.
Following step by step the chang
ed conditions Of the years, the Re-
publican party goes forward with re-
newed faith in the people, firm IN its
purpose to serve them today 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 sin
cere sympathy on account of the sor-
row and bereavement which have re-
Gently fallen upon his household.
We affirm our adherence to the
RAiuCfpiS VI PIObCCciOA " <1iHCliScii
Industries; for the investment of
American capital, and in the en-
ployment of American labor at the
American standard of wages.
We denounce the Underwood tariff
act as a law in the interest Of the
foreign rather than the American
producer. We denounce the legisla-
tion which has turned the balance Of
trade against us and is draining our
country of it's 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.
We favor such legislation by the
national congress as will provide an
adequate merchant marine for the
extension of our trade to all parts of
the world in times of peace, and will
enable us, in times of war, to pro-
vide ample transportation of pro-
ducts of neutral countries, especially
those of the western continent.
The Republican party, recognizing
the debt the country owes to the vol
unteer soldiery, declares its opposi-
ton to the recent policy of the na-
tional adninistrat;on to dyon from
the government service the Veterans
Of the Civil war.
We urge congress to make liberal
and regular appropriations to COM
plete the improvement Of the Ohio
river.
The Republicans of Ohio condemn
the present state executive for his
assumption Of autocratic powers; for
his usurpation Of the legislatic func-
tions; for having used his official
prerogatives to create gigantic ma
chine; for his creation of many USE
less offices and commissions; for his
trifing with the civil service. We
especially denounce his admif.istra-
tion for its dangerous concentration
of power in the hands of the governor
and for it's unprecedented extravag-
ancel and the added burdens placed
upon local subdivisions. We arraign
the so-called Warnes law for its fla
grant violation of the principles of
local self-government. We condemn
the taxation policy Of the Cox ad-
ministration which seems to increase
revenue rather than to curb expendi-
lures. We denounce the so-called
Fitzpatrick law for it's destruction of
the wise provisions of the Smith 1
per cent. law.
We. not only favor the workmen's
compensation law, which we partici-
pated in enacting, but we favor the
increase in the maximum amount to
be paid for death and total disability
under said law.
We deprecate the steadily increas-
ing outlay for all public purposes
with its corresponding increase in
taxation. We pledge the Republican
party to discourage unnecessary local
expenditures and to restore an econ
omical management of state offices
bv abolishing all Unnecessary Offices
and commissions.
We favor laws for the moral pro-
lection and PHYSICAL development of
our women workers. We indorse the
eight-hour system Of daily labor
wherever practicable. We approve
the principle of one DAVIS rest in
seven for ali labor.
We urge the enactment of laws
conferring upon the supreme court
Jurisdiction tn revise the decision of
fhe secretary Of state on primary.
election and initiative and referen-
dum questions
we favor liberal anpronriations To
y,ron,ota agr;c,,It,1ra. we nIedoe the
Renublican partv Of Ohio to the an
uointment Of farmers to all Offices
whose functions relate to the farm.
We recognize fine wider claims of
tha neorle nnon their government for
ieoislation to promote social iustice
and pladge our co-operation IN the
broader movement for human well
fare.
We demand that our people shall
have restored to them their right of
local self-government.
Attitude Toward Prohibition.
we cali the attention of the cleo
tors of Ohio to the pending constitu-
tional amendments. all Of which are
submitted without political party
sponsorship through the plan of in
itiation recently provided for in our
constitution and ask a verdict in the
Convictions of Ohio's citizenship
without partisan prejudice or poll
tical HAS. we pledge the Republican