The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-02-19
REPUBLICAN
STATE TICKET

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fred l.. Keeler, Mt. Pleasant.
Member State Board of Education
Fred A. Jeffers, Houghton county.
Members State Board of Agriculture
William II. Wallace, Saginaw, and 1
Roy Waterbury, Highland
Regents Of the University-Junius e.
Beal, Ann Arbor, and Frank B. Leland,
Detroit.
The above ticket was nominated and
the following platform adopted at the
Republican state convention held at
Grand Rapids on Friday
We, the Republicans of the State of
Michigan in convention assembled, ap-
pealing so the record OF matchless
achievements Of half a century of
triumphant progress under Republican
rule, confidently address ourselves to
the awakened conscience of an intelli.
gent electorate.
First-For the second time since the
Civil war the American people have
witnessed the calamitous consequences
of Democratic nefficiency-that has
closed factories, increased bankruptcies,
reduced bank deposits, lowered wages,
crippled production, destroyed con-
fidence, decreased revenue, increased
deficits and increased appropriations
record of unparalleled incapacity, VIC.
lated pledges and disastrous policies;
which makes it the plain duty Of all
right thinking Americans to rescue the
administration of national affairs from
a party incapable Of progressive legis.
lation, and content with psychological
depression, watchful waiting and mast
erly inactivity.
Second-We condemn the Democratic
administration for its hypocrisy, deceit
and broken promises. 1t has violated
every pledge in its national platform,
and broken faith with the people.
We point to the disastrous conse-
quences of unintelligent tariff tinker
ing. Instead of lowering the cost of
living its cost has been increased. In
stead of the laboring man being the
chief sufferer under high tariff, he is
the first and chief sufferer under low
tariff. Instead Of prosecuting trust
violators the Attorney Generals office
is given over to spoilsmen and the most
fisgrant violators go unwhipped of jus.
tice. The professed champion of states
rights, it arbitrarily interferred with
the internal affairs of Michigan. 1t
favored one term for President, but
now explains that this does not apply
to Wilson. 1t charged the Republican
party with extravaganza and has great
ly increased appropriations. 1t con.
demned the Aldrich currency plan but
adopted it's essential features. Pledged
to exempt American vessels from Pana.
ma canal tolls it meekly bowed to
Great Britain and stood sponsor for a
Reputation of its own promises.
Pledged to preserve and strengthen the
Civil Service, it repealed essential fea
lures of the law and filled the Govern
ment offices with inexperienced and
inefficient party followers, and now
proposes to sell the rural delivery Of
mail to the highest bidder, while Bryan
frantically demands even OF the Diplo-
matte service more Jobs for his political
henchmen.
This party which has proved recreant
to every trust, arrested national de-
velopment, halted progress, ruined
credit, impoverished labor and sub
jected American citizenship to the
sneers of every nation on earth, ought
10 be and will be driven from power and
the administration of affairs returned
to the only party that has kept pace
with the progress of the centuries.
Third-We renew our faith in the
principles of protection, as the solid
basis of industrial achievement. pros.
perity and Independence policy which
taxes foreign products marketed in
competition with our own, which en-
courages home industries, raises needed
revenue from foreign goods, secures
the American market to the American
people, upholds the high stanrsrd of
American wages, builds the factory
beside the farm, creates agricultural
enthusiasm, stimulates industry, en-
courages inventive genius, diversifies
occupation, diffuses thrift and builds
up, strengthens and enobles American
independence, civilization and char
acter
We denounce the revenue legislation
of the present administration as the
product of party incompetency, un-
scientific methods, sectional discrimina.
tion and individual favoritism, de.
structive alike to American business
and American enterprise. 1t has low
cred wages, closed factories and re-
duced thousands of useful lsborers to
want Where to get bread, not where