The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-06-13
REPUBLICAN PLAT.
FORM OF 1916.

REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM OF 1916.
Broad in It's scope and lofty in
principle the Republican platform for
1916 adopted by the party's conyen'
tion at Chicago sets forth clearly and
concisely the doctrines Of good gov
eminent which called the party into
being and which 1t has maintained
during the epochal Period of its exist.
ance True to it's traditions and his.
tory in long established fundamental
of free government the party through
its representative in national council
gives voice to that same potential
Americauism which preserved the
Union and continued the work begun
by the fathers of building up in the
new world government of by
and for the people.
The nationalism of the fathers Il
the Americanism Of today spread
over realm the magnitude of which
was not even imagined by those who
signed the magma charta or July 4,
177G, The same spirit prevades The
Republican Platform Of 1916 in all it
has to say regarding the pGrty's past
record and In the cogni2ance taken
of new conditions growing out Of war
abroad. turmoil in Mexico, and mis-
takes ofthe present ADMINISTRATION
that have complicated our foreign re.
lations and disturbed our internal
affairs
In essentials the tariff plank coin.
cides with the tariff plank of 1872
and the unbrOken record OF the party
as the exponent of protection in be-
half of the industries and the wage
earners employed therein. The not
able differences relate to the de-
clarations in regard toa tariff board.
The platform of 1912 recognized the
efficiency of an expert commission to
assemble data and advise as to de.
sirable legislation to meet changing
conditions, and added: "The Repub'
lican party has shown by its creation
of tariff board its recognition of
this situation and its determination
TO be equal to ii :" The Tariff board
referred to was legislatee oat OF eX-
istence by Democratic Congress,
and further meddling with tariff rates
and regulations was enacted under
the name OF the Underwood bill,
which the platform OF 1916 emphati-
cally condemns as n failure; the
platform again afiirms the party's
position regarding a tariff board in
this specific paragraph:
We favor the creation Of a tariff
commission with complete power to
gather aud compile Information for
Tor the use Of Congress in all matters
relating to the tariff.
Having abolished the tarlfi board
created by Republican admnistra'
ton, and having written into the
statutes the impOtent Underwood tar,
rifl act, the Wilson administration
with characteristic inconsistency Is
rcputed to now favor q tarin board
being DESTROYS no doubt to unload a.
incompetency in dealing with thi.
vital factor in the finances OF the
nation and the prosperity OF the PEG
pie.
In keeping with the popular de
mand for preparedness the platform
declares for an effective army and an
adequate navy. The platform also
pledges protection to our citizens on
Mexican border; reiterates the
party's position on insular affairs
for rural credits, conservation, mer
chant marine, sane regulations OF
transportation. regulation of business
without prosecution; for enforce
of labor laws and needed labor legis
lation recognizes the claim Of women
for equality in citizenship; takes TIC
time-honored stand on other internal
affairs, and concludes with this aqm
est expression OF true patriotism and
Americanism:
THE American spirit, which made
the country and saved the union, mas
been forgotten by those charged Will
the responsibility Of power, We ap
peal to all Americans, whether nat