Arizona republican., 1916-06-09

 their shipping interests, and not en- able us to compete with them for the i ocean, carrying trade, we favor the payment to ships engaged in the for eign trade of liberal compensation for | services actually rendered in carrying ] the mails, and such further legislation | as will build up an adequate American | merchant marine and give us ships which may be requisitioned by the 1 government in time of national emer- | gency.
 We are utterly opposed to the gov ernment ownership of vessels as pro- posed by the democratic party, be- | cause government ownership while eff l fectively preventing the development of the American merchant marine by private capital, will be entirely un- able to provide for the vast volume of American freights and will leave fs more helpless than ever in the hard grip of foreign corporations.
 Transportation
 l Interstate and intrastate transpor- tation have become so interwoven that the attempt to apply two and often several sets of law to its regu- lation has produced conflicts as to au- | thOrity, embarrassment in operation | and inconvenience and expense to the public.
 The entire transportation of the country has become essentially na- tional We therefore, favor such ac- tion by legislation or, if necessary, through an amendment to the con- | ar +IA
 resume in placing it under exclusive federal control.
 Economy and National Budget
 "The increasing cost of the national government and the need for the
 greatest economy of it's resources in order to meet the growing demands
 of the people for government service
 call for the severest condemnation of
 the Wasteful appropriations of this
 democratic administration of its
 shameless raids on the treasury, and
 of it's opposition to and rejection of President Taft's oft repeated proposals and earnest efforts to secure economy and efficiency through the establish
 ment of a simple business-like budget system to which We pledge our sup port and which we hold to be neces-
 sary to effect any real reform in the administration of national finances. Conservation
 We believe in a careful husbandry g of all the natural resources of the I nation-a husbandry which means de- 0 velOpment without waste; use with a out abuse.
 : Cevl Service Reform e '"Tke civil service law has alWay. s been sustained by the republican q party. and We renew our repeated dec.
 laration that it shall be thoroughly
 and honestly enforced and extended " wherever practicable The democratic IF party has created since March 4, 1913 - thirty thousand offices outside of tn, ,r civil service law at an annual cost O O s4OOOO,O00 to the tax payers of th' . country. 5sp We condemn the gross abuse an,
 the misuse of the law by the presen
 democratic administration. and pledg
 ourselves 70 a reorganization of thi ' service along lines of efficiency ant
 economy
 T. Territorial Officials
 l d tained by the republican party we hol
 that officials appointed to administe al the government of any territory shoul = be bona fide residents of the territor in which their duties are to be per l. formed.
 Labor Laws
 l. We pledge the republican party t ar the faithful enforcement of all fedora r. laws passed for the protection of labol ct We favor vocational education; the en as actment and rigid enofrcement of of federal child labor law; the enactmen ,b of a generous and comprehensiv ,r worltmen's compensation law, withi
 the commerce power of congress. an
 an accident compensation law cover ing all government employees. W y favor the collection and collation. unde ie the. direction of the department ( LII labor of complete data relating to in ;h diyidual hazard for the information sn congress. so that such legislation ma n- be such as may be calculated to secur ar the safety, conservation and protectio Ill of labor from the dangers incident { e. industry and transportation. e. Suffrage
 "The republican party reaffirmin he It's faith in government of the peopl d. by the people, for the people. as Tt. measure of justice to one-half tn e. adult people of this country. favors tf re extension of the suffrage to womel i'll but recognizes the right of each stat e. to settle this question for itself. IT. Such are our principles, such al ,Id our purposes and policies. We clos
 asSwe began. The times are danger ,ss ous and the future is fraught wit ,- peril. The great issues of the da u have been confused by words ar '9e phrases. The American spirit, whit 'o made tho country and saved the unio
 has been forgotten by those charge
 with the responsibility of power. W 'e- appeal to all Americans, whether na no uraliZed or native born. to prove to u on world that we are Americans m thought and in deed. with one loyalt ds, one hope, one aspiration We call ( ng all Americans to be true to the spir ial of America, to the great traditions li- their common country, and, above his things, to keep the faith. he The minority report of the resoll e. tions committee read by E. J. Gros I've of Wisconsin declared that the nation ;oh business commands adequate defen =; which provides for the physical we = being of it's citizens and demand, laws insuring safety from industrial a