Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-07-13
REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM
DAKOTA STAND FOR, is SET
FORTH IN PLATFORM

| at Pierre last week, Reads in full
as follows
I'VE, the republicans of the state
z + South Dakota in conven tipm ais
sembled endorse the national re-
pubhGam pGa tform and the work OF
the Republican NATIONAL oonv ntion
end affirm our allegiance to the
candidacy Of Charles E Hugh es an
Charles W. Fairbanks, and we ap-
Prove oGr present able and effi-
Gent state administration and
pledge our enthusiastic support to
he nominees of the republican
(iaket.
The Republicans of South Dakota
IN convention a,ssC mbled, hereby dc.
clare their fcalty to the principles
of the republican party, whiq'h are
essential TO orderly and economical
government ard to the advance mel
of the prosperity and contentment
Of our p eople
THE admins trati N of Woodrow
Wilson has been inefficient and ex-
tnalbeFmt 1t has brought us busi-
ness depression at home and dis
credit abroad rs overthr Nv of the
Republican protective tariff created
A lllCnnunl ed reaction i'm Our in
dustlial and commemia ial activities
and dI Unfinished the public revenues
and created idlencss amcng mill
lions Of willing laborers. The Euro
pean Wfar has tended TO minimize
the damages of democratic policies
by creating abn olmal but Temporarily
denIands from abr qad for American
food products and for vast qllan IT,
ties OF war supplies. Such PROS
perity as has attended democratic
administrNisn has been due not
10 democratic policies, but has pre-
vaI.ed mere and there despite them.
Dem ocratic prosperity, such as it
is, is due wholly to wee and dis
aster which prevails in the old
world.
Events have strengthened our
faith in the principles of the Repub.
lcan parity. Its ability to meet the
great needs of our country i'm the
p;ust is full assurance of it's ability
to meet them in the present and
the future.
I'VE reannounce our confidence
in the pro he0tive tariff system,
with which the name of President
Mckinley was SO conspiou gusly 6den
Titled. 1t has been the fouInda tion
of industrial and commercial acti-
witty. Under its opera tom we enjoy
ed the golden age of American pro
gress and prosperity. We condemn
The democratic party for its over
throw of the republican tariff and
tae substitution of the Underwo I'D
tariff, which diminished the public
revenue and made necessary the i'm
position of obnoxious stamp taxes
and an increase of taxes upon the
people and their business
1--WE demand the enactment of a
genuine protective tariff measure
at the earliest possible date The
enaci cimemt of such a measure is
lmperatiyely necessary before the
close of the European war, to safe
guard our industries against tl. e des
Il luctive competition which will be
IN ensified when the great conflict
ends.
I'VE favor merdhant marine
constructed by American labor and
capital and bearing the American
Tag. We are unalterably opposed
to q government owned and govern
ment operated merchant marine as
in policy and which surely
the country and subject us to embar
Intern tional complications
We favor such Legislation on the
part of the government as may
be necessary to enable American
ship. owners to build their vessels
and sail them upon the high seas
in successful competition with the
N erchent vessels of other nations.
I'VE favor such preparedness as
may be necessary upon land sand sea
to protect American citizens in
I'll cir persons and property at home
and abroad. So long as other ma
tions are armed for aggressive pur-
p oses, we must be prepared to de-
fend ourselves against them. We
seek no dominion over other peo-
Jles;, we put no indigmitdes upon
them; and we hold it to be sound
Amerioanism to permit no other
peoples 10 violate or Disregard the
rights of America or to infliH any