The Lamar register., 1916-06-14
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Progressive Features conspieuous;
Tariff Big Issue. Equal Suffrage Fs-
vered and Protection Of Amer
lean Lives and Property
Pledged.

In lssi the Republican party stood
Tor the Union A. Do stood Tor tile
Talon Of States. IL ubw stands FOR lu
united people, true TO American ideals
loyal To American traditions. knowing
no allegiance eHcep t 20 the cuust.l atlou.
70 the government and to the Rag or
the United states. We believe iu AmerI-
can policies at home and abroad.
We declare that We believe In ana
VII enforce the protection o. every
American citizen lu all the rights Sc
cured 10 him by the constitution treat
ties and the law Of nations. az home
and abroad BY land and sea. These
gifIc promise Of their party made at
Baltimore In 1913 the Democrats
President and the Democratic Congress
have failed to defend. We Will unrlnch-
luBly maintain.
We desire peace. the peace Of justice
and right and believe 20 maintain Ius
straight and honest neutrality be-
tween Tie belllgrrrats Jos the great
war Do Europe. We must perform all
cur duties and insist upon all our
rights aH ueutraIs without fear and
without favor. We believe that peace
and neutrality as well as tile dignity
and Influence Of tile United States cane
y phrase masking By performance IN
language, By armed bands o. deHpeTa-
does led by aeif-HessIuz. couscieur-l~ss
aEltatuFa " hu, when temporarily sue
cesaful 90 any locality have neither
sought nor been able 10 restore order
Or establish and maintain peace
Wilson Interference Denounced.
We express our horror aud indILna-
flou at the outrage which have been
and are being prrp=frIr'i by these
bandits upon American men and WuTu-
VINO "sir % are lh Mexico by NV
tutlon Of the laws and Of the govern
mtnt Of THAT country. and whose ris hts
TO security Of person and property are
tons
We deuouucs the ind-fensIble meth
DDS or Interference employed By this
administration in the Internal affairs
Of Mexico and refer with shame 10 its
failure 10 dlsChaT-s. the duty Of this
country as next friend To Mexico. Its
duty to other powers who have relied
upon us as such friend. and its duty &c
our citizens In Mexico 10 permitting
the continuance Of such conditions,
~ mly' and second by lending It's in
fu+uce TO the continuation Of such
conditions through recognition Of one
ol IN" factions responsible for these
outrages.
We pledge our aid Ia restoring order
and maintaining peace In Mexico. We
promise TO our citizens on and near
wherever they may bee found. adequate
aud absolute protection Ia their lives.
liberty and property.
Monroe Doctrine.
We reafnrm our approval Of tina
Monroe Doctrine and declare It's main
tenHurs To be a policy of this country.
essential 20 its present and future
H
nent Of It's manifest destiny.
Latin America.
We favor the continuance Of Repub
Iicau policies which will result in
drawing more and more closely the
commercial financial and social rela-
tluns between this country and the
countries OF Latin America.
Philippines.
We renew our allegiance to the
Philippine policy inauEurated by Nc
Elnley, approved by Congress and con
sistently carried out by Roosevelt
and Taft. Even in this short time 10 has
enormously improved the material and
social conditions Of the Islands, given
the Philippine people constantly in
creasing participation in their govern
stlll greater benefits In the future.
We accepted the responsibility Of
the islands as a duty TO civilization and
the Filipino people. To leave with our
task half done would break our
pledges, inJure our prestige among
nations and imperil what has already
been accomplished
We condemn the Democratic admin
istration for Its attempt to abandon
the Philippines. which was prevented
only BY the vigorous opposition Of Re
publican members OF Congress aided by
= few patriotic Democrats.
ESpRtriation.
We rsltsrate our unqualified ap-
prevail Of the action taken In December,
1911, by the President and Congress to
secure with Russia. "a with other coun-
tries. a treaty that viii recognize the
Xsnt all dlAcrimlnatL0n OF any kind be-