The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-26

progress with pride In answer te
tho demand for a candidate who car
lead the Republican party to victory
and render the most efficient ser
ice in the position which he will oc.
cupy, we say to all the people of this
state that French is their candidate
a. well as ours; he is your friend
as well as our friend; and whatever
position in life any citizen of this
State may occupy, his needs and re-
quests will receive from Mr.. French
the most considerate and careful at
tention. Go search the entire rec
ord of Burton L. French, both public
and private, and you will not find
one blot or blemish; not even sus-
picion of dishonesty or double deal
! ing has ever been directed toward
him. So it is with clean record, a
record of work, well and faithfully
and honestly done, that the name of
Burton L. French is presented to
this convention for nomination to the
office Of Representative in Congress
from the First Congressional Dis
trict.
The Platform as Adopted
The republican party platform ad-
opted by the state convention predi-
Gates return of the party into national
power, ratifies the action of the ma
tional convention at Chicago and
voices its pride in the selection of Sen
ator Harding of Ohio as the party's
candidate for president and Governor
Coolidge of Massachusetts for vice
president. 1t deplores class distinc-
tion and class hatred and pledges it's
candidates in congress to a policy
(which will always keep the home
fires burning"
Endorsement of BOrah
Endorsement is given Idaho's con-
gressiOnal candidates in the following
language:
"We heartily endorse and COM
mend the patriotic stand by Senator
W. E. Borah in his opposition to the
so-called league of nations. His great
fight for the preservation of Ameri-
can ideals has made every good citi-
zen his debtor. We heartily endorse
our representatives in congress, Addi-
son T. Smith and Furton L. French,
and pledge them our unqualified sup
port"
Favor River Canalization
Planks in the platform are sum-
married. as follows:
Demand an emergency embargo be
placed by congress on all foreign I'M
portsto remain until home market
prices are stabilized and that tariff
legislation be enacted so as to give
home producers, manufacturers and
laborers equal opportunity when
measured against world competition;
favor adoption by the state Of bud
get system; recommend favorable con-
stitutional amendment proposing to
add two more Justices to the supreme
court; favor the creation of small
creditors courts endorse the American
federation of farm bureau plan to sol
We farmers economical problems; ap-
prove liberal federal aid for the con-
struction of good roads and the Cham
dorse the Cello-Lewiston- Huntington
federal survey of the Columbia and
Snake rivers for power and naviga-
tion purposes; urge the passage by
congress of the "truth-in-fabric" bill;
endorse prohibition, the child labor
and adequate appropriations for chill
dren's bureaus; approve the reclama-
ton plant in the national platform;
the reclamation of swamp lands and
agricultural OeVeIOpmenC OF cuC-OVer
lands ;endorse the Smith Fletcher bill
to reclaim arid lands, conserving and
waters in reservoirs in
Idaho for irrigation purposes and fa-
vor policy Of unrestricted state con
troll Of natural resources; commends
the workmen's compensation law to
strengthen it; favor the present mix
ed primary law with the convention
'eatures; approves speedy construction
If the north and south highway; fa-
vors the enactment of Legislation by
congress which will permit ex-sei vice
men in the late war and Spanish War
to be able to realize proper
benefits; approves the en-
of laws by the state which
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