The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-23
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES

Washington, April-Bespeaking the
attitude Of Republicans in Congress,
Senator Joseph l. France, of Mary
land, sums up some of the principles
his party will contend for in the COM
ing election, as follows:
"We demand that there shall be a
clear and definite reacceptance and re-
affirmation of faith in the principles
of the Republic, as established by the
fathers, with it's three separate, indie
pendent, and coordinate branches, leg
islative, executive, and judicial. the
form of government which preserves
liberty by division of authority, pre-
venting that consolidation of powers
in one office which constitutes true
despotism.
eve condemn, as tending to subvert
our government, the vicious practice
by which legislation has been drafted
in the executive department and then
forced by means of threats, intimi-
dation, or other methods of coercion
by the executive upon the legislative
branch of the government which
should represent the people. We hold
that in a free government legislation
must originate with and arise from
the people rather than with power
full and perhaps autocratic executive,
to be imposed, through the power of
patronage or by force, upon the
people. .E%
eve contemplate, with a deep con-
Germ for the safety of our country
and high determination and resolve
to resist it to the uttermost, the
recent enormous growth of executive
power, tending toward tyranny. We
pledge ourselves to oppose the cleo
ton to high office of any man, of
whatever party, who would advo-
cate measures the tendency of which
would be to enhance or to buttress
executive authority.
"We demand the careful study and
revision or repeal of all statutes
which have lodged with executive Off
Gals large discretionary powers, and
further demand the immediate termi-
nation of personal and arbitrary gov
eminent by commissions issuing ed
let's and promulgating regulations, as
distinguished from government by a
clear and definite statutes enacted by
the Congress under powers clearly
granted by our Constitution; statutes
in harmony with the letter and spirit
of our institutions, to be enfoced i'm
partially against all offenders, rich
and poor alike.
"We demand the fair and equal en-
forcement of the law without respect
to social circumstances, section, race
or color, and hold that it would be
intolerable to have Federal spies,
agents, and officers bounding men for
mere words spoken, or for violating
statutes to carry out the eighteenth
amendment in some States, while acts
of violence lynching, murder, resist
ance of officers of the law and viola
tons of the fifteenth amendment are
permitted with impunity in others of
the states. We demand construc-
tive policy with reference to the race
question, believing it to be both i'm
moral and inexpedient to continue
system which is designed to keep the
colored people of certain portions of
our country in a condition of ignor-
ance, poverty, and degradation and we
hold that to extend to these people to
whom we are under heavy obligations
and for whom we have assumed the
responsibility, larger opportunities
for industrial, vocational, and general
education, would be most advantage
Gus.
eve demand an end to the taxing
Of the people for the payment of
swarms of Federal spies, agents, and
special officers, who may become par
asites, blackmailers, sappers of polit-
ical morality, and menace to liberty.
believing that the high cost Of