Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-17
POLICIES ARE QUILTED
Result Of the Conference Of Sen.
ators With Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay
PARTY POLICIES ARE FRAMED
PARTY POLICIES ARE FRAMED
Decision Reached to Keep the Tariff
Revision and Trust Questions En-
tirely Separate and Distinct One
From the othe-consressonal Cam
paign Thoroughly Discussed.


Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE
conference yesterday between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and five of the leading
republican senators not only developed
the party policy for the coming cam
paign but demons rrated the fact that
there is no serious division in the re-
publican party in regard to the execu-
ton of that policy.
Those present at the conference We're
the appropriations committee and dean
of the senate; Aldrich of Rhode Island
chairman of the finance committee, to
whom all tariffs are referred; Hanna Of
Ohio, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee; Spooner of Wiscon-
sin, the republican leader in all debates
on the floor, and Lodge of Massachus-
etts, the presidents personal friend
and representative. Henry c. Payne
of Wisconsin, the postmaster general
and the best politician in the cabinet,
also was present at the conference.
The conference did not actually agree
upon anything at all, because it was
simply an exchange of views: but at
the same time there was substantial
agreement of sentiment between the
president and his senatorial advisers on
the following cardinal principles:
/. The position of the president on
the rrurS.es..tss the hearty support of his
party-at least outside of New York
city-and the policy previously declar-
ed by him will be continued and em-
phasized in his speeches during the rest
OF the campaign.
2. Special attention Of the people is to
be called to the fact that the govern
ment has already instituted proceed
ings against the beef trust and the
Northern Pacific railroad combine. The
people will be asked to bear in mind the
fact that the decision of the court in
these cases will demonstrate whether
constitutional amendment is necessary,
whether congress can legislate further,
or whether the present laws are suffi
cient to give the people relief from the
expressions of the trusts.
3. The president will stand on his rec
ord in this regard, and will not be led
into any theory of regulating the trusts
by hostile action thru the tariff.
4. The principle Of Cuban reciprocity
is to be reaffirmed and urged during the
presidents western trip. So far as can
be done he will outline his belief that
reciprocity can be accomplished and
the Cuban matter temporarily settled
during the coming short session Of con-
gress. This result, it is hoped. may be
accomplished by the negotiation and
ratification of a reciprocity treaty with
Cuba, to be subsequently, ratified by the
house OF representatives.
5. In regard to the tariff, the presi-
dent and campaign speakers generally
will plant themselves firmly upon the
paragraph in the republican national
Platform of 1896, which declares
strongly for the principles of protection
to American workmen, but which at the
same time declares that the republican
party is not committed by any sched-
ties and that the question of rates is a
detail to be settled from time to time,
but by congress.
On this basis the president and cam
paign speakers will quite generally de-
clare in favor OF a revision of the tariff
wherever the cost of production has
been lowered by changed conditions so
that protection is no longer necessary.
1t is agreed by all that there will be
no adherence to the theory that the
tariff can be or should be reduced
merely because certain articles were
produced by trusts or monopolies.
The effort will be made at all times
to keep the tariff and the trusts as sep
arate questions to be dealt with on
their merits. There will be no abate-
ment of loyalty to the general principle
of protection, but there will be an adj
mission that certain articles are now
receiving more protection than Is de-
sirable. The plea will be made and in
sisted upon that any revision or read
justment Of the tariff should be made
by the friends of protection and not by
free traders, and the country will be
appealed to not to jeopardize the exist
ing prosperity by turning the tariff over
to it's enemies.
Various other subjects wer" discussed
at the conference yesterday which
lasted for nearly ten hours, but which
was broken up by lunch and dinner. As
a matter of course. 1T was impossible to
formulate any decisions by the confer
ence, because. after all, 1t was only an
exchange of views between the presi-
dent and the party leaders in the sem
ate. who were asked to come to oyster
Ray so that the president could get a
view of the republican sentiment both
east and west.
TARIFF REVISION TALK.