Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-30
Republican Convention
Handles the Platform
Without Dissention
NOTABLES PRESENT
Principal Nominations
Made and Contests
on Minor Ones.

Des Moines. July 3O.-The platform
expression regarding the tariff policy
is settled. The republican state con-
vention had a simple task today to
select three candidates for three mi
nor offices, clerk of the supreme
court, reporter of the supreme court,
and railroad commissioner.
The convention convened at IL in
the new Auditorium with a large at
tendance. On the platform were SEN
ators Allison and Dolliver, Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson and the full
congressional delegation with the eX-
ception of Capt. Rumple, who is i'll
at Chicago.
Rev. Marshall. of the Central Pres
byterian church of this city, offered
the Invocation. after which Congress
man Walter l. Smith. of Pottawata-
mie county, was introduced by the
temporary chairman.
At the conclusion of Smiths adj
dress the convention adjourned until
2 o'clock.
Hon. Edward c. Roach. of Rock
Rapids. was elected permanent chair
man; +. w. Weeks. of Guthrie Gem
ter, was made permanent secretary.
The resolutions heartily indorse
Roosevelt, especially his reciprocity
relations with Cuba. and look upon
his election in 1904 as a ''foreshadow-
ed event demanded by all the people"
Platform Declarations.
As a result of the congressional
caucuses held this morning the COM
mittee on resolutions will report
reaffirmation of the Cedar Rapids
tariff trust plank in the platform,
which reads: That we assert the
sovereignty of the people over all
corporations and aggregations of
capital and the right residing in the
people to enforce such regulations,
restrictions or prohibitions upon the
corporate management as will pro-
tect the individual and society from
abuse of power which great combina-
tiOns of capital WELD.
1--WE favor such an amendment to
the interstate commerce act as Will
more fully carry out its prohibition
of discrimination in rate-ma king and
any modification of the tariff sched-
ules that may be required to prevent
their affording shelter to monopoly"
The Nominations.
The following officers will be re-
without opposition:
Secretary Stafe-W. b. Martin.
Treasurer-G. /. Gilbertson.
Attorney General-Charles w. Null
Ian.
Judge of the Supreme Court
Charles Bishop.
Auditor-B. F. Carroll.
The only contests are over minor
offices.
Young withdraws-
Des MoineS. Ia. July 30.-The with
drawal of Lafayette Young, of Des
Moines, last evening as a candidate
for member of the committee on rese-
lutions from the Seventh district is
generally regarded as ending the Oppo-
sition to the reaffirmation of last years
platform by the Republican state con-
vention. Young's decision was an
nounced after a caucus Of the Polk
county delegation.
The objection which had been made
to the reaffirmation of last years plat
form was directed almost entirely to
the clause in the trust plank declaring
for ANY modification of the tariff
schedules that may be required TO pre-
vent their affording shelter to monop'
oly.''
Congressional Nominations.
Bloomington. ILL.,, July 30.-The
democratic congressional convention
of the Seventeenth district today
nominated 4. F. Yost for congress.
Cedar Rapids July 30.-Malcolm
Smith, of Cedar Rapids, was nomina-
ted for congress today by the Fifth
district prohibitionists.