The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-30
Should Make Way for Rest In
terests of the People.
Sentiment Expressed at Iowa
Republican Convention.
CHANGED CONDITIONS
Should be Met by Corresponding
Change in Schedules.
President ROOsevelt's War on
Trusts is to the Death.

Des Moines, Ia, July 30.-With the
platform expression regarding the tarin
practically settled, the Republican state
convention had the simple task today to
select three candidates for three minor
offices-clerk of the supreme court, re-
porter of the supreme court, and rail-
road commissioner. The convention as
sembled at IL o'clock in the new audi
torium with as large an attendance as
had been experienced in years. On the
platform were Senators Allison and
DolHver, Secretary of Agriculture Will
son and the full congressional delega-
ton with the exception of Captain J.
w. Rumple. who is i'll in Chicago. Con-
gresham Walter I. Smith was intro
central committee as the temporary
chairman of the convention and spoke
In part as follows:
The Republican party is welded to
the general principles of a protective
tariff but not to any specific schedule.
The tariff should be revised from time
to time to meet changing conditions,
and the reduction of a rate, or placing
an article on the free list, is no evidence,
much less no confession, that the orig
inal rate was wrong when made The
Republican party will modify the tarfn
whenever new conditions require such
change in the tariff will tend to relieve
the people from the oppression OF
trust without undue injury to American
labor, that change ought to be made.
to unsettle business. should only be un-
dertaken when the wrong to be cor
rected is so serious that the improve
ment contemplated win compensate for
whatever disturbance to business VIII
result from such revision.
I'VE have seen a great, courageous
and honest man, who now occupies the
White House attack the Northern Sc
nd he 10of fY-rrCf
under the law as it Is, and it will re-
quire something more than the base.ess
insinuations of Democratic statesmen to
convince the American people that the
fight thus instituted is not a battle to
death. The Republican party will fear
leasly use every means in its power to
reach this great evil and where modif1-
cations of the tariff would be useful to
that end,s without serious injury to the
laborers of this country, will not hesi-
tate to resort thereto. 1t may as well
be understood, however. that the. Re-
abandon It's cardinal doctrine OF protec-
ton NOR to the oppression OF the people
by the trusts. Its cry Is not for COM
mercial freedom at the expense of pros
perity. but commercial freedom ana
prosperity"
Speaking of the Philippines. Mr.. Smith
said:
I'VE have, as best we knew. dis
charged the duties incumbent on us and
have left to those who come after US
the settlement of their own problems.
If the people of these islands ever be-
come civilized and capable of tndepend-
ent self-government and then desire 1t,
I, for one, would be in favor of giving 1t
to them but am convinced that when
these people have struggled up with our
assistance until they are fit for inde-
pendence they will be as unwilling to
surrender their relations to the United
States as Iowa would be. / know moth
ing as to what the future has in stores
but believe that our flag has been put
up in the Philippines and that 1t VIII
stay putt that it will never come down
as long as this republic one and in
divisable' shall be reckoned among the
nations of the earth"
AS the result of the congressional
caucuses held this morning the commit
tee on resolutions reported for a reaf-
frmation of the Cedar Rapids tariff
| trust plank in the platform which
reads:
.That we assert the sovereignty of
| the people over all corporations and ag-
gregations of capital and the right re-
siding in the people to enforce sucn reg
ulations. restrictions or prohibitions
upon corporate management as well as
protect the individual and protect soci-
| ETY. from the abuse of the power which
! the great combinations of capital WELD.
| We favor such amendment to the inter-
/ state commerce act as VIII more fullv
| carry out its prohibition of discrimfna-
ton in rate making, and any modifca-
| ton Of the tariff schedules that may be
required to prevent their affording shell
! ter to monopoly.
| When the convention gets down to
work late this afternoon the following
will be renominated without opposition
| for their second terms:
Secretary of state, W. B. Martin.
Treasurer, G. L. Gilbertson-
Attorney general, Charles W. Mullan-
Judge of the supreme court. Charles
| Bishop.
For auditor, B. F. Carroll will be nom-
mated there being no opposition
The only contests are over the minor
offices.
OF the II members Of the CON mittee
or. resolutions selected at the caueuses,
| seven Favored the reaffirmation of the
| trust tariff resolution and four were
for dropping the Objectionable words
| "and any modification of the tariff
sc he duies that may De required to pre-
vert their affording shelter to mo
Dopoly.''
There are six candidates for clerk of
the supreme court with c. T. Jones or
| Washington in the lead.
For reporter of the supreme court. w.
w. Cornwall OF Spencer seems assured
of the nomination over two other candi-
dates.
For railroad commissioner the leading
candidates are E. Dawson and N. s.
Ketchum, with Ketchum's friends claim
ing the nomination.
Receiver for Chicago Suburban.
Chicago, July 30.-Judge Horton today
appointed L. 8. Owsley receiver of the