The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-28
REGULATING THE PLATFORM.


The Democratic national conven-
ton was unfortunate in naming can
didates who are not in sympathy with
its platform in some important par
ticulars. First comes Judge Parker
and fatty informs the delegates that
he is not in agreement with the action
of the convention in its failure to pro.
nounce in favor of the gold standard
and now comes Mr.. Davis, the nomi-
nee for the Vice PRESIDENCY, practi-
cally reDudiates the plank denounc-
ing tariff protection as robbery.
y special to the Philadelphia North
1merjc0n from Elkins, W. Va, says :
While accepting without reserva-
ton the national platform of his
party, which document he helped
frame-he having been member of
the -committee-the personal DO
litical opinions of Henry q. Davis,
Democratic Vice Presidential candi-
date, embrace the following
Flat gold standard as the monetary
sastem.
a very moderate REVISION of the
Dingley tariff schedule.
Recognition of the economic neces-
sity and Importance of capital in COM
bination and an entire absence of
anything like special antipathy to
trusts.
Representative of the Philadelphia
Record also interviewed Mr.. Davis,
and, referring to the latter's record in
the United States Senate, said;
In those days you were known as
a moderate protectiOnist, believing
that while tariff was being levied
for revenue, necessary protection
should also be furnished American
industries Have you changed your
views in this regard -
Il can't say that | have,n Senator
Davis replied, and then, smiling at
the Renaissance, he said Why, in
the draft of the platform at st. Louis
they had the words tariff for revenue
only, and Mr.. Bryan helped me get
the word only stricken out. Yes,
sir, he actually helped me to get the
word only stricken out, and pursu-
ing this same subject, Mr.. Davis con-
| tlnued: 1T is a mistake to say that
the democratic party is for free trade.
We are not a free trade party. Before
| the war, when we had control of all
the branches of the government, we
raised all of the revenues from Gus
toms duty. We had no internal rev.
enue tax in those days. Yet, now,
with the internal revenue tax produ-
cling nearly one-half the government
revenues, the charge is made that the
Democratic party is free trade
| party. That isn't true at ALL"
And Mr.. Davis says this in the
teeth of the declaration of the plat
form upon which he was nominated
that protection is robbery The
question for the people to determine
is, whether the views of the nominees
are paramount to those of the con.
vention which nominated them
and which were, in Mr.. Davis case
fully acquiesced in, as he helped
| frame the platform and voted to de.
clare protection robbery. If that be
not free trade, what is it -? To say the
least of it protectionists cannot afford
to vote for candidate who agreed tc
that sentiment in convention, what.
eyer his views on the subject may be
personally.
The Sentinel said last week and
now repeats that lit is well the Re
publican and Democratic conventions
have made this issue so emphatic that
no doubt can exist as to the attitude
Of either party on the subject. The
Republicans are squarely for, the
Democrats squarely against, tariff
protection and the people can choose
intelligently between them" The
issue is not to be evaded by the
private views of either of the candi
dates on the subject although it il
understood Judge Parker is il
through sympathy with the tariff
plank of the Democratic platform
Westminster Sentinel.