Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-22
PLATFORM Ill b
A COMPROMISE
Not SO Explicit as Desired,
Bat Will Not Lean
Backwards
ALLlsoN's GUIDING HAND
Venerable Senator Aids In Drafting a
Compromise - Governor Cummins
Has Been Consulted and Is Pleased to
to Find Language More Liberal Than
Was Expected.
ALLlsoN'S GUIDING HAN
HAND
Venerable Senator Aid. In Drafting
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Chicago. June ETH. Iowa stand
patters have been very modest at Chi
cago the past few days. A half dozen
men had supplied themselves with
.standpat' buttons to sell to enthu-
sjastic delegate. who might thus show
Il. cir hatred Of the Iowa idea" So far
as observed not one of the Iowa crowd
displayed one Of these emblems on his
coat lapel In fact, there was no sale
at all for the "standpat' buttons, and
they were left on the hands of the mis-
led vendors, and the Iowa standpatters
who at the recent convention In Des
Moines sought to place themselves in
position of leadership as opponents OF
the Iowa idea" were SO extremely
modest, or otherwise, that they failed to
produce copy of their now somewhat
discredited platform for the benefit OF
pla tform- makers like Allison, Foraker,
Lodge Nelson. Hansbrough and others
of national repute. Someone In Iowa
headquarters asked for copy OF the
Iowa standpat platform and it couldn't
be produced It was said there was not
a copy in Chicago. And the Iowa dele
CATION was not prepared to take 1t be-
fore the committee, nor to give any ex-
preston Of their views for the guidance
of those who might not be familiar
with the great sources of standpat Wis
dom. 1t might have been expected they
/; would be loyal to their cause and at
least buy a button.
But two men of the Iowa delegation
we're taken into the confidence Of the
platform makers in advance of the
meeting OF the resolutions Commit tee
Allison and Cumni $. The Lowe pa I
OF writing the platform was done by the
senior senator. He was early consult
ed. In fact no man at Chicago has been
more consulted about the platform tnan
Allison. 1t is now generally known that
it was his hand that drafted the portion
referring to reciprocity and he had
part in shaping that which Is to be said
in regard to tariff changes.
Unless the program has been radical
lly changed since the last of the late
conferences last night the platform will
be long way from standpat utter
anca. That can only be known when
the platform Is read. 1t was on the pro-
Eram to do that about 2:20 or this
afternoon But so far as could be
learned in advance the platform was not
to close the door to revision. It might
be called REIMBURSEMENT" so as to give
the fellows who hate the Iowa idea" a.
| chance to claim victory; but 1t will
contain declaration for tariff changes
sufficiently strong to arouse the anger
| OF the special advocates of maintain
| ing the schedules Of the Dingley law
| inviolate and unchanged. It will mean
| tariff lowering on some schedules, and
| that at no distant day. The statement
was published. and as coming with au-
! thority, that President Roosevelt plans
| to send to congress, II the congress
elected with him is republican. a spe-
ciai message asking for first step in
the direction Of a tariff revision inquiry.
His friends demanded that the plat
| form be so constructed that there would
be nothing to interfere with the presi-
dents plans. 1t cannot, therefore, be
standpatter in fact
| Then the platform VIII be entirely
| free from that new and pet phrase of
the standpatters. which was given ma
tional prominence by the Iowa repub
licans at their convention a month ago,
only" No such phrase has even ap-
/