Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-22
CONVENTIONS WORK
Permanent Chairman Joseph
G. Cannon's TarAf Speech.
REPUBLICANS EVER PROTECTIONISTS
Manufactures of the United States
Greater Than Britain, France
and Germany - Francis In
vites All to St. Louis Fair.

CHICAGO, June 22.--The Republic
an national conventions second session
was opened today, when the perma-
nent orga nization under its temporary
chairman, Elihu Root. late secretary
of war, took place. The assembly was
opened by prayer, Rev. Thomas q. Cox
officiating.
The reports OF the committee on Gre
dentials and permanent organization
were then received.
NIr. Root then introduced to the con-
vention Permanent Chairman Joseph
g. Cannon Of Illinois, who addressed
the assembly at some length.
Mr. Cannon's address was devoted
to the tariff question. On this subject
he said in part
"The policy Of protection has ever
been the shiboleth of the Republican
party. Under this policy, from an in
significant manufacturing country in
4S6O. by leaps and bounds, while we still
remained first in agriculture among
the nations of the earth, we have be-
come more than first in manufactures.
More than one-third Of all the manu-
featured products of the whole earth
is produced by American capital, by
American labor, which works shorter
hours than any people on earth and
has more steady employment than any
people on earth and on the average re-
ceives, conservatively stated, S1.75
compensation where similar labor else
where receives but 81.
sour manufactured product yearly
Is greater than the manufactured prod
uct Of the people of Great Britain,
Germany and France combined, and
this product is substantially consumed
by our own people. finding a market
within the borders OF the republic. Al
though our exports OF manufactured
products are rapidly growing, last
year they were over $500 100000, 20
per cent of our total exports
For more than sixty years the DEM
Dcratic party has denounced protec-
tion as robbery, and their cry has
been sometimes "a tariff for revenue
only sometimes for progressive free
trade throughout the world but what
ever the expression may be they have
always been ready when clothed with
power to run the dagger into the pro-
tective policy. And such Is still the
position OF that party.
1 "In other words, If they are given
power the American manufacturer and
laborer Will be gradually starved to
death instead OF being destroyed at
pne stroke. 1t reminds me of one Of
Aesop's fables, where the wolves pro-
posed to the sheep that they should dis
charge the dogs, their natural protects
ors, and place themselves under the
protection of the wolves. Does capital
on the one hand and labor on the 9TH
or desire such protection?
) I'VE enter the coming campaign with
the record of the Republican party, I'M
der the leadership of Theodore Roose-
Welt, feeling that we have made prog
ress, and marked progress, along the
line Of law and order contemporary
with the development of our material
interests"
After briefly reviewing the acts OF
the Mckinley and Roosevelt admins
trations Mr.. Cannon closed with these
words:
LET as make our nominations In or
der and appeal to the people OF the
country for renewal Of power to the
Republicap party, standing by owx pol
lcies, ready to legislate. where legfsla'
don would be productive OF more good
than evil from the economic stand
point, but refusing to legislate and lose
the substance of success in vain eR
fort to secure the shadow that abidett
not and satisfieth not either the intel
lactual or material existence
Init ~
the green room of the Auditorium An
mex hotel Immediately after the con
venton adjourned yesterday and or
ganized by electing Senator Lodge o.
Massachusetts, as chairman, Senator
Clark of wyoming as secretary and
r. G. Proctor OF Massachusetts al
clerk. The chair was then authorized
to appoint subcommittee Of thirteen
to prepare the platform.
Senator Lodge announced the follow
ing subcommittee to formulate the plat
form: Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
! Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
Edward Lauterbach of New York
Representative Dalzsll of Pennsyiva
MIA, Senator Foraker of Ohio, Senate
Hopkins of illinois, Senator Clark 0
IA, Senator Hansbrough of North Da
kota, Senator Hepburn of Idaho Johl
W. Blythe of Iowa, Senator Beveridg
!, of Indiana and Frank Ell. Short OF Cali
I fornia.
! Before conhding the work OF con
, structing the platform to the subcon
: naittee the full committee on resolJ
lions of the Republican convention lii
l tened to delegation Of woman sui
: fragists and also to Representativ
] Bartholdt of Missouri, who presente
! an interna tonal arbitration plank.
Representative Bartholdt's plan
reads as follows:
= ave favor the peaceful settlement {
. international differences by arbitratio
I. and advocate the negotiation of arb
s tration treaties between the govern
:. ment Of the United States and the go'
ernments OF other nations"
t Ralph Loveland, member of til
= committee, presented a plank pledgin
+ the party to the further improvement