Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-16
d JUNE IL. 1865
The PLATFORM IN OHIO.

When . do= not Eno1 lus1 nav 10
cay, oH may either keep silence alto
gether CT use q great many words hAi
mean pothing. The republicans o.
Ohio seen TO hare taken refuge In both
these devieA In their platform adopt
ell recently. they say nothing o. the
Panama purchases O. OF the railroad
rate question, and for the rest they fsl
back on the old md familiar p!siituA=.
We are informed. Gays tie indianapolis
News (Indl, that the country hiss beea
prosperous: that this prosperity Is due
to q republican administration and
much more OF the same Eo.t, al 0:
which Is Interesting, though hardly
vital. IL seems to Us that there = =
certain reserve ID the Endorsement Q!
the president. TIE oorveutoD debates
hat by the crest plurality given 10 the
president Ohio obligated her citizens
10 sustain hin and the republican on
gres chosen TO cooperate With him il
carrying into eject the pledges and
promises OF the republican platform
upon which they were elsctsd.' Thus
the president L RENTED TO the plat
form OF last yss., and Endorsed along
with that very oorgreR with which he
may iud himself in ooafict 81 no dis.
tan; day. The real question IS whether
tie OHIO republicans <iu stand With
tie president or With The senate. They
prudenily say hat they will stand With
bo:h o, them. So the corner "a turned.
Or the railroad question We have this
eninent!y safe statement:
President koose velt's comprehensive
enforcement OF the republican Laws
against nonopoi=, combines and trusts
in restraint Of trsde-laEs whose valid
ity the supreme court Of the United
States has su=tained-hss our hearty
{ ,ouragemeut and support. We also
indoESe every effort for the active en-
furoeae1t OF existing laws 70 stop all
unjust Determinations and special
isvors in the form OF rebates or any
other device, and We favor such further
legislation on the subject. with adequate
penalties, "a may, after full investiga.
ton, seem to the republican congress
and administration wise and conserya.
tive, ye, adequate to prevent Unfair
advantage 10 any and to promote and
insure the rights OF all individuals,
interests and localities
This is 60 obviously a dodge that it is
not even shreEd. What the country
wanted to know was what the Ohio re-
pu1icans thought Of the proposition TO
increase the powers Of the interstate
commerce commission, and 10 fix and
regulate railroad rates.
The tariff question is treated in the
cane way. The most important event
o: recent years is the announcement
OF the president that the Panama canal
commission will buy what it needs at
the lowest price it can get without re.
ference to the tariff. On the very day
that the Ohio platform was adopted,
Senator Scott, OF West Virginia, mau-
aged to say very clearly what he thought
Of The presidential policy-and he does
not think well Of It. But the Ohio re.
publicans simply r%eaffirD the platforms
OF last year and declare thai they stand
b. the principles n protection 10 Ameri-
can labor and American industries So
dos tho president stand by those prin-
ciVles-and yet, there ia the Panama
orler.
Such are some OF tho e~vasions Of thus
.lntGnro Ihny ara a., moab t..-o.-.
things in it,. We have another evasion
in the declaration that tho American
p navy should be made aud kept equal TO
every need--which is the same thing "a
g ,yiDg that a mun's hat ehouid be
noither too small nor too largo for his
head. A word is spoken for the build.
ing up Of our merchant marine. but
oTon this Is not clear. Tho courageous
declaration is that on the constitutional
amendments, which ia followed by M.
other concerning tho eacrednese Of the
ballot. There must, IL Is said. DO no
@%Iniust discrimination, based directly or
indirectly on race, color or previous
coditioD." or course IL did not require
much courage Tor nm Ohio republican
convention 10 say that.
Tho rest Of the platform is devoted
mostly 10 state issues. Tho suggestion
u Secretary TAFT that Ohio ebould have
a civil service reform law 10 ignored, M
might have been expected. a eaIary
law and a revision ond strengthening Of
tho banking laws are favored. AZ n
tho platform is moro interesting
for what Ia does not than for what |.
docs say,
MEN AND nME