The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-20
Attributes All Prosperity to the
 Protective Tariff
TAKE SLAP AT THE SOUTH
Say "Democracy of at Least Eleven States Should Be Deprived of Unfair Preponderance
 of Power"

Philadelphia. June 19 9-Re-affirming al- legiance to the principles of the repub- lican party and condemning combinations fin restraint of trade, the National League of Republican clubs today ended its con- vention The resolutions adopted by the convention are in part as follows:
 We pay tribute to our great leaders from our first standard-bearer John c. Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln, the first republican president to Roosevelt, our leader of today, the worlds first citizen, who through his rugged honesty. his per sistent determination, his unflagging cour- age and his demand for d square deal for every person and every interest has gained not only the respect and love of his fellow-countrymen, but the esteem and admiration of all mankind.
 We indorse the sentiment of William Mckinley that the principle of protective tariff is sacred, but that schedules should be changed when conditions of industry, commerce and finance demand and not till then
 We emphasize the results of the opera ton of the Dingley tariff, which is giving us surplus of revenue unparalleled ac-
  profitable prices for the products of our farms; greater bank clearings and rela- lively less failures than ever before; continuously large volume of employment at higher wages resulting In unprece- dented consumption of not only the neces- saries. but comforts and luxuries of life augmented withal by larger savings and Investments than have previously been recorded dn our history.
 Great Pride in Party Record
 We have a just pride in our party's record in it's settlement of the currency question through the adoption of the gold standard; in the establishment and dis burseanent of the rural free delivery sys- fesn: in the progress made in opening our lands to cultivation through irrigation; in the well-begun work of connecting ocean and ocean with isthmian canal; in the many laws looking to the welfare of labor and in the completed pend ing legislation providing for equitable radl road regulation in interstate commerce; for better inspection of all food products: for free alcohol; for new state; for an American merchant marine and the many other important measures which have been, or are to be, considered
 We are opposed to all illegal combin- ntions in restraint of trade whereby the interests of either producers or consum- CTS are injured, or whereby through mo- nopoly rates and prices of products are controlled at the expense of the masses. We wage no war on capital or corpora tions as such. but we do ask for equity and justice to all by all and for all.
 Takes Shot at South.
 we are opposed to inequality which permits one-twelfth of the people of the country to wield one-quarter of the tional legislative power. The suppression of suffrage demands the reduction of the power so usurped and the denial of suf- frage should never be rewarded with po- uticaI premium. The democracy of at least eleven states should be deprived of its unfair prepon6erance of power and the full measure of political rights secured to every qualified citizen. white and black, who Is capable and willing to assert this political manhood. The politician that profits by the suppression of the ballot ought not to be trusted with the making of administration of the nations laws.
 we reiterate the demand of our last national platform that our republican majority in Congress should courageously carry out the principles and pledges of the party and enact such legislation as will make al 1.-the constitution amendments ab- solutely and finally effective.
 ''We ask for immediate legislation look ing to the establishment of a parcels post, and the postal currency or notes to facilitate trade through orders by mail.''
 The following officers were elected
 President c. E. McAlpin, New York; vice president. H. H. Myers, Little Rock; secretary, Chauncey Depew, Hamilton O.; treasurer, W. c. Porter, South Dakota.
 The selection of the next place of meet ing was left to the executive committee.