The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Keynote Sounded and Platform Ar.
ranged by Committee.

| The Republican convention conven
ed at indianapolis at 2 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, Congressman Bricl
was made temporary chairman ane
delivered his keynote speech. TIL,
principal points were as follows:
Every man beneath the flag, be h,
rich or poor, who is willing to thinl
holds in his hand the scepter of Z
ruler
America expects every man to dc
his duty.
We (the people) are the govern
ment and if we make mistake the
fault is ours.
Experience is the little red school
house OF mans best intelligence.
The cottage by the wayside is the
watch-tower and citadel of the nation
Born OF a sublime idea, for half a
century our historic party has ad-
vanced with giant tread upward in
career of unparalleled usefulness
ans stately eminence.
Whatever difficulties have been sur
mounted, whatever prestige has come
to the stars and stripes, whatever in
crease has been added to our wealth.
whatever dignity has distinguished,
whatever growth has expanded the
nation, all, all has been achieved by
the intelligence, individuality and pat
riotism OF the American people
through the leadership of the Repub-
lican party.
A country has never been and new
er can be prosperous except when
labor is adequately rewarded and in
this country labor never has been ad-
equately rewarded, except when we
have had protective tariff.
OF all the world and every country
in it the genius and industry of our
citizenship, reinforced by our resour-
ces and nlarshalled by our political
polices, have been incomparably the
best.
What the Republican party has
done, what it is doing and what it
proposes to do are an ample guaran-
tee of what it will do in the future.
Labor enters into and holds up
everything 1t is the backbone of
the nation.
The genius and industry of our peo-
pie have outstripped all bounds and
we have surplus everywhere.
The savings bank is the home of
infinite thrift, the strong box of. the
men who toll. They have more than
$4,000, 100000 deposited there today,
and that is $1,000, ,00o, 900 more than
they had in 1896 when 5000, 900 labor
ing men were pleading for work and
tramping the streets starving for
food
The grand aggregate of farms Of
all classes, the increased value of rhe
last few years, amounting to the enor-
nous sum of s6,133, ,00o, 900.
The Republican party is the pioneer
of progress and the guardian of pro,
lection.
We musf>revise the tariff schedule
as to particular items to meet the
evolution of commercial activity.
The device of railroads rebates is
the life crippling, death dealing arm
of organized oppression.
Nc state in the union can point to
a more splendid development of in
dustrial aad mental prosperity than
Indiana.
At meeting of the Thirteenth dis
trict delegates at the state house at
IL o'clock Wednesday morning, Ell
mer Crockett of South Bend, was
elected one of the vice-presidents OF
the state convention; M. III. Summey
of Kosciusko county, was named as
member of the comittee on rules
and permanent organization, A. E.
Darling of Elkhart county, was plac-
ed on the credentials committee, and
George H. Thayer of Marshall corn-
ty, on resolutions. M. L. Essick of
Fulton county, was named assistant
secretary of the convention.
Congressman Charles b. Lands
was chosen permanent chairman of
the convention and Edward Hancock
of Brookville, permanent secretary.
The platform as agreed upon by
leaders of the party and presented to
the resolutions committee dwelt at
length upon state issues, indorsed
President Roosevelt's administration,
Vice President Fairbanks conduct OF
his Office, the Indiana senators and
representatives and included the fol-
lowing planks:
We favor the national regulation of
railroad rates in such manner as to
insure equality of service to all upon
Just and reasonable terms. Such reg
ulation must be effected so as to op-
crate justly upon the shippers, the
common carriers and the body of the
people.
We adhere to the time honored Re-
publican doctrine of protection. The
Republican party, the friend of the
protective policy through good and
evil report, can be trusted to make
changes in tariff schedules whenever
more than evil will result
We recognize reciprocity as the
handmaiden of protection and favor
such reciprocity arrangements with