The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-03
That Document Completed in
Washington Strongly Advo-
Gates the Revision of the
Tariff.
HITCHCOCK MAY BE MADE
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.
Secretary Taft Is Delighted
With the Mans Work and
Honor May Be Given PoIiti-
cal Manager.

Washington, June 3.-The rough
draft of the platform to be submitted
to the Resolutions committee at Chica-
go has been completed. The main
features of this proposed platform al
ready have been outlined.
The draft of this important political
paper was constructed by the aid of
the president and it's provisions meet
with his approval, as well as the sane
ton of Secretary Taft, who, in all hu-
man probability. will be the candidate
to stand upon it.
At the white house Monday night
the platform was whipped into shape
and the finishing touches were given
at a conference held in the office of
Secretary Taft. Wade Ellis, who was
the author of the tariff plank of the
Ohio platform, which has been adopted
in substance and practically in form by
Secretary Taft, and over which proba-
bly, the biggest fight will come in the
committee on resolutions. left Wash
ington this afternoon for Virginia
Beach, taking a copy of the platform
with him. While at this seaside re-
sort, Mr.. Ellis will prepare the speech
he will make before the resolutions
committee in urging the adoption of
the Taft tariff plank and the reaffir-
nation of the Roosevelt policies"
Will Lead the Fight.
Mr. Ellis is expected to lead the
fight against the stand-patters, who
will doubtless show vigorous opposi-
tion to the Taft scheme for declara-
ton that will disapprove of "exces-
sive duties"
This proposition is so different from
the principle involved in the Mckinley
and Dingley tariff laws that it is not
expected such rampant stand-patterS
as Cannon, Dalzell. Payne and others
will tamely submit to the innovation.
the tariff, the first the party has made
in years, and the advocates of high
protection who will be intrenched in
that committee will not tamely submit
TO the pledge for an overthrow of the
existing order of things, without max
ing a hard and aggressive struggle.
Secretary Taft and his friends. howev-
or +n arif 10 L
adopted. and when it is in the platform
it will be the Taft platform upon
which the campaign will be waged.
There also is likelihood of a deter
mined effort to prevent too enthusias-
tic approval of the Roosevelt policies.
The Taft forces will insist that there
shall be no lukewarmness along this
line. and Secretary Taft has made il
plain to his advisers that the indorse-
ment of the policies of the administra-
tion must not only include those which
have been accomplished, but carry a
pledge that those still unperformed
must be fulfilled
There was some renewed discussion
relative TO the craftsmanship of the
national committee after it reorganiz-
es. following the convention. The in.
dications now point to the selection OF
| Frank H. Hitchcock II is known that
| Secretary Taft is delighted with the
work Mr.. Hitchcock has accomplished
Mr.. Hitchcock will be particularly
strong among the men from the West
and South who will be members Of the
new National committee