The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-02
ROOSEVELT MUST
Be ENDORSED In
HBARTIEST TER MS
Taft Will Insist on Expression
Approving Administration
Policies.
He is in Favor of Revision of
Tariff Schedules.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM TALK

Washington, June 2.-There will
be no lukewarm Endorsement of Pres
ident Roosevelt and his policies in the
Republican national platform, if the
wishes of Secretary Taft and his
friends have potency in the framing
of that document. This much was
made known after the first of series
of conferences to be held with the
secretary of war on the subject of the
platform.
Should the Chicago convention
adopt milksop platform and nomi-
nate Secretary Taft, it is predicted in
authoritative circles that his letter
or speech of acceptance will contain
a pledge to carry out the Roosevelt
policies already inaugurated and
earnestly strive for those not enacted
which will have a ring similar to that
pronounced by President Roosevelt
on taking the oath of Office over the
body of the dead Mckinley.
Wade n. Ellis, encouragement OF
Ohio. who has prospects of being the
Ohio member of the resolutions COM
mittee of that convention and who
was largely responsible for the con-
ceded virility of the Ohio Republican
platform, is here for a thorough I'M
Outstanding with the secretary of
war.
Favors Tariff Revision.
He was with Mr. Taft at his offices
for several hours, and at the Taft
residence for a long time last night.
Another conference is to be held to-
morrow, when it is not unlikely the
result will be brought to the atten
ton of President Roosevelt
Secretary Taft has made no secret
of his position on the tariff. He is
for revision at a special session of
the Sixty-frst congress to be called
Immediately after the Inauguration,
March 4. 1909. His ideas as to what
the tariff should be, also are public
property. The schedules should be
drawn as near as possible to cover
of production of a given article in
foreign countries and the cost of pro-
duction of that article in the United
States. This he regards as ''protec-
ton" in its true and fair sense.
Follow Ohio Platform.
Schedules which are fixed at a
rate higher than this difference, he
believes are not only unnecessary as
means of protection, but are evil be-
cause of their temptation to capital
lists to form monopolies and trusts in
this country for the control of the
market in this or that particular
product.
From this information the predic-
|tion is declared to be a safe one that
the tariff plank to be presented to the
resolutions committee by the Taft
adherents will follow closely the lines
of the Ohio platform, with the added
specifications regarding tire manner
of arriving at the amount of tariff
which should be levied.
Mr.. Ellis is known to be heartily
in favor of a plank STIMULATING that
amendments should be made to the
Sherman antitrust laws, and Secre-
tary Taft is known to be a thorough
believer in the efficiency of trust con-
troll through federal laws.
The Hepburn Bill.
The embodiment of these ideas
into a plank which may take the
form of an Endorsement of the Hep
burn bill, which died a peaceful
death in the house judiciary commit
tee. is said to be a safe prediction.
The conference will not be restrict
ed as to personnel, and it Is believed
that before the Taft platform is
finally perfected for submission the
views of many of the party leaders
will have been obtained.