Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-02
and
PLATFORM
Friends Of Secretary Want
Strong Endorsement Of
| Roosevelt Policies
Also Tariff Revised for Pro-
| lection Purposes to Curb
MOnOpOlies
Predicted National Platform
Will Closely Follow That
Of Ohio

Washington, D. G., June There
will be no lukewarm Endorsement
of President Roosevelt and his pol
lie es in the Republican national plat
form if the wishes of Secretary Taft
and his friends have potency in the
framing of that document. This
much was made known today 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 this sort of a platform and
nominate Secretary Taft, it pre-
dicted in authoritive quarers that
the letter or speech of acceptance
will contain pledge to carry out
the Roosevelt policies already in
augurated and earnestly strive for
those not enacted, which will have
q ring milar to that pronounced by
President Roosevelt on taking the
oath of office over the body of the
dead Mckinley.
Wade Ellis, attorney general of
Ohio, who has prospects of being
Ohio's member of the resolutions
committee of that convention, and
who was largely responsible for the
conceded virility of the Ohio Repub-
lican platform, is here for a thor
ough understanding with the secrc-
tary of war. He was with Mr.. T,f-
several hours today. Another con-
ference is to be held tomorrow when
it not unlikely the result will be
brought to the attention Of the pres
ident.
Secretary Taft made no secret OF
his position on the tariff. He is for
revision at special session of the
sixty-frst congress to be called inn
mediately after Inauguration, March
4th, 1909. His ideas as to what
the tariff should be are public prop
erty. Schedules should be drawn as
near as possible to cober the differ
ence between the lesser cost of pro-
duction of given articles in foreign
countries and the cost to produce
that article in the United States. This
he regards as protection" and its
true and fair sense
Schedules that are fixed at rate
higher than this difference he be-
lieyes, are not unnecessary as
means of protection, but are evil
because of their temptation to cap
italists to form monopolies and trusts
in this country for the control of
the market in that particular pro-
| duct. From this information, the
prediction is declared to be safe one
that the tariff plank to be present
ed to the resolutions committee by
Taft adherents will follow closely
the lines of the Ohio platform, with
added specifications regarding the,
manner of arriving at the amount OF
| tariff which should be levied.
Mr.. Ellis is known to be heartily
in favor of plank stipulating that
amendments should be made to the
Sherman antitrust laws, and Score
tary Taft is known to be thorough
believer In trust control through fed:
eral laws. The embodiment Of these
ideas into plank, which may take
the form Of Endorsement of the Hep
burn bill, which died peaceful
death in the house judiciary COM
mittee. is said to be a safe predie-
ton.
Conference will be restricted In.
/ In its personnel. and it is believed
1 that before the Taft platform Is a.
nally perfected for submission the
/ views Of many Of the party leaders
win have been obtained.