The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-09
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
PLEDGES ITS THIRTY
DELEGATES.
URGES MINING BUREAU
PLATFORM FAvoRs CHILD LABOR
LAWS, LOCAL OPTION AND
TARIFF REVISION.

can state convention Thursday adopted
a platform, indorsed Vice President
Charles Warren Fairbanks and In
structed the thirty state delegates 70
the national convention at Chicago -
vote and work for his nomination for
the presidency. and nominated ~
state ticket.
The platform incorporated plank
written by Vice President Fairbankn
insisting upon revision OF the tartn
by a special session of Congress TO Do
called IN November after the fall eles-
tions. Other planks favored child In
Dor laws. a local option law with TINS
county as a unit, favored economy In
public expenditures especially men
tioning the army and navy, favored .
modification of the financial system.
pledged a complete regulation of cap
ftalistic combinations in the interest OF
trade, commerce and the general wel
fare of the people and urged the crea-
tion of bureau of mines and mining.
Following are the principal nomina-
tions:
Governor-James f. Watson, Rush
Vile.
Lieutenant Governor-Fremont O.
Goodwine, Williamsport.
Secretary of State-Fred A. Sims.
Frankfort
Auditor-John C. Bfllheimer, Wash
ington.
Treasurer-Oscar Hadley, Plainfield.
Attorney General-James Bingham,
Muncie.
The platform adopted included the
following plank:
I'VE unreservedly and enthusias-
tically indorse the administration OF
.l tc n
tive and under his guidance the Pan
ANA canal has been begun and is rap
Idly being driven to completion. Upon
his recommendation Congress has
passed many laws which secure many
rights for the people and insure that
honesty in business upon which alone
permanent prosperity is builded.
president Roosevelts fearless and
impartial enforcement of law, regard
less of the wealth and power OF the
lawbreaker. has secured not only
greater observance of and respect for
law than ever before. but also has
quickened the moral sense of the ma
tion.
THE Republicans of Indiana. voic-
ing the opinion Of the great majority
of the people of all parties, congratu-
late President Roosevelt on his admin.
1StratlOU OF I1e country dHdlrS anu
pledge our continued support of his
policies.
THE Republican party notes with
pleasure the growing determination to
eradicate political corruption. from
whatever source the same originates:
and to the end that the party may re-
spond to that sentiment we oppose the
contribution to political parties for
campaign purposes by corporations Of
the state or nation, or by officers or
persons in behalf of such corporations.
and we hereby commend the Indiana
Republican state central committee for
its refusal to accept contributions from
corporations within or without the
state.
I'VE approve the laws enacted foi
the proper regulation of the railroads
and other combinations of capital and
we pledge the party to all additional
safeguards necessary to complete reg
ulation of these combinations in the
interest of trade and commerce, and
in the interest of the general welfare
of the people.
THE last convention of the Republi-
can party in the state of Indiana do
clared in favor of revision of the tarin
whenever such revision would do more
good than harm. We believe that re-
vision would now be beneficial and to
minimize the harmful disturbance that
tariff changes necessarily produce. We
insist that revision be speedily done.
We therefore favor the calling of an
extra session early in November, 1908
to make such revision"