Williams news., 1908-06-13
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

The national republican conven- ton will meet in Chicago on Tues day, June Is.
 It looks at this writing that tht ticket will be Taft for president and Cortelyou for vice president, both the president and Taft, it is said. being in favor of Cortelyon as a running mate to the big sec retary.
 However, the "alies" have not given up hope of defeating Taft. not withstanding the big and juic. lemon being handed out to thtn n as each contesting delegation lires up before the credentials committee
 That the platform which will he adopted at the national republican convention on which the party vii stand during the next campaign has been completed with the ex ception of few details which will be left for the committee on reso- lutions to insert, is the opinion of many in the confidence of republi can leaders.
 The wors has been done by Wad' Ellis, attorney general of Ohio: Senator Hopkins of Illinois; Sena tor Long of Kansas. and a few oth CTS, including the president and Secretary Taft, who have been free ly consulted. The policies of Pres ident Roosevelt will be endorsed unequivocally. Endorsement will be the central idea of the docu ment.
 Specifically speaking, more at tention has been given by the plat form makers to the tariff than to any other subject. There will ht an unequlvocal declaration for re vision. but the disposition is to leave the working out of the details to the ingenuity of congress.
 Protection will be endorsed ir general terms. and there may be g declaration favorable to a maxi mum and minimum tariff as the one best calculated to insure the promotion of American interests under varying conditions. Nex' to the tariff, the financial plank received the most careful attention. hut the enactment of the emergency currency law rendered the prepar ation of this plank much simpler than if there had been no such legislation.
 The president will be given much credit for the recent Legislation looking to the preservation of for ests. the conservation of natural re- sources and the recla ation of tim Der lands west. The convention will place itself on record az favor ing an amendment to the Sherman anti trust law to enable the rail roads to enter into reasona ble traffic agreements. There will be a pro- nouncement in favor of nationa , control as against national owner ship. Legislation to insure labor organizations against snap judg- ment by the courts in the issuance ofir functions will be recommended There will be trust resolution along the lines of that embraced in the platform of 1900 and much care will be given to the plank dealing with the Philippines and Cuba. The pacific attitude of this coun- try towards Cuba will be held tc have been demonstrated by the present relationship of the coun- tries. Our management of affairs in the Philippines will be extolled It will probably be set forth tha, the abandonment of these islands before our work there is finished and the Philippines made ready for self government, would be in human, unwise and in every way unjustiia ble.
 The platform will declare for the protection of the civil liberties O. the negro race. There will be g strong declaration in favor of the