Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
NO TAFT PREFERENCE
Bay State Republicans in Con-
vention in Boston.
FIGHT OVER INSTRUCTION
Senator'S Lodge and Crane Named on
Delegation.
CHAIRMAN Won MEYERS TALK
Resolutions Adopted by Acclama-
tion-Tribute to the President.
Protest From Negro Citizens. -.

BOSTON April 1O.-Whether the Mas
sachusetts delegation to the national re-
publican convention should he led by
four men instructed or asked to prefer
Secretary Tart as their candidate fol
President was fruitful theme of discus
sion for several hours before the republl-
can state convention met today for the
choice of the delegates at large.
The committee on resolutions had been
unable Yesterday to reach decision on
this question. and before the convention
assembled today the members were again
in session in an endeavor to adjust mat
ters to the satisfaction of both the pro-
Taft and the non-instructed delegates
There was every indication that there
would he a contest over the So-called In
structiye or preference plank in the plat
form.
The members of the Taft League, which
came out so strong yesterday in favor OF
resolutions, were much in evidence tnlS
morning and showed no signs of weaken
ing In their position. The leaders IN tne
movement announced that if at 10 O'Clock
the platform committee had not acceded
to their wishes and included preference
plank resolutions would be offered on the
floor of the convention and every EFFORT
would be made to secure their adoption.
Lodge and Crane for Compromise.
It is understood that Senators Lodge
and Crane, who will head the delegation,
were willing that compromise plank In
stead of instructions for Taft. be put into
the platform but this offer is said to have
been rejected by the leaders of the Taft
League
The final session of the committee on
resolutions began at $50 am. and as the
hour of opening the convention drew on
with no Official statement regardins he the
decision of the committee available the
expectation that the question would De
carried into the convention increased.
The committee on resolutions was still
in session at 1890. at which hour a num-
her of cclored citizens, representing sew
eral organizations of colored voters. were
endeavoring to obtain admission to the
committee room to offer protest against
any Endorsement of Taft in the party
platform.
Called to Order by Doty.
The convention was called to order
promptly on time by Chairman Doty of
the state committee. Senators Lodge and
Crane and Representative Gardner were
loudly applauded when they took seats
on the platform.
The committee on credentials reported
that of the 1.55O delegates to which the
convention was entitled, 1,4O7 were pres
ent.
On assuming the temporary chairman
ship. Postmaster General George Won l..
Meyer spoke in part follows:
Chairman Won Meyers Address.
Postmaster General Meyer dwelt on the
nations growth and what had been &C
complished under republican administra-
tion in the last eleven Years. The Post
master General lauded President Roose-
velt as an executive who had. largely
through his efforts. made the United
States a world power. He spoke of the
present industrial depression. of the
causes that led to it, and of the position
taken by the federal government in refer
enc. to the questions that now confront
the country. The Postmasted General
said in part:
I'VE have passed through monetary
crisis of late, but we should remember
that since the civil war the country has
experienced two great financial crises.
namely. in 1878 and In 1893, and in each
instance il recovered the lost ground and
then advanced to still greater heights of
success and prosperity. The financial dis
turbances of 1907 are now recognized as
due to credit conditions among several
nations which are favorable to crises.
The republican party is unalterably OPP
posed to government ownership of rail-
roads, but it favors government super
vision, and / venture to predict that when
that is realized. instead of it's being dis
advangtage to our railroads, 1t will prove
q great benefit The fact that an issue of
bonds or stock has been authorized by
the national government will at once in
sure a ready market for those securities
In the most conservative financial circles
Of Europe. which they have not had here
tofore. In other words, government sane
tion will prove to be as beneficial to those
Quired by the government under the pure
food law has been to our food products.
President Roosevelt in a special mes
sage has recommended ID Congress the
importance Of making preparation at this
tessfon, through a committee or commits
sion. for gathering at once necessary and
practical information looking to the re-
vision of the tariff In order that the sub
4ect shall receive efficient and proper con-
4deration by Congress-.
Laws Against Monopolies.
The Postmaster General further declared
that the laws regarding the prevention OF
honopolies and the improvement OF labor
conditions must be perfected. Relations
with foreign countries were in most sa t.
3sfactory footing, said the Postmaster
General who also told his auditors of the
work the United States had accomplished
in the Philippines under the direction OF
secretary
position the United States occupied among
nations, Postmaster General Meyer de-
clared that the recognition of this coun-
try as world power was due largely to
the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt. He
continued:
There was one man only who had the
courage and diplomatic tact to step in be-
tween Russia and Japan and bring about
peace honorable to both nations, and
that man was Theodore Roosevelt. HUI
manity owes him an everlasting debt OF
gratitude for saving the lives of hundreds
of thousands of men and preventing suf-
fering beyond description. Later the
Presidents influence was felt diplomati-
caliy at Algeciras in the conference which
brought about an understanding over a
question which at one time threatened the
peace of Europe.
1.-The republican party of the state OF
Massachusetts, points with pride to its long
list of distinguished governors and other
statesmen who have taken a prominent
part in shaping the destinies of the ma.
tfon-in the Supreme Court of the United
States, i'm the halls of Congress and ir
the cabinets of Presidents Grant. Hayes
and Mckinley.
''At this moment all citizens o. Massa
chusetts. irrespective of party, are full o
hope for the recovery of their governor ir
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