The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-06-18
CHICAGO CONVENTION

are clearly understood There will OF
course be an an Endorsement of the
policies and actions Of the President
and promises to carry out these poll
cies in legislation. There will also be
promise OF a definite revision Of
the tariff. possibly with the Statement;
that in no case should the duty on an
article amount to more than the dit
ference in the cost OF production
here and abroad This last provision
will be bitterly fought by the great
trusts. some OF which. like the steel
trust. depend on an excessive tariff
10 maintain high prices here II will
almost certainly be in the first draft
OF the platform presented. but may
be knocked out by a fight on the
floor. other planks favor a thoro re-
form OF the currency laws. extension
OF the forest reserve system and the
reclamation and irrigation work in
the west. a national Incorporation law
and other similar reforms. The plank
will not be so rough that Il win not
be possible 20 harmonic most mem
bers OF the party on them and pro-
badly even the extreme conservatives
win Join. in II viii be distinct
iy reform platform. however. and rs
always. one much more sane and
reasonable than the Wild schemes Of
fered by the Democrats.
The question OF the vice-prosldent-
ial nomination has not yet been set
tied and there may be quite a little
fight over Il. II has not even been
decided whether the victorious Taft
people win allow the allies 20 name
the vice-presldent. or whether they
will press home their advantage. and
take that place too. Senator Dolliyer
Of Iowa. a "standpatter." and secrc-
tary Cortelyou have been most prom
inently named for the place. OF
course others want It. but the chances
now seem 10 favor Mr. Cortelyou.
The hearing OF the contests against
the TAFT delegates has resulted al
most always Ia favor OF TAFT Two
or three OF the opponents have been
seated. and the slight evidence that
some %, these presented goes to show
that the Committee wanted 20 give
the allies the benefit OF every chance.
Even az the best. however. the al
lies made a very poor showing The
weakness - their case was proved
by the fact. that. tho many members
OF the Committee have been friends
of one or another OF the allies. or
even members contesung delegations.
there has not been a case where they
thought &c wise to ask for a roll cali
on the question of seating delegates.
They saw that the cases were 20 poor
that they would disgrace themselves
by voting for the contestants. and
dld not want TO fall out with their
friends by voting against them so
they refused 70 vote
Tt- charges OF favorltsm which
have been made against the Com
mittee have come only from the allies
or their campaign managers and even
some o. them have had 70 admit that
they had very poor eases. Men who
are on neither side say that the con-
tests have been decided on their
merits. and that most OF them hal
no merits
One more thing Is OF interest 10
Kentuckiaus After he had failed TO
get the National Committee 20 seat
any one Of his trumpcd up contests
from the Fifth District IN this state
Mr Bradley threw up the other con-
tests and withdrew IN a RAGE The
Committee was not asked by any one
20 vote on the contest-iis action was
That aid not prevent
charges by Mr. Bradley. and two Chi
cago papers quote him the next day
as having said that he would get on
20 the floor Of the convention and
make personal attack on Mr.. Taft
that would be very interesting. or
course such a performance would hurt
the ticket badly. and Mr.. Bradley
next day wrote to the papers deny
Ing that he said any such thing. The
papers published lis letter. but we
have not been able to find that
they took back their statement
high Finance.
T'ere is always room az the top
"a push the other fellow off,