The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-02
Series of Conferences Has Be-
gun in Washington Between
Taft and Others Interested
In His Cause.
TAFT WILL STAND FOR
TARIFF REVISION.
He Has at All Times Been a
Firm Believer in Revision
Will Carry Out Roosevelt
ian Policies.

Washington, D. c., June 2.-The first
Of a series of conferences between Sec
retary Taft and leading members of
the Republican party have begun. The
object of these conferences is the de-
termination of what shall be included
in the platform of the forthcoming
Chicago convention and the prepara-
tion of its prominent planks. These
meetings will not be confined to any
particular individuals, the secretary
and the president being desirous of OBJ
tanning the opinion of all the men who
are prominent in the party, and who
will have a controlling influence in the
party councils at the convention.
First of ALL it may be said there
will be nothing perfuctory about the
Endorsement of President Roosevelt or
his policies in the platform. Mr.
Tafts letter of acceptance, or his
speech of acceptance, will contain a
pledge not only to carry out the poll
cies of Mr. Roosevelt that already
have been inaugurated, but that he
will earnestly strive for those that
have not been enacted and upon
which the president has sought to have
congress act.
Consulted MadeIes.
| At the office of the Secretary he was
| in consultation for a long time with
| Attorney General Wade Ellis of Ohio;
| Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, who is to
| be chairman of the committee on res
olutions that will report the platform
Senator Long, of Kansas, one of the
secretary's closest friends, and for a
short time, Representative Burton of
Ohio, who is to place Mr.. Taft in nom
| inatiOn.
The Ohio republicans are exceeding
| ly anxious that the Chicago platform
shall contain a satisfactory tariff
plank and they believe that particular
plank in the Ohio platform is a model
that should be copied. After the con
ference it was understood that this
plank would in substance be adopted
The Ohio plank reads:
In government we stand for revis
ion of the tariff by a special session OF
the next congress, insuring the main
tenance of the true principle of protec
ton by imposing such custom duties
as will equal the difference between
the cost of production at home anC
abroad, together with a reasonable
profit, to the end that, without exces
sive duties. American manufacturers
farmers, producers and wage Garner:
may have adequate protection"
Secretary Taft never made any Sc
cret of where he stands on the tariff
question. He has said he was for re
vision at a special session of congress
and he repeated that opinion at thi
conference If he is elected to th'
presidency a special session will b.
called Immediately after his inaugura
ton. His ideas as to what the tarif
should be are 10 be found in the Ian
guage above quoted from the platform
of the party in his own state.
The Aldrich-Vreeland currency Law
also will be approved in the platform
but strictly as an emergency measure
That amendment of the Sherman an
,, thrust law is essential and must b
.. done will be recognized in the plat
form. The secretary is a thorougl
believer in the efficacy of trust con
,, troll through federal laws. Labo
likewise is to have recognition in tn
PLATFORM The statement will b
made that the party stands for lin
itation in the exercise of the power Q
, injunction in order to prevent it
abuse"