The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-08
my" POLICIES
MAKE PLATFORM
IDEAS WILL BE UN.
EouivocALLY ENDORSED IN
DOCUMENT.
SAID TO Be COMPLETE
With Exception of Details left to
Resolutions Committee at Chica-
go-TsriH Plank Given Much
Attention.

! Washington. June THAT the plat,
| form which will be adopted at the
Chicago convention and on which the
Republican party will stand during
the next campaign has been completed
with the exception of a few details,
which will be left for the committee
on resolutions to insert, is the opinion
! of many who are In the confidence of
| Republican leaders. The work has
| been done by Wade Ellis, attorney
general of Ohio, craftsman OF the re-
cent Ohio state platform Senator
Hopkins, who will be chairman of the
committee on resolutions; Senator
Long, of Kansas, and a few others in.
Guiding the president and Secretary
Taft, who have been freely consulted
The politics of President Roosevelt.
will be endorsed unequivocally. and
this endorsement will be the central
idea of the document These policies
will be set forth AS the embodiment
of the principles of the Republican
party, whose achievements will be
lauded as at all times wise and benc..
ficicnt; as ever In the interest OF all
the people. These principles, 1t will
be declared. are quite In contrast with
the policies of the Democratic party.
which. as embodied IN the public ut.
terances of its leaders, II will be said
hot ha
assured of accomplishment
The Republican partys record as
the party of protection and sound
money as the party of progress and
good principles, as the party that gave
freedom to Cuba and lifted the yoke
from Il necks Of the people ri the
Philippines and from Porto Rico: will
be upheld for admiration, and made
the subject of much praise. More at
tention has been given by the plat.
form makers to the tariff than to any
other subject. There will be an ua
equivocal declaration for revision, but
the disposition Is to leave the work
ing out of the details to the ingen
ulty OF congress.
The declaration will take tba shape
of pledge to SO equalize duties as To
give consumers the benefit of most
favorable prices consistent with the
of domestic industries and
home labor. II will be emphatically
stated that there must be no innoea-
ton that will permit American labor
to come into competition with foreign |
labor, and accordingly 1t will be speci- |
fed that in all cases the duty must be |
equal the difference between the |
American and European cost OF pro. |
duction will be endorsed in general
terms, and there may be a declaration |
favorable TO the maximum and mini.
mum tariff as the one best calculated
to insure the promoters of American
interests under varying conditions.
A clause declaring against the util-
ization of the tariff for the promotion
of monopoly is also among the proba
bilities.
Next TO the tariff, the financial |
plank has received most careful at |
congress will be congrstu.
ulated on the Veerland act |
as being in the interest of sound |
finance and as calculated TO protect /
the business world against possible
panics in the near future and al the
same time provide for permanent i'm
provcment of our currency system
will be made by the com
mlttee appointed under the new law
There will be a pronouncement In IA
yor of national control as against ma.
ional ownership of railroads.