New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
D0LLIVER'S DAY TOLEAD
Continued from first page.

FORM and the friends of the administration say
that 1t will stay there. 1t is not of course. a
radical declaration, providing for the destruc-
'ioh OF injunction procedure. but declaration
ior a modification of the existing process so
that certain apparently unjust applications of
the law may he made impossible
Those responsible for the platform decline TO
say precisely what form this plank takes but
content -emselves with asserting that those
who realize Secretary Tafts soundness as a
judge and lawyer must realize that he would
not stand on platform which advocated any,
thing either anarchistic or in any respect sub
Nersive of the safeguards of Anglo Saxon ms
tioe The men who have the platform in Gus
tody are equally emphatic in their declarations
that the postal savings plank will stay in
This, 1t will be recalled. is particularly obiec-
uonahle to Speaker Cannon who has been an
pealed to by number of bankers to prevent the
adoption Of such radical deviation from the
principles of the Republican party as they
claim is involved in this programme
mat the platform contains forceful and an
eloquent Endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt and
MS administration is equally true. and this the
conservatives do not oppose even Mr. Cannon
himself having told his friends that the coming
campaign must be fought out on the record of
the party under Mr.. Roosevelt's SUPERVISION
This section Of the platform contains some of
Wade Elliss finest periods. and it is confidently
expected actually to take the convention off its
feet
FOREST RESERVE POLICY INDORSED.
The platform famed contains an enthusi-
astc and unqualified Endorsement of the forest
reserve policy Of the administration. and thus
far nothing has been heard from Washington
which warrants the assumption that it will be
modified. although it is. perhaps. too early for
the effect OF Judge Ballinger's mission to Wash
ington to have reached Chicago.
The spirit which guides the platform makers
is not one of compromise They say that they
in perfect accord with the administration
meaning in this instance, with the President
and Secretary Taft: that the Taft forces have
the fight which was made on them before
the national committee that those favoring the
administration policies control all except two
state delegations. Indiana and Illinois. while
even the delegates from those states are as
friendly to the administration as their instruc-
tions will permit, and that the committee on
resolutions will be composed of men selected by
delegations friendly to Taft and the progressive
element in the party. Under these circum-
stances they ask what ground there can be for
the assertions of the allies that they purpose
TO modify the platform to suit their views and
they suggest that such predictions emanate
from the sources which are still asserting that
the instructed Taft delegates will bolt their in
structions and vote for Hughes. Cannon. or
Knox, or Fairbanks. The purport Of the cur
rency plank in the platform has already been
given in these dispatches. has synopsis of
the tariff plank
AS has been told. Speaker Cannon has de-
clared himself entirely agreeable to the tariff
plank adopted. provided the addition was
mum tariff. while the administration has cheer
fully agreed TO such addition.
There is still reason to believe. however, that
the plank as framed will not go through without
some opposition from the "stand-patters." They
cannot without considerable ingenuity construe
it to mean reduction Of the tariff, but merely
the addition. above the present schedules. of a
maximum rate to be prescribed by Congress
The plank declares unequivocally for a re-
vision Of the tariff at e special session OF Con-
gress to be called Immediately after the inau-
guration of the next President.
Senator Piles. who is in Chicago. is working
to insure the inclusion in the platform of a
plank declaring for large navy. OF course,
there is such a plank in the platform now, but
Senator Piles wants IL to go as far as pos
sible," and believes that it cannot go too far
to please the delegates from the Pacific Coast
TAFT THINKS NEW YORK SAFE.
One factor which is certain to operate against
1be nomination Of any New York candidate is
the conviction of Secretary Taft that il is wholly
unnecessary to select man from New York IN
order 10 carry thesstate. because with Bryan as
the Democratic nominee New York is just ds
certain 10 be found in the Republican column
as is Pennsylvania any other rock-rboed X
nuhIican state in the Union. 1t was due to this
fact that Senator Dolliver's name was first pro-
,,alIies" are rejoiced the apparent difhculty
in finding nominee for second place. and such
of rh4ir leaders as Senator Crane believe th1t
after \ dsy or Two the Dolliver talk VIII suo-
side and that ultimately Vice-Presdent FaF-
hanks will be renominated. OF course. TINS Vie"
is not shared by the Taft men, but they ADMIT
some anxiety over the situation
Apropos of the embarrassment OF the Ne"
y l. 6AIegat5on which would like to indors-
sherman but finds its hands tied by the reiic
tance Of Governor Hughes to "luloid" iioii' M
race. Senator Depew said to-day;
TITO situation in this particular is exactly the
. .s II vas when Senator Hanna was nonnl-
Mating William Mckinley He urged u.s. oS al
80, ,,o,-ers to vote for Mckinley and 10 aoah
don our determination 10 give comllliheii'e'
vote to Levi p. Morton. We were toId tha' l"
ne, would vote for Mckinley We could name 'he
yire- Pre- sident. However. we Went ~ W
convention pledged to Mr.. Morton. and We eai
riad ont our instructions. Nothing coulo iolce
,,s ia ahar ion them no matter how great 'he
strength of Mckinley was shown TO De
No member of the New York deiesa'ioii oA'
talk OF or consider the selection Oh d
5enriaI nominee until the fate OF HoVeiAoi
- ,s decided by the convention. We are
-. .,,--.s. d.Iegatiop there is. with seventy
81. da1asstee of whom forty-two are pledged