The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08
HOPELESS FIGHT
AGAINST TAFT NOW
Representatives Of allies to
Garry Matter Before Conven-
ton, but Admit That They
Will Gain Nothing by
Doing so-situation
in Chicago.
-- vAsH1NGToN, June s.--ThaN.
NV the platform which will be
wv adopted at the Chicago con-
wv yention and on which the

NV the platform W n1Cn VIII OS iF
wv adopted at the Chicago cons
" vention and on which the
Republican party will stand
during the next campaign has been
completed with the exception OF a few
details, left for the committee on
resolutions to insert, is the opinion
of many who are in the confidence OF
the leaders. The work has BEEN dong
by Hon. Wade Ellis, Attorney-G GensrAls
of Ohio, who drafted the recent Ohio /
State platform; Senator Hopkins. Whr y
will be the chairman OF the committee
on resolutions Senator Long, Of Kan
sas, and few others. including the
President and Secretary Taft, who
have been freely consulted.
Endorsement Of I,ooacvelt.
The policies Of President Roosevelt
will be indorsed 3unequivoca1ly,, and this
Endorsement Wa be the central idea
OF the document. These policies. tta
Will be declared, are quite In contrast
with the policies Of the Democratic
party, which promise nothing good that
can be assured Of accomplishment.
The Republican party's record as the
party OF protection aid sound money,
as the party OF progress and good
principles, as the party that gave free
dom to Cuba and lifted the yoke from
the necks OF the people OF the Philip
pines and Porto Rico, will be held up
for admiration and made the subject
OF much praise, and the voting public
will be asked to continue to patroniza
the political craft that has carried 1t
across SO many streams. Fa
Specifically speaking, more atten-
tion has been given by the PLATFORM
makers to the tariff than to any other
subject. There will be an unqualified
declaration for revision: but the dis
! position Is to leave the working out
of details to the ingenuity of Con-
gress The action os the two. houses of.
congress I'm. ins structing the commit =
tees which will deal with the tariff
the Senate Committee on Enhance and,
the House COMMITTEES on Ways and
Means--to make especial investigation
of the situation will afford sufficient
excuse for this. course. as the results
OF these inquiries3wills not be available
for the convention hut win supposedly
furnish for Congress a basis for ac-
| tion. rs
The declaration will take the shape
OF pledge to equalize the duties so
as to give the Consumer the benefit
OF the most favorable prices consistent
with the protection OF domestic Indus
tries and home labor. s75
It will be emphatically stated that
there must be no innovation that VIII
permit American labor to come into
competition with foreign labor, and ac-s
cordtngiy 1t will be specified that in
all cases the duty must be equal to
the difference between the American
and the European cost of productions,
including a reasonable profit to the
American producer. The policy of pro-
lection will be tndorsed in, general
terms, and there may be declaration
"a n In r,N,Ox - - -
mum tariff as the one most likely to
insure the promotion of American ir1-
terests under varying conditions.
clause declaring against the utilization
| of the tariff for the promotion OF
monopoly is also among the proba
| bilties. H. &. a 5s.s 3E:l5 E Is .Sss5 &
Financial Plank.
NeXtgto the tariff the financial plank
has received most careful attention.
| Congress and the administration VIII
be congratulated upon the passage OF
| the Aldrich-Vreeland bill as in theS
| interest of sound finance and as de- I
signed to protect the business world
against possible panics in the near
future, and at the same time provide
| for the permanent improvement Of the
currency system through the recon-
mendations whchHit is anticipated will
| be made by the commission appointed
under the new law.
Reference will be made to the finan-
cial disturbance of last fall. ana whilei8
the seriousness of that crisis viii, heS
recognized. the claim will be made that
To noeet tla sit,,at,nn tI,a ca,,,
w,,, Ia 4, f,rr,s, !, ,hat Nv. its nran,,,f
action the business worid was 90 ve1l \
/ from long drawn out financial ,,enra 9
sim i,and mans tro, ina ~ ivit, ~ ~ siS
rba ~ M ~ : =, /, 4,
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