The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-12
Language Is Without Equivoca.
ton and Dodges No
Issue Whatever
Republican Party Is Credited
With Currency, Pure Food
and Railroad Rate Laws
Tariff Revision Stands Foremost
as Purpose of Government
With Taft at It's Head

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CHICAGO, June 11.-Now that
practically all the contested cases are
out of the way and the nomination. Of
Taft on the first ballot is assured, the
administration forces have set them
selves seriously to work on the plat
form Attorney General Wade Ellis
of Ohio has arrived here with tenta-
tive draft in his possession This draft
is simply the working out of the out
line which Senator Hopkins brought
here some days ago and submitted to a
conference of the allies" on Tuesday.
Attorney General Ellis is the. man
who drew the Ohio platform and he
has drawn similarly the tentative
declaration TO be submitted TO the reso-
buttons committee when il is appointed
next Tuesday 1t should be understood
in the first place that Ellis Is not orig
inally responsible for the ideas in
either platform. He has. however, a
peculiar and valuable knack for put
ting things into terse, unu1fstakabls
English and his services We're early
enlisted by Secretary Taft for this pur-
pose
This method of drawing a platform
has been. therefore. for Ellis TO talk
things over with President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft and others In the
close confidence of the prospective
candidate They agreed on certain
general principles of which At
torney General Ellis has taken note.
He then retired into seclusiOn and put
those notes in the form of definite
declarations OF policy. These declara-
tions We're then submitted TO the presi-
dent and to Secretary Taft. and after
discussion were altered in a number
of particulars.
POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION
1t speaks well for the literary and
political ability OF Attorney General
Ellis that his phraseolOgy has been but
slightly changed in any particular and
he has faithfully recorded the views OF
the administration section of the party.
The hand has been the hand of Esau.
but the voice is the voice OF Jacob.
beyond all question.
In the first place it may be said un-
equivocaliy that the tentative platform
is aightforward and 10 the point
Many of the principles are stated in
general terms. as is absolutely neces-
sary and wholly wise. but there is no
equivOcatiOn. no subterfuge to catch
votes. no lodging. Any one who reads
this platform will be able TO know eN-
be expected to read into it anything
which is not there.
This means that ii is an indOrsement
of the whole policy of the administra-
tion of President Roosevelt ,from be-
ginning TO end and without making
any concessions regarding that policy.
At the same time the platform is con-
nflf nd
or two exceptions il will not be con-
sidered radical, even by those in the
party who are opposed 10 il.
ACTIONS AND PROMISES
Many people may expect precise de-
tails as TO the future policy OF the
party, but the trainers OF the platform
have had constantly in mind the ms
take of the people who drew the con-
.stitution of Oklahoma recently and in
stead of a constitution formulated an
absurd collection OF what We're really
statute laws The suggested platform.
while clear in every particular. avoids
this mistake most noticeably.
Naturally the platform may be di-
vided into two sections dealing first
with the things which have been done.
and then with those which the party
promises TO do.
In the first division are grouped tho
salient features of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration and each item of the pres
ident's policy is specifically commended
and the country Is congratulated upon
the highly successful results OF his
administration Among these things
is the passage of the new currency
law.
CLAIMS CREDIT FOR PARTY
The platform will claim credit ex-
clusively for the republican party
through the passage OF law which
will enable the banks to supply the
country with plenty OF currency when
there is need for it, In the same plank
the party will pledge itself TO carry
on more comprehensive reform OF tho
whole banking and currency system in
the near future
Reference will be made 20 the work
to be done by the currency commission
created by the last session OF congress-.
and the pledge will be made after IL re-
ceives the report OF the commission
that the republican party win go to
work to better the financial svs-
tenn without specifying whether It
should be through central bank OF
issue branch banks. or a general pro-
vision for credit currency.
Especial credit viii be taken to the
party for the passage of the railroad
rate law and the fact will be pointed
to that this desirable result has been
reached without a single one OF the
evil results which were predicted when