Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-06-04
In FOOTSTEPS
OF ROOSEVELT.
Talts Platform Will Embody The
Prsidsnt'S Policy.
no LUKE WARN ENDORSEMENT.
Secretary Of War and HIs Friends Hold
Csnfersnce-Will Inderse Various
Measures Advocated by Presl-
dent HooseveIt.
dent nsesevelt


Washington, June 1.-Thers will be
no lukewarm Endorsement of President
Roosevelt and his policies, in the Re-
publican national platform II the wishes
Of Secretary Taft and his friends have
potency In the framing Of that docu-
ment, This much was made known to-
day after the first Of q series Of confer
ences to be held with the Secretary Of
War on the subject Of tha platform.
Should the Chicago convention adopt
this sort Of platform and nominate Sec
retary Taft, It is predicted in suthora-
tive quarters that his letter or speech
of acceptance will contain q pledge to
carry out the Roosevelt policies already
inaugurated, and earnestly strive for
those not enacted, which will have a
ring similar to that pronounced by Pres
ident Roosevelt on taking the oath of
Office over the body Of the dead McKin-
ley.
Wade Ellis, Attorney General of Ohio,
who has prospects of being the Ohio
member of the Resolutions Committee
of the convention and who was largely
responsible for the conceded virility of
the Ohio Republican platform, is here
for a thorough understanding with the
Secretary of War. He was with Mr..
Taft at his offices for several hours to-
day and at the Taft residence for long
time tonight. Another conference is
to be held tomorrow when it is not
unlikely the result will be brought to
the attention of President Roosevelt.
Secretary Taft has made no secret of
his position on the tariff. He is for re-
vision at special session of the Sixty
first Congress, to be called Immediately
after the Inauguration, March 4th,
1909. His ideas as to what the tariff
should be are also public property. The
schedules should be drawn as near as
possible to cover the difference between
the lesser cost of production of given
article in foreign countries, and the
cost to produce that article in the United
States. This he regards as ''protec-
ton" in its true and fair sense.
Schedules which are fixed at rate
higher than this difference, he believes
are not only unnecessary as means Of
protection, but are evil because of their
temptation to capitalists to form mo-
nopOlies and trusts in this country for
the control of the market in that par
ticular product. From this information,
the prediction is declared to be a safe
one that the tariff plank to be presented
|, to the resolutions committee by the
Taft adherents will follow closely the
lines of the Ohio platform, with the
added specifications regarding the man
ner of arriving at the amount of tariff
which should be levied.
Mr.. Ellis is known to be heartily il
favor of plank stipulating that amend
ments should be made to the Sherman
antitrust law, and Secretary Taft il
known to be thorough believer in the
, efficacy of trust control through Fedora
laws. The embodiment of these ideai
into plank, which may take the form
of an endorsement of the Hepburn bill
which died peaceful death in the Hous,
T Judiciary Committee, is said to be SAT,
i prediction.
= The conferences will not be restrictet
in their personel, and it is believed tina
before the Taft platform is finally per
fected for submission, the views o
8 many of the party leaders will hav
d heen obtained.