Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-06-13
AT|ON
CONCERNING
PLATFORM
BROAD AND CONSERVATIVE
DOCUMENT DEMANDED
Radical PIankS Would Turn
Substantial Business Inter-
eStS Toward Bryan Is 0pio-
ion of Leaders,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Chicago, June l2.-The product Of
the days development as to the plat
form was negative rather than posi-
tive Senator Hopkins who is con-
ceded the charmanship of the resolu-
ition committee, arrived during the day
from New York, but in view of the
position he is to hold, he declined to
talk for quotation. soon after arri-
val he met Wade Ellis, attorney gem
eral of Ohio. who had just brought
from Washington the RooSeyelt-Tatt
platform ideas.
Several other prominent politicians
who are likely to be members of the
resolutions committee conferred also
with these men
The general sentiment expressed
by those who talked on the subject of
the platform seemed to tend toward
conservatism The idea was eN-
pressed that the platform should be
broad enough for every republican to
stand on and resolutions which might
be called "Bryanesque' would lead
substantial business men to vote for
Bryan if nominated at Denver basing
their action on the belief that if elect
ed Bryan's hands would be tied by
the republican senate and nothing Of
radicalism could become effective
They suggested that with Taft elected
on radical platform the promises
made by that platform possibly would
be fulfilled by a republican congress
Senator Hopkins indicated that the
maximum and minimum tariff idea
undoubtedly would be placed in the
tariff plank to indicate just what the
party expected to do with the tariff
question.
Senator Colum gave it as his opinion
that the tariff plank should be plain
and devoid of bubble that no one
could misunderstood that the tariff
promised revision Immediately after
Inauguration.
There is the growing army of re
formers who are anxious 20 have the
republican party adopt their pet ideas,
The local option people are here, like
wise the pTOhibitiOnists as wen as
those who want the manufacture of
alcoholic liquor to be used as bever-
age to be stopped altogether and those
who insist on a stringent original pack
age law. Labor representatives are
here looking after an anu-injunCtion
plank and other matters considered of
vital important to their organizations.
Even the federation of WOmens clubs
has sent a delegation with a suffrage
plank which it hopes to have adopted.
All of these elements are making
their campaigns with prospective
members of the resolutions committee
and their work may have some future
Nevertheless the real
work of framing up the platform will
not begin until the convention appoints
this committee and the committee has
to count noses and ascer-
tain whether the majority be radical
or conservative.
Robert H. Todd ana Francisco +.
Quinones, delegates from Porto Rico
arrived during the day. They have
certain demands which they expect to
make of the committee on resolutions
Said Mr.. Taft;
We will ask two things Of the COM
mittee on resolutions The first or
these is that the party pledge itself to
give citizenship to Porto Ricans on
reasonable terms.
THE second is definition of the
status of Porto Rico. AT present we
are citizens of Porto Rico but we do
not rule We are not citizens of the
United States although we belong to
the Unite dStates and wave the flag
IF this country We are governed by
1 council of eleven men Of whom six
ire Americans appointed by the presi- |
lent and five are Porto RiCans who's"
opinions are ignored by the six ~