The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-06-11
G. 0. ?. PLATFORM 4
NEARLY FINISHED
DRAFTED BY ELLIS, HOPKINS,
LONG AND OTHERS.
ENDORSES THE PRESIDENT
Much Space Given to Tariff Revision
and FinaneesMRairroad Rate
Law Praised--other
Planks.

Washington. June 8.--That the plat
form which will be adopted at the Chi.
cage convention and on which the Re-
publican party will stand during the
next campaign, has been completed
with the exception c., few details.
which will be left for the committee
on resolutions to insert, is the opin-
ion of many who are in the confidence
of the Republican leaders.
The work has been done by Wade
Ellis, attorney general of Ohio, the
draughtsman of the recent Ohio state
platform; Senator Hopkins, who will
be the chairman of the committee on
resolutions; Senator Long of Kansas,
and few others, including the presi.
dent and Secretary Taft, who have
been freely consulted.
Z, The policies of President Roosevelt
will be Endorsed 'unequivocally, and
this Endorsement viii be the central
Idea of the document. These policies
will be set forth as the embodiment of
the principles of the Republican party,
whose achievements will be lauded as
at all times wise and beneficent; as
ever in the interests of all the people.
Much Attention to Tariff.
Specifically speaking, more atten.
ton has been given by the platform
makers to the tariff than to any, other
subject There will be an unequiyocal
declaration for revision; but the dis
position is to leave the working out of
details to the ingenuity of congress.
1t will be emphatically stated that
there must be no innovation that will
permit American labor to come into
competition with foreign labor, and
accordingly 1t will be specified that in
all cases the duty must be equal to the
difference between the American and
the European cost of production, a rea-
sonable profit to the American pro-
Queer. The principle of protection
will be Endorsed in general terms, and
there may be- a declaration favorable
to maximum and minimum tariff
as the one best calculated to insure
the PROMOTION of American interests
under varying conditions. A clause
declaring against utilization of the tar
Lift for the protection of monopoly is
also among the probabilities.
AS to Financial Plank.
Next to the tariff, the financial plank
has received must careful attention:
but the enactment of the emery ricy
currency law Just before the close of
the recent session of congress has rem
dered the preparation of this plank
| much simpler than 1t would have been
II there had been no such legislation.
rsCcngress will be congratulated on
the Aldrich-Vreeland bill as calculated
to protect the business world against
possible panics in the near future
and at the same time provide for the
permanent improvement of our cur
rency system.
Railroad Rate Law. ...
The Republican administration will
also be complimented on the passage
during the Fifty-ninth congress of the
railroad rate law, and this legisla-
ticn will be pointed to as an example
of what the party will do for the
country at large in case it is given
such lease of power as to afford it
sufficient time for the changes which
are believed to ! desirable. The
presidentSwill also be given much
credit for recent legislation looking to
the preservation OF the forests, the
conservation of the public domain in
the interest of the entire country, and
the reclamation Of the arid lands OF
the west
The convention will place itself on
record as favoring such an amendment
of the Sherman antitrust law as will
enable the railroads to enter into rea.
sonable traffic agreements without
taking the risk Of prosecution in the
criminal courts. Probably also there
will be declaration in favor Of the
registration of certain corporations
having the means to become monopo-
lies engaged in interstate commerce.
In this connection there will be pro-
nouncement in favor of national con-
troll as against national ownership.
Other Planks Prepared.
Among other recommendations that
will be made will be the following:
For the admission at the next session
of congress Of Arizona and New Mex
leo as separate states Of the union;
for the protection of American citi-
zens abroad; for the fostering of our
commerce in the Orient; for the open
door in China; for the exclusion of
coolie labor. whether Chinese or Jap
anese; strong recommendation of
the present civil service policy; In
dorsement Of the plan to grant a sub.
sidy in the interest Of the ocean mails
to South America and Australasia
and for. the encouragement of Ameri-
can shipping genefahy!S
The Oskaloosa hospital is daily
demonstrating its usefulness and the