The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-18

TAFT HAS HIS WAY
Injunction Plank Goes in Plat
form as He Desired.
An Ultimatum to the Allies Be-
came Necessary.
1T MEANT ROOSEVELT
III the Court Procedure Clause
! Were Defeated.
1T MEANT ROOSEVELT
The Platform in Full as Adopt
ed This Afternoon.

Convention Hall, June 1s.-victory for
the Taft forces on the resolutions COM
mittee came with the dawn. A platform
which contains an Injunction plank sat
fsfactory to the prospective candidate
Is embodied in the substantial struc-
ture of verbiage upon which is to be
made the secretary's appeal for popu-
lar approval. This result was attained
with suddenness upon the collapse of
the opposition early in the evening.
Two hours before this the opponents of
the injunction provision were rejecting
offers of compromise and asserting
with positiveness their ability to elimi-
nate any injunction plank.
A telegram from President Roosevelt
arrived as we'll as a letter and a tele-
gram from Secretary Taft, each urg-
ing action. An ultimatum in substance
If not In words had been delivered
shortly before to the allies" which
was interpreted as spelling the renom-
tnation of Roosevelt should the conven-
ton refuse a platform upon which the
secretary of war could make the race
with confidence. Then followed a pro-
tracted discussion and the final adop-
ton OF the contested plank by vote
of 80 to 16.
There are a number of minor conten-
lions in the committee, but the Roose-
felt-Taft idea prevailed in the. ulti-
mate analysis and while Thomas NJ
McCarter, of New Jersey, insisted on
his right to take the question of liz
junction to the convention floor, the
prediction was made in authoritative
quarters that no murmur of the pre-
lirninary fight would be heard in that
gathering.
Beginning with the adjournment OF
the convention Tuesday the work of
the resolution committee was practi-
cally continuous until APO o'clock this
morning, when the finished platform
was produced. 1t was not until 10
o'clock last night, that the scales be-
gan to tip in favor of the administra-
ton forces, but after the dissolution
of the opposition began it was rapid
and soon complete, leaving nothing to
mark it's existence but few unrecord-
ed speeches and a slim minority of
votes.
The platform as reported by the ma
jority of the resolutions committee
after the defeat of the minority report
and defeat of the amendments was
adopted by a viva Voce vote, and is In
full as follows:
National Republican Platform.
Once more the Republican party,
in national convention assembled sub
mits its cause to the people. This
great historic organization that de-
stroyed slavery, preserved the union,
restored credit. expanded the national
domain, established a sound financial
system, developed the industries and
resources of the country and gave to
the nation her seat of honor in the
councils of the world. now meets the
new problems of government with the
same courage and capacity with which
1t solved the old.
Republicanism Under Roosevelt.
In this, the greatest era of American
advancement, the Republican party has
reached its highest service under the
leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. His
administration is an epoch in Ameri
can history. In no other period since
national sovereignty was won under
Washington or preserved under Lincoln
has there been such mighty progress
in those ideals of government which
make for justice. equality and fair
dealing among men. The highest
aspirations of the American people
have found a voice. Their most
exalted servant represents the best
countrymen. American manhood has
been lifted to nobler sense
of duty and obligation. Conscience
and courage in public station and high
er standards of right and wrong in
private life have become cardinal
labor have been brought into closer
relations of confidence and interde-
pendence in the abuse of wealth, the
tyranny of power and all the evils of
privilege and favoritism have been put
TO scorn just by the simple, manly vir-
tues of justice and fair play.
The great accomplishments of Presi-
dent Roosevelt have been first and
foremost. a brave and impartial en-
Increment of the law, the prosecution
o. Illegal trusts and monopolies, the
exposure and punishment of evildoers
In the public service, the more efIec-
tive regulation of the rates and SER
vice of the great transportation lines.
the complete overthrow of preferences;
rebates and Determinations; the arbi-
tration of labor disputes, the ameliora-
ton of the condition of wage-workers
everywhere, the conservation of the
natural resources of the country the
forward step in the Improvement of
the inland waterways and always the
earnest support and defense of every
wholesome safeguard which has made
more secure the guarantees of life, lib
erty and property. These are the
achievements that will make for Theo-
dore Roosevelt his place in history
But more than all else, the great
things he has done will be an inspira-
ton to those who have yet greater
things to do. We declare our unfalter-
ing adherence to the policies thus in
augurated and pledge their continuance
under Republican administration of
the government.
Equality of Opportunity.
Under the guidance of Re-