The sun., 1908-06-02
PLATFORM MAKERS AT WORK.
WILL BE MORE or ROOSEVELT IN
1T THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

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"aiy Pelicies' wan ne Ipdorsed. Present
X Ones ~ Well ~ Those Described as
pending Policies N ooaevelt VIII He
Praised Personally and Politically.
WASHINGTON, June THE Republican
platform makers got TO work to-day. They
met In Secretary Taft's Office In the War
Department instead OF at the White House,
where 10 was understood the preliminaries
to the Chicago convention were to be ar
ranged Perhaps it was regarded as lit
tie too bald to have IL appear that In spite
Of his refusal to be candidate Mr.. Roose-
welt was directing the preparation Of the
declaration OF principles and mapping
out the convention programme.
Senator Albert J. Hopkins OF Illinois.
who is the chairman OF the committee on
resolutions In the convention; Senator
Chester l. Long Of Kansas. who In to second
the nomination OF Secretary Taft. and
Wade Ellis. Attorney-G General Of Ohio.
who presided over the Ohio Republican
convention which endorsed Taft's candi-
dacy. spent part Of this afternoon In oon-
ference with Mr.. Taft and are with him
again tonight. saving and planning tho
planks Of which the platform II to be built.
OF course the fact that Mr.. Taft participated
In these councils was based on the confident
assumption that he will be the party's
for granted here that nobody other than
those who are committed to his candidacy
will have anything to propose In the way
OF suggestions for incorporation in the
platform.
At the outset Of the conference It was
determined that the policies Of President
Roosevelt should be the foundation for
the party's declaration Of principles. Not
only his present policies. but those described
as his pending policies viii find a place
in the platform. The President will be
commended personally. officially and az
III Repapoan Es snd II Y sbSpee1 naa snsrs sr
In the document. Those who are engaged
in preparing the platform have talked It
over with the President and know his views.
Mr.. Tsft's adherence to tariff revision.
which he first proclaimed back In 1900. when
he made q speech at Bath, Me-, In behalf
u Charles W. Iittlsfield. Republican can
didate for Congress-. win be recognized by
the incorporation Of q tariff revision plank
along the lines Of the tariff plank In the
Ohio Republican platform adopted by the
Columbus convention on March 4 zoos.
pihLhs tnVHuN&cu III u tCSihiehol Va
principles, was as follows:
A revision Of the tariff by special
session Of the next Congress, insuring the
maintenance Of the true principle Of pro-
lection by imposing such customs duties
as wiz equal the difference renee between H hnoaa ths
together with reasonable profit. to the
end that without excessive duties American
manufacturers. farmers, producers and
wage earners may have adequate pro-
tection.'
1t is likely that the tariff plank in the
national platform may be In these very
words. Mr.. Taft approved and helped
draft the Ohio plank and has not changed
his mind as to its application to the cam
paign. As originally drawn the Ohio plank
contained DECLARATION against tariff pro
tected trusts. but that old war horse. Gen.
Joseph Warren Keifer. who was q member
OF the resolutions committee at Columbus,
would have none Of It. He declared that
this was an admission that the Republican,
tariff had built up. trusts. and under his
Mr.. Taft and the platform makers who arc
at work tonight win include II Ia the ma
tional platform is uncertain.
Mr.. Taft is Of the opinion that trusts
can he curbed by regulation, and the plat
form will declare for that policy az con- !
trasted with Government ownership, which
will AFFORD the chance for a sly crack at !
William Jennings Bryan. President Roose-
velt's new programme Of amending the
antitrust law 80 as to permit certain COM
binations of railroads will be indorsed,
and it is probable there will be a bid for the
labor vote in a suggestion Of permitting
@peaceable' as distinguished from illegal
Of labor organizations. II 10
expected also that MIR. Roosevelts insistence
on the npdification Of the powers possessed ,,
by the courts to grant injunotions win
find a place among the principles to be
Among the other Roosevelt policies
upon which the candidate Of the party
will be made to stand II the plans Of the plat |
form makers do not 60 awry are the con- !
servation Of national resources, the creation
of forest reserves and the development
Df water transportation. Attention will
be called to the enactment OF an emergency
law. n pure food law and laws
mixing the Government and interstate
carriers liable for injuries TO employees.
There will be declarations In favor OF
equal justice to whites and blacks. the
ipbuilding of the merchant marine and
steady increasing Of the navy.