The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-03
full STATE TICKET IS
QUICKLY NOMINATED
Several Interesting Contests For the
State Offices Gene Up, But Most
of the Candidates Are Chosen
BY Acclamation.

publican state convention today adopted
a platform, indorsed Vice President
Charles Warren Fairbanks, and instructed
the 80 state delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago to vote and work for
his nomination for the presidency and
nominated the following ticket:
For governor: James E. Watson of
Rushvlle
For lieutenant governor: Fremont C.
Goodwine of Wiliamsport.
For secretary of state: Fred A. Sims
of Frankfort.
For auditor of state: John c. Bill
hemer of Washington.
For treasurer of state: Oscar Hadley of
Plainfeld
For attorney general: James Bingham
of Muncie.
For reporter of supreme court: George
W. Self of Corydon.
For superintendent of public instruction.:
Lawrence McTurnan of Anderson.
For state statistician: J. L. Peets of
Kokomo.
For judge supreme court, Fifth district:
Quincy A. Meers of Logansport.
For judge of appellate court, First dis
trict, David Myers of Greensburg.
Six nominations were by accamation.
the candidates were present republican
officials, and were conceded a second term
without oppositior.
The contest for governors was eager
and it took five ballots to decide it.
Substance of Platform.
The platform incorporated a plank
written by Vice President Fairbanks
insisting upon a revision of the tariff
by session of Congress to be called in
November after the fall elections. Other
planks favored child labor laws, local
option law with the county as a unit,
favored economy in public expenditures,
especially mentioning the army and navy,
favored modification of the financial sys-
tenn, pledged a complete regulation of
capitalistic combinations in the interest of
trade, commerce and general welfare of
the people and urged the creation of bu-
reau of mines and mining.
The platform adopted by the Indiana
republican state convention included the
following planks:
1--WE unreservedly and enthusia stically
indorse the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt. Upon his initiative and under
his guidance the Panama canal has been
completion. Upon his recommendation
Congress has passed many laws which
secure greater rights for the people and
insure that honesty in business upon
which alone permanent prosperity is
builded.
Laws lndorsed.
MANY of these laws such as the law
establishing the department of commerce
and labor. the pure food law, the meat in
rox tn 1axxr or,d
the irrigation law. will be historic in their
permanence and increasingly resultant
i in their good effects for all the people.
President Roosevelt's fearless and impair
tial enforcement of law regardless of tie
n wealth and power of the law-breaker, has
\ secured not only greater observance of
L and respect for law than ever before, but
II also has quickened the moral sense ofsthe
4 nation. His great work in ending the war
( between Russia and Japan Is one of the
proudest achievements In the history of
American statesmanship. His policy OF
strengthening the friendship between our
own country and the republics of South
4 America is far-reaching and profound In
its good effect throughout the world. The
dispatch of our fleet to the Pacific has
n cemented the friendship of all South
K American countries toward us, and in
h creased their respect for us, as it will
N strengthen the friendship and increase the
VI respect of every country it visits.
Il 1--WE approve the laNs enacted for the
II proper regulation of the railroad corpor-
\. ations and other combinations of capital
III and we pledge the party to all additional
n safeguards necessary to a complete regu-
/, lation of these combinations, in the inter-
III est of trade and commerce and in the in
\, terest of the general welfare of the pub
n lie.
II Tariff Revision.
III party in the state of Indiana declared
n in favor of the revision of the tariff,
III whenever such revision would do more
III good than harm. Protection was never
III a matter of schedules and while eaffirm-
III ing the time-honored doctrine that there
HI shall always be discrimination in duties
III that will fully protect the wage Garner
XII in the United States, we have never de-
III sired a higher rate than would accom-
III plish that purpose and have always con-
III templated revision from time to time, as
III the ever r-changing conditions might make
III wise. We believe that revision would
II be now beneficial, and to minimize the
Il harmful disturbance that tariff changes
IN necessarily produce. we insist tina. re-
I! vision be speedily done. We. therefore,
II favor of calling of an extra session early
Hin November, 1905 to make such revis-
tfi ion. and recommend that Congress take
III Immediate steps to secure the proper
ltl data by experts for intelligent revision
IN as advocated by our senators and repre-
)N sentatives from this state but we also
M insist that in such revision the protec-
III tive principles shall be maintained and
~ that maximum and minimum rates be
|E] imposed so that our export trade can
>'s amply be protected and foreign discrlin-
I'M nation against us be prevented
ID Fairbanks Endorsed.
"a l,t'The republicans of Indiana present to
III e republicans of the nation and to the