The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-08

 IS PREPARED First Draft Made by MT.
 Ellis. LAUDATIONS FOR ROOSEVELT Republicans Will Take Credit for
 All Good. wfu Declare for Revision of the Tarir and Congratulate Country on Safe Passage Through
 the Panic.

Washington, June 7.--rhat the plat form which will be adopted at the Chi- eago convention and on which the Re- publican Party will stand during the next campaign has been completed with I the exception of few details, which will be left for the Committee on Res olutions to insert. Is the opinion of many who are in the confidence of the Republican leaders.
 The work has been done by Hon. Wade Ellis. Attorney General or ono, the draftsman of the recent Onio state platform; Senator Hopkins, who wiil be the chalrrnan of the Commi,tee on l Resolutions; Senator Long or Kansas and a few others including the Presi- dent and Secretary Taft, who have been freely consulted.
 The policies of President Roosevelt will be endorsed uneQuivocally ana this endorsement win be the central idea of the document. These policies yviiI ha set fo-th as the embodiment of the principles of the Republican Party. | whose achievements will be lauded as at all times wise and beneficeut; as ever in the interest of all people. These principles, 1t will be declared, are quite In contrast with the policies or tne Democratic Party which, as emooulea fn the public utterances of It's leaders. l 1t will be said promise nothing good that can be assured of accomplishments. The Republfcan Party's record as the marty of protection and sound money, as the party of progress and good pfln- cfples. as the party that gave rreeaom to Cuba and lifted the yoke from tne ,ecirs of The peopie Of the Philippines ana from Porto Rico: will be upheld Tor a demonstration and made the subject of much praise and the voting public will be asked to continue to patronize the political craft that has carried It across so many streams.
 Attention to Tariff.
 sneeihcally speaking, more attention | ha~ been given by the platform max eTs to the tarin than to any other suo-' 4nrt shora will be an unequlvocai dec- | iaration for revisfons but the dispost- | tion Is to leave the workings out oA details to the ingenuity or congress- Tha action of the two Houses Of Con- ~rsss in instructing the committees which win deal with the tarifr' the sen ata ronnrntttee on Finance and the ] TTouae Committee on Ways and Means | to make special investigator or the situation. will afford sufnciept excuse Sor this course as the result Of these ...ssta. win be unavailable to the rnneention while they supposedly iur- n5sh Congress with a basis for action: ,rhta nrenaratory step will be endorsed and there will be a general ptonouhSe- ment in favor of such changes n tns achedules as the advance ot thS 1u tna nrorress of the country may~naVs made necessary since the N 'i1 1,-o Seclaration will take the shape
 niadre 10 so equalize the duties s. to give the consumer the Densht Oa the most favorable prices conslstenS with the protection Of domess.S mus
 .rtss ana home labor. It VIII pc em- shst,caJiv stated that there must pc eo innovation that will permit Ameri- .sy iabor to come into competition Witn Soraign labor. and accordingly It VIII be specified that in all cases tne outy must he equal to the difference oetWeen ths American and European cost or production and reasonaple phoht :" inc American producers.
 The principle of protection VIII pc andorsad in general terms, ana tnere may be a declaration favoraole 10 q maximum and a minimum tarin as the one best calculated to insure the promo tion of American interests unoer vary- ing conditions. clause declarins arainst utilization fthe tarin Tor the nromotion of monopoly is also among the probabilities.
 The Financial Plank.
 Next to the tariff. the financial plank has received most careful attention' hut inc enactment of the emergency r1 rrencv law just before the close of inc recent session of Congress has rem 6ered the preparation of this, plank much simpler than 1t would have been if there had been no such legislation
 Congress will be congratulated on tbe Aidrich -Vreeland measure as being in inc interest of sound finance and as calculated to protect the business world apainst possible panics in the near fu- future and at the same time provide Tor the nermanent improvement of our cur rency system through the reeommen- dations which 1t is anticipated Will pc made by the commission appointed uh- der the new law.
 Reference will be made to the new law the financial disturbance of last fall. and while the seriousness Of that crisis will be recognized, the claim will be made tn at the Republican party was found able to meet the situatlon, ana fhe country will be informed that by it's nrompt action the business world was saved from long -drawn-out financial danression and industrial inactivity. The country will be accordingly con- graduated upon the fact that when this emergency arose the Republican party was in power and iu position to come to the rescue.
 The republican administration will also be complimented on the passage during the Fifty-ninth Congress of the railroad rate law. and this legisla- ton will be pointed to as an example of what the party will do for the country at large in case 1t is given such a lease of power as to afford 1t sufficient time for the changes which are believed to be desirable.
 To Laud Roosevelt.
 The President will also be given much credit for recent legislation look ing to the preservation of the forests, the conversation of the public domain In the interest of the entire country and the reclamation of the arid lands of the West.
 The Presidents attitude in the mat ter of general protection of the re- sources of the country will be favor ably commented upon as indicating the best course for the future legislation. His position in favor of the deepning of the channel of the Mississippi river and the general Improvement of the in- land waterways will come In for en- thusiastic endorsement, as will his vigorous work In prosecuting the con- struction of the Panama canal