Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-31
KANSAS RADICALS
POUND TARIFF At
G..O.P.CONvENTION
insurgents, Led by BristoW, Rout
Regulars and Manhandle
< Payne-AIdrich Law 4
HAIL T. R. AS REAL LEADER
Administration Given a Cold In
dorsement, and Progressives
Pledged to Continue Fight
HAIL T. r. AS REAL LEADER
Associated Press)

TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 90.-With the
insurgent faction Of the Republican
party of Kansas in complete control,
the state party council today adopted
a platform decidedly progressive.
Governor Stubs was elected chair
man. Later he resigned and Senator
Bristow was chosen to preside over the
council during the rest of its session.
When Senator Bristow took the chair
ne spoke on party issues. He upheld
the inheritance tax, condemned monop-
olstic control and declared more legis-
lation should be enacted regulating the
railroads.
1.-THE Payne-Aldrich tariff bill en-
acted by the congress of 1909 did not
follow the standard fixed in the nation
al platform" he said, land was a vio-
lation of its pledges. I believe a new
tariff measure should be passed, and
mean to fight for 1t just as long as I
am in the senate.
Moreover, l believe we should be
allowed to vote upon every section of
a tariff bill separately"
In closing, Senator Bristow declared
in favor of the oregon plan of elect
ing United States senators and for a
graduated income tax.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted its report. The platform was
adopted without change.
PLATFORM IS INsURGENT
1t was prepared by William Allen
White, the Emporia editor, and en-
bodying the sentiments as expressed by
Senator Bristow, Gov. w. r. Stubbs,
Congressman Victor Murdoch and the
other insurgents, and was as follows:
1--WE, the Republicans of Kansas, in
party council, desiring to express our
pride in the traditions OF our party,
feel that respect and veneration to
those traditions and for the history
we have made that may be most ade-
quately and fittingly expressed by turn
ing our faces forward rather than
backward. Therefore we bind ourselves
to specific future performances rather
than to ask. for votes by reason of our
past achievement, however great 1t is.
Our platform shall be q guarantee of
performance rather than confession
of faith.
"Yet we must congratulate President
Taft as Republicans upon the success
full outcome of the progressive party
measures in congress-; the postal saw
ings bank law, the railway law and the
law providing for the publicity of cam
paign expenses; and in this connection
we wish to commend Representatives
Murdock and Madison for their work
in congress pursuant to the instruction
of the Kansas Republican platform OF
1908; in modifying the rules OF congress.
so that the enactment of these long de-
layed measures was made possible. we
wish to commend Sentaor Bristow for
his hard and efficient work to carry out
successfully his platform pledge to Sc
cure the enactment of the we'll known
long and short haul clause in the inter-
state commerce law.
DEMAND TARIFF REVISION
1--WE pledge anew our loyalty to the
Republican national platform of 1903
and bind ourselves to carry out its
declarations, accepting the policy or
protection as outlined in our party
platform as the established policy or
the nation and binding our members or
congress In both houses to vote stead
fastly and without reference to any
other instructions, for a revision or the
tariff law of 1909, using as basis Tor
fixing duties the difference between the
cost of production at home and abroad
with reasonable pront 1or Ainerlcah
manufacturers.
1--WE do not recognize the revision of
the tariff of 1909 as a satisfactory ful-
fllment of the tariff pledge of the Re-
publican platform. And we there1ore
pledge the people of Kansas that the
Republican senators and congressman
from this state shall work for legis-
lation that will create an indepen-
dent non-partisan tariff commission
with ample power and suItlclent ap-
propriation to ascertain accurately
the difference between the cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad, and after
having obtained such information we
hereby pledge our Republican senators
and representatives Immediately to fix
the duties upon the basis of this in
formation.
1--WE pledge our senators and repre-
sentatiYes to vote for joint resolu-
ton that will promote the revision OF
the tariff, one schedule at time.
HIT AT CANNONISM
1--WE pledge our Republican members
of the lower house of congress to sup
mort and vote for rule that will make
the membership of the more important
house committees elective instead of
appointive.
ment of the antitrust laws and pledge
our Kansas Republican congressional
delegation to vote for law providing
for a Jail sentence for wilful violators
of the antitrust laws.
''Wnlle lnuOrSlnB IlS aAh0huihehtS
made to the interstate commerce law
by the last session of congress we
pledge our senators and representatives
to vote for such further amendments
to the interstate commerce law as will
give power and money to the Interstate
commerce commission to ascertain the
physical valuation of the railroads.
1--WE pledge our Kansas Republican
to work and vote for eff
fective laws that will prevent over
of corporations and will
divert all moneys received for the sale
Of stocks and bonds to actual invest
ments In construction or extension or
of property owned by the
"And we further pledge our Repub-
lican congressional delegation to work
for laws that will give the interstate
commission authority over
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