The San Francisco call., 1910-09-06

permanent and benencent party ana
| national policy.
There will be no tinkling phrase
blanket Endorsement of President Taft's
administration, but that does not mean
| that Taft will be f1outed or an attempt
made TO carry water on both shoulders.
! Taft will be commended for his adher
| ence to the Roosevelt policies and his
| tariff attitude squarely ipdorsed. That
| Endorsement will go not merely to the
length of indorsing his tariff commits
| sion plan. but will also declare against
/ any more tariff tinkering until proposed
! changes are reported and recommended
by bipartisan expert commission
The tariff planks will clearly define
the attitude of the progressive republi
cans of California, and will constitute
Endorsements of the tariff records of the
| incumbent congressman renominated.
] Beyond that neither incumbents nor in
surgent nominees for congress will re-
1 ceive special commendation, but they
will all be called upon to join with the
! progressives in congress in upholding
/ Tafts attempts to secure the adoption
/ of more of the Roosevelt policies.
WORKS LEFT OUT
Ia was rumored yesterday that an
attempt would be made to secure some
1 sort of convention expression in favor
4 of the election of John d. Works to
/ the United States senate, regardless of
4 the provisions of the direct primary
/ law. There will be no such attempt,
or if such an attempt is made it will
not result in any platform or conven-
tion declaration.
The United States senator plank
will be a reiteration of the Lincoln
Roosevelt leagues original declaration
of policy. 1t will be keen disappoint
ment to the democratic primary law
enthusiasts, who want the republican
~fr-1o Nr,,, int fhl
senate from California, but such is
partisan politics. 1t will declare for
! an amendment of the federal consti-
4 tuition providing for direct election of
| United States senators. 1t will de-
| clare for the adoption by the Califor-
MIA legislature of an honest demand
upon congress for such amendment
And pending such amendment it will
declare for a simple statewide parti-
san advisory vote to be determined by
| the aggregate plurality instead of by
/ district pluralities.
In the realms Of broadest party pol
| icy the platform will vigorously con-
| denim and repudiate the Herrin ma
chine and its allied corporate interests
| that dominated the republican party
for many years and from which the
| party was freed through the direct
| primary election law. The influence
| of similar interests in the national
y
and Californiass senators and congress
| men called upon to fight for their elm
| ination from partisan and government
| tai influence.
NEW ORDER PLANks
The new order of things in California
| will be exhibited most strikingly in the
| pIanks dealing directly with state and
| party government. The public will not
be called upon to speculate upon the
III. Tl-a
| platform declarations will be direct,
| clear and open to only one construction.
They will be both progressive and ag
| gressive
The direct primary law will be en-
! phatically Endorsed and the platform
I will recommend that the Legislature
make such amendments only as may be
| desirable to eliminate some of the cum
| bersome features which were retained
because they were employed by other
| states.
The Panama-Pacifc exposition and
| the pending legislation touching state
participation in the exposition will be
unequivocally indorsed and the party
pledged to the success of the worlds
greatest far
The party will be definitely pledged
! 10 the removal of the party circle from
the general election ballot, which in
wolves a return to the straight Aus
tralian ballot 1t Will be pledged TO
the removal of the judiciary from par
tisan politics through a nonpartisan
! judiciary ticket or column on both the
! primary and general election ballots.
INITIATIVE PLANK
Unless the plank is defeated. on the
floor of the convention, which is i'm
| probable, the platform will declare, as
| does the Lincoln Roosevelt leagues
| platform for direct legislation-initi-
| ative referendum and recall.
Mrs. J. H. Weber of Los Angeles.
| representing the votes for women
| movement, and Mrs. Lillian Harris
| Coffin of the original suffrage organi-
| cation, were busy with the advance
/ guard at the hotels yesterday, but
| there is no promise of an equal suf-
frage plank.
The program for organization of the
convention and the new committee ap-
parently involves only harmony and a
complete overlook for the Alameda
county interests that jobbed w r. Da-a
Wis out of q seat in the state conven-
ton from his own county. The appear
ance of Rowell and Devlin as candi-
dates for temporary and permanent
| chairman, respectively, put Grape on