Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-07
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS MEET
Platform is Agreed Upon in Confer
ence Before Convention.
SENATOR SMITH YIELDS GAvEI
In His Address He LRuds Taft and
Roosevelt ms Party Leaders and
Defends the Payne Tar
iff Act.

DETROIT, Oct 6.-Michigan republicans,
In the preliminaries before the calling of
the state convention today had smoothed
over the fachonal differences of the
primary campaign and agreed on state
platform broad enough for insurgent and
organization men,
The assertion that the Payne tariff bin
was the best obtainabie under the circum-
stances and the Recommendation for the
immediate establishment OF a permanent
and high grade tariff commission was said
to have been the solution decided upon
The administration Of President Taft also
was said to have received unstinted ap-
proval. +t@
At the primaries Charles 8. Osborne and
John Q. Ross were selected as candidates
for governor and hSai-'snant governor, re-
spectvely. ..-.-t
Senator Smith Speaks.
United States Senator william Alden
Smith, in his speech. defended the present
tariff. declared that the dissension in the
republican ranks would not prevent victory
at the polls in the coming election and
coupled President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt as the party leaders
He said in part:
1T has been said the republican party Is
vexed with internal dissension and torn
by factional strife. This can be said, at
times, of every great public body. but our
party continues to move among the polit-
! ical forces of our time with strength
undiminished and glory undimmed.
Surely no internal controversy can draw
our forces from the battle line. 1t is said
that the national house of representatives
is threatened, and Michigan whose people
have prospered under republican rule, must
not waver in the fight. No vote from here
must be diverted even to that brilliant
honest hearted disciple of false faith, the
self-proclaimed free trader. Champ Clark
OF Missouri, who once said II he had his
way every custom house on our border
would be destroyed"
Some recent elections have given poll
ticians alarm. do not think we have los
battle which we should have won. II
Massachusetts the republicans nominated
a democrat for congress and the democrat
nominated a wayward republican who wa
elected. In New York the republicans nom
mated a candidate who had dominated mi
city with fist of iron and publicly invitet
defeat, which was deserved.
I'm Maine the people sought in vain from
our party for a primary law and turne,
to our opponents in the hope that the.
Intelligent and progressive leadership ma
still light the way, but they must marc
with the procession"
Platform Adopted.
The platform adopted today by the re
publican state convention touched light
on national issues
: The name Of Theodore Roosevelt or men
tion OF his policies did not occur in tn
4 draft submitted to the convention.
e The platform in part is:
5 We renew our faith in and express ou
admiration for the president OF the Unite
States, whose leadership and personait
strengthen the confidence OF the America
people in their institutions. His presider
' sistent in it's labors for the people.
r We commend congress for the beneficer
r legislation which IL enacted Under III
: leadership of the president congres
promptly passed tariff law giving esp'
cial attention to the preservation of III
furious foreign competition, 10 the protet
tion of the American industries and
the financial necessities Of the govern
ment.
We approve most heartily the establish
ment OF the tariff commias.Hu which wi
render unnecessary in the 4lture a geI
eral revision CT the tariff with its atten'
ant business depression.
The recent enactment by congress
the railroad law creating a new court
commerce is worthy OF the highest prais
n All the party candidates were endorse
= and no reference was made 10 the az
o ministration Of Governor Warner. ov'
q which bitter factional differences had e.
n isted.