The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-14
THE INDIANA CONVENTION.

THE INDIANA CONVENTION.
In appraising the Importance O.
The Indiana Republican c%onyentio,
and its action, two facts must h.
borne continually in mind:
1T is the first state republican
gathering since the passage of the
tariff law. which President Taft has
vigorously defended again n agar
before a skeptical public.
Senator Beveridge was one o1
who spoke against the tarin
bill and who voted against it on the
final passage.
1t also should be remembered tha,
President Taft, in his famous Vino
ma speech, by inference at least cri-
ticised those who voted against the
tarin bill by questioning their low
atty to the party.
In view of these facts the refer
G of the Indiana convention to
the tariff law and to Beyeridee arc
of special interest.
The tariff plnak adopted at In
dtanapolis is as follows:
We believe in a protective tariff.
measured by the difference between
the cost of production here and
abroad. The is fair to American man
u~facturers; less than, this is uninst
70 American laborers; more is unjust
to American consumers. That difer-
ence should be ascertained with, IRE
utmost speed and effective lepisla-
tion enacted accordingly. We demand
the immediate creation of q genuine.
permanent. nonpartisan tariff com.
mission with ample powers and de-
mite duties fixed in the law itself.
We believe with President Mckinley
IN his last tari6 utterances, that the
period OF exclusiveness is past. and
We heartily favor the republican pol
Icy OF reciprocity, FIRST announced by
Blaine. and later advocated BY Nc
Kinley."
This plank is noteworthy in three
particulars.
1t does not. by word or hint, ap-
prove the Payne tariff law. The in
ference Of Its silence, OF course, is
~disapproval. Thus we have the first
state republican convention distinct
" taking issue with the president,
the nominal head Of the party, who
has repeatedly called the Payne act
the best tariff law ever passed in this
country.
Again. this Indiana tariff plank
takes issue with the last national re-
publican convention. For, in that
conventions platform, IL was declar-
ed that the tariff should measure the
difference between the cost Of pro-
ductbon at home and abroad, Ito
gether with a reasonable profit" The
Indiana republicans say nothing
about adding a reasonable profit. The
inclusion of that phrase in the ma
tional platform showed bad faith on
the face OF 1t. The foreign manufact-
urer would not sell in the United
States without making a profit. Why
should the tariff law add another
profit?
Third. the Payne law declared. not
for reciprocity, but for retaliation, in
dealing with other nations. It was
provided that the tariff should be in
creased Is per cent against any for
eign countries not granting the Unit
ed States their most favorable r,'es.
This is the very reverse of the pol
icy of reciprocity, which is to induce
favors by granting them, nots to
coerce favors by threats.
Concerning Senator Beveridge. in
cluded among the republican sena-
tors disciplined in the Winona speech
the Indiana republicans said.
I'VE indorse anu approve the
splendid record of our senior senator
and ESPECIALLY HIS RECORD IN
THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS
which deserves the unqualified APP
prevail of all the people of the state"
II Senator Beveridge, who refused
for the tariff law, is deserv-
Ing of unqualified approval" for his
course. then the conclusion is diff.
cult to avoid that the Indiana repub-
licans believe the tariff law should
the unqualified disapprova, of
Ill the people of the state.
Indiana has never been classed as