The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-06
Republicans Cheer De-.
nouncement of Payne
Aldrich Measure.
BEVERIDGE GETS
PARTY APPROVAL
Indiana Convention Declares for
Protection, but Against Excess
sive Rates-Support Pledged
to. T "a t. Nominations
Made by Acclarnation.
No Contests Made.

Indianapolis, Ind. April 5.-when]
United States Senator Albert j. Bever-
1dge. in his speech as temporary chair
man OF the Indiana Republican con-
fvention to-day, declared his antagon-
Ism to the tariff law passed at the
preceding session of Congress his re-
marks were received with storms of
applause from the delegates and the
crowded galleries in Tomlinson Hall.
Repeating as text, II could not
stand for 1t then. and l cannot stand
for 1t now" Senator Beveridge made
an impassioned defense OF the counts
upon which he had based HIS vote In
the Senate against the Payne -Aldrich
tariff bill, which he did not call by
name II
In ringing voice he sent his short
sentences through the hall
Like President Taft l wanted freel
Iron ore. of which we have the great
est deposits on earth and which tho
steel trust chiefly controls. l could
not stand for the duty that was passed
and ! cannot stand for 1t now.
Like President Taft, i wanted on
the free list many raw materials that
needed no protection. Yet only one
was SO treated. I could not stand for
the duties on these articles then. and
q u
Against II Then und Now.
Like President Taft, wanted the
ancient wooden schedule reduced. IT
gives to the woolen trust unfair con-
troll and ia.ises the price and reduces
tho weight of the peoples clothing. II
stood against this schedule when the
bill was passed. and 1 stand against
1t now.
II could not stand for the duty on
lumber when the tariff bill was passed,
and l cannot stand for 1t now.
81 stood against the increase OF
the duty on cotton goods, and / stand
against II now.
THE reduction OF the tarir on re-
fined sugar is deception. because IL
cannot affect the price. Yet that Is
one OF the boasted reductions we hear
OF.
These are examples of increases I
was against them then, and I am
against them now.
From few, If any. of the decreases
do the people get the slightest bene-i
tit.
II was for law that would have
man in Indiana and yet enable that
working man to get his clothing and
creature comforts cheaper-and such a
law could have been written and It
shall be written"
Text of the Platform.
Following is the platform which the
committee on resolutions voted unani-
1nously to submit to the convention:
I'VE. the Republicans of Indiana, de-
clare our determined support of those
great policies for the common GOOD
and bearing his name, and we demand
that they be given effect in legisla-
tlon and administration.
we believe ir protective tariff,
measured by the difference between
the cost OF production here and
abroad. Less than this is unjust to
American laeorefs:.o more is unjust to
American consumers. That difference
should be ascertained with the utmost
speed, and the present law modified ac-
cordinsly.
"we demand the immediate creation
OF a genuine, permanent. non-partisan
tariff commission with ample powers
and definite duties fixed in the law IT.
self.
I'VE believe with President McKin-
ley, in his last tariff utterances, that
The period of exclusiveness is past
and we heartily favor the Republican
policy of reciprocity, first announced
by Blaine and later advocated by Nc
Kinley.
I'VE demand comprehensive laws
for the conservation of our natural
resources, and especially that the coal
deposits of Alaska shall be kept the
property of the nation, TO be develop
ed only under lease and payment Of
just royalties to the government.
Income Tax Favored.
TN time of war; or any other emer-
gencies, when ordinary forms of tax
alton are not enough for the needs OF
the government, the nation should
have the constitutional power to tax
incomes. We heartily favor an amend
ment to the Constitution giving Con-
gress this power.
We favor such Limitation Of the
powers of injunction as will not I'M
peril the liberty of any man without
notice and hearing.
I'VE favor national legislation which
will end child slavery An the factories.
mines and sweatshops throughout the
land.
I'VE demand the enactment Of laws
providing for publicity as to campaign
contributions In both State and nation.
I'VE demand that United States Sem
ators shall be elected by the direct
vote Of the people
"GGood roads mark the progress Of
Good roads mark the progress OF
wholly inadequate to their proper
maintenance and extension. The farm.
er pays an unjust share of the en-
penses, Therefore we favor State and
county aid and an effective highway
commission.
I'VE favor revision of our civil and
criminal codes, to the end that techni-
callties and unnecessary formalitles OF
pleading and practice may be elimi-
mated, speedy Justice administered and
the costrof litigation reduced to a
minimum.
Support II Pledged Taft.
''We recognize that no President In
our history ever began his adminis-
tration with such universal favor and
good VIII as did William Howard Taft;
few men have entered the presidency
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