Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-06
TARIFF act IS IGNORED
Indiana Republican Platform Makes
No Mention of New Law.
BEvERmGE DEFENDS HIS VOTE
senator says He Agrees with rresi-
dent raft on Effect OF Many
Schedules - PrincipIe OF
Protection Endorsed,

1NDIANAPOLlS April 5.-The Indiana
republican convention today adopted plat
form that ignores the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law. And declared for a protective tariff
measured only by the difference between
the cost Of production. here and abroad and
the creation OF a non-partlsan tariff com
mission"
The following nominations we're made by
acclamation:
Secretary OF state, OTIS l.. Gulley, Dan
| vile.
Auditor Of state John f. Reed Muncle
/ Clerk OF supreme court Edward V. fitz-
state statistician, John l. Peetz,
state seologist, w. $. Blatchley. Terre
| Haute.
Judge of the supreme court. Second dis
| trict, oscar II. Montgomery Seymour
Appellate judges, Wara ~ Watson,
Charlestown and c. c. Hadley, Danville.
| Orleans
! Attorney general, Finlsy p Mount Craw-
| fordsvile
Beveridge Defends His Vote.
! When United states senator Albert j.
Beverdge ia his speech as temporary
chairman, today declared his antagonism
| to the new tariff law, his periods were
marked by storms Of applause from the
delegates and the crowded galleries In Tom
| lirson hall.
Repeating as a text, Il could not stand
for it then, and cannot stand for it now"
Senator Beverldee 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
Like President Taft, l wanted free iron
ore. OF which we have the greatest deposit
on earth and which the steel trust chiefly
controls" he said. II could stand for the
duty that was passed and / cannot stand
for 1t now.
Like President Taft I wanted many
raw materials that needed no protection
put on the free list. Yet only one was so
treated.
Like President Taft, l wanted the an
cient woolen schedule reduced. 1t gives to
the woolen trust unfair control and raises
the price and reduces the weight OF the
peoples clothing. / stood against this
schedule when the bill was passed, and
/ stand against 1t now"
Lumber aud Cotton.
Il could not stand for the duty on lum-
Der when the tariff bill was passed and l
cannot stand for It now.
Il stood against the increase Of the duty
on cotton goods and l stand against it
now.
The reduction OF the tariff on refined
sugar is a deception, because it cannot af-
feet the price. Yet, that is one OF the
boasted reductions we hear OF.
These are examples of increases. / was
against them then and l am against them
now.
From few, If any, of the decreases dc
the people get the slightest benefit.
II was for a law that would have pro-
teoted the wages Of every workingman in
; Irdiana and yet enable that workingman
to get his clothing and creature comforts
| cheaper, and such a law could have been
written andNt shall be written"
Predicts TafGs Recollection.
George A. Cunningham Of Evansville, per.
J manent chairman OF the convention, spoke
in part as follows:
! I'VE can make no adequate answer &c
} the address OF your temporary chairman
Senator Beverdse, at this time. The rea
) answer Will be made at the polls in Novem
ber
q I'VE are all of us for the reelection o.
Albert j. BeveridgS to the senate in 1911
: In this campaign, SO far as 1t effects ma
, tional politics, the reelection of Senator
Beveridge has become the overshadowinl
issue, on account Of the principles in whicl
we all believe and for which he has stool
and continues to stand in the Unite'
States senate.
THE republicans of Indiana have equa
faith in the rugged Honesty, great com
parity and ultimate triumph of the chic
executive OF the nation, William II. Taft
=, We are in full sympathy with the remedla
: legislation that he has recommended t
; congress. 1t requires no prophet to forese
> that two years hence he will be the unan
lmous choice OF the republican party 70
reelection. venture to say further tina
i'm his campaign he will have no more loya
0 supporters. no more able generals, n
more aggressive and determined fighter
that Albert J. Beveridge has and Theo
dore Roosevelt"
p The Platform.
e The platform, which was adopted as
] was reported by the committee on resolu
= tons, endorses the principle of protectiv
\ tariff. but makes no mention OF the Payne
! Aldrich tariff law. The committee oil
resolutions 1t was learned, voted unani
. mousy not to mention the new measure
E The resolutions follow:
10 We, the republicans of Indiana, declar
our determined support Of those great pol
. ices for the common good developed unde
& Theodore Roosevelt and bearing his name
and we demand that they be given effec
in legislation and administration.
We believe in a protective tariff, meas