The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-02
ONO INSURGENTS
fAL Te EEDORSE !.
POAPADOUR BOB |
LsAhers u Busksye stats Think
Pledge Would b r.
Advised
AD1oPT CHICAGO PRINCIPLES
6iikerl Pinehot ,ioi L.FoI|elts aad
Ihiat. Prssrs.'.iv. lD..iss.l..
VIII Unite
M'.oPT CHICAGO PRINCIPLES

VIII Unite
Eolumbus, Oh, Jan. THE pro.
reSssiye Republicans 81 Ohio met
Nay, formed d permanent orSRni&s-
Eion adopted 4 declaration of pfSr,
Rssiye principles, but voted 52 To,
IA not to give their endorsement to
WI Iited states Senator LaFoilettcsfor
1nb presidential nomination.
AFTER refusing the endorsement o.
lnib League. the delegates voted 81
2 liz, I'd favor of 4 rsolution as d
e Fsonal expression naming LaFol-
1tc as .the living embodiment o.
y IL principles sof the progressive
hs spysment- q
!. lThe vote came after IA three
iH Hufs debate on the floor, and was
= opted es an amendment to the re-.
p trt Of tho resolutions committee,
7 hitch had, been unanimously IN
NJ iyor or not naming q candidate.
Pinchot Against Endorsement,
Clifford Pinchot, who declared he
s'boke only for himself, ana In mo
Way for Roosevelt. and former Secre-
t'sa Interior Garfield. we're
He leaders In the debate against
living any candidate their ensorse-
nlent. ti
Senator Works OF California and
liter, Senator clapp of Minbssots
wEere Vigorous in urging thdt the
Ihio progfsssiees concentrateT their
Efforts in working for the election Of
ia Toilette.
n Walter Brown, chairman of the
! Republican State Committee. who a
Week ago was read out Of the pro-
! ssfressives by Chairman Fackier, for
bis proposed presidential preference
blan,4 held a long morning confer
noe with pinchot and Fackier, nd
Worked with them on resolution
Ehich was finally adopted.
Faekier. who presided at today's
conference, as temporary chairman,
was elected president OF the perma-
Aient organization. G. r, Brother.
on Of Ashtabula was elected vice.
president and r. II. Brown OF
Columbus, secretary.
Adopt Principles.
A declaration OF principles adopt
Itd unanimously was substantially
\ he oneB prepared by a committee
hppointed at a meeting OF Progress
fsives OF the Western Reserve On
the questions of national policies. n
Followed the line adopted by the
progressive convention in Chicago.
4 It declared for substantial and
Equitable revision Of the tariff,
Schedule by schedule preserving
the protective tariff principle, the
measure of which shall be the diff
ference In wages and raw material
| at home and abroad"
To this end a non-partisan tarlfi
board, with full power to compel
Testimony, and report to Congress,
was adopted. as
A revision OF the Sherman law was
suggested In the second paragraph
|aS follows:
Favor Other Legislation.
"For the cure of corporate and
TRUST evils, we favor legislation that
shall effectively regulate and con-
troll In the public interests the great
nstrumentalities of modern bust
ness. such legislation to define and
provide against recognized wrongs,
such as the exploitation Of humanity
for profits, organizing companies
without substantial assets. agree
ment to control production. market
prices and the like, all designed to
protect the honest and punish by
imprisonment the dishonest busi-
ness men"
Other planks of the platform de-
! clared for popular election OF United
States senators, the Pinchot-Roose-
welt conservation policy, a national
H income tax, graduated upward. and
! ths abolition Of needless public
| positions. a
The first differences OF opinion
arose when an added resolution "a
promise support to no candidate was
recommended by the committee on
\ resolutions. The committee Of mine
members had entered the delibera'
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