Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-18
OUTLINE MADE OF
TAFT PLATFORM
UNYIELDING OPPOSITION 10 RE.
CALL ONE OF SALIENT FEA-
TUREs IN PROPOSED DRAFT

Chicago, June 1.-THE salient
planks of President Taft's platform,
which will be submitted to the resolu-
lions committee of the republican ma
tional committee, are:
1. Irrevocable and unyielding opposi-
ton to the proposed recall of the jul
dietary.
2. Extension of the civil service laws
to cover postmasters, district attorneys
and bank examiners.
8. Preservation and strengthening OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
4. Revision of tariff schedules only
as recommended by the tariff board OF
experts.
S. A strong reaf11rmation Of the his
toric policy of protection to American
industry and protection to American
workingmen.
6. Amendment of the national bank
ing law to provide for the creation OF a
national reserve fund and the estab-
lishment Of a more elastic currency.
Trusts to be Driven Out.
Z. The advocacy of the workingmen' s
compensation law and further safe
guards for workers engaged at hazard
GUS employment +
8: No let-up in the federal prosecu-
ton of s"illegal trusts" and monopolies
in restraint of trade.
9. A particularly strong international
peace announcement, predicted on a
general arbitration proposition to be
adopted by the civilized nations.
10 Modification of the irrigation
laws to tighten the burden now carried
by water users in the western states
by extending the time for payment
of the Salt river improvement bonds.
II. Appreciation of more lenient
homestead laws, governing the appro'
priation of government lands by bona
fide home-seekers.
IL. The appointment of commission
of American and Mexican engineers to
establish a new scientific" boundary
line between Mexico and the states,
with particular application to the
mouth Of the Colorado river and the
use of its waters for irrigation pur.
poses.
Reciprocity Made Issue.
10. Extension of reciprocal trade
relations with the civilized nations.
IA. Federal aid in controlling flooded
watersheds and the reclamation of In
undated lands, with especial reference
TO the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio
river valleys.
Is. Federal aid in the construction Of
canals and water ways designed to
benefit shipping and control of freight
rates.
16 Federal cooperation in the extern
sion and improvement Of harbors, and
more stringent federal laws applying
to ocean travel in so far as they can
be made effective.
II. General cooperation with in.
ternal Improvement and conservation
propositions designed to benefit the
whole people.
IS. Unfaltering support of the inter
state commerce commission and the
regulation OF common carriers.
10. Extension of the postal savings
bank system.
20. Extension of the rural free de-
livery system and the establishment
of a parcels post bureau in connection
with the postoffice department.
The final draft Of the platform will
be edited by Eliuh Root, the presidents
choice for temporary and permanent
chairman of the national convention;
Charles Hopkins Clark. editor of the
Hartford Comm Courant: Charles
Warren Fairbanks OF Indiana, former
vice president of the United States:
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia university, and William
Barnes. Jr. of Albany, N. Y, head of
he Empire state delegation