The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
COLONIES IDEAS ARE RADICAL
Taft Planks Will Have More Of a
Conservative Trend
LA TOILETTE IS FOR RECALL
Each Candidate Has Ideas That VIII
Be Opposed BY tho
Others.
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Chicago, June IA fight second In
Importance only to the presidential
nomination is on the schedule before
the Republican national convention
adopts its platform.
Three forces will combine To make Il
interesting. the Taftites, the Roosevelt
followers. and the men who are sup
porting and believe An the principles
advocated by Senator La Toilette.
Each has ideas that will be opposed
by the others and to a large extent
these ideas are irreconcilable.
The Roosevelt platform already has
been talked over by the oolonels chief
tains. and while no draft mas been
made, it is pretty clearly outlined.
From a source close to Colonel
Roosevelt 1t was learned that the fol-
lowing planks win be strongly adyo-
Gated:
Primaries-The Roosevelt people
wish 10 declare for direct preferential
primaries and for all other similar ex-
pedients calculated to restore popular
government" II win advocate the prin-
ciple of the direct primaries. leaving
the details to be worked out as best
Indicated by the experience OF the flu
ture.
Corporations-Fede control Of cor
porations-'new nationalism" Will be
advocated. The keynote of Roosevelts
Osawatomic speech. "the corporations
Of ..rfn -.
strongly sounded. Publicity OF corpor-
alton affairs will be urged as cnrc OF
stock watering and iobbing.
Tariff-Declaration for revision of
the tariff schedule by schedule: advo-
cate the protecting of only those indus
tries that are fair to labor. II will urge
that protection do not stop at the bus
mess Office" This section is aimed at
the Steel Trust and other industries
which are alleged TO have adopted n
peonage system which affects large
numbers of foreign Immigrants. too
ignorant Of American affairs to save
themselves from being imposed upon.
nservation-Strong plank on con
servation, covering definitely the ideas
of Clifford Pinchot.
Financial-Would pledge Republican
party to legislation not favorable To
the great credit and money interests.
and inferentially opposed 10 the AID
rich credit monopoly"
rhe Taft platform will diTer from
the Roosevelt propaganda in that it
will take a less radical position.
Whether or not It will OPPOSE direct
presidential primaries has not been de-
cided but there is a strorg feeling OF
opposition among the conservatives in
the Taft following.
The Taft platform will urge publicity
for corporations, but will not advocate
federal control or new nationahsm."
1t will favor revision Of the tariff
schedule by schedule. but will contain
no provision calculated TO hit bad
corporations. II will contain a moder-
ately strong conservation plank It's
financial plank will favor the principles
of the Aldrich currency bill Extension
Of civil service to all employees not
now in the classified list and n liberal
immigration law framed so as to bene-
AT the West will be urged.
There will be no reference in the
Roosevelt proposal to the recall, as II
is considered that the principle there
involved is covered adequately in the
direct primary platform. In this re-
spcct il will differ from the La Toilette
platform, which viii specifically advo-
cate the recall of judges and decisions.