Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26
A Conceited, Shutting and
Insipid Platform

Any living should completely embody in the flesh
qualities the Republican platform just published from Chi
cago would show his face and figure such pusinimousne OF
would certainly be added the number of the
unemployed
It may be too severe say ambiguous and cowardy
of the gentleman who presided over
the Republican platform committee Let rather say that the
character of the platform the character of Mr. arbans-er
TONED It is Fairbanks exaggerated and raised to supernatural
degree of hubdub and forcibe eebleness
of the past wholly sefsatsied with the present
and vacatng everything but standpatism for the
has definite public question 1t dis
misses every living pressing either in silence with
which nothing
To analyze the contents of little like
describing the anatomy of tub of lard But few specifications
may be attempted
TO begin with platform very notable for the things
does not is of wholly vacant the subject of
the vast Transforming for direct primaries
since primaries pretty putting everlasting
end to the convention that made this platform All refer
ence to legislation eoquent absent pid article
deprecang that msbhavng judges should be
called buried in flourish Of phrases about the integrity OF the
courts, and so
Concerning all of the Taft administration such
conservation parcels post merchant marine and the en-
food laws the platform bragsbut promises moth
ing The party has program
On the subject tariff which could be avoided the
platform blind the dreadful record of the Republican party
promises of repentance that it first gores the
present tariff admits single sentence that tariff
high ought be reduced but makes promise
0 reduce them
Indeed it clearly promises the that if the Re
publican party again with power nothing will be done
years for demands the continuation
the board Mr. Taft for vetong the tariff educ
bills him by the present Democratic house and Repub
can senote-passed overwhelming public nt
men-was that board which had been work nearly
two collecting which recommend changes
had reported The Taft tariff board has since
ported inability recommend any definite rates
Republican platform demand for the continuation of the tariff
therefore sufficiently definite promise to the privileged
their tariff avors shall not be withdrawn curtaled
as long as Mr. Taft is president.
Again the plank monopoly and privilege is study in
offending everybody abect subservence to
privileged class.
machine politicians who ruled the Republican convention
anxious avoid any ghest suggestion that the
corporate combinations should be legally controlled that they have
committed party the doctrine there ought
any combinations all that every check put upon
petition S criminal
The nncery or hypocrisy plain Nothing palmer
than the fact that public corporations and other
poraons that usually called by that possibly
be regulated by competition BUT MUST BE REGULATED BY
LAW
the Republican platform know that the Chicago epse however
mperfecy worded full of love and devotion Not only its
tariff plank but line and between the lines faithful
promise the favored interests that the party will do little
possible to bother them in the future.
The failure of the Republican platform with the
hghtest hand certain matters that the people determined to have
and that the interests trying desperately keep from them,
such the direct election OF United States and the
leaves the high road of politics wide open the Democrats
Baltimore,
There be question that the party that Mr. Roose
welt nursing life win upon these great popular de-
mands They strong in the East but in the West they have
achieved overwhelming power
The Baltimore would greatest opportunity
that has been offered the Democratic party half century
failed commit itself with simplicity the
whole great OF popular progress