Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-02
Brown Aids With Resolution.

The vote was taken Immediately after
an appeal by Common Pleas Judge r. NJ
Wanamaker of Akron, who declared he
had made the first anti-Taft speech in
the state, and who appealed to the dele
gates not to begin their presidential cam
paign by going against the advice of such
| leaders of the National Progressive
League as PinchOt and Walter Houser
secretary of the National League, and
manager of the La Toilette campaign
Walter f. Brown, chairman of the re-
publican state central committee, who a
week ago was read out Of the progress
sives by Chairman Fackler of the Pro-
gressive League. for his proposed presi-
Dental preference plan, held d long morn
ing conference with Pinchot, Houser and
Fackler. and worked with them on the
resolution which finally was adopted. The
reSo luton read:
We are opposed to the denomination
of President Taft. We hereby declare it
to be the determined purpose of the Ohio
Progressive Republican League to work
in harmony and unison to nominate a
progressive republican for President, rec
osnizing as fellow progressives all who
hold the principles for which we stand.
whether they be for the presidential
nomination of Robert NJ. La Toilette or
Theodore Roosevelt, or any other pro-
gressive republican.
Fackler Permanent President.
I'VE assert the essential unity of the
progressive movement throughout the en-
tire state and nation. We favor the
election of delegates who will favor the
nomination of a candidate who will fully
represent the progressive principle"
Fackler, who presided at yesterdays
conference as temporary chairman, was
elected president of the permanent or
ganization. G. F. Brot1erton of Ashta-
hula was elected vice president. and T.
II. Brown of Columbus secretary.
A declaration of principles, adopted
unanimously was substantially the one
prepared by committee appointed at
meeting of progressives of the Western
Reserve. On the question of national
policies it followed the line Of the plat
form adopted by the progressive confer
encc of Chicago.
1t declared for ii substantial and equl-
table revision of the tariff. schedule by
schedule, preserving the protective tariff
principle, the measure of which shall be
at home and abroad To this end a
non tisan tariff board. with full power
to compel testimony and to report to
Congress, was advocated.
A revision of the Sherman law was sug-
gested in the second paragraph:
For the cure of corporate and trust
evils we favor legislation that shall eff
fectively regulate and control in the pub
lie interests tHc great instrumentalities
of modern business, such legis alton
clearly to define and provide against rec
ogniZed wrongs such as the exploitation
of humanity for profit. stock watering,
organizing companies without substantial
assets, agreements to control production,
market prices and the like, all designed
to protect the honest and punish by i'm
prisonment the dishonest business man."
For National Income Tax.
Other planks of the platform declared
for popular election Of United States SEN
ators the Pinchot- Roosevelt conservation
policy, a national income tax graduated
upward and the abolition of needless pub
lie POSITIONS
In it's state policies the platform de-
clared in favor of all nominations by d.
rect primary except township and village
officials, the initiative and referendum,
the short ballot and presidential pref
erence law, simplification of legal pro-
cedure, the submission Of all matters of
public policy to the voters.
The first difference of opinion arose
when an added resolution to promise
support to no candidate was recommend
ed by the committee on resolutions. The
committee of nineteen members had en-
tered the deliberations. most OF them de-
clared heartily in favor of expressing
themselves for Robert NJ. La Toilette
Their opinions had been changed after
they had heard addresses by Pinchot and
Fackler, and after the resolution which
was prepared by Houser and Pinchot was
described by the former national forester
as the best way of advancing Senator
La FGslette's interests
The plan of organization of the new
permanent league is much the same as
that of other political organizations now
esta bliShed.