The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-10

By International News Service
IT, OCHESTER. n. Y. April 9.-.After
an eight hours struggle the COM
NJ mittee on resolutions of the state
4 v Republican committee at midnight
by q vote of 40 TO 8 adopted the
following plank;
The overwhelming majority Of the
representauv lives of the party In this con-
Vention assembled favors tho renolnina-
tioD of President Taft
''And we urge the delegates at large
here elected In their acts 10 carry out the
sentiment OF the Republicans of this state.
And we uge further that the district
delegates unite to tbis end"
Chairman Barnes. who had fought
against absolute instructions. exultantly
exclaimed:
This is Il triumph for u.s.
Calls 1t Instruction.
County Chairman Koenig said: "rhis
means that the delegates from New
York are really instructed 10 supDort
President Tafts renominat ton and the
entire ninety delegates will do So"
Senator Root fought to the limit for
positive and binding instructions.
The four delegates al large to Chicago
will be William Barnes. Jr.. Of Albany.
Elihu Root Of New York, William Berri
of Kings and Edwin A Merritt, Jr, OF
St Lawrence.
The four alternates at large will be
Edgar T. Bracket of Saratoga, Charles
w. Anderson (colorcd) and B. w. Brown
OF New York. and George w. White OF
Niagara,
The convention met at II o'clock and
after the address OF Temporary Chair
man Nicholas Murray Butler and the an
nouncemcnt or tho committee on resoIu-
tions, adjourned until tomorrow.
DR.. Butler Presentation.
DR., Nicholas Murray Butler, temporary
chairman CT tie convention. spoke Ia part
as follows:
II the vehement denunciat ton OF cur
government and of our courts is one
helf true. then the Republican party
should get down on ita knees and
apologize to the people of this country
Tor having three times defeated so
far-sighted a man az Mr.. Bryan for
the, presidency Of tho United States,
What these revolutionary clements
rule Of law. Their conception of
government is sort OF glorined
lynching. before which the achieve
ments at Springfield. Ill, or at
Coatesvile Pa. would fade into In
significance. Any judicial officer who,
In obedience to his outh, ventures
to declare the law to be something
which is ont of agreement with their
pTpapnt -I.,r
diccs emotions or desires. becomes n
tyrant who should be dashed from
his place on the bench by the pro-
foundly wicked instrumentality of the
recall Of Judges
Public opinion Is asking that
greater protection be given to the nfe
and health OF tho community: that
workinSmens compensation lcs,isla-
tion be enacted and that there bo
larger and more prompt recognition
Of the social problem In It's many
phases. in far as the congress
has authority. however. the Republi-
can party should pledge Itself to use
that authority to the utmost In order
that these benehcient ends may be
promoted In the highest public inter
est and without indulsIne In eco
ncmic orgies.
Reform In Currency,
Legislation should speedily be en-
acted: substantially as recommended
by the national monetary commits
sion, TO provide the people OF the
United Statcs with an adequate,
modern and scientific banking sys-
TEN,
The just expectation OF the people
that tho duties imposed on Imports
should DO revised and reduced ought
to bs mot without delay. There aro
three ways of fixing rates, of duty
on imported merchandise. These