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G. O. P. Wants Legislation to Define Criminal Offenses for the Corporations of This Country
PLATFORM AS FRAMED MAKES 'UNABATED' WAR ON TRUSTS
Woman’s Suffrage Plank
of Some Kind Certain.
President’s Own Anti-
Trust Ideas To Be
Embodied.
CHICAGO, June 21.—The Republican
platform is “up in the air." The nub
committee of nine, selected to make a
draft of the platform for submission to
the entire committee, again resumed
"trading" conferences today. The full
committee had been called to meet
later, but the report came from the
committee room that the platform
would probably not be ready for sub
mission until late this afternoon.
With Colonel Roosevelt practically
eliminated as a probable nominee, the
Roosevelt members of the platform
committee took up their duties in ear
nest. They found the Taft platform
makers willing to give and take, and
the platform when finally fixed will be
far more progressive than was the
original draft formed by the president’s
friends, former Vice President Fair
banks and Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia university.
Governor Hadley was represented in
the committee by Hugh Mclndoe. a
"Missouri state senator from Joplin.
Dr. William Draper Lewis, of Penn
sylvania, who refused to sit with the
committee in previous sessions, was
present today.
The two factions have practically
agreed upon tariff planks. It will
pledge the party to a revision of the
tariff in accordance with the finding of
a non-partisan tariff combination as to
the difference in the cost of production
at home and abroad, accruing to the.
producers of protected articles and to
the employees.
Taft's Anti-Trust Plank.
The Taft people assert that the com
mittee will recommend the president's
personal anti-trust plank.
It is certain, however, that the
Roosevelt men will insist on so revis
ing this plank as to Include a declara
tion for government regulation of in
terstate corporations. The Taft anti
trust plank follows:
' "The Republican party is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly. It
placed upon the statute books the anti
trust act of 1890 and It has consistently
and successfully enforced the provi
sions of that, law It will take no back
ward steps to permit the re-establish
ment in any degree of conditions which
were intolerable.
“The experience of the la.-t twenty
years and the illuminating decision of
the United States supreme court in ac
tions brought to enforce the anti-trust
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• CONGRESSMEN VOTE TO :
: IMPEACH ARCHBALD:
• WASHINGTON, June 21.—The •
• house judiciary committee today •
• unanimously voted to impeach •
• Judge Robert W. Archbald, of the •
• commerce court, on tw-elve counts. •
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act make it plain that the law-abiding
business of the country may be carried
on without disturbances, and at the
same time without resort to practices
which are abhorrent to the common
sense of justice.
Should Define Lawful Business.
"The Republican party Javers the en
actment of legislation supplementary to
the existing anti-trust act which shall
define as criminal offenses the specific
acts which unlformally mark attempts
to restrain and to monopolize trade, to
the end that those who honestly Intend
to observe the law may have a guide
for their actions and those who alm to
violate the lav.- may be more surely of
being punished.
“The same certainty should be given
to the law controlling combinationsand
monopolies that characterizes other
provisions of commercial law. in order
that no party of the field of business
opportunity may be restricted by mo
nopoly or combinations, that business
success honorably achieved may not
be converted Into crime and that the
right of every man to acquire commod
ities and particularly the necessaries
of life in an open market, uninfluenced
by the manipulations of trusts or com
binations, may be preserved.”
Although the Western members of
the platform will not permit a conser
vation plan); Incorporating the Gifford
Pinchot ideas, they Insist on a plank
which will provide for conservation,
yet afford opportunity for the upbulld
ers of the West to use Its resources, In
a reasonable and intelligent manner,
under government supervision, for de
velopment.
Suffrage Plank Sure.
The sub-committee has not agreed
on a woman suffrage plank, but It Is
certain that there will he some kind of
an equal suffrage plank In the plat
form The plank which most appeals
•to the Taft members of the committee
is one which will recommend the ex
tension of woman suffrage in state
elect lons.
The platform will recommend a Ye
vision of the Federal laws relating to
currency and finance so as to make
the monetary system of the country
more responsive to modern demands
The phraseology of this plank Is giving
the committee a great deal of worry.
The La Follette members of the com
mittee demand a drastic currency
plank. It was announced today that
| the LaFollette platform; to be submit
ted to the convention as a minority
report, w ill contain a preamble declar
ing a money trust exists in the United
States today and citing its crimes and
acts.
For Marriage and Divorce Laws.
Regulation of marriage and divorc*
by Federal statute and an amendment
to the constitution were urged as a
plank In the Republican platform today
by officials of the Civic Reform union,
who appeared before the committee ofi
platform and resolutions.
A. T. Gregg, superintendent, and
Hans P. Frees, attorney, both of Cleve
land, Ohio, speak for the committee
They left the room confident of results.
< hairman Fairbanks assured us the
plank would be most carefully consid
ered." declared Mr. Freese. “The mar
riage and divorce question is the most
' Ital national issue now before the
country."
—
Committee at
Work All Night
CHICAGO, June 21.—8 y a vote of 32
to 15. Taft members of the credentials
committee of the Republican national
convention, today overruled the pro
testing Roosevelt members and decid
ed to submit a partial report of their
work. This was done after a hot fight
and, Francis J Heney. the Roosevelt
champion cried: "Rotten! Rotten!”
when the vote was announced. The
| Taft men took their action to enable
| the convention to proceed.
A motion to seat the two Roosevelt
men in the Eleventh Kentucky district
I was defeated. 15 to 26. One Taft man
and one Roosevelt man were then seat
ed in the Eleventh Kentucky district.
The Fourth and Fifth Louisiana dis
i tricts were combined for hearing.
The Taft delegates in the Fourth
Louisiana district were seated on a
I viva voce vote.
Vote For Partial Report.
A motion was introduced by Com-
J mttteeman Hemenway, of Indiana, to
i make a partial report to the conven-
I lion. This was opposed by the Roose
; velt men under orders from headquar-
The motion went .over tempo
j rarily and the Fifth Louisiana hearing
i went on. By a vote of 31 to 14 the
j Taft men in this district were kept in
i their seats.
I he motion to make a partial report
| was then pressed and Heney opposed
it bitterly.
"The sole purpose is to let the coh
ventlon complete its organization on its
j fraudulent findings." he declared.
I Hi was howled down amid disorder.
I A motion to table was graveled down,
whib- thi Roosevelt leaders—Heney
and Halbert —w ere shrieking protests.
There was almost a riot, but finally
I the Chairman gaveled through the Taft
'I program and the motion to make a
I partial report was carried.
IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDA Y, JUNE 21, 1912.
ARTHUR BRISBANE’S
OWN STORY OF THE
G. O. P. CONVENTION
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
CHICAGO, June 21.—The fourth
day of the convention begins with
a young woman from the far West
singing in the bandstand, accom
panied by the band. Her admirer
comes over to tell the reporters
that she can sing out in the open
air and be heard for three blocks,
which Patti could never do.
A little while ago, as the crowd
gathered to choose a “ruler” for the
republic, a little incident happened.
A yellow’ taxicab, bound for the
hall, turned into South Wabash av
enue, coming through Fourteenth
street.
Just in front of the convention
hall an old man, poorly dressed,
who should know that that was no
place for him, dodged the touring
car carrying Big Steve of Colorado
and stopped in front of the yellow
taxicab. There was a groan, a
crunch and the old man was under
the wheels. As he lay, several cars
steered carefully around his legs
and went on to the big event. A
policeman galloped off for an am
bulance. After a glance which
showed that it was only an old man,
very poorly dressed, two men, not
policemen, picked the old man up,
lifting him. by the arms and legs.
As the taxicab backed away from
him he was insensible—dead, per
haps, which would be infinitely
more fortunate for him. His gray
hair was smeared with bloos, and
his thin face was torn where it had
struck the paving stones.
“What Are You Doing
For Men Like This?’’
He was so poorly dressed and his
worn clothes so badly fastened to
gether that his clothing came apart
at his waistline and the respecta
ble class, hurrying to the conven
tion in motor cars, might have been
shocked and indignant.
The policeman fortunately gal
loped back with the police wagon
following. The old man was bun
dled in and the stream flowed along.
No one asked his name, and no one
asked whether he had been killed
or only knocked unconscious. If
he had stood up in this hall to call
another man a liar; if he had come
here to get his price for dishon
esty, or his official place as a re
ward for so-called loyalty, you
would see his name spelled care
fully In all the papers—but he was
almost 70 —a failure, one of the
millions worked half to death—a
fallure a that stands in the way of
motor cars bound for the conven
tion must look out, and, anyhow,
he does not count.
What a picture—and a lesson —it
would have been had the policeman
carried that old man, bloody, torn
and dirty, into the big hall, laid him
on the table In front of Root and
asked: “What are you doing for
old men like this?”
Lillian’s Husband
Bedevils Enemies.
We don't do things of that kind,
however; we are too busy caring
for those that have no money to
worry about the old, whose poor
clothing falls apart when you lift
their bodies from the pavement.
For something more cheerful,
while the band continues to play
and the long-distance voice to sing,
read the heading which decorates
the convention article sent by Alex
ander P. Moore to his paper. The
Pittsburg Leader. Mr. Moore is the
gentleman who recently married
Miss Lillian Russell. The headlines
in part are as follows:
"Festering, filthy roll left to dab
blers in putrid things."
Mr. Moore does with type very
wonderful things, and the way he
skins, Hays, denounces and be
devils T. R.’s enemies is astonish
ing. With Mr. Moore’s marvelous
Intellectual fire and his wife’s in
numerable charms and powers, it is
safe to say that “Eugenics” will
gain much by studying their little
family, as it comes along. That
marriage is a union of powerful,
panting Pittsburg volcanoes and
the fertile, flowered fields of Fancy.
What could be more perfect in the
stlrpiculture line?
ELIHU SEES TAD'S
BULL-MOOSE PICTURE.
Melville Stone is just now show -
ing to Elihu Root Tad's picture of
T. R. in The Chicago American.
It shows T R. as n very sick bull
moose, with a little Kermit moose
asking: ,"What's t' e matter pop?”
It seems to amuse the cold-heart
ed reunions of plutocracy on the
platform.
At present, byway of convention
news, it is alleged that Hadley de
ciares the Alabama and Arizona
contests will be reported out of the
committee. Hadley will renew his
motion that none of the 78 wicked
bull-moose haters shall vote on any
question affecting the committee.
Root will decide against him. and
Hadley will demand a roll call,
which Will use up three hours and
will mean that you shall not go
home tomorrow.
The program may change on a
moment’s notice. The beginning of
the convention is 40 minutes over
due. Mr. Bryan comes in and is
applauded: a man suggests that
the convention take him as a com
promise candidate. The band plays
“Should Auld Acquaintance Be
Forgot ?”
B. L. T„ of this city, says that
many men have been driven to
blow out the gas by women asking
"which is the Democratic candi
date, Roosevelt or Taft?” by other
women saving, "I believe Roose
velt will be ,tl)e dark horse after
all,” and by others wanting to
know if Armageddon is not the*
name of a sleeping ear.
BULL MOOSE SHOW
AND NO BULL MOOSE.
It’s almost noon, nearly an hour past
the opening hour, and no hammering
from Root as yet. The band plays, and
the crowd is listless.
It i-9 not much tun to come tn a bull
moose show and find no bull moose.
B. L. T., by the way, is the poet fiho
wrote so beautifully about Roosevelt
drawing his flaming sword at Arma
geddon, or words to that effect. But
Tad, a cynic, said this fight convinced
him that T. R. never drew any sword,
"except in a raffle.”
Those that know Chicago well can
realize how many ways-it has of dis
cussing the bull moose of Armageddon.
The band plays something extremely
mournful, said by musical reporters t;
be the "Miserere,” whatever it is. It
pleases the crowd. Poor crowd, its
woolly horse is a fearful disappoint,
ment. With 12,000 human beings in
this hall, there is only a dull murmur
of bold conversation. Not a’shout or
yell. The band plays equestrian music
An hour and twenty minutes after the
opening hour, and so far only music
and dismal silence. \ j
Just now the Ne,w Jersey delegation
for T. R. freely shout this question and
answer: "Who are we? Who are we?
The men from New Jersey. Are we it?
Yes, you bet. Watch and see how we
land Teddy.”
They sat down and .dismalness was
resumed.
ROOT HAMMERS FOR
CREDENTIALS REPORT.
At 12 o’clock Root hammers with his
gavel at last and the Rev. John Bal
colm Shaw walks to the end of the
platform and prays while a stenogra
pher standing up at his elbow writes
down each word of the prayer. It is
the longest prayer heard thus far. That
of Father Callahan on the opening day
was the shortest. The Rev. Mr. Shaw’s
prayer is eloquent, more in the old
fashioned style than those preceding.
Root calls for the report of the com
mittee on credentials.
The secretary reads the report of
the committee on credentials and
announces Mr. Dovell, who
"crossed his heart” two days ago.
He speaks at first for the creden
tials committee, but gives way to
the secretary for regular reading of
the report.
After the report on Alabama,
Hadley of Missouri is recognized.
Hadley yields to McCormick, of
Illinois, member of the committee
on credentials, who says that he
and other friends of T. R. on the
committee were not permitted to
make a minority report. He said:
"At a future time we expect to
present the facts In this case."
This was taken as an announce
ment of another convention and
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bolt. The crowd cheered —not very
loudly.
Root started to say, "Strictly
speaking, there can be no such
thing as a minority report”—here
Ire was stopped, hissed and groans.
When he had his chance he fin
ished his remark by saying that he
would ask the convention to hear
Mr, McCormick’s minority report,
anyjtow.
T. R.’S MINORITY
FRIENDS HEARD FROM.
Then the clerk read the report of
T. R.’s minority friends in the cre
dentials committee. This ought to
lead-up to a dismal roll call, as ex
pected. The minority protests
against any of the 78 voting on
contests.
Mr. Hadley moves that the mi
nority report, which upholds the T.
R. contests, be substituted for the
, majority report, upholding the
anti-Roosevelt men. He also asks
unanimous consent for McCormick
to read some views.
Root puts the question and gets
permission to have McCormick read
his remarks.
So R. R. McCormick, big, rough
for any football rush line, an ad
mirable man to defend an abused
bull-moose, reads his paper, report
ing against the Taft credentials
majority. McCormick is a grand
son of old Joseph Medill, and if
nothing happens to him he ought
to be a good deal of a man some
day, in spite of the fact that he is
rich.
Apparently we are still drifting
to a roll call. No signs of any ac
tion by the bull-moose crowd, ex
cept peaceful accusations of injus
tice How art thou fallen, Bull-
Moose. son of the main forest!
McCormack stops and Root gives
Dovell of Washington, five minutes
to answer on behalf of the creden
tials rtiajoTity.
MADLEY STARTS FIGHT
TOWARD ROLL CALL.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
comes to the platform at Root’s re
quest and is well received. He of
fers a resolution to the effect that
none of the wicked 78 shall vote on
the majority report. James W.
Wadsworth raises the point of or
der that Root had already ruled
against Hadley’s motion. He- ac
cused Hadley of an indirect attempt
to fix rules for the convention be
fore the committee on rules has its
change to report. All of these mo
tions were probably arranged in
advance.
Root discusses the matter most
mildly and quietly. It is his inten
tion to keep all things smooth and
let a sleeping Moose lie. He says
the question is so important that
he overrules Wadsworth’s point of
order, and will entertain Hadley’s
motion which means that roll call.
Watson of Indiana comes out
with a new light suit in plate of
his wine-colored statesman’s suit.
He moves to lay Hadley's resolu
tion on the table.
Root calls for the ayes and noes
A roll call is demanded and sec
onded by delegates from the states
—and the dreary roll call begins—
to last two hours or more.
Heney. of California, wants to
know whether those of the wicked
78. whose seats are contested, will
vote on this roll call.
Root decides, repeating his orig
inal decision, that al! the 78 will
ROOSEVELT SAYS:
“My position is .exactly
what it was yesterday and has
been all through the fight. I
am here to make the fight for
the people, and, as I now see
it. I shall have to make that
fight personally.’’
vote, except the six whose individ
ual cases are dealt with in the cre
dentials committee’s minority re
port.
The decision is. of cours !, against
B. M. (which letters stand for Bull
Moose).
The anti-Roosevelt men have
plenty to spare as long as they
keep and use 72 out of the 78
wicked.
ROOT TELLS HENEY
HE IS OUT OF ORDER.
Heney raises the point of order
that all the 78 should be forbid
den tp vote as they are voting to
protect themselves.
Root decides that the motion is
out of order and Heney should have
expected it.
A California man challenges the
vote of his state and the roll is
called a second time. After that,
two voting against T. R. and 24
with him. there is uproar and
shfiuting, one man yelling through
a megaphone at the chair. He says
his name was not called . eH gets
a change to vote again, and is
happy.
The total result was as follows:
Not voting, 10.
No, 499.
Aye. 569.
T. R., since the last roll call, has
shrunk from 510 to 499. Taft or
the dark horse have moved up from
564 to 569.
Np great change as the LaFol
lette vote sometimes goes with T.
R. and sometimes does not.
There was a little cheering
among the anti-Roosevelt vote.
IDAHO SWITCHES
FROM T. R. T“O TAFT.
Watson, of Indiana, moves to
lay upon the table the Hadley mo
tion to substitute the minority re
port for the majority on creden
tials.
Hadley demands a roll call and
there will be another waste of time,
even with the quickest probable
calling of the roll, an hour will be
spent in the calling. "For a Bull
Moose knock-down-and-drag-out
convention, which was promised,
this is pretty dull.
On the second roll call. Idaho
changed and gave eight votes to
Taft. This sudden switching of a
whole delegation from T. R. to Taft
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who begin to wonder when, if ever,
the big bolt for the band wagon
will began.
The result this time was as fol
lows:
Not voting, 9.
For T. R., 464,
For Taft, 605.
Roosevelt falls off on this bal
lot 33 votes and Taft on this vote
gains 36 votes. It would seem that
the band wagon slide has started,
cheers and yells from politicians
that understand the meaning of the
changing roll calls.
Root announces that the creden
tials committee's report on the con
tested seats in Alabama is adopted
by the convention.
CROWD LISTENS TO
BAND AND WAITS.
Another report from the com
mittee on credentials will soon ar
rive. Meanwhile the crowd settles
down and listens to the band.
At this rate of settling contests
the matter would take a whole
week, but each roll call probably
show’s a bigger shift toward the
band wagon and then affairs will
move more rapidly.
Business thus far—two roll calls
forced by the T R. men and both
proving increased strength for
Taft. It is stated here that Taft
is now’ playing golf at Chevy
Chase and a heartless reporter says
that Chevy Chase ’s far ahead of
Armageddon.
After ten minutes waiting busi
ness is resumed, with Watson and
Hadley standing side by side.
Dovell hands to the secretary the
credentials committee’s report on
the contested seats In Arizona. It
is a long tiresome report. A bright
gleam of joy for the jaded is the
appearance of a very much jaded
delegate. His friend has been ex
plaining the man’s absence with a
pitiful description of his illness—
confining him to the hotel for three
days. The delegate, however, did
not know that he was supposed to
be 111. and sober.
He waved his arms and demand
ed right to vote on something or
other. His friends calmed him and
took him away again.
Montague, the poet, said: "I
judge that the delegate had been
sleeping in the sawdust for three
days.”
It was the solitary sign of too
much alcohol inside the conven
tion. Late at night, many such
signs are to be seen outside the
convention.
When the credentials report for
Arizona had been read, Mr. Sul
• livan, of Cleveland, Ohio, read a
minority report against the com
mittee’s action.
Sullivan moved to submit the
minority report for the majority
report. Watson moved to lay that
motion on the table, and roll call
is demanded.
Let us see what Taft gains on
this roll call, the third of the day.
On the third roll call the dele
gates have 564 votes for Taft, 497
votes for Roosevelt; 17 not voting.