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4 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 SPECIAL SALE OF Ninety-Three Silk-Lined SUITS Blue_ serge. gray_ and fancy mixtures: hand tailored: worth $20.00 and $22.50: one and two suits of a style. Your choice sls A. E. Marcus CiathingGo. 57 PEACHTREE ST. ••••••••••••••••••••••a*** • 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. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 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." 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S. inspected and of best qual ity. Compare above prices with others and you can see that you can save from 30 per cent to 40 per cent on your Meat purchase by buying at BUEHLER BROS. 119 Whitehall Street The Store Where They Sell Meats at Living Prices. 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 caused some yelling. Idaho is Bo rah’s state, , He is the man chosen at first to make T. R.’s fight for the temporary chairmanship. The PORCH SWINGS AT— SPECIAL PRICES A strong Swing, well bolted and | will last several years „ &* 10 : 00 Special $7.50 s^ 7 ' 50 Special $4.98 These prices include delivery, chain and put up complete DON’T DELAY— BUT BUY AT ONCE KING HARDWARE CO. 53 Peachtree Street Idaho change surprises the wise ones, 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.