Show bo platt foresees ro reee xan bancer bacr chicago chronicle boss platt piatt has expressed the opinion that if his party wins in the coming contest it will have to settle two great questions that of the tariff and that of the currency it if we are to settle them without unsettling themselves says the boss we must settle them tor for at least a generation to come and to be so settled they must be settled wisely temperately therefore he be argues it will not do for the party to take an extreme position on an the tariff mckinley represents the most radical and extreme views of protection it will not do to indorse those views by nominating MOM aung him tor for the presidency somebody must be nominated who represents rep resau t 3 more moderate views because the veo people ale have twice rejected his views by tremendous majorities jori ties the boss proceeds 1 I 1 foresee the gr greatest eanest dangers dauger stO to the republican party ss As the CIO result of ex ap ireme M I 1 ju in the first place long lonsdore lon sore before abut a but 1111 has become me a law ilij the country diw will be flooded wm forel foreign gif goods which bust be sold and A consumed asic 2 and during daring an all the peri period od adew bill Is under tinder discussion ul the immense food flood of foreign L as appeared into consumption IOU we shall have to defend our oar mea measure zuril it should be therefore a une bane healthy and fra rational bill since the at party ar haj haft no use tor for the keki mckinley bley bill it has rl no 0 use for zill zd me kinley la is the argument there in if some e little cogency in taft tine line of reasoning and it la is true that there axe are dangers to the republican party in tariff legislation no doubt there will be an increase of la III any event and a greater Ine increase frease it 11 an all ex trem advance in the tari rates gilfe li seeli been to be imminent ail than otherwise but as r against mckinley the argument mlee t la it not strong the party must promise a great advance in rates practically a restoration of the Ma Kinler bill and nominate a min man who ho Is known knowd to favol such advance or it will not get the kind of support that it must have in order to succeed it must plunge into the af th the dangers seen been 4 y osa platt or the men who have kiive put up the mckinley fund and who must be relied upon to gup ply the sinews of war roto aroln june to november will sulk in their tents the dis discovery will be made mad that the present r et tariff i it not SO bad after all tor for the pl protect ees and that it is even more protective tec tive except as to wool than was the original morril I 1 ariff riff the republican ent enthusiasm and extravagant confidence that have been made to order so abundantly during the last few months will die out lik 0 a tuk fire are ye cesi wherte U h danger tor for the republican I 1 party in extreme tariff legislation but dear mr platt theres no help for it it must be extreme in promise a as well as in tact fact in the candidate Ls as arell as in the platform and the subsequent bill or great splashes of cold water will wet down the enthusiasm of the party in short order and any democrat who is known to be sound on the money issue can aik walk away with the prizer prize |