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Show New York Republicans Arc Invited to Blow Hot and Cold - Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 2S. The work W draltlng a platform for presenta Hon to the Republican state conven-'lion conven-'lion occupied the committee on veso-' veso-' lutions for the greater part of the Dlt'ht. It was daybreak when the result re-sult of the committee's efforts was given giv-en out. The platform endorses the administration admin-istration of President Taft and Governor Gov-ernor Hughes, declarer that the Payno tariff law has been a success, and refers with , approval to the work on the last congress. It pledges the continuance of the state graft inquiry "until all wnmn' .Icing capable of exposure shall be 'diroughf to light" J The plank relating to direct primar-' primar-' m is very brief, but admits of no u. 'sronstruction. "We promise leg-' leg-' ition which will criact these prln- los Into law," is the pledge. 'he platform as drafted Is as fol- I The Republicans of the state of New I !'tk in contention respresented, re- i olve 0o follows: J f- Warfare Against Graft. ' ,.y We declare relentless warfare j itKalnsi official and legislative wronj;- j ctoing In this state. A Republican let- i rslature ordered an Immediate and -i-iii thing inquiry Inlo all corrupt j practices ami this inquiry is now t'oing forward vigorously. We pledge i its continuance, with additional au- ' liiorlty if required, and that all such j wrongdoing capable of exposure shall be brought to light, to the end that , the guilty shall be punished and the j innocent relieved of unjust suspicion. Dishonesty in public service Is next lo treason, the most flagrant of crimes. In ridding our institutions of this cancer growth, we know no party distinction. The crimes which have been committed have involved members mem-bers of both parties, and the fact that some of the wrongdoers have masqueraded mas-queraded under the name of Republicans, Repub-licans, neither lias gained, nor shall gain them Immunity from punishment punish-ment by Republicans. Not only huvo they wronged the people, peo-ple, but they have proved iheniselvoo the worst enemies of the parly. The i croak and grafter nnd unfaithful man j In public service shall be put out and i kepi u:il 4 National Administration. We enthusiastically endorse the patriotic pa-triotic and statesmanlike leadership ' of William Howard Taft and declare I our pride in the achievements of hi I first eighteen monthd as president of the I'nlied States. Kach succeeding i month since bis inauguration has con- , llrrued the nation in its high estimate ' of hie greatness of character, Intel-lectual Intel-lectual i'blllty, sturdy common sense, c-xiraordinary patience and perseverance, persever-ance, broad and statesmanlike com- j ( f'ontinupd on I'agp Seven) I 'PLATFORM STRADDLE. (fjontiuued From Pas;e Oue.) prehension of public questions and unfaltering nnd unswerving a Iher-ence Iher-ence to duty. He has strengthened our prestige with foreign nations and treated with vigor und wisdom Important international inter-national problems, notably our tariff tar-iff relations with Germuny, France and Canada. Under his administration, the prosecution pros-ecution of those implicated In the sugar and other customs frauds have been continued and convlct'ons obtained; ob-tained; there have been impartial and oucrgetic enforcement of the Sherman Sher-man antl trust net, a substantial reduction re-duction of governmental expense; tho establishment of better business methods, which will result in greater efficiency and real economy; remarkable remark-able progress In the construction of the Panama canal and the withdrawal withdraw-al from private entry of over 71.000,-('00 71.000,-('00 acres of the public domain, to preserve for public benefit, valuable an dotber mineral deposit, timber land and water power sites. On his recommendation, congress has provided for u commission to Investigate In-vestigate and report on the regulations regula-tions of the issuance of stocks and bonds by public service corporations engaged in interstate commerce. Ik-has Ik-has advocated a new system of appropriations ap-propriations for river and harbor- improvements, im-provements, under which each item alter investigation by experts, shall be approed and carried to completion comple-tion as a separate measure. This recommendation rec-ommendation we heartilv endorse. Tho Tariff." The Payne tariff law reduced the average rate of all duties eleven per cent. By increasing the duties on some luxuries and articles not of ordinary use, making, however, no increase on any common food product, it turned a national deficit into a surplus. Under Un-der Its first year of operation, the value of imports free of duly was the greatest in our 'history by $1 oO.Ouo.iiOrt, and the average rate of duty was less than under the Wilson law. Unlike that Democratic law, its great reductions re-ductions of duty have not stopped industry in-dustry nor deprived labor of any part of its hire. It gives free Ira le with the Philippine islaiul.-i and it establishes estab-lishes a customs court, Its maximum and minimum rates give ns for the first, time equality of , opportunlt with other nations in our foreign trade. In providing, upon the suggestion of President Taft, for a tariff board. II affords tin- means of still more accurately determining the difference In ct of production al home unit abroad A Republican congress is necessary to provide needed appropriations for this board, and to assure business and labor that changes In rates will be made only to equalize I he difference lit cost of production and not t-j reduce re-duce rates to the free trade or purely pure-ly revenue basis favored by the Democratic Dem-ocratic party. ' To avoid disturbance of business, we urge the adoption by the congress of a joint rule of the tw0 houses recommended rec-ommended by the president and leaders lead-ers in congress by which the two houses cool. I consider a single schedule sched-ule or a single paragraph of the tariff tar-iff without the necessity for amendment amend-ment Wjich would lead to a general revision. 1 Advances In the c.-st of liing are. '"My the local reflection of a i en-dency en-dency that Is world-wide and cannot be truthfully said to be duo to the prcscut tariff. The Congress. The congress has responded to recommendations rec-ommendations cf the president by enacting en-acting measures of tai-rcachlng im- ! porlance to the people, inclu.ling valuable val-uable amendments to the interstate eommcrco law. a o.-t,il savings bank luw, a law providing for the publicity pub-licity of campaign expenses, the cn- I atlon of a bureau rf mines with a view to the belter protection of mine workers, laws extending the regulation regula-tion of safety appliances a id the laws providing a method by which the surface sur-face of coal lands ami other mineral lands Is made available for agricultural agricul-tural use, while conserving the minerals mine-rals under the surface for the public benefit ! The right of the President to with- Idraw public lands for conservation purposes has been set at ie.-l by lei,. Jt of arousing the interest of the people and convincing them of the riee, of directly electing , their party ofticials and directly nominating their party candidates. We promise' legislation leg-islation which will enact these principles princi-ples into law. We appeal with confidence to the Intelligence and patriotism of the people peo-ple lor the endorsement of this plat-from. plat-from. an. I the election o'f the candidates candi-dates cf this convention. crs, by storage reservoirs and otherwise, other-wise, as will nultk)ly and equalize the hydraulic jrowfr, give relief to thousands of wage-earners who are now regularlj deprived of work .luring .lur-ing tho sumnier m:ntbs, prevent needless need-less loss of profit?-, to manufacturing ! ;ind mercantile communities, stimulate the upbuilding of our industries, eliminate elim-inate the annual destruction of prop- I erty by floods ami improve uusanl- tary conditions, and we pledge our- I selves to prompt adoption of such I constitutional and statutorv enact- j metns as will accomplish these ends. ' Preventing Primary Frauds. j We heilee that the same safeguards safe-guards should k ii r round primary elections elec-tions a.- have been shown In be efle.-t-ive in preventing repeating and frauds at general elections. We therefore, favor extending the signature law as now applied to' general elections, to primary elections To Governor Hughes is due the ire.l- Ration and the comol ''"' ' tlon projects is assured by ,thc authorization au-thorization Of ?2U,Imi'i,1uJ .-. ( The Court. The test of civilization is an orderly and efficient government, one of tho j essentials of which Is a judiciary of upright, able, induct rlous. coura.geous i men promptly administering the law to rich and poor alike, without tear or favor and protecting the individual in I liis rights ami liberties aaglnst the Injustice of the mob. as well as i against the greed of the powerful. We ( count it fortunate that the presi lent ! has secured as a metub'T of our high- , o-.t tribunal, a man with tho greatest great-est Intellectual and the splen lid legal attainments of Charles E Hughes. Governor Hughes' Administration. W'r congratulate the peopl? on the I notable progress of the state under the four years' administration of Governor-Hughes, which has been con- j splcuous for the highest standards of efficiency. He has appealed to the conscience and intelligence of the people and championed legislation demanded by the moral sense of the community. Through his wise recommendations and the efficient action of a Republican Repub-lican legislature, the public service . corporations in the state New York have been successfully taken out of politics by being placed under commissions com-missions of high character; laws have been passed extending the corrupt practices act to primaries, providing for a more scientific method of making mak-ing up the state budget, providing lor the licencing and regulation t motor vehicle traffic, strengthening the provisions against race track gambling, gam-bling, providing for reforostatlng In-.' forest reserve and for better protection protec-tion against forest fires, ami making the insurance and banking laws mor" effective. The increases in the cost cf administering the slate reflects the higher standard of care of the Infirm, In-firm, the insane and the dependent, the extension and Increased efficiency of the public school system; the. Installments In-stallments for the barge canal; sinking sink-ing fund anil the systematic building and maintenance of state highways. Labor and Capital. The record I Republican legislation legisla-tion during the last eighteen years, conserving the public interest by improving im-proving the condition cd labor, is un-cipialled un-cipialled in our history. One hundred hun-dred and sixty such enactments were written in our statutes, covering the whole range of labors Interests in the workshops factories, mines and quarries and upon all forms of public pub-lic work. We are proud to record that New York lias been the first American slate to provide by law for the compulsory com-pulsory compensation of employes sustaining personal Injury while performing per-forming or following extra hazardous occupations ami also to cquall.e voluntary vol-untary agreement as to compensation between employers anil employes in all other occupations ! We commend the law of last winier, which require that all accidents In building construction and engineering engineer-ing work be reported to the commissioner commis-sioner of labor. We commend the creation of the department ol the bureau of industries indus-tries and Immigration. We believe that capital, honestly employed, should be permitted to feel that sense of security essential to stimulate its legitimate investment and thus afeguar.l. the prosperity which has been so well established under Republican administration Agriculture. We believe that the encouragement of agriculture ami the betterment of . country life are vital to the future j of the slate, Great acres of product- he lands now Idle should b-? brought ! umler cultivation Kpowledce of mod- j ern farming methods shculd be wide- j ly dlsseminatoj throughout the state. Under Republican legislatures, large j sums have been appropriated for the j extension o( facilities for agricultural education, for preventing the spread of diseases of animals anj for the eradication erad-ication of pests. We pledge our- , selves to the continuance of this vital I work and to the support of all prac- tical methods of increasing the nutn- ( hex of farm owners and furlhjerlng'j their interests. We believe that an imporatant aid to j the agricultural interests cf the state ' Is the New York State Fair and In a continuance of the policy which is making this exhibition a means of education for the farmer and projective project-ive of the greatest good. Conservation. . ' In the interests of the growth and1 prosperity of the stale, we favor tin? conservation, development and util- Uatlon of all our natural" resource, ' under conditions, however, which vvll protect anJ safeguard the rights ot the dtate. We tavor such regulation of our riv- |