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Show mr sun doit INSTRUCT FOR TAFT i Delegates From Massachusetts U) National Convention Will Go Unpledged. PLATFORM FULSOME IX- PRAISK OF PRESIDENT Stands for Principles of Protection, Protec-tion, but Admits Wisdom of j Tari If Revision. i ' I BOSTON". April 1J. Massachusetts Ropublicans, nicotine in Rtaio convention conven-tion here today, elected fo:ir dclisgulc-al dclisgulc-al -large tvIio will go" to the .National Ifepublican-conventiou at. Chicago un-inptnieted un-inptnieted nud unpledged for a.y par-Tienlar par-Tienlar candidate. Many differences of opinion on tho question ol: instmctions aiuonc: tho .dele-pates .dele-pates woro adjusted previous to tho oponinp of the convention, tho committee commit-tee on resolutions having acu.ptod a plank in which reference was mndo to the strong sentiment, of many rick-gates in favor of an indorsement of Secretary TaJt as presidential candidate, but which drolaro(l that uncertainty aa to wberher a resolution of preforoncc could be carried car-ried in ti e convention would bo likely to load to a contest which won!. I be iuimiuus to tho wolfare of the party. Delegates Prominent Blen. The four delegales-at-largo who o,ic elect ed by acclamation are Senators Ilenry CiV-ot liodgc and W. Murray Crane, ?x-Secretary oi1 the Xavy John D. Long and Sidney O. Bigncy. ' Altornntes-at-larc wcro elo.-tc i as follows: Frank E. Dunbar, Lowell; " infield B. Chaster. Douglass: Kalph Gillette, Westficld, und J." i Shaw, Mfliu-hcsti r. Tin plafform opens vith an oxpres-sii-n of lo.-iroi over tho illness of Go.-er- j nnr OuiJfl and of ln:o that ho may be ! shortly r(ftored to health. "Ve bolicvc." the resolution Pays, "he is fully qualified for higher honors and his nomination for Vice-President would be gladly iudorscd by Massachusetts." Massa-chusetts." After declaring lirm belief in the Republican pnrty principles of the last fifty years, the resolutions continued: Stand for Protection. "Wo stand absolutely by the principles princi-ples of protection, but recognize that ratns or schedules must be from time to time changed and revised. Wo believe be-lieve certain existing schedules have become ill-suited to present conditions and that our ablo Massachusetts dclo-. gation in Congress will take the part thc Slate demands and expects in securing, se-curing, speedily, wise revision without abandoning the protective principle or destroying our industries or pauperizing American laborers.'1 "Tho Spanish war." tho platform says, "thrust upon tho country thu determination determi-nation of groat international affairs as well as governmental Questions. "The Republicans faced those questions ques-tions with tho same courage with which they had faced a hostile battle line. The peace, progress and prosperity exhibited in all our island dependencies under the intelligent application of those policies .by the present Republican Republi-can administration is a demonstration of their correctness." Continuing; the platform says: Eulogy of President. "In tho unexampled period of pros- I perity witnessed during tho term of the present national administration, great, questions of the control or regulation of transportation facilities, capital and trust combinations, and of monopolies stifling personal enterprise, arose for solution. Thov were tho old problems, but changed -both in kind and in degree de-gree by processes of social and political evolution. ;Tt was demonstrated I hat in certain instances some corporations and combinations wero given unlawful un-lawful privileges and that competition and individual enterprise were being crushedby fraudulent devices seeking monopoly in -trade. Then it was that our Jiopublican President, in messages : to Congress and in public speeches of matchless force, called attention to instances in-stances of wrontr-doiug and especially to the evil tendencies which must, be arrested ar-rested lest; tho social fabric bo destroyed. de-stroyed. Tho wrongdoer cried out and I he people were aroused. The 'resident 'resi-dent proved, himself in this emergency alert and watchful. He applied" our ol'd and true. .Republican principles to the solution of new- questions. Ho announced an-nounced with a. voice which carried to every part of the republic that tho pow-i pow-i erful aro not too strong to bo controlled con-trolled and that tho weak aro not too insignificant to bo protected bv laws enacted to give equal opportunity to all. He saw tho destiny of our country and hu dared to go forward. "We urge on Congross legislation in aid of our merchant marine, the pros pcritv of which is vital to the interest. of this commonwealth. Dodges Taffc Issue. "A resolution declaring that the preference pref-erence of the convention was for Mr. Taft for President was' submitted in your committee. L'pon consideration we liavo unanimously agreed -that it is nol wise to include a discussion in favor of any particular candidate in the platform. plat-form. "A number of the conimittro are favorable fa-vorable to Mr. Taft 'a candidacy, and we all recognize that a majority of the delegates to the convention desiro his nomination. It is, however, ery uncertain un-certain whether -a resolution of preference prefer-ence would be carried, and its presentation presenta-tion would certainly lead to a contest which would be injurious to tho welfare wel-fare of the parly. For these reasons and because of their earnest desiro for a harmonious convention tho minority members of the committee join with the majority in their decision not to present a resolution of preference." |