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Show THE REPUBLICAN PLAT FORM 't Tho old charge that political platforms plat-forms a roc ut and dried affairs, written writ-ten by an Inner circle without considering con-sidering tho voters, cannot be made against tho platform which will bo presented to tho llopubllcnu convention conven-tion at Chicago. Chairman Hays of tho Ilepubllcan National Committee has named a committee on platform and policies consisting ot 171 members mem-bers of which 19 arc women The cominttteo Is decidedly representative as It represents all the elements of the party from the regulars to tho , bull mooso. It has In Its' makeup men and women of conservative and radical tendencies; college professors a former President, bankers, labor leaders, clergymen, economists, diplomats dip-lomats and wrlterB, There nro in it thoso who favor tho covenant as It stands and those who aro opposed. If i any political groups afllllated with the Ilepubllcan party havo been overlooked ov-erlooked It does not so appear. All sections, all branches of Industry, business, professions and Interests In tho nations, aro represented nnd they aro expected to present portlnent facts and data; to study Intensively tho problems confronting the country nnd to offer tho results of their labors la-bors as suggedtions to tho resloutlons committee at the Hopubllcon convention conven-tion next June. The. actual wording r . . . ot tho platform will bo In the hands of tho platform commltteo as usual, 'but Its members will havo before 'them the data gathered by tho suggestions sug-gestions committee, That different views will be presented, that dlvorso plans will be offered and some opposing op-posing points appear; may well be expected, nnd the platform commltteo commlt-teo will have no easy task to put .these Into sliapo. But the members 'of the commltteo will have plenty of good matorlal on which to work nnd the finished platform should embody the best political Ideas ot tho whole country. It will bo interesting to study tho platform When built. |