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Show Would Prevent TariH Contest . INDIANAPOLIS, April 3 To prevent pre-vent a contest on the floor of tho Indiana Republican convention next Tuecday over tho adoption of a plat-lorm plat-lorm endorsing the I'aync-AhJricli iiirlff. conterenoes were held hero today to-day by leaders of the par;y. Senator lieverldge, wiio voted pgulnst the tariff bill and who Is a candidate for re-election next year is opposod, it is said, to the convention endorsing the law, but lie and his superiors are In favor or passing resolutions declaring in favor of tho principle of protection that being sa far as they care to go. It Is autboratlvely stared that they will carry Into the convention If necessary nec-essary their fight against a resolution rnc'reing trw Pnyne-kldrlch measure. meas-ure. To prevent such an exposure of fnctlonul division In the party which it Ie feared would have an 111 effect upon the fortunes of the candidates In the Mate electlnus next fall, the leaders are Inclined to uvotd In tho convention any dlccusslon of the Pnync-Aldrleh law. Yet there are neveral intluential leaders who only believe that President Pres-ident Taffs administration should bo endorsed, but the Payne-Aldrlrh bill should be commended ns a step tl-ward tl-ward fulfillment of the f'dge that there should be a downward revision of tbe tariff. |