The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-16
FIVE PLANKS IN PLATFORM
Continued From Page I.

The fight over the anti-injunctiOn plank
promises to be the feature of the ses-
siOns of the committee, the first of which
has been called for tomorrow. The pre-
liminary sSirmish on this plank has in
fact waged with intensity from the mo-
ment the provisions OF the plank became
known. Speaker Cannon has directed the
fight against the provision throughout the
day from his quarters at the Union
League club. just what progress has been
made by the friends and the opponents
of the provisions is one of the questions
which will not be aScertained until the
plank is finally passed upon i'm the COM
mttee
Senator Hopkins. VINO it is said is to
be chairman Of the committee, is known
to favor the elimination of the plank
from the platform. Failing i'm this, it is
understood he Will favor a much more
mild expression on the question.
It was reported to Speaker Cannon to-
day that the delegations from New YORK
New Jersey. PENNSYLVANIA, Indiana ana
Illinois had formally declared against the
in junction plank and that efforts 10
have some action by other delegations
gave promise Of success.
Compromise Provision.
The compromise measure which the OPP
ponents will urge if it becomes evident
that a announcement on the subject IS
to be included in the platform has been
determined upon. 1t will be simple
statement tndl the party btltfNtS Altc leu
eral court procedure should be so amend
ed as to provide against arbitrary orders
being made by a court, but at the same
time that nothing should be- done to in
terfere with the authority of the court
over its own orders.
Those who are arguing for the elimina-
ton of amendment of the provision main
tain that their policy if followed. would
net the party many more votes than 10
make an injunction declaration.
For. no matter what the Republican
party declares on the subject the Demo
cratic party viii surely go them one bet
ter" was the way IT was expressed,
From this viewpoint il is claimed to be
better to say nothing than to put forth
weak or meaningless declaration.
NO Longer Under Suspicion.
The trust plank. which at first aroused
some opposition, is now understood to be
acceptable to all elements in the party
The explanation of this is that upon
reading the plank seemed to be an eXemp-
ton extended TO labor unions and far
mers' associations from responsibility I'M
der the law.
This was not the intention, as was soon
discovered. and the language Of the plank
upon closer scrutiny was passed as un-
Objectionable. The plank intends TO pledge
the party TO establish affirmatively the
doctrine that a labor union or farmers
association, or, in fact, any duly organ
ICED aggregation Of individuals. is not
and existence. illegal. This declaration
IS considered necessary to avoid the con-
flict of opinion which Is said TO now eX-
ist on this point. Recent decisions have
been interpreted by some labor leaders. as
we'll as by a portion of the legal fra
ternity. as establishing this doctrine OF
illegality in the existence of such organ
izations.
No Exemption for Illegal Acts.
While il is the intention of the trainers
of this plank to clear up this point IT
is decidedly not their intention, so II Is
explained. 10 go further, or to the ex-
tent of declaring exemption to such or
CARNATIONS for over the illegal acts. How
ever. i'm this connection. il is not to be
organizations for Illegal acts. How
ton to fix the price at which the labor
of its members may be sold. But IL is
held to be Illegal for such organizations
to enforce this fiXed price of their labor
through boycott, blacklist or other meth
DDS of force.
have disappeared absolutely. on the
ground that the party has irrevocably
pledged itself 10 tariff revision at GER
tain time and along indicated lines.
As 10 the railroad rate plank, the OPP
position will be keen on the declaration
in favor of federal supervision OF the Is
suance of stocks and bonds. but this
phase of the fight has as yet remained
under cover.
to continue DEVELOPMENT on that subject
and this pledge il will be claimed. is al
ready in process of fulfillment in the eX-
istence of the currency commission
Many Conferences.
The important conferences on the plat
form situation today embraced, first. that
held i'm the morning between Speaker
Cannon and Senator Hopkins, followed
by four hours conference at the Audi
torium Annex, participated in by Senator
Hopkins. Senator Long of Kansas, Wade
H. Ellis and Frank b. Kellogg. Still fur
Their conferences were held during the
evening. These conferences do not take
into account the work being done by
many members of congress against the
anti-injunctiOn plank. which work went
on increasingly through the day and night.
Its object is declared 20 be to present
such a strong showing to the commit
tee when II meets that there may be no
doubt of the wisdom from the standpoint