Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-16

There is also a fight in progress over
the plank which declares FOR genera
s11neryision over the issuance or STOCKS
and bonds of corporations doing an IN
terstate business.
The five most important planks OF
the Republican platform formulated
by President Roosevelt and Secretary
taft and drafted by Wade II. Ellis,
attorney general of Ohio, and now in
the possession of prospective members
of the resolutions committee are the
plank on trusts, anti-injunction, rail-
road rate, tariff revision and curren-
cy. The trust plank is as follows:
"The Republican party passed the
sherman antitrust over Democratic
opposition and enforced it after Dem
ocratic dcrelectiOn.
at has been a wholesome instrument
fer good in the hands of a wise and
fearless administration, but experience
has shown that its effectiveness can
be strengthened and its real objects
better attained by such amendment as
will give to the federal government
greater supervision and control over
and secure greater publicity in the
management of that class of inter-
state corporations having power and
opportunity to effect monopOlies, and
at the same time will not interfere
with the operation of associations
among business men, farmers and
wage earners 50 long as their conduct
or operation results in a positive bon
eft to the public" The currency plank
contains this languages:
.''Tba Papnh1jran pprtv anprouac the
Aldrich- Vreeland currency bill, but
only as an emergency measure. We
declare for q thorough and new sys-
TEN of currency laws that will be in
accord with the needs of the times and
which will be more adaptable to the
demands of business and more elastic
in its character as a circulating
medium.
The fight over the injunction
plank promises to be the feature of the
sessions of the committee, the first of
which has been called for tomorrow.
Speaker Cannon has directed the fight
against the provisions throughout the
day from headquarters at the Union
League Club.
Senator Hopkins. who, it is said. is
to be chairman of the committeeman,
is known to favor elimination of these
planks from the platform. 1t was re-
ported to Speaker Cannon today that
the delegations from New York New
Jersey, Pennsylvania. Indiana and
Illinois had formally declared against
the injunction plank.
The compromise measures which the
opponents will urge if it becomes evil
dent that pronouncement on the sub
ject is to be included in the PLATFORM
will be simple statement that the
party believes the federal counts pro-
ceedure should be so amended as to
provide against arbitrary orders being
made by court. but at the same time
that nothing should be done to inter-
fere with the authority of the court
over it's own orders.
The trust plank, which at first
aroused some opposition is now under
stood to be acceptable to all elements
in the party.
Opposition to the tariff plank seems
to have disappeared absolutely on the
ground that the party has pledged it :
self to tariff revision at certain time
and along indicated lines.
AS to the railroad rate plank, the
ton in favor of federal supervision of
the issuance of stocks and bonds. but
this phase of the fight has as yet re-
manned under cover.
The currency plank pledges the par
ty to continue in the development on
that subject, and this pledge it will
be claimed, is already in process of
fulflment in the existence of the cur
rency commission.
The important conferences on the
platform situation today embraced
first. that held in the morning between
Speaker Cannon. and Senator Hop
kins, followed by a four-hour confer
ence at the Auditorium Annex, par
ticipated in by Senator Hopkins. SEN
ator Long of Kansas. Wade Ellis and
Frank b. Kellogg. Still further con-
ferences were held during the evening
President Samuel GomperS accom-
PANIED by other members of the execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor paid their respects to
Mr. Ellis during the day and gave
notice that a definite demand would
be laid before the committee.
What propositions are contained in
this demand, the labor leaders refuse
to divulge. 1t is learned, however.
that labor is most emphatically of the
strongest declaration against the Use
of the injunction which can be obtain
ed.
A vigorous protest against the anti
injunction plank was filed with Mr.
Ellis by George j. Corey. president of
the National Commercial and Indus
trial League representing commercial
travellers, manufacturers and employ
ers Of travelling men. The plank in
question, the protest sets forth. would
constitute a sinister reflection upon
the highest courts.
MAINE Committeeman.