The sun., 1908-06-19
Republican Platform Promises
No Change From Pres
ent Methods.
THE RADICALS DISAPPOINTED
Conservatives Win Elimination
of Glass Labor LegisIa-
tIon Promise

tl0n promise.
Rooseveit's Friends Compelled to Forego
Plank That Was to Bind Party to Legal
ize the Interstate Boycott-Also COM
PEELED to Lead "Anti-InJunotion" Dec
laration with Expression OF Con-
ndenoe in the Courts and . Promise to
Uphold Them-La Follette's Adher.
cnts Present Radical Minority Platform
That Is Voted Down Overwhelmingly
both rs a whole and Plank by Plank
CHICAGO, June 1s.-The Republican ma
tonal convention to-day adopted the partys
platform Of principles on which it will go
before the pie in the coming campaign.
There was some opposition to the ap-
proval Of this momentous political docu-
ment. but strangely enough the fight against
il was made because it was not radical
enough and not because it was too radical.
One Of the planks declares in favor Of
legislation prohibiting the issue Of writs Of
injunction or temporary restraining orders
by Federal courts without due notice ex-
cept when irreparable injury would result
from delay. This is conflrmatory Of the
present practice or unwritten law Of the
courts.
The fact that the injunction question was
mentioned at all in the platform aroused
great dissatisfaction. but those who had
maintained strenuously that there should
be no plank dealing with court procedure
found some comfort in the qualifying pledge
in the Objectionable plank to uphold the
authority and the integrity OF the judiciary.
State and national.
RADICALS MAKE THE FIGHT.
1t was the expectation when the conven-
ton met this morning that the men who had
opposed this plank in the committee on reso-
utions on the ground that it was revolution
ary and unnecessary would take their fight
to the floor. They did not. however. 1t
was the radical Wisconsin delegation, i'm
bued with the ideas Of Senator Robert
La Toilette. which fathered the contest
through a platform containing all the La
Toilette "isms' from physical valuation of
railroads to the election Of Senators by the
direct vote Of the people. 1t was submitted
as a substitute and was rejected on test
vote Of e52 to 2s, the minority comprising Is
votes from Wisconsin, two from South
Dakota and one from New Jersey.
Separate votes were obtained in the con-
venton also on the La Toilette planks,
declaring in favor Of the publicity Of cam
paign contributions, for the ascertainment
Of the physical valuation Of railroads and
for the election Of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people. All these
were rejected by overwhelming majorities
The three propositions polled 94. 81 and LA
votes respectively out OF a total OF $50
votes in the convention.
SCARED By ROOSEVELT.
Fear Of the nomination OF Theodore
Roosevelt brought about the agreement on
the platform. Up to yesterday evening the
subcommittee OF thirteen which was
charged with preparing a declaration Of
principles to be submitted to the committee
on resolutions was apparently divided hope
lessly over the Roosevelt-Taft plank deolar-
ing for statutory regulation Of the power Of
the courts to issue in functions.
This subcommittee, packed for anti
injunction by Senator Albert j. Hopkins
Of Illinois, it's chairman. in whom the sp-
pointment Of It's members was vested. sat
through most of yesterday discussing the
various planks of the tentative platform
draft prepared in Washington. but without
taking up the anti-inj junction declaration.
The crisis Was reached late in the after
noon when the subcommittee by q vote
OF to I adopted plank which advocated
permitting organizations of laborers and
farmers to combine for certain purposes
without being subjected to prosecution
under the nti-trust law. This was direct
bid for the labor vote. as it complied with
the demand Of Samuel Gompers and his
lieutenants that the statute should be 80
amended as to permit the maintenance Of
an interstate boycott such as the United
States Supreme Court in the Danbury
Hatters case had deolred to be a COM
binstion in restraint OF trade.
COMPROMISE opFEREp.
" Alarmed over this declaration and having
been badgered all day by implied threats
that II the anti-injun plank was omitted
from the platform President Roosevelt
would be nominated the minority Of the
subcommittee, after consultation with
Speaker Cannon. offered to compromise
with the radicals, who were led by Wade
Ellis, the Attorney General OF Ohio who
was Mr.. Tafts personal representative on
the subcommittee. and Frank D. Kellogg
Of Minnesota. one Of the Administration
trust busters. The radicals were only
too anxious TO reach any solution that
would permit the retention of declaration
Of the subject Of the judicial power to
issue injunctions and they assented at
once to the suggestion that IL the exemp-
ton declaration with reference to labor
organizations and farmers alliances was
omitted from the platform the conserva-
tiyes would accept a modified injunction
plank advocating only statutory oonfirma-
ton OF the present practice of the courts
in injunction cases, coupled with para
phrase Of the Nicholas Murray Butler plank
expressing faith in the integrity of the
Judiciary. State and national.
After that It was comparatively easy.
There was fight in the committee on
resolutions over the injunction plank but
those who opposed II on the ground tha
it constituted an attack upon the courts
exhausted their efforts behind the closed
doors OF the committees meeting place in