The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-06-17

Mayor Bookwalter that the minorit,
report will be signed by fully half
dozen members of the committee.
Principal Bone of Contention.
! The real questions of the conven
tion Immediately at issue are beins
| threshed out in the committee ON res
olutions and the committee on creden
tials. The proposed plank in the plat
form relating to Limitation of the use
of injunctions in labor controversies:
| is the principal bone of contention
The committee on platform referred
| the question to subcommittee an6
| the subcommittee late last night ad
| journed until morning. At that time
the surface indications pointed to a
long and bitter struggle. Late last
night, however, it became known that
| a compromise was likely, that efforts
to get together on the injunction
plank were likely to be successful
Such a compromise would remove a
fight which if carried to the floor OF
the convention would precipitate a
struggle the final outcome of which
is difficult to FORECAST.
Labor Given a Hearing.
When the subcommittee of 13 OF
the resolutions committee began bus
mess at ten o'clock this morning the
doors of their assembly room were
thrown open temporarily for the pur-
pose of granting 20 minutes hearing
to representatives of the American
Federation of Labor and those of the
Illinois Manufacturers Association.
President Samuel Gompers and Vice
Presidents Keefe and Duncan appear
ed for the Federation, AID Gompers
suggested the following plank in the
platform, saying it contained the Fed
eration's views:
''The Republican party is in accord
with the great emancipator Abraham
Lincoln when he declared that labor
is prior to and independent of capt.
tai. Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed if labor
had not existed first. Labor is supe-
rior to capital and deserves more con-
sideration. Through his wise and hui
name policy the shackles were strick-
en- from 1000 600 chattel slaves. The
Republican party has been the staunch
defender of property and property
rights, yet holds and declares that
personal rights and human labor must
of necessity be entitled to the first
and highest consideration. Recogniz-
ing the conditions arising from the
marvellous industrial development of
our people and our nation, we realize
the fact that the wheels of industry
and of the commerce of our time, re-
Guire new laws and new conceptions
of law, and that laws must be enact
ed to conform to modern industry and
commerce and the advancement of
freedom along this line.
1--WE therefore pledge the republi-
can party to the enactment of laws
by congress guaranteeing to the wage
earners, the agriculturalists and the
horticulturahst, the right to an organ
lied effort to end such associations as
shall be regarded as illegal combina-
tions in restraint OF trade.
ITO enactment of a law to prohib-
it the issuance of iljunctions in cases
arising out of labor disputes, when
such injunctions would not apply,
case shall an injunction be issued if
there exists a remedy by ordinary
process of law, and which act shall
provide that in procedure for punish
ment of contempt of court the party
cited for contempt shall when such
contempt is not committed in the ac-
tual presence of the court be entitled
to trial by jury.
ITO enact an amendment extending
the present eight hour law to all gov
eminent employees and to all work
ers, whether employed by contractors
or sub-contractors, doing work for the
federal government.
ITO the enactment of a law by con-
gress, as far as federal jurisdiction
extends, for a general employers liza
bility act.
ITO the enactment of a law, g the
extent of federal jurisdiction grant
ing woman suffrage, ald for a consti-
tutional amendment for granting abso-
lutte suffrage of women.
ITO the enactment of a law Great
ing a department of labor separate
from any existing department with
secretary at its head occupying cab
met seat.
ITO the enactment of law for a
federal bureau of mines and mining,
preferably under the proposed depart
ment of labor. and the appropriation
of sufficient funds to thoroughly in
vestigate the cause of mine disas-
tiers, so that laws and regulations
may be enacted to prevent the terri
BILE loss OF life and manning in the
mines.
ITO the enactment of law for the
establishment of q. s. government
r.nrtoJ SAVINGS hanks