The San Francisco call., 1908-07-06
LABOR'S DEMANDS
WILL BE HADED
Democrats Are LOath to Frame
Anything More Than Con-
servative Platform
BY George Van Smith
sFEcIAL DISPATCH To THE CALL


10y ". J. Bryan. Organized labors
anU-injunction plank as proposed TO
the republican platform builders and
the Incorporation of which In the dem
ocrauc platform labor leaders are eN-
pected 10 demand. is doomed 10 meet
no better fate in Denver than betell II
in Chicago.
Labor is slated 10 get from the Bryan
convention Of 1908 just about What II
got ia the way OF platform declarations
from former Bryan conventions There
viii be "a declaration for some KIND OF
restriction upon the exercise OF the
power OF injunction by federal judges
The restriction declared for VIII deal
with abuses Of the power Of inJunc-
tion rather than with the exercise OF
that power.
James Dahlman, cowboy mayor OF
Omaha and Bryan's only authorized rep
resentarive in Denver, said today that
the Bryan forces expected no serious
opposition TO their platform plans and
that the labor plank would be virtually
2 reafirmation Of former planks. DAM
mans belief in an absence Of serious
opposition was in itself a declaration
OF Bryan's purpose TO make the labor
plank conservative. There would be
determined. If not serious, opposition
10 any labor plank that went farther
than that adopted by the republican
resolutions committee. There is dis
BOsitiOn-and widely spread-among the
delegates on TIE scene 10 fight any in
junction plank that could be construed
as an attack or a reflection on the
courts. If the language Of the Bryan
labor plank is apparently stronger than
that Of the republican platform it viii
mean nothing more.
NOT HUNTING TROUBLE
That Bryan has not the slightest in
tenti0n Of hunting trouble by standing
for the right 10 strike clause pro-
posed by the labor men was definitely
settled by Dahlman today. The Omaha
man said:
There viii be no such declaration in
the platform. The labor plank will be
2 conservative declaration as the for
mer democratic planks have been"
The California delegation, which ar
rived tonight, is peculiarly but by no
means hOpelessly divided on the anti
injunction plank. Some OF the CalifOr-
mans consider the plank adopted by
the Fresno state convention and the
subsequent adoption by the state cen
rral committee requesting the delega-
rion TO work for the Incorporation OF
that plank in the national platform as
definite instructions. Other members of
the delegation regard the action OF the
state convention and Of the state com
uo binding effect.
Isau0re DOckweiler, California's mem
her Of the committee on resolutions.
and Nathan Cole Jr. belong 10 that
class SUM- and the element headed by
Milton X Young OF Los Angeles is
equipped with q proposed plank built
on the lines Of the injunction provision
of the interstate commerce act. And
SIN another contingent is for what
Bryan wants and does not care to go
into the subject deeper.
The Fresno planks subsequently rec
ommended TO the delegation by the
state central committee contain a
square toed labor declaration and near
ly meets all the demands made by labor
on the national platform builders.
PLANK TOO ALL EMBRACING
1T declares against the issue OF any
Injunction in a labor dispute which
would not be issued If there We're no
Questions between labor and capital in
Eolved II includes a due notice pro-
vision and the trial by jury clause for
which labor has striven for years.
Isadore Dockweiler. CaIifOrnia's
member of the platform committed
thinks the Fresno plank too all en-
bracing- He Will however. be con-
rrOlled. he says. by the action Of the
California caucus.
Nathan Cole Jr. said tonight that he
fully appreciated the character Of the
opposition that viii meet any attempt
10 force a radical anti-inj junction plank
or. indeed. any strong declaration on
that subject Cole said it was his
opinion that the California delegation
could be made to see the matter in that
light and further that il could be made
10 understand the action Of the state
convention and Of the state central
committee as nothing more than rec
concentrations
Milton X. YounE's proposed plans
which viii be submitted TO the Califor-
MIA caucus is the product of the joint
efforts of Young and Joseph II. Call,
for many years assistant attorney gen
eraI. II follows the provisions Of the
interstate commerce act, which pro-
vides that before an injunction is is
sued TO enjOin rates fixed by the com
mission at least two judges must pass
on it. Adopting this provision to in
functions in labor disputes Young and
Call would further provide that such an
injunction should expire IN three days
unless brought up for hearing before
that time, and that IL shall require the
concurrence Of two judges to continue
i in force for more than three days.
ANTI-BRYANITES GLOOMY
The -Bryanites have given them
selves over to the fullest enjoyment Of
the apathy which has settled down on
Denver. Many Of the big Bryan dele
cations have not arrived. but the fact
remains that there is nightly little Of
the bubbling over brand OF enthusiasm
among those that are here, and it
would require very marked enthusiasm
10 counteract the gloom OF the anti
Bryanites They can see only disaster
ahead with Bryan nominated and are
not long on reasons why either Johnson
or Gray would run better than Bryan
without the slightest hope OF pre-
venting the commoners nomination the
antis are busily engaged IN disseminat-
ing gloomy forecasts Of the campaign.
They say that the campaign of 1908
wiz be stupid. There will be, they say,
no large contributions to the demo-
cratic campaign fund with which to
create enthusiasm. There will be no
railroad passes for big army OF spell
binders They can see only dark days
ahead without railroad passes, the
gloomy ones insist. the delegations Wis
iting at Lincoln viii be insignificant,
and they paint a touching picture of
Bryan sitting alone on his front porch
waiting for the multitudes Of admirers