The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-08

law as will enable the railroads to enter Into reasonable traffic agree ments without taking the risk of pros ecution in the criminal courts Prob ably also there will be O declaration In favor of the registration of certain corporations having the means to be- come monopoles engaged In inter- state commerce, so as to give the na- tional government such supervision over them as Is now exercised over the transportation agencies, In this connection there will be a pronounce ment in favor of national control as against national ownership,
 CognIzance will be taken of the de- mands of labor to the extent of rec ommendlng such legislation as will Insure labor organizations against nasty Judgment by the courts in the issuance of injunctions without due notice.
 A recommendation for the removal of triple penalty in conspiracy prosecutions, when such prosecutions are directed against labor organiza- tons Is probable.
 There will be a trust resolution along the lines of that embraced in the platform of 1900, when the ne- cessity and propriety of honest CO., operation and combination was rec ognized to meet new conditions and extend American trade in foreign countries, but when conspiracies which create monopolies, limit pro- ductlon and control prices, were polntedly condemned.
 Much attention will be given to the blanks dealing with the Philippines and Cuba The pacific attitude of this country towards Cuba will be held to have been demonstrated by the pres ent relationship of the two countries and by the generally known fact that, having restored peace and order to that island, the United States is now preparing to bring Its protectorate to an end and to remove the evidences of It's control. Our management of affairs of the Philippines will be ex- tolled; 1t will be declared that the Fil- lDliipc dit PfpEB'l anu iihPicNiho under the present administration of affairs, and 1t will probably be set forth that to abandon those islands until our work there is finished and the Philippine people are made ready for self-governmen would be unhu- mane, unwise and in every way unjus- tifable.
 As usual, the platform will declare for the protection of the civil liberties of the negro race. A special effort will be made to give this plank em- phasis. There will be strong dec- laratlon fin favor of the continued im- provement of tho navy, including the constant increase of our battleships, with the end in view of protecting our interests abroad. maintaining our standing among the nations and sup porting the Monroe doctrine, which doctrine will again receive unreserved endorsement. There will be word in favor of the maintenance of the army on its present basis, but recommenda- ton for its enlargement. The action of congress in increasing the pensions of the widows of soldiers will be com mended. and liberal pension policy for the future will be advocated. Among other recommendation that will be made will be the following: The admission. at the next session of congress, of Arizona and New Mex leo as separate states of the Union; the protection of American citizens abroad the fostering of our commerce in the Orient; the continuance of the open door in China; the exclusion of coolie labor, whether Chinese or Jap anese; strong commendatlon of the present civil service policy; endorse ment of the plan to grant subsidy in the interest of the ocean malls to South America and Australasia. and the encouragement of American ship ping generally.
 There will be demand for the con- tlnuation of the policies of the presen, administration towards corporations Attention will be called to the wisdom of carrying into effect all the recom- mendations of the president, and the necessity for a square deal" on every hand for the enforcement of the law without regard to persons or places and for the equal protection of all, un- der the law, will he emphasized.