Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-04

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| my ideas of a conservative plat
form are that the tariff should be re-
moved entirely on trust manufactured
articles and that a tariff for revenue
only should be retained on other COM
modities. These latter / would not
subject to an immediate removal of
duty, but rather revise the tariff and
reduce it by degrees.
| ''As to the currency plank, ] believe
that the securities on which our cur
rency should be based should be sub
ject to the approval of such a nature
as the different states permit savings
banks to accept as an investment for
their funds.
THE injunction plank. believe,
should favor a statute which will make
It necessary for at least two judges
to act on the final issue. One Judge
should issue the injunction and an
other decide the merits OF the case. l
did not have an opportunity to talk of
this matter with Mr.. Bryan. but l un-
derstand that he is in favor of a sys-
tenn of this nature, rather than have
the cases submitted to a jury
Mr.. Ridder was then asked to define
his meaning of a conservative plat
form, but said he could not go into de-
tails, When pressed as to what he
would oppose, he said that he would
not accept a declaration for free sill
yer or for government ownership. He
added also that it was his understands
ing that Mr. Bryan considered the sill
| yer issue dead, and that the demo-
Icratic leader did not wish a govern
ment ownership of railroads plank in
serted: that he had been entirely mis-
understood
The vice presidential race held Sec
ond place in political gossip, chief in
terest contering in the visit of Mr..
Ridder and Ollie James, who came to
talk of his speech seconding the nomi-
nation of Mr. Bryan, and the Com
moner's editorial on Mr. Hearst.
Hot Fight In Illinois.
The arrival of number of contest
ing Illinois delegates headed by Judge
William Prentiss, Of Chicago, created
somewhat of a stir late this afternoon.
Accompanying Judge Prentiss was
Judge 0. P. Thompson and Millard F.
Dunlap, of Jacksonville, and the en-
tire delegation of twenty-five. will
visit Mr. Bryan at Fairview early Sat-
urday morning I'VE certainly shall
carry this contest to the court of last
resort" said Judge Prentiss. 1--WE
have selected twenty delegates to rep
resent the ten congressional districts
Iof Chicago and two at large. The
treatment we have received at the
hands of Roger Sullivan is undemc-
cratic and to my mind shameful We
have gone into this contest In a busi-
ness-like way and are loaded and
primed for the occasion.
'"fhe action Of the Sulliyan people
in overriding the Illinois primary law
against the wishes of the great major
ity of democrats in Chicago, is with
out precedent and was a deliberate eff
fort to disfranchise the democrats of
Chicago. We are thoroughly prepared
to meet and combat every point made
by the Sullivan people, and will pre-
sent our case to the national commit
tee next Monday We have prepared
briefs and had them printed for the
benefit of all the members of the COM
mittee. and We expect to win our
case"
'Will you carry the fight to the con-
Vention floor in the event of the ma.
tional committee ruling against the
contesting delegation?" was asked.
Nothing was ever more certain"
was the reply. 1--WE are right, and if
the Denver convention is democratic II
win admit us. The democrats of ten
congressional districts in Illinois can
hardly be ignored and we expect seats
will be awarded us"
DO you expect to lay your case be-
fore Mr.. Bryan tomorrow"
I'VE expect to discuss il with him,
but ! can not go into that feature OF
the matter until after have seen him.
The entire delegation will go to Fair
view in the morning"
Judge Prentiss has mass of docu-
mentary evidence which he will lay
before the committee. and the legal
points viii be argued by several mem
bers of the delegation.
Publicity Plank Must Go In.
In opening his address Mr.. Bryan
briefly referred in an eulogistic man.
ner to Senator Gore of Oklahoma and
referring to the senator having lost
both eyes In early youth. said:
Thus embarrassed thus hampered.
| thus fettered he has worked his way
until he stands in what ought to be the
highest legislative body of the world.
II say which ought to be: in what
Will be the highest legislative body In
the world when the American people
rebuke the convention which by an
overwhelming majority voted down
the election of senators by the people
and in rebuking that convention give
| the people IN their own hands the
right TO choose their representatives
by direct vote. We are going to have
a platform soon at DENVER am not
in position to discuss the platform
first because the resolutions commit
tee has not been appointed and second
because the newspaper men abe here
but If | can go by what has been
| done In the states. / can tell you that
our platform will differ from the re-
publican platform in one essential re-
Isnect. Read the republican platform
through and YOU will find that 1t does
not contain, except to a very limited
exent, specific declarations of the par
tvs policy on public questions. Dead
our platform when the convention
has adopted Il at Denver and you will
find that the platform will express
ldefinite propositions on tht questions
before the people.
I'm Chicago they voted down a
plank declaring In favor of publicity
to campaign contributions The presi-
dent had asked for it; Secretary Taft
had asked for II: and yet that con-