The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-08

The convention will place itself on record as favoring such an amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law as will enable the railroads to enter Into req sonable trafic agreements without taking. the risk of prosecution in the criminal courts. Probably also there will be a declaration in favor of the registration of certain corporations having the means to become monop- olies engaged in Interstate Commerce. so as to give the National government such supervision over them as is now exercised over transportation agencies.
 Tn this connection there will be a pronouncement in favor of National control as against National ownership. Cognizance will be taken of the de- mands of labor to the extent of recom- mending such Legislation as will Insure labor organizations against snap judgment by the courts in the issuance of intunctions without. due notice or necessary hearing.
 A recommendation for the removal of the triple penalty in conspiracy prosecutions. when such prosecutions are directed against labor organiza-
 Plank on Trusts.
 There will be a trust resolution along the lines of that embraced in the platform of 1900. when the necessity and propriety of honest cooperation and combination was recognized to meet new conditions and extend Ann erican trade in foreign countries. but when conspiracies which create mo- nopolies, limit production and control prices were pointedly condemned.
 Much care 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 pre- pairing to bring its protectoratc to an end and remove the evidences or its control.
 Our management of affairs in the Philippines will be extolled; 1t will be declared that the Filipinos are pros pering and improving under the pres ont administration of affairs and it will probably be set forth that to abandon those islands until our work there Is finished and the Philippine people made ready for self-government. would be. inhuman. unwise and in every way un- Justifiabie.
 As usual, the platform will declare for the protection of the civil liberties of the negro race. A special effort will
 
 sive and emphatic.
 There will be a~strong declaration in favor of the continued improvement of the navy. including the constant fn- crease of our battleships, with the. end in view of protecting our interests abroad. maintaining our standing among the nations, and supporting the Monroe doctrine. which doctrine will again receive unqualified endorsement.
 There will be word in favor of the 3 maintenance of the army on It's present hasis. but no recommendation for It's enlargement The action of Congress In increasing the pensions of the wid- ows of soldiers will be commended. and a liberal pension policy for the fu- ture will be advocated. Among other recommendations that will be mada will be the foliowings
 aFor the admission at the next ses- sion of Consress oE Arizona nfid New Mexico as separate States Of the Un- ion; for the protection of American citizens abroad. for the furthering of our commerce in the Orient; for the open door in China; for the exclusion of cooiie labor, whether Chinese or Japanese; strong commendatfon of the present civil civic policy; endorsement of the plaB to grant subsidy In tho interest of the ocean malls to South America and Australia. and the en- couragement of American shipping generally.
 There will be a demand for the con- tInuation of the policies of the present administration towards corporations
 Attention will be called to the wis dom of carrying into effect all the rec concentrations of the President. and the necessity for a square deal" all round, for the enforcement of the law without regard to persona or places, and for the equal protection of all. un- der the law, will be emphasized.