The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-07
PLATFORM AN
EASY MATTER
TO ARRANGE
Wording of the Injunction
Plank Not Likely to Cause
Trouble.
JUDGE KING AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF committee
RESOLUTION DRAFTED BY SAM
UEL NEWHoUsE WILL PROB
ABLY BE ADOPTED.

Denver july 6.-Evidences are multi
plying that practically the only difficult
plank to prepare for the Democratic plat
form will be that relating 10 the use OF
injunctions in industrial disputes. MIR.
Bryan has let it be known through a
number of reliable sources that his po-
sition on this plank is not rigid Per-
haps the most important conference with
reference to the Injunction plank was
that held at Fairview. Mr. Bryans home.
during the dinner given by the Nebras-
kan to a number of prominent Demo-
Gratis on July 4. AT this dinner Mr.. Bryan
stated clearly that he realized that there
might arise situations where the issu-
ance of an injunction without notice TO
those enjoned would be the only remedy
against loss of life or irreparabie dam
age to property. To meet such cases.
Mr. Bryan further indicated that If the
resolutions compittee could draw a plank
which would provide for such emer2en-
cies. with the safeguard that this class
of injunctiOns should be self-dissolvinS
after d period of three or five days, the
plank would meet his approval
Haskell to Be Chairman.
Work on the platform continued today
through the medium of an informal sub
committee consisting of Governor Haskell,
who is to be chairman of the resolutions
committee. and a number of prominent
members of the party, who viii nave
places on that committee. The product
of this work will be laid before large
subcommittee of the resolutions commit
tee when the latter is officially appoint
ed by the convention. The plan contem-
plates telephoning zach plank TO Mr.:
Bryan at Lincoln. as soon as il is agreed
upon by the subcommittee. In this man
ner il will be possible for the sub-com-
mittee to present to the full resolutions
committee perfected platform which
already has received the stamp of APP
prevail of the prospective candidate So
far there has developed no intimation OF
hostility TO Mr. Bryan's wishes with ref
erence to the platform. One of these
wishes is understood to be that the plat
form be the product of the resolutions
committee. guided, of course, in its draft
ing. by frequent conferences with Fair
view.
Planks by Judge King.
Planks of many varieties were sub
mitted to Governor Haskell and by him
to his comforting collea CUES today One
of these was an irrigation plank. sub
mitted by Judge. King of Utah. which
the irrigable lands of the west for per-
sons desiring to make permanent homes,
as against allowing this territory to be-
come the property of corporations. An
other plank along the same lines opposes
the leasing system of grazing lands as
at present applied by the forestry serv-
ice of the government
Tentative Tariff Plank.
The tariff plank came in for consid-
cradle discussion today. with the result
that this language was put forward ten
tatively as embodying the position the
party should take:
THE Democratic party believes in tariff
for revenue only. but. inasmuch as the
expenses of the government are great,
and we are depending largely upon the
imposts for the revenues for running the
government. which means the imposition
of a tariff, we favor the laying of the
tariff in such a manner that there shall
be no discrimination in behalf Of any
section of the country or any indus
try
No one would be quoted saying thai
this plank would be adopted in the form
given.
Submitted by Mr.. NeWhouse.
Judge Powers of Utah has transmitted
to the tentative resolutions committee a
plank he has received and approves. from
Samuel Newhouse. prominently known in
railroad and financial circles. Mr. New
house wires Judge Powers that the planK
was written after careful canvass of the
financial classes in New York 1t re-
cites the necessity of maintaining and
even increasing in some instances exist
ing railroad rates and tariffs, recognize
ing the rightfulness of government regu-
|. Iation The necessity for maintaining
rates is stated to be to pay the pres
emit high wage scale to railroad en-
ployes.
Bryan's Draft Arrives.
During the afternoon Mayor +. w
Brown of Lincoln. who is to be this
Nebraska representative on the commit
tee on resolutions. arrived with Mr.. Bry-
ans suggestions concerning a number OF
planks of the platform in his pocket
Mr. Brown said that it had not been Mr.
Bryans intention TO prepare complete
platform, but that it was his wish that
the committee itself should perform this
duty He declined to say what subjects
were covered by the Bryan draft. but
il is understood through other channels
that Mr. Bryan's memorandum deals es-
pecially with the subject of the regula-
ton of the issuance of writs of injunc-
ton by the federal courts in labor dis
putes the tariff. the trusts. the rail-
roads the election of senators. which he
would have by direct vote of the people
the guarantee of bank deposits by tht
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