The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-10
PARTY PLATFORMS
ARE VERY SIMILAR
pIankS on Which Political Bat
tie Will Be Waged
Nearly Alike.
LABOR ENTERS OBJECTION.
LEGISLATIVE AGENT OF ENGI-
NEERs, DOES NOT LIKE THE
DEMOCRATIC ANTI-INJUNcTIoN
PLANK.

Denver. Col, July 1O.-After many
hours of arduous, tedious labor, the
committee on resolutions completed
the democratic national platform
last night, and it was adopted by the
convention.
its similarity in numerous respects to
the platform adopted by the republican
national convention in Chicago, three
weeks ago. But it bears even a closer
resemblance to some of the messages
sent to congress during its recent ses-
sion by President Roosevelt, all Of
which is proof of the fact, now becom-
ing more and more recognized, that in
the matter Of various vital principles
Of government the two great political
parties Of the country are fast con-
verging.
While 1t is true that certain planks
of the democratic platform are some
what more radical than corresponding
provisions In the republican political
bible, nearly every reform proposed in
either is along the same general line.
For example, both parties declare in
favor of tariff revision, and, while the
language employed by them is not
the same, their promises were made in
response to an almost universal senti-
ment in favor of modification of the
existing schedules.
The democrats who once advocated
free trade, are reconciled to a tariff
system, especially one which protects
American labor against the cheaper la
Dor of foreign countries. 1t was dis
covered that it is no longer profitable
to urge a policy which places the la
boring man of this country on an
equality with the foreigner
Railroad Regulation.
Both parties declare for further rail-
road regulation, and, while the repub-
licans specified supervision of future
issues Of stocks and bonds, the demo-
Gratis favor physical valuation Of rail-
roads as a step toward securing lower
and more equitable freight and passen-
ger rates. But in this the democrats
coincide with the views of President
Roosevelt. for in his annual message
to congress last December, he recon-
mended, among other things. that the
interstate commerce commission pc
clothed with authority to make a phys
zeal valuation of any interstate rail-
road.
The establishment of postal savings
banks is recommended by both parties
reform in the present currency sys-
tenn. The republicans admitted that
the Aldrich-Vreeland law passed In the
closing days of the last session was
not wholly adequate to meet the finan
cial needs of the country, but called
attention to the fact that a monetary
commission has been appointed to re-
port new system to congress next
winter. The democrats openly con.
denim the new law.
- Labor Taken Care Of.
The democratic labor ,pianks seem tC
promise much in the way of legisla
ton favorable to labor.
But some laboring men are no,
wholly content, for just after the anti
injunction plank had been revised fol
the last time early this evening, Mr.
Fuller, the legislative agent at Wash
tngton of the Locomotive Brother
hood, entered remembrance against
its most salient features.
Il am unable to see any remedy fol
the abuse of the power of injunction
IN labor Disputes he wrote in a
statement which he sent in to Chair
man Haskell, of the committee on res
olutions. 'in that part of paragraph 8
which reads: THAT injunctions shall
not be issued in any cases in which in
junction would not issue If no indus
trial disputes were involved Nor car
/ conceive of any line of reasoning
whereby either legislators or judge.
could intelligently proceed to carry ou
or give effect to this declaration Fol
instance, if in an industrial dispute ar
Injunction be sought to restrain work
tngmen from striking or persuadins
others to do so. the Judge would hav,
no parallel to judge by, as the question
of strikes could not possibly arise IL
any case other than in an industrial
dispute
Fuller Objected.
Fuller also objected to the fourth
paragraph of the labor plank, declar
ing that there should be no abridre
ment of the right of wage earners I,
organize" etc. The words" he said
ito the end that such labor organiza
lions and their members should no
be regarded as illegal combinations il
restraint of trade, in my opinion de
stroys the whole paragraph, for tn,
reason that no Court has ever hel,
that labor organizations or their mem
bers as such, were illegal combina.
lions in restraint of trade In fact, la
Dor organizations have been recog.
nized by Congress as legal. TIL,
plank should contain a provision
moreover. requiring that no restrain
ing order should be issued without Civ
ing the first party an opportunity t,
be heard, as that is highly essential t,
the protection of the rights of tn
workingmen.'
The protest of Fuller went unheede,
by the committee and the convention