Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-07
BUILDERS BUSY
ONPLATFORM
At DENVER
HASKELL Is
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
Plank Relating to Use Of Court
Injunction Only Stumbling
Block to Harmonious Agree
ment in Committee.

IBy Morning Journal anac.al LEASED WIrs.l
Denver, Colo. July 6,-Evidences
are multiplying that practically the
only difficult plank to prepare for
the democratic platform will be that
relating to the use Of injunctions in
industrial disputes. Mr. Bryan has
let II be known through number Of
reliable sources that his position on
this plank is not rigid. Perhaps the
most important conference with ref
erence to the Injunction plank was
that held at Fairview. Mr. Bryan's
home. during the dinner given BY the
NcbraslIan to q number of prominent
democrats On July T. AT this dinner,
Mr. Bryan stated clearly that he re-
allied that there might arise sltua-
tions where the issuance OF an intunc-
ton without notice to those enjoined
would be the only remedy against loss
of life or irreparable damage TO prop
crty. To meet such cases, Mr.. Bryan
further indicated that II the resolu-
tons committee would draw a plank
which would provide for such cmer-
gencles with the safeguard that this
class of iniunctions should be self
dissolvIng after period of three or
FIVE days. the plank would meet his
approval.
Work on the platform continued to-
day through the medium of an infor-
NAL subcommittee consisting Of Gov
ernor Haskell, who Is to be chairman
of the resolutions committee, and
number of prominent members of the
party who viii have places on that
committee. The product Of this work
will bo laid before o large subcommit-
tee of the resolutions committee when
the latter is officially appointed By
the convention. The plank Is being
arranged by telephonlng each plank
TO Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln. as soon as II
has been agreed upon by the subcom-
mittee. In this manner 1t will be pos
slble for the subcommittee to present
to the full resolutions committee a
perfected platform which already has
received the stamn of approval of the
prospective candidate. So far there
has developed no intimation of hos
tlllty to Mr. Bryans wishes with ref
erence to the platform. One Of these
wishes is understood to be that the
platform be the product Of the reso-
lutions committee. guided, Of course.
IN its drafting by frequent conferences
with Tairvlew.
Planks of many varieties were sub
mtted to Governor Haskell and by
him to his comforting colleagues to-
day. One of these was an irrigation
plank submitted by Judge King Of
Utah. which pledges the party to
conservation of irrIgable lands of the
west for persons desiring to make
permanent homes as against allowing
this territory to become the property
Of corporations. Another plank along
the same lines opposes the leasing of
grazing lands as at present applied by
the forestry service of the govern
ment.
The tariff plank came In for con-
siderable discussion this morning. with
the result that this language was put
in the plank as embodyinE the posi-
ton the democratic party should take.
"The democratic party believes In
a tariff for revenue only, but inas-
much as the expenses OF the govern
ment are great, and we are depending
largely upon the imports for the revc-
nue. for running the government which
means the imposition of tariff, "
favor the leyying of the tariff duties
in such a manner that there shall
be no discrimination In any section of
the country or any industry"
No one would be quoted as saying
that this plank would be adopted In
the form given
Judge Powers, Of Utah. has trans
mltted to the tentative resolutions
committee plank ne has rcee'y"d
and approves from sam ,'sw'@l@
prominently known In railroad and
mining financial circles. Mr.. New
house wires Judge Powers that the
plank was written after careful can
vas Of the financial classes IN New
York. u rcciles the necessity Of maine
talning and increasing In some in
stances existing railroad rates and
tariffs. and recognizing the rlEhtful-
HfnH ~ h'fNAHtHANt .AHHAAHAAHHt Aft7
necessity for maintaining rates Is stat
cd 10 be to pay the present high wage
scale to railroad employees
During the afternoon Mayor y. W
Brown Of Lincoln. who Is to be the
Nebraska representative on the com
mittee on resolutions. arrived with
Mr.. Bryan's suggestion concerning a
number OF planks OF the platform a
his pocket Mr.. Brown sald that Il
had not been Mr.. Bryans Intention 70
propose a complete platform. but that
Il was his wish that the commlHteo
itself should perform this duty. He
declined TO say what subjects wofe
covered by the Bryan draft but It IS
understood through other channels
that Mr. Bryan's memorandum deals
especially with The subject Of roenla-
ton Of the Issuance of urlta Of Inlunc-
tlon BY the federal courts II labor
dlsputosI he tariff The trusts the
railroads. the election of senators.