Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-16
CONVENTIONS BIG FIGHT
OVER INJUNCTION PLANK
May Be Considered First by Sub.
committee Of Resolutions
Committee.

| CHICAGO. June 16.-The injunction
plank Of the tentative republican platform
looms up today as the subject of the bis
fight of the convention.
| The preparation for the contest has beer
going on increasingly for two. days and
nights. The lines are now rapidly closing
up for the supreme test of strength.
Those who favor the plank are more
and more convinced Of the supreme neces.
sity for its incorporation in the platform
Those who oppose it are making every
preparation to carry the struggle to the
| floor Of the convention in the event Of fail
| ure to eliminate the plank in the resolu-
tions committee.
To fail to say that the republican party
is in favor of the reasonable use of the
injunction would be emitting the neces-
sary answer to the charge, which Is an
| ticipated in the campaign, that Secretary
Taft is the father of the Injunction and
approves its radical as we'll as its cOnserv-
alive use.
Plank Insisted Upon.
Positive statements are made early to-
day in denial Of the suggestions that
Washington was to withdraw the plank
1t was indicated that word from that
quarter was decidedly the reverse and
that the command. had gone forth that
the plank must be adopted at all haz-
ard.
All but five of the fifty-three members
of the resolutions committee had been Sc
lected this morning. OF this number the
Taft forces claim thirty-one votes on
general propositions. but will make no
claim of strength on the injunction plank
To ascertain how this strength is con-
stituted was the purpose of an early
morning conference between Senator Hop
kins. Senator Long and Wade Ellis. The
members of the committee will be thor
oughly sounded and will, without doubt
be given individual treatment in the form
of argument from both sides.
Those favOring the plank plan to have
it first scrutinized by subcommittee of
the resolutions committee. The size and
personnel of this committee is enc of the
matters now considered, and will be final
ly determined upon at the first meeting of
the full committee, which is to take place
at O'Clock this afternoon.
Probable Personnel Of Committee.
1t is predicted this subcommittee will
be composed Of nine, eleven. thirteen or
fifteen members. Eight Of this number
have been practically determined upon.
They are: Senator Hopkins of Illinois,
Senator Crane of Massachusetts, Senator
Long of Kansas. Wade Ellis, attorney
general OF Ohio; Frank B. Kellogg of
Minnesota. Representative Dalzell of
Pennsylvania. Representative Payne of
New York and r. A. Ballinger of Wash
ington state. OF this number Senator
Crane and Representatives Payne and
Dalzell are counted by the opposition to
the plank.
The program of consideration in the
subcommittee Is to hold q series of hear
ings and allow all interested persons to
present their arguments. There seems no
doubt. after analyzing the personnel Of
the subcommittee and the power of the
Taft forces to fully indicate its member
ship, that q favorable report will be
made on the plank. perhaps in a modified
form. to the full committee. Then will
follow the report to the convention. with
the possibility OF a minority report and
consideration on the floor Of that body.
Ihere are other planks Of the platform
which will also give trouble. There are
the railroad plank, which includes a
declaration in favor Of supervision of the
Issuance in the future of stocks and
bonds by interstate corporations: the
trust plank Of the proposed amendment
to the Sherman antitrust law for the
purpose of relieving trades unions, farm
ers organizations and kindred aggrega-
tions of persons from the Implication Of
being illegal because Of their very exist
ence.
Postal savings bank plank will be Wig
orousiy opposed by the banking interests.
On all Of these propositions the plan now
IS 10 open the doors OF the subcommittee
for the presentation Of facts on these
subjects.