The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-09
WORK ON PLATFORM
INJUNCTION PLANK THE ONLY
ONE THAT Is soThERINo
THE DEMOCRATS.
LEADING MEMBERS Of PARTY WORK HARD
Mayor Brown Of Lincoln Arrives With
Mr.. eryan's Draft Of Resolutions
Conference With'6o kaskell-Mr.
Bryan 10 Consulted on All Declare.
4 tlons-eut Wants Committee Free.

Denver, Col, July 8.-Evidences are
multiplying that practically the only
difficult plank to prepare for the Dem.
ocratic platform will be that relating
to the use Of injunctions In industrial
disputes. Mr.. Bryan has let It be
known through a number of reliable
sources that his position on this plank
is not rigid
Z Work on the platform continued
Monday through the medium Of an In.
formal subcommittee consisting of
Gov. Haskell, who Is to be chairman
Of the resolutions committee, and a
number Of prominent members of the
party who will have places on that
committee. The product of this work
will be laid before a large sub.commit-
tee Of the resolutions committee when
the latter is officially appointed by the
convention. The plan contemplates
telephoning each plank to Mr.. Bryan
at Lincoln, as soon as 1t is agreed
upon by the subcommittee. In this
manner, it will be possible for the
subcommittee to present to the full
resolutions committee perfected plat.
form which already has received the
stamp of approval of the prospective
candidate. So far there has developed
no intimation of hostility to Mr.,
Bryan's wishes with reference to the
platform. One of these wishes is un.
derstood to be that the platform be the
product of the resolutions committee,
guided of course in its drafting by
frequent conferences with Fairview.
During the afternoon Mayor F. w.
Brown of Lincoln, who is to be the
Nebraska representative on the com.
mittee on resolutions, arrived with
Mr.. Bryan's suggestions concerning a
number of planks of the platform in
his pocket. Mr. Brown said that il
had not been Mr.. Bryan's intention to
prepare complete platform, but that
1t was his wish that the committee
itself should perform this duty. He
declined to say what subjects were
covered by the Bryan draft, but 1t is
understood through other channels
that Mr.. Bryan's memorandum deals
especially with the subject of the
regulation of the issuance of writs oil
injunction by the federal courts in
labor disputes; the tariff, the trusts
the railroads, the election of senators
which he would have by direct vote
NQf the people; the guarantee of bank
deposits by the government, and the
publicity of campaign contributions
The injunction plank as drafted would
prohibit the issuance of prohibitive
writs without notice except in cases
in which it is evident irreparable dam
age might be done to property In
that event the plank would permit the
issuance of an Injunction limited to
ten days time, and hearing would
be required on the second presenta
ton of the case. Mr.. Bryan has given
his friends to understand that while
he tenders his suggestions, he does
not desire that the platform commit
tee should feel tied to his language
He is willing that phraseology should
be altered II 1t can be improved upon
without changing the sense.
Soon after arriving in the city Mr.
Brown went into conference with Gov
Haskell, who will be chairman of the
committee on resolutions, and laid be
fore him Mr.. Bryan's views. Both Of
them declined to discuss the platform