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lion. but would continue its conservative

ton. but would continue its conservativ,
benefits.
The plank was supported. also. by D
mel of Arkansas and H. o. Burson Of
New Mexico.
Mr.. McCarter of New Jersey. William
A. Drake of Colorado. B. F. O'Neil Of
Idaho and Allen NJ. Fletcher of Vernon,
spoke in opposition to the plank, bu
shortly before 8 o'clock it became evident
that the paticnce of all hands was be-
| coming exhausted and when the PROPOSE
tio1 to bring TIL business to a vote wa:
| made 1t received unanimous support. Ev-
erybody was tired out.
Objection to Roll Call.
The method of taking the vote occa-
stoned a brief discussion. some of the
members of the committee desiring a
simple division without record of indi-
vidual votes. This was met by cries OF
| NO. no. Roll call. roll call!' and one
committeeman said: There is no harm in
going on record on this question. for the
vote will never be made public"
All hands seemed to take this comfort
able assurance for granted. and the roll
call by states was begun.
The actual test vote was taken on a
motion of Mr.. McCarter to eliminate the
references to the courts from the text OF
the plank
Owing to the confusion of excited con-
versation. shutting of chairs and weary
committeeman stretching into comfort
able positions after the long session. the
first vote. that of ]. H. Montgomery of
Alabama. was not heard. The chairman,
Senator Hopkins of Illinois. raped loudly
for order. but still there was continued
confusion. especially because some were
in doubt as to the precise question upon
which the committee was to vote.
q iVv
ton and the clerk again began the roll
call. Mr.. Montgomery of Alabama voted
No on the motion to strike out re-
cording himself in favor of the plank. He
was followed by H. NJ. Remmel of Arkan-
sas. also in the negative, but Henry A
Melvin of California and William A.
Drake of Colorado voted yes. Then came
Connecticut. Delaware. Florida and
Georgia In the negative. and from that
time on the opponents to the amendment
stood 81 to 16
This roll call settled the question of the
injunction plank in the platform and
without further division the report of the
subcommittee was accepted.
The Detailed Vote.
Under the rule OF secrecy adopted by
the committee the official record of the
vote was not obtainable, but the division
is said to be as follows:
For the injunction plank-Montgomery
Of Alabama. Remmel OF Arkansas. I'LL
man of Connecticut. du Pont of Delaware
Chubb of Florida. Johnson of Georgia,
Hopkins of Illinois. Hemenway of In
diana, Long of Kansas. Bullitt of Ken
lucky, Mace of Maryland, Crane of
Massachusetts. Kellogg Of Minnesota.
Yellowley of Mississippi. Warner of Mis-
souri,. Field of Nebraska Payne of New
York. Adams of North Carolina. La More
of North Dakota Ellis of Ohio. Harris
of Oklahoma. Dalzell OF Pennsylvania.
Dixon Of Rhode Island. Crawford of
South Dakota. Evans of Tennessee. Ogden
of Texas. Groner OF Virginia. Ballnger
of Washington. Cooper of Wisconsin.
Clark of Wyoming. Sloan of Alaska.
Flather of Arizona. Burson of New Mexi-
co and the Philippine and Porto Rico
committeeman.
Against the plank-Melvin. California,
Drake of Colorado. O'Neil of Idaho,
Lacey of Idaho. Dunn of Maine. Fordney
of Michigan, Bennett of Montana. Nixon
of Nevada. Moses of New Hampshire
McCarter of New Jersey. Selbridge of
Oregon. Sutherland of Utah. Fletcher Of
Vermont. Mann OF West Virginia and the
committeeman from the District of Co
lumbia and Hawaii.
Louisiana and South Carolina were not
recorded.