The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-06-12
WILL DEVELOP OVER
PLATFORM
Men of Large Interests
Are Violently Opposed
To the Anti-Injunction
Plank and Fear its
Adoption Republican
Convention May be
Preceded by Turmoil.

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Chicago, June lit was made ap-
parent today that any attempt to put
into the Republican platform a plank
committing the party to enacting leg
islation designed to restrict the power
of the federal courts in the issue of
injunctions will cause bitter battle
likely to have a marked effect on
Republican chances in the coming
campaign. Men representing great
business interests who have come
here because of the fear that the
anti-injunction proposal may be adopt
ed are not letting any grass grow
under their feet in conducting organ
lied opposition to the threatened at
tack on the integrity of the judiciary.
With the aid of prominent delegates
they will carry the fight to the floor
of the convention If the anti-injunc-
ton plank goes into the platform to
be submitted by the committee on
resolutions.
There is going to be mighty strug-
gle, too, If an attempt is made to put
in the platform an endorsement of the
radical provisions of the Seth Low
Samuel Gompers bill to amend the
Sherman antitrust law.
Chicago, June lit was positive
ly stated tonight that in the rough
draught of the platform brought here
from Washington by Wade Ellis there
is an anti-injunction plank and that
Con, fe tn NTH
thing like an assurance from head
quarters in Washington that the
plank Is to be embodied In the plat
form of the convention. This state
ment is made on the authority Of
those who have seen the plank and
those who have discussed it with Mr..
Ellis.
The statement that Gompers has
been practically assured that the
anti-injunction plank is to be accept
ed by the committee on resolutions is
equally authoritative.
James w. Van Cleave, Of st. Louis,
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers and chairman of the
National Council of Industrial De-
Tense, got here today with the Off
GERS of the organizations of which
he is head. and Samuel Gompers, pres
tident of the American Federation of
Labor, and the other members of the
executive council of the federation
landed in Chicago this afternoon.
The vice presidential matter is dis
cussed with more interest as the days
pass. The National Commercial and
Industrial league, now Woodruff or
gani2ation, was represented today by
advance agents and George ]. Corey,
the leagues president, is now In
Washington on his way to this city.
The representatives of the league now
here say that they have polled the
New York delegation on the vice pres
1dency with the following result:
Woodruff 81; Sherman 1S, anc the
four delegates at large for Seth Low
Louis A, Coolidge, assistant secre-
tary OF the treasury, came to town to-
day direct from Washington. "If New
York wants Secretary Cortelyou for
vice president he will be nominated"
said Mr.. Coolidge. ''If New York does
not want him, some other man will
be named for the place. That's the
situation. Senator Dolliver, of Iowa,
and Governor Guild, of Massachusetts,,
have been spoken of but it can not
be foretold at present who will get
the place. The condition of many
of the southern contestants rejected
by the national committee is almost
pitiful They are in this town almost
stranded and some are actually hun
CRY and thirsty, far from home with
out railroad passes and without the
means to return home. Many Of them
have been huddled fifteen in room.
The national committee today seat
ed the Taft delegates from the first
and fifth districts of South Carolina
and the four Taft delegates at large
together with the district delegates
from the second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth Of Tennes-
see.
Little heed is now given to the
workings of the national committee.
It has seated more than enough Taft
delegates to bring about Taft's nom-
ination on the first ballot between
now and convention time.
Alleged Deserter Released by Mayor