Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-18

be founded on justice and that it's
candidates represent the highest
ideals. Bless the President of the
United States"
Following the prayer Senator
Hopkins, of Illinois, read the plat
form committees report, which he
alone signed. 1t differs little
from the draft first given and which
has already been published. Prac-
tically the only change is the anti
injunction plank, the new draft of
which is here given. There is a
plank recommending that the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln, February IL,
1909, be observed as patriotic holl-
day.
After Senator Hopkins had pro-
ceeded reading the platform for
about twenty minutes the noise on
the floor and in the galleries was so
great he could hardly be heard. Few
/ paid any attention to the reading.
Once Senator Lodge had to pound on
f, the table to get order. When he
| reached the injunction plank NO,
! No, No." came in a chorus from
some of the delegations. Others
shouted Eyes, Yes, go on" Fo7 a
| few seconds there was a scattering
stamping of feet and clapping Of
/ hands. The reading proceeded and
the crowd once more seemed to lose
/ interest.
When Senator Hopkins finished
reading Mr.. Cooper presented his min
ority report. One sub plank was Of
fered. 1t dealt with railroads and
said while the republican party had
done much in dealing with the rail-
road problem, much is yet to be done.
The plank favored enlarging the
powers Of the Interstate commerce
commission, giving 1t absolute power
in determining rates, provided the
present law fails to provide means
of finding the physical valuation OF
roads, the plank says, and such pow
er should be given them.
'If the = ls.ul convention de-
liberately refuses to adopt q platform
on which Secretary Taft feels he can
make a winning race, the Republican
convention will have to nominate
man who needs no platform to win"
While this statement is not being put
forward as an actual ultimatum, it Is
the principal weapon which the advo-
Gates of an injunction plank in the
Ila form are using to compel the COM
mittee on resolutions and the conven-
! ton itself to make such q declaration.
1T should also be borne In mind that
the question Of Injunction touches the
labor class, an element which he has
been accused Of antagonizing, and It Is
the very opposite Of fair dealing to I'M
dertake to compel him to go before the
country on a platform which afrords no
assurance to this class of his friendly
feeling toward them," said Taft man
on the J uas been
very active lil this matter
Advice From Washington.
For the first time since the fight
began the friends of the administration
apparently became fully awakened to
the seriousness of the situation, but
being aroused, they were quite as zeal
GUS as their opponents in presenting
the situation to their fellow committee
men. They received telegrQms from
Washington expressing the views OF
! both the president and secretary OF
war as to the necessity for the injunc-
ton plank, and these telegrams were
read to all doubtful members of the
4 committee.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
Il American Federation of Labor, who
has been leading the fight for an anti
L injunction plank, gave the subcommit-
tee a shock when he appeared before 1t
and offered resolutions for insertion In
the platform more radical than any
heretofore suggested and which have
/ already caused one of the biggest fights
In the convention.
Following the adoption by the con-
/ vention of the credentials committees
report seating all the disputed Taft
delegates, an agreement was reached
i by representatives of all the candi-
dates by which the nominating and
seconding speeches for president will
be materially curtalled. This agree
/ ment is that only one nominating and
4 one seconding speech shall be made
4 for each candidate and that the long
list of seconding speeches which have
been heretofore announced will be
abandoned. The speeches for Secre-
tary Taft win be by Theodore E. Bur
ton Of Cleveland, placing the secre-
{ tary In nomination, and George Al.
J Knight of California, seconding the
nomination The speakers who have
!, relinquished the honor OF seeondls