The San Francisco call., 1908-07-03
CONSERVATIVES TO
YIELD TO BRYAN
Fight Over Platform Likely to
Be Limited to the Anti
Injunction Plank
By John CaIIan O'LOughIin
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GALL


DENVER, July 2.-The history of the
platform of the republican national
convention will be repeated at Denver
in the preparation of the platform of
the democratic national convention.
Only one plank will precipitate a
to, the anti-injunction question. There
promises to be discussion of the
phraseology of the planks respecting
the tariff and the regulation of trusts
Otherwise the draft of the platform
which William Jennings Bryan will en-
trust to Mayor Brown. delegate at
large from Nebraska, for presentation
to the resolutions committee will be
adopted without much change.
The conservatives from New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Mime
sofa, Washington and Colorado are per-
fectly willing that Bryan shall have a
| platform which will be in accordance
with the views he has expressed upon
the stump.
| But they are not willing that the ex-
| treme anti-injunction plank included in
! the Nebraska state platform, which
Bryan favors, shall be adopted by the
national convention.
FOR NEBRASKA PLATFORM
The contrary view is held by jim
| Dahlmann, who is known as the cow
boy mayor of Omaha" Dahlmann is
emphatically for the Nebraska idea.
Denver is alive with opposition tc
the anti-injunction plank as contained
in the Nebraska platform" he said
for the simple reason that the only mer
prominent in the democratic party will
one or two exceptions are conserva.
| tives, who by environment and tenn
| permanent object to this very necessary
declaration. 1 am certain that Mr.
Bryan will make every effort to secure
the Incorporation of the Nebraska
| plank in the national platform"
1t is the third feature of the Ne
braska plank, insisting on trial by jury
for persons held for contempt, to which
particular exception is taken and which
every effort will be made to defeat
Judge NJ S, Wade of iowa predicted
today that II the fight were carried tt
the floor of the convention Bryan'l
views would prevail. But he and the
other democrats here are anxious tha
harmony shall be the keynote of tn,
convention.
Therefore, while Bryan may appear
/ obdurate and will apply strong press
ure to the resolutions committee, it 1.
|
moderate plank with the same equanim
ity displayed by the president anC
Secretary Taft in connection with tn,
action of the republican national con
vention.
President Gompers of the American
federation of labor will arrive her,
Sunday morning, determined according
to his representatives here, to press
for the adoption of the plank sub
mitted to and rejected by the repub
llican national convention.
FAVoRS HONEST CAPITALISTS
In this connection it is expected tha
the platform will contain declaration
that Bryan does not contemplate an!
wholesale raid upon capital. Judg
Wade insists that Bryan believes il
giving full protection to honest capi
tai At the same time 1t is proposed
that the country shall understand tha
the democratic party is emphaticall!
opposed to trusts and monopolies.
The Dingley tariff will be called
trust breeding proposition. The declar
alton will call for revision which will
provide a tariff for revenue, which
shall lessen the burden of taxation
upon necessities and increase thos
upon luxuries, and which shall destro,
monopolies by taking from them tn,
favored conditions which enable then
to thrive.
There is no question that the com
mittee will report favorably and tn
convention adopt planks favoring al
amendment to the federal constitution
so as to provide for the election o
Usnited States senators by direct vot
of the people, and demanding the ply
steal valuation of railroad properties.
The democratic national convention
also is expected to adopt withou
change Bryans proposition in regar,
to the insurance of bank deposits.