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the committee on resolutions. was dis
satished with tho plank because II was
not radical enough. II was he who offered
the substitute platform on the floor Of the
convention and was beaten all along the
line. The convention adopted the majority
platform without change
Extraordinary efforts were made by
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
and their representatives In Chicago TO
force the committee on resolutions to adopt
the anti-injunotion plank. Mr.. Taft sent
letter and q telegram telling Of his great
anxiety that 1t should have place among
tho declarations Of party principles upon
which he was to stand In the contest FOR
the Presidency and President Roosevelt
sent telegram along the same lines. But
in addition to this comparatively mild at
titude Of the two great leaders Of the Re
publican party their representatives here
borrowed the big stick for the time being
and welded it with telling effect. They
circulated the story among the members
Of the committee on resolutions that Mr..
Taft would decline to accept the nomina-
ton ON q platform which did not contain
an anti-injunction plank. Whatever COM
fort tho so-called allies obtained from this
suggested prospect that the leading can
didate might retire from the race was cast
to the winds by the further declaration Of
the Roosevelt-Taft ambassadors that as
neither Taft nor any Of the contestants
for the nomination could win on platform
which did not declare In favor Of curtailing
the present unrestricted discretion Of the
courts in injunction cases the omission
Of such plank would force them to nom
mate O candidate who could win ON any
platform or without platform. The
alarmed allies did not need to be told who
was meant by this anonymous designa-
ton.
FEARED SLIPPERY MAJORITY.
tives on the platform subcommittee which
had stood out against the acceptance Of
an anti-injunction plank were afraid that
the majority in the committee on resolu-
tions, which they believed confidently was
with them, might slip away before the con-
test ended. For they were aware that
personal appeals were being made from
Washington to conservative members Of
the committee on resolutions and there
was fear that those 10 whom these appeals
came could not hold out against the pres
sure.
The experience OF George Shea, Alaska's
member OF the committee on resolutions.
will serve as an example, Shea Is the
United States Marshal for Alaska. When
he was appointed to the committee on
resolutions he said that he would be guided
by the advice Of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. President Roosevelt's closest friend,
as to how he should cast his vote on the
injunction question. Apparently Senator
Lodge advised Shea to vote against the
proposed plank. At any rate. Shea said
that he would vote against this plank
unless he received q personal request from
President Roosevelt not to do 30. Shea's
position was made known to the powers
that be in Washington, and as q result
he received a telegram from Mr.. Roosevelt
requesting him to vote for the anti-injunc-
tion plank.
CONVENTIONS FIRST WORK.
The adoption OF the platform agreed
upon In the wee small hours OF this morning
was the first business for the convention
to transact when IL assembled at 10 o'clock
to-day. Every delegate and nearly every
man and woman Of the perspiring thou
sands who sat on floor or platform or in
the galleries knew what was coming and
prospect Of spirited debate, for 1t was
supposed pretty generally that the anti
Injunction plank would be fought bitterly.
There were loud cheers when Senator
Hopkins was recognized by Senator
Lodge. the permanent chairman, to present
to offer the report of the committee on
He started in to read it right away. For
a while the delegates listened intently,
but the Senator's voice did not carry far
and he vas interrupted soon 1,, by cries 5s OF
the reading the buzz Of conversation in
the great Coliseum became so loud that
chairman Lodge had to demand that order
be restored.
The reading Of the platform was not
marked by any striking incident. When
Of the planks there were two or three cheers
and some handclapping. but that was all.
Silence. which some thought significant,
followed the reading Of several Of the most
important planks.
CHEERS FOR THE COURTS.
When Mr.. Hopkins read that portion Of
the anti-injunotion plank declaring that
courts at all times there was some cheering
and more general handclapping, lasting,
however, only few seconds. There were
cries Of @No, No. when he started to read
the declaration in favor OF amending court
procedure. and more cries OF NO and
some handolapping when the reading of
the court plank was concluded.
solitary delegate gave one loud cheer
for the plank demanding recognition, Of
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
The mention of Lincoln's
name brought applause from the Illinois
delegation. .
When the applause and cheers that fol- |
lowed the conclusion of the reading had
ended Senator Hopkins moved the adop-
ton OF the previous question on the report
by himself and the minority re-
port, which he said would be offered by Mr..
Cooper Of Wisconsin.
To have this motion put by the Chair it
was necessary to have it seconded by two
Senator Curtis of Kansas,
who is part Kaw Indian, and an Ohio dele
gate responded for their delegations.
-No" shouted some Of the Indiana dele
CATION loudly when Chairman Lodge called