The San Francisco call., 1908-07-03

his chances for election are exceedingly
dim. They are all looking ahead four
years, and want to keep the party
within certain conservative lines, so
there viii be nothing to apologize for
when John Johnson or some other I'VE
democrat is substituted for Bryan
They are willing that the sage of Lin
coin should run the convention to suit
himself and select his own running
mate, but they will stand out to frame
the platform after their own ideas
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE
The conservatives claim that they
will have a majority of the committee
on resOlutionss behind them. Whether
this is true no one can tell positively
at the present time, because in many
delegations there is a fight over this
particular plank and the membership
Of the committee can not be deter
mined until the caucuses are held
Monday. II is well known, however,
that Bryan has a majority IN the con-
vention, which probably viii stand by
him in the platform fight quite as
closely as in demanding his nomina-
ton. The point is. Bryan can hardly
afford to have a fight on the floor OF
the convention TO emphasize his own
radicalism. If he should be turned
down by the committee on resolutions
il is believed that he would accept the
situation without getting up fight on
the floor, because his personal record
would be clean and he could elaborate
his views during the campaign.
From present appearances the out
come viii be a distinct compromise be-
tween the two extremes. Conserva-
tives like Judge Parker and Mayor
I.awler of St. Paul would like to see
the democratic convention omit any
injunction plank in its platform Bryan
Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma, jim
Dahlman Of Omaha and former Attor-
ney General Monnett of Ohio favor an
Injunction plank which contains about
an that Gompers and the labor leaders
asked for.
BANK IDEA PREVAILS
Between no injunction plank at all
and one which asks for trial jury
cases for contempt committed outside
of court. there is natural medium
ground which is suspiciousiy near that
found by the Chicago conventions. 1t
merely provides that in all cases where
no serious damage viii be done, fed
eraI judge shall issue injunctions only
upon notice TO all parties interested.
No particular harm would be done by
such legislation. but II would be curious
il after all the declarations in behalf
OF labor which have been made by
Bryan and the democratic leaders, the
Denver convention should find itself
confronted with the same difficulty that
was met at Chica go.
The Denver compromise plank, when
ii is finally adopted, viii probably be
somewhat more radical than that agreed
upon at Chicago. because the republi-
cans inserted into their platform a
positive declaration OF trust in the
courts themselves. and then went on
10 declare for the principle Of injunc-
ti0ns upon due notice only. The demo-
Gratis will, therefore, avoid the Chi
cago declaration OF trust on the one
hand and the GOmpers proposal Of trial
by jury in contempt cases on the
other
Bryan is stnl insistent that the con
vention shall adopt his idea as to
government insurance OF bank de-
posits. There is purely a personal
reason for this. Up to date there has
been little difference on the matter Of
policy between the two parties. The
republicans declared for limitation
on the right Of Judges to issue in
functions, which was not satisfactory
TO the more radical labor leaders At
the same time, Its declaration on the
subject was even radical. one for a
republican convention The. repubii-
cans also came out strongly for tarlff
revision for the first time in the his
tory Of the party. This takes away
two live issues on which Bryan was
preparing TO make his campaign and
he wants to have something on which
he can appeal TO the people to show
the difference between himself and
Taft.
TO CANVASS COUNTRY -.
Every man who comes from Lincoln
nows says that the postal savings
bank idea and the Insurance of bank
deposits by the government are to be
made strong feature Of the coming
campaign. To the person who studies
the subject carefully. the idea Of pro-
tecting the people by a tax on deposits
seems a good thing. If the uostal
savings banks were established. all the