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pers and the labor leaders who are here 10
Snsiet that their desires shall be granted by
the Republican party
Business men and delegates who have
been working against the anei-injunction
proposal are still insisting that the best
course to follow for tho good Of the party
and the country is to leave out OF the plat
form any reference whatever to the courts
Some are unwilling to commit themselves
on the subject until they have seen the pro-
posed anti-inj junction plank. but they
say that from what they have heard Of It
they are inclined to think that 1t is sort
Of split between tho notice and hearing
scheme and commendationi In terms OF the
present practice Of the courts In anti-inJuno-
ton cases. They are a little nonplussed
over tho expression Of confidence In the
integrity OF the courts. That this has been
accepted by President Roosevelt and MIR.
Teft--for It is taken for granted that Mr..
Ellis did not draw the proposed plank until
hs had consulted with them--oaused sur
prise, for according to ths gossip among well
informed Republicans President Roosevelt
was angry over the request OF Nicholas
Murray Butler. Joseph Il. Choate, Benjamin
A. Tracy and other eminent New Yorker.
that the committee on resolutions put into
the D atform a plank expres ssng confidence
In the integrity of the Federal and the State
Judiciary.
Samuel Gompers said TO-DAY that
and the other officers Of the American
Federation OF Labor who are with him
had como TO Chicago to ask the Republican
convention to recognize tho rights OF labor
In the party platform. They wanted
plank recommending the curtailment OF
the judicial power to grant injunction. and
would ms at upon declaration Tor the
80 that labor unions could combine for
the purposes Of boycott. MIR. Gompers
admitted that he had conferred with Presi.
dent Roosevelt on these subjects but would
not say whether he had received assurance
from the President that labor demands
would be recognized in the party platform.
= II was gossiped everywhere to-day that
the uncertainty that exists in the minds OF
ens Roosevelt Taft leaders over the anti
Injunction question was due TO serious
disagreement between Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Taft on that subject. The President,
II was said, wanted plank recommending
. restriction on the right Of Judges TO issue
injunctions and that Mr.. Taft thought that
IN view Of his record as a Judge in iniunc-
zion cases as we'll as on, account OF doubt
in his mind as to the constitutionality OF
the proposition 1t would be we'll to omit
from the platform any reference whatever
to the courts and their practices.
Nobody could be found who was willing
TO say that he had heard the story from an
down, and IL was credited by people who
have maintained all along that In spite OF
some things he said In his Cooper Union
speech Mr.. Taft was never in accord with
Mr.. Roosevelt in his criticisms OF the judici-
ary. Some Of those who credited the story
antl hat fhnu did haoallaa fhaV
satisfied that the President desired 10 force
the adoption of platform that would in
dorse everything he had advocated and that
he was not considering the feelings or the
rights Of anybody or anything not even
Another thing that excited great interest
among the leaders was a statement which
Willis j. Abbott made to some Of his friends
that William j. Bryan was engaged In draft,
ing Democratic platform which would
would comprise an old fashioned in
dorsernent Of the general principles Of the
Democratic party. Men OF party standing
who heard this said that whether or not
Mr.. Bryan was working on a platform OF
that character. the idea was good and might
party at it's convention next week. MIR.
Abbott is very close to Mr. Bryan and is
credited with being his press agent.
Senator Albert j. Hopkins of Illinois. who
is TO be chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, got back to Chicago to-day from
New York where he attended the meeting
held yesterday at the Plaza Hotel OF the
members OF the Senate Finance Committee.
Senator Hopkins said he did not wish to
speak specifically Of his visit to New York.
The Senator went on to say that the platform
would receive the most serious attention by
all interested in the success OF the Repub-
lican party. When asked concerning the
anti-injunction plank the Senator said he
did not care at this time to say whether such
plank was in the rough draft or not.
senator Hopkins said that the deliberations
Of the committee on resolutions might be
prolonged, but il s not believed now that
the committee will be dominated by the
vote which has characterized the proceed
ings Of the national committee.