The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
PLATFORM OF INDEPENDENTS Very Radical Plank on
 Injunctions. RESTRICTIONS OF IMMIGRATION Sentiment is Divided Concerning
 the Financial Plank. wunsm Ranaoiph Hearst Says Party win Nominate Its own cnndi-
 date and Not Fuse with
 other Parties.
RESTRICTIONS OF IMMIGRATION

Chicago, Ills. July 26.-The platform
 of the Independence party, which is to
 meet in National Convention tomorrow
 night, will. If present plans are car
 ried out, contain a much more radical declaration on the question of injunc- ton than was embodied in the plat forms Of either the Democratic or Re- publican party.
 From present indications, the temper of the convention will be in favor of 8 declaration doing away entirely with preliminary injunctions in cases of la bor disputes. The majority of the del- | egates who have arrived also believe l that there should be no punishment for contempt of court until after trial
 The members of the Independence party make the identical statement re- garding the Democratic platform that l the Democrats made concernipg the Re-
 They assert that 1t means nothing | says nothing and leads no where. The sentiment of the convention so | far as 1t can be forecasted. is some what divided concerning the financial plank Of the platform. The majority | seems to favor a declaration that all ! money should be issued directly by the government without an intermediary. | Others incline to the view that the money should be issued through Ma | tional banks.
 Another declaration which will like- ly be in the platform win be In fa- l vor of giving to the Interstate Com merce Commission the power to initiate changes in railroad tariffs. and Of pro- ytdIng that no rates shall be reduced I without the permission of the commits. Al, amendment to the sherman act will be favored, adjusting that statute
 in such manner that 1t can be applied
 to such combinations as are clearly
 acting in restraint of trade or tending tion of corporations will be condemn | ed.
 A strong and specific declaration will | be made in favor of the restriction or | Aslatie Immigration.
 The delegates 10 the convention con- tlnmod to arrive In cons aiderahle nuIns bers throughout today. the repTeaenta- | ton from the Eastern states being l proportionately .s stronger than from | other parts of the country. It was confidently asserted that when MT. Hearst, as tempofary chairman begins
 his address tomorrow night fuiiy mn, nlns | hundred delegates will be in the hall.
 Many fewer than that number. how
 Contest for NomInation. | If Is asserted on all sides that the l contest for the nomination will be free and open. So far the indications are l that such will be the case. Of the can I iidates now in the field. Thomas L.. | Hisgen of Massachusetts. has strong l following and he Is apparently In the lead. W NJ Howard of Alabama has | many friends who are making a strong I nght in his interest. The Indiana dei- | egation Is pushing Charles s F. Neal of that State. although Mir. Neal said today that he hardly expected his name |. HrN. candidates are John Temple Graves of Georgia, and Howard S Taylor of Chi | caRo The name of Charles A. Walsh of Iowa Secretary of the National Committee, and who for many years acted in a similar capacity for the Democratic party is also mentioned. | William Randolph Hearst. who is to | be temporary chairman of the convenr ! ton arrived today and after spending several hours with friends, returned tc i the Auditorium Annex tonight to begin | work on his speech.
 Mir. Hearst today reiterated the | statement he made in New York that | he was not a candidate for tho. Presi- | dentiaI nomination and that he would
 adhere to his determination that he | should not be considered in that light | Mir Hearst was asked if in his opin- lon there existed any probability of | fusion with the Democratic party or
 endorsement of Mir. Bryan. He re- | piled:
 Tt has been my understanding that
 the convention will nominate It's own l candidate and that we will conduct a
 campaign independently of the Repub-
 Iican and Democratic and all other par
 ties. Since coming to Chicago l have heard no other sentiment than this | and do not believe there is a remote | possibility of fusion. or the endorse | ment of any candidate except our own l On the question of the presidential
 nomination. Mir. Hearst declared that he had no particular preference but
 that he would cheerfully support any
 strong man who might be named bS 1 the party.
 At a conference held early in tn,
 evening it was decided that Charles
 A. Walsh should be the permanen