The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-08
Mixture of Both Attempted, SO
As to Heal Up the Wide
Breach in the Democratic
Ranks This Year.
NIGHT SESSION OF
CONVENTION ASSURED.
If Platform Is Completed This
Afternoon 1t May Be Pre-
sented to Delegates for
Sanction Tonight.

Denver Col, July S.-There will be
plenty of radcalism for the radicals
and some conservatism for the conser-
vatives of the democratic party in the
platform that will be reported to the
on resolutions There will be less rad
icalism than some of the conserva-
tives anticipated and little more con-
servatism than the radicals had look
ed for
The subcommittee of the platform
which has in charge the drafting of
the declaration of the party principles,
remained in session until $50 a. m,
before going into executive session.
after listening several hours to argu-
ments in favor of all sorts of planks.
Then they decided to take a little rest
and resumed their sitting at 8 o'clock
tkis morning. They hope to be able
to report the draft of platform to
full committee at five O'Clock this af-
terno0n. If this is so, the platform
may be presented 20 the convention at
a night session tonight.
The platform is being constructed
wholly with the view Cf so amalgam-
ating the various elements as to give
promise of the election of a democrat.
ic successor to President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bryan wants the united support
of the conservatives and the undivided
clip of the radicals. and is striving to
turn out an instrument to which both
consistently may subscribe.
Concessions to the Eastern wing OF
the party and also to the Southern
are about to be made.
Bryan is willing to yield on the
proposition he incorporated into the
Nebraska platform, which is that the
Federal government guarantee depos
its in national banks. He will moi
object to the omission from the ma
tional platform of the plank prohibit
ing the existence of corporations con
trolling the production of 30 per cent
of any particular product consumed il
this country.
Those Poor MonopoIies.
At the same time there will be {
! vigorous denunciatiOn of monOpOlies
Neither corporations, as corporations
nor wealthy persons Will be assailed.
| The most artistic work of all will bt
done on the anti-injUnction plank, ant
! this promises to be a masterpiece il
the way of a catch-all for votes.
will contain an expression of conf
dence in the integrity of the judiciar!
and an admission of the right of equi
! ty courts to protect interlocutor!
DEGREES Then the general lines o
the Nebraska plank which has beer
printed in these dispatches, will b.
| followed.
But everything organized labor ask
| for in this respect will not be granted
| although the democrats will prOmis
more, as the Bryan plank indicates
than the republican convention did a
Chicago.
The democratic platform maker
will do their utmost to convince la
Dor that it is far more friendly to it
interests than are the republicans.
The labor leaders presented their re
quests TO the committee last night
and. of course, they ask for more thai
they expect to get, or perhaps have
right to expect. Still. Bryan propose
to be able to say to them all that.
he is elected president. & more satisfac
tory anti-injunction law will be passe
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