The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-18


should express confidence in the courts.
At the same time the. plank contains
a concession to the ,Gompers element.
because It suggests that injunctions
should not be granted except upon no
tice to the defendants, but with the
proviso that the judge should have the
power to issue a summary temporary
injunction to prevent actual damage TO
life or property. provided that a speedy
hearing shall be given the defendant
On the original anti-injunction plank
the full committee of resolutions was
against the administration by vote OF
approximately 2S to "a.
CONCESSION DEMANDED
During the day, however, tremendous
exertions were put forth on the pres
ent administration to secure the pas
sage of an anti-injunction plank Of
some kind.
kilograms were sent to many differ
ent members of the subcommittee ex-
pressing the personal desire OF the
president that some concession should
be made in the platform to the labor
element. He favored the plank origi-
nally suggested in the tentative plat
form, which read about as follows:
We declare for suca amendments
to the statutes Of procedure in the
federal courts with respect to the
use of the writ of Injunction as
will, ON the one hand, prevent the
summary issue of such orders with
out proper consideration, and,> on
the other hand. will preserve un-
diminished the power of the courts
to enforce their process to the end
that Justice may be done at ali
times and to all parties.
On the other hand, there was the
Gompers plank, submitted to the COM
mittee today, which read as follows:
We pledge ourselves to the enact
ment of law to prohibit the issu-
ance of injuncti0ns In cases arising
out of labor disputes when such In
functions would not apply IL NO Ia
Dor disputes existedy and that I'm no
case shall an Injunction he issued
when there exists remedy by the
ordinary process of law; and which
act shall provide that In the pro-
eedure for punishment of court the
party shall, when such contempt
was not committed In the actual
presence of the court, be entitled
to trial by fury.
This Gompers plank was not given
favorable consideration at any stage Of
the proceedings because it was recog-
nized that it: proposed a radical inter
ference with the procedure in the
courts.
FIGHT ON FIRST PLANK
The fight was around the first named
plank The opponents of 1t were bitter
in their denunciation OF what they
claimed was a surrender to the de-
mands of the labor element. They ad-
mitted that the language was extreme
ly mild and did not pledge the party to
anything radical. The general objec-
ton was made that any pronouncement
in a republican platform which tended
in any way to limit the authority of
the courts or to cast discredft upon
them would have bad effect upon the
business interests of the country
The administration was not alone in
the receipt of kilograms. Almost every
member of the resolutions Committee
was deluged with dispatches from his
home people. and it is significant of the
condition of public opinion that the
great majority of these dispatches ex-
pressed the most violent opposition t.,
any kind of a plank. no matter how
mild. which seemed to express any dis
trust in the present procedure of the
courts.
On the other hand. the administra-
tion men insisted that the proposed