Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-07

rotary to call roll of states and terri
tories for nominations of president.
Each state will be announced as called.
Announcement of vote of states and
territories.
Probable adjournment.
REAssEMBLING.
Motion limiting the nominating and
seconding speeches for candidates for
vice president.
Chair directs secretary to call roll of
states and territories for nominations
for vice-president.
Nominating and seconding speeches.
Chair directs call of states and terri
tories for vote on vice-president.
Announcement of result.
Announcement of memberships of
committees to notify presidential and
vice. presidential nominees.
| Motion to make permanent chairman
of convention chairman of committee
to notify presidential nominee, and
temporary chairman of convention
chairman of committee to notify vice.
presidential nominee.
That which claims to be an outline of
the platform has been published and is
as follows:
Equal rights should be established and
special privileges abolished.
Further state and national legislation
is necessary, making it unlawful for
corporations to contribute to campaign
funds, and requiring publicity before
election, of all individual contributions
tabove reasonable minimum.
Capitalization of power through judi
cial construction must be opposed, but
federal remedies for the prevention of
monopolies must be added to, but not
substituted for state remedies.
United states senator's should be elect
ed by the direct vote of the people.
The criminal laws against trusts and
trust magnates must be enforced apd
additional laws must be passed to pre-
vent the formation of monopolies and
trusts and the watering of stock by
large corporations.
The tariff must be Immediately revised
so as to restore it to a revenue basis,
and articles competing with trust made
goods should be put on the free list.
unconstitutional amendm ent authoriz-
ing tax upon individual and corporate
incomes should be passed, also law
for a national inheritance tax.
There should be an immediate declar-
alton of the nations purpose to recog-
nize the independence of the Philippine
islands as soon as stable government
can be established.
The powers of the national and state
railway commissions must be enlarged
until they shall be able to give full pro-
lection against discrimination and ex-
tortion. The issue of watered stock or
any fictitious capitalization should be
prohibited and the railroads should be
forbidden to engage in any business
that will compete with their shippers.
Postal savings banks should be estab-
lished and laws for the better protection
of bank depostors passed
The emergency currency, when need
ed, should be issued and controlled by
the federal government, loaned upon
adequate security, and at rate of inter-
est that will compel its speedy retire
ment after the emergency is passed.
An employers liability law should be
enacted and the eight-hour day en-
TO reed
The law relating to injunctions should
be modified so as tc prevent the issue of
the writ in industrial disputes except
after notice to defendants, and a full
hearing; so as to permit trial before
judge other than the one who issued the
writ and so as to allow jury to be
summoned in all cases where the al
legged contempt is committed outside
the presence of the court.
The admission of Asiatic immigrants
should be prohi bited and the immigra-
ton laws should be more strictly en-
forced against persons who advocate
assassination.