The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-15
CANNON WILL
FIGHT LABOR
TO A FINISH
Speaker DeSCendS Upon Chi
CagO to Take a Hand in.
Platform Making.
IN CONFERENCE WITH
TRUSTY LIEUTENANTS
PROSPECT OF A WARM TIME
WHEN RESOLUTIONS CON-
MITTEE MEETS.

Chicago, June IA sensation was
caused tonight by the unexpected arriv-
al in Chicago of one Of the presidential
candidates. Uncle Joe" Cannon. He
arrived from DanviHe late this after
noon, going to the Union League club,
where he was soon i'm conference with
some of the most prominent leaders OF
congress, including Serene +. Payne
Of New York, chairman of the commit
tee on ways and means. Mr.. DalZel of
Pennsylvania, the ranking member of
that committee; Representative Over
street of Indiana, Representative James
5. Sherman of New York, who has the
congressional backing for the vice pres
idency; Richard Kerens of Missouri,
and a number of delegates from Illi-
nols, Missouri and other states.
Platform Contest.
1t soon developed that Speaker Can
mons coming was in connection with
the platform and that a very brisk
contest on some Of the planks was in
prospect. When Mr.. Cannon was here
the other day he learned i'm a general
way the main features of the existing
draft and did not feel that they present
ed any serious obstacles. However. the
leaders developed the fact that the So
called anti-injunction plank contained
certain features which were regarded as
quite opposed To the declaration made
at a recent caucus of the Republican
members of the house on that sub
ject. Early today Mr.. Cannon was
called on the lOnG-distance telephone
and the platform situation was dis
cussed with him.
Decided to Come in Person.
The speaker is not an adept i'm talk
ing over a lOng-distance telephone and
he finally decided To take a train To
Chicago and so over the platform in
person In particular, he desired TO
have a talk with Senator Hopkins OF
Illinois, who is slated to be chairman
Of the resolutions committee. but whose
selection as such is dependent upon ac-
ton of the Illinois caucus tomorrow,
naming him as the Illinois member
of the committee on resolutions.
On Speaker CannOn's arrival he found
that Senator Hopkins had left for his
home at Aurora, so that the confer
ence with the prospective head Of the
resolutions committee was necessarily
postponed until tomorrow morning. The
senator is expected To return at that
time and the deferred talk will then
take place.
Position of the House.
Meantime. Mr. Cannon and his con-
gresSiOnaI lieutenants are thoroughly
going over the platform plank concern
ing the restriction Of iniunctions. II is
not only the speakers personal view
that an anti-injunction plank such as
is proposed would be unnecessary and
unwise, but as speaker of the house he
feels that the formal action of the Re
publican membership. taken only a few
weeks ago and strongly expressive Of
opposition 10 such legislation should
receive serious consideration before such
a plank is finally introduced TO the
pronOuncement of the party to the
country.
Some Of the congressional leaders
have pointed out that such a plank
would create a singular diversity of Of
fetal representation. the Republican
membership of the house formally de-
claring in favor of il. 1t is this appar-
ent conflict which the speaker desires
TO reconcile, not in any spirit of bellig-
erency, but as a means of party unity
and success.
The Speakers Views.
The speakers views on this subject
were outlined 10 his friends tonight as
being identical 10 those exhibited two
years ago when he said in opening the
congressional campaign:
Speaking for myself. 1 had rather
quit public life now. and AT the age Of
20 quit forever, true to the civilization
we have developed, true to the distri-
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