Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-08
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS
BRYAN'S IDEAS OF
PLATFORM
Haskell as Chairman Reads
The PIdnkS Written
by the Peerless
Leader
STRONG ACTION ON
INJUNCTION PLANK
Admission of New Mexico and
Arizona as Separate States Is In
Cluded and Democrats Follow
Lead of Republicans on
All Other PldnkS

Denver, July S.-Bryan's views as
to what the Democratic national plat
form should contain are fully before
the subcommittee charged by the
convention with the work of drafting
tnat document. Governor Haskell of
oklahoma, chairman of the resolu-
tions committee and of the sub-com-
mittee, spent more than an hour
early this morning reading to the six
teen men who constituted the sub
committee what Bryan has written in
the form of planks and what he had
telegraphed the governor as sugges-
tions for planks, the particular
phraseology of which is left to the
committee should it incorporate his
suggestions.
The suggestions of Bryan closely
follow the Nebraska platform and in
clude the following planks:
The conciliation of capital and la
Dor.
Amendment of the antitrust law.
Extension of the eight-hour law to
include all government employees.
General employers liability act.
Separate department Of labor and
bureau of mining.
A department of public health.
Regulation of Asiatic immigration.
Diplomatic understanding whereby
greater respect will be accorded
abroad to the American passport.
Admission of Arizona and New Mex
leo as separate states, and for Porto
Rico full territorial government.
Reclamation of arid and swamp
lands and protection of forests.
Construction of the Panama canal.
Department Of the interior water
ways and a continuance of the PEN
sion policy
Guarantee of independence of the
| Philippines and a pledge not to use
the navy for the collection or private
debts.
Public land plank to declare for the
rights of the people of the states as
well as for a general policy of the
rights of nation.
Strong injunction plank
After Haskell had read to the sub
committee all suggestions and mes
sages from Bryan. Parker took the
floor and read in detail a platform
which had been drawn up by mem
| bers of the New York delegation. Both
sets of suggestions were received with
out discussion by the members Of the
| committee and no action was taken
on any of the planks.
Governor Swanson of Virginia pre-
sented a plank entitled "Degeneracy
of the House of Representatives. ;"
which he read with the comment that
he believed 1t would be a popular is
sue. After receiving this mass of ma
| ter'al for the platform and being as
| sured by other members Of the sub
| committee that they had other planks
to offer, the committee recessed until
this morning.
The session OF the subcommittee
was preceded by an open hearing be-
| fore the full committee, during which
John Mitchell, President Gompers and
| other labor leaders were heard, all re-
lating to the injunction plank.
The subcommittee resumed work
, at $3.50 this morning and continuing
| for time reception to suggestions re-
garding a proposed plank by Robert
I d. Inman Of Oregon, which is in
/ tended to cover the exclusion of Jap
anese coolie labor. Following is the
| text:
Oriental labOrers are within our
borders in vast and increasing num-
( bers. especially on the Pacific coast.
/ They are being employed by tens OF
| thousands in every branch of labor,
/ thereby reducing wages and depriv-
/ ing American citizens of the means
| of earning a livelihood. We demand
| speedy enactment of law that will
| prevent further immigration of ORR
| entail laborers into these United
/ States"
The plank proposed by Inman was
apparently received with favor by
the subcommittee. and IT is generally
! believed 1t will go into the platform.