The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-17
Whether Antl-injunction Fea-
ture Shall be Inserted
INREPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Senator Crane Of Massachusetts, Claims
Majority Of the Committee Against
the Plank--FeeIing on the Matter
Is Now Intense.

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Chicago, june 1.-THE great fight is
on. After being In session from 8 last
night until after midnight, the l3 Re-
publican platform makers, constituting
the subcommittee on resolutions, met
again at ten this morning To renew
the contentious The indications are
they win favor an anti-injunction plank.
Reports from the committee room say
that Senator Crane opposes the plank
with Payne Of New York, Dalsell Of
Pennsylvania, Clark Of Wyoming, and
Ballinger Of Washington.
The minority will make report to
the full committee, which viii meet at
4 p. M, and the fight will be renewed
there. Crane claims that there is ma
jority against the plank, putting the
probable vote at 80 to g. The Taft
leaders are equally positive they will be
able to place the plank in the platform.
The feeling on the subject Is so intense,
however, that no matter which side Ii in
the minority, it is practically certain
that the contest win be fought out on
the floor Of the convention. Speaker
Cannon has been urged to take a proxy
and make speech against the plank,
Congressman Littleield Of Maine has
been wired to come here and make a
similar attack.
Senators Hopkins and Long, Cong
Ellis Of Ohio and Trust Buster Kel.
logg Of Minnesota will lead the hight for
the plank President Roosevelt has tel.
egraphed Kellogg to fight until the last
ditch.
AT last nights session Of the platform
makers, a practical agreement was
reached on the planks OH tariff reduc-
tion, trusts, railroad wage earners, the
currency questions, and the negro, etc.
These planSs are accepted practically
as submitted in the tentative platform
Of Wade Ellis When the committee
reassembied to-day it was said they exs
pected to get the report ready for pres
entation TO full committee at four this
afternoon.
Gompers' Plank Presented.
The labor plank as adopted BY the ex-
ecutiYe council of the American Fedora
fion Of Labor and presented today by
President Gompers to the subcommittee
on resolutions was as follows:
THE Republican party IL In accord
with the great emancipation, Abraham
Lincoln, when he declared Labor il prior
10 and independent Of capital Capital
is only the fruit of labor and could never
have existed ifs labor had not first ex-
listed, Labor is the superior Of capital
ana deserves much more consideration. |
Through his wise and humane policy
the shackles were stricken from the |
limbs Of 100000 chattel slaves
THE Republican party has been
staunch defenders of property and prop
erty rights, yet holds and declares that |
personal rights and human liberty are
and must Of necessity be entitled to
first and highest consideration
The labor platform plank seeks to /
pledge the party TO tne enactment of a /
law guaranteeing to wage earners and |
agriculturists the right to organized of
fort to tie end that such actions shall |
not be regarded as illegal combinations
iii restraint of trade, to a law prohibiting |
the issuance Of injunctions in labor dis
putes, when such injunctions would not
apply when no labor disputes existed
and tham in no case shall an injunction
be issued when there exists d remedy BY
ordinary process of law and which act
shall provide that In procedure for pun
for contempt Of court the party
cited for contempt shall, when such CON
tempt was not committed iii the actual
presence Of the court, be entitled to
trial BY inry.p
1t pledges support to an amendment
extending the eight. hour law To govern
ment employees and all laborers employed
on government work, to d general en-
ployers' liability act, to extension Of
woman suffrage, To creation OF a federal
department of labor with a secretary
having d seat in the cabinet, to a fed
eTal bureau of mines to the appropria
tion of funds to investigate mine disas-
ters, to the establishment OF postal saw
ings banks.
The Fight in the Committee.
Chicago June 17.--When the commit
fae on credentials for the Republican
national convention recessed shortly af-
tea iiYe o'clock this morning It had COM
pIeted the work 50 far as the actual
bearing of contests presented 70 il
aas concerned and the Taft control was
n0t even shaken. In every instance the
o. iginal roll as prepared by the nation
al committee was approved and the
Allies admitted, even though they
should not change their minds and
should 90 right ahead and carry the
faht to the floor Of the convention,
that they have not single chance.
The federal people are in control
they declare, Aand We cannot even
whimper"
It would be determined later today
whether the fight shall be transferred
so the foor. This will be done By try
lnr ~ secure the adoption Of minority
report drafted by Major Charles 1.
Il okwalter Of indianapolis. seating
zach Of the 10 contesting delegates in
state contests which viii decide during J
he night IN favor Of the men who are ,
Bn the temporary roll call as follows: g
Alabama %. Arkansas 2. Georgia 4.
Kentucky g, Mississippi 10, Missouri 5 /
Dno 2 Tennessee 20 Texas SO. u
IN ell the cases except Missouri the 7