Evening journal., 1908-06-17
GREAT FIGHT ON
OVER PLATFORM
Anti-IniunCtiOn Plank. AdvO-
Gated by ROOSeveItand Taft.
Cause Of Contention
THE FINANCIERS FAVOR IT

b. United Press Leased Special Wire.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE great nSht
OF the convention Is on. VIII the power OF
the administration at Washington sue.
ceed in forcing into the platform an anti
Injunction plank, and will It be revolt
from the Taft platform or one dictated
by the allies on this proposition the
ooministration forces and the forces OF
the Roosevelt policies are now engaged
Ia a tremendous battle.
After being in session from o'clock
last night until after midnight. the thir-
teen platform makers constituting tho
sub committee on resolutions met again
at 10 o'clock this morning to renew their
contentious. The indications are that they
vii flavor the insertion OF the Injunction
plank. Representatives from the commit
tee room line them up on the proposition
like this;
Favoring the plank-A. j. Hopkins, Ills.
Chester ]. Long. Kansas; Spencer B.
Adams, North Carolina: Wade II. Ellis
ohioi Coo II. Crawford. South Dakota;
William Warner Missouri: ID. Lawrence
Gicner. Indiana; Frank B. Kellogg. Mlnn.
Opposing the plank-W. Murray Crane
Mass: Serene +. Payne. New York; John
Dalzell. Penna.; Clarence d. Clark. wy
oming; r. A. Bailinger. Washington.
Crane Predicts Defeat.
The minority win make a minority re-
port to tho full committee at O'Clock
this afternoon and the fight will be waged
there with renewed intensity Senator
Crone claims there is a majority there
against this plank. putting the probable
vote at 30 to %. Tho Taft leaders are
equally as positive that they will be in
command and that the platform as re-
ported by the whole committee will COZ
tain the Injunction plank. Feeling Is so
Intense. however, that no matter which
side is in the minority II is practically GER
tain that the contest win be fought cut
OH the floor Of the convention. A minority
vote viii be polled and then win come tho
tug-of-war which promises to develop into
one OF most stirring scenes ever wit.
~ ssed.
Speaker Cannon. who has been in the
forefront OF the opposition. is being urged
to take proxy and make a speech agal ast
tile plank. Congressman Littleheld. OF
Maine. has bean wired to come here ana
make a similar attack Most OF tho old
line leaders OF the Senate and House OF
Representatives will be lined up with them
on that side OF the question.
Senators Hopkins and Long Wade FL
lis Of Ohio, and Trust Buster Kellogg.
OF Minnesota, viii lead the fight in favo
OF the plank President Roosevelt mas
tipped Kellogg to fight until the last ditch.
Secretary TAFT through Frank H. Hitch
cock. has called upon HIS friends to stand
by him and see that the plank is made
part OF the platform. saying that he bo-
lioves that it viii protect labor from
abuses OF the courts.
Finsneiers For Plank.
Il. II. Gary. chairman OF the board of
directors Of the United States Steel Cor
peration, and George w. Perkins. conn-
dcrual representative OF ]. Perpont Nor
! san. Charles Glover president OF 5he
Riggs National Bank of Washington, and
other prominent financiers. have arrived
here and are lending their support to the
anti-iniunction plank. and in fact are urg
ine the adoption OF the entire draft OF the
Platform as # came from Washington.
Paul Morton. James ]. HILL and mem
tsrs OF the National Committee friendly
TO +. II. Hartman are also working to
the same end, provided the anu-injunc-
tion plank is not made too raw
The arrival Of these captains of industry
TO work to put into the platform the de-
nands OF labor is regarded as a remark
able spectacle There is a rumor that their
attitude is dictated by desire that ia
return for their endorsement OF the anti
} Injunction plank all hands shodTd Join in
, supporting the plank committing the party
4 to legislation legalizing the pooling OF
p railroad rates.
Practical agreement has been reached
on the planks on the tarig, the regulation
Of trusts, the railroads gave earners and
the currency question and the negro qucs-
10 ton. These plankswere accepted practi-
cGlly as submitted and the tentative pla tx
OF Wade Ellis which had the approval OF
the President and Secretary Taft and have
already been published. Those relating to
d, tho Philippines. Cuba and Pensions wers
, also discussed.
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