The Washington herald., 1908-07-08

Denver, July THE Democratic plat
form, upon which Bryan viii stand In
the coming campaign. is IN process Of
incubation tonight. The incubating Is
being done by a subcommittee OF seven
teen members OF the committee On reso-
lutions. This subcommittee is composed
almost entirely of strong Bryan men,
and there is not the slightest doubt that
whatever Bryan wants. viii be put into
the declaration Of principles.
But the Bryan managers are all up a
tree tonight with regard to the platform.
They are perturbed over the action Of the
New York delegation IN adopting a plat
form Of its own. Their perturbation does
not come from belief that the New York
declarations are too conservative. but
from suspicion that the anti-injunction
plank contained IN the New York plat
form was purposely made radical with
the idea of causing the Brysnites on the
committee on resolutions 10 reject It and
adopt more moderate plank on this
subject
New Workers. Hiding Their Hand.
The New York men are smiling over
this idea, and are not showing their hand.
Bryan leaders who are members OF the
committee are giving vent TO indignant
mutterings that the New York anti-in-
junction plank comedies practically every
thing that Samuel Gompers and his lieu
tenants demand in the name Of organized
labor. and that II GOmpers and his people
had not received this encouragement from
New York they would have been salts
fed with a moderate plank. which the
Bryanites were prepared TO give.
Gempers and some OF bis men appeared
tonight before the committee on resolu-
tiOns and made long arguments 20 show
the alleged necessity OF curtaillng the
powers OF the Federal courts in injunction
cases. and that any party which did not
yield to the demands Of labor would fare
badly next election day.
Outcome Appears Uncertain.
In this situation the outcome of the
consideration Of the injunction plank in
the committee on resolutions seems 70
be somewhat uncertain: not that the
Bryanites on that committee will not do
as they please. but the decision Of Bryan
to modify the anti-injunction declaration
may be abandoned to some extent on ac-
count Of TIE course which the New York
ers are pursuing.
The committee on resolutions met at
a.
sion OF two and a half hours. took a
recess until $50 o'clock, when it began
a long and prOtracted meeting Gov.
Haskell Of Oklahoma, was elected chair
man Of the committee without opposition.
He was proposed by Mayor Brown. Of
Lincoln. the Nebraska member and
Bryan's representative. The only i'm
pOrtant action taken by the committee
at its first session was TO authorize Gov.
Haskell to appoint the subcommittee OF
seventeen with himself as chairman.
Most of the first session was devoted
TO hearing people whop wanted certain
planks uut into the platform.
Francis as Advisor.
Ex-Gov David r. Francis. Of Missouri.
is acting as a sort Of legal and political
adviser TO the Bryan forces in the COM
mittee. He is concerned particularly over
the anti-injunction plank IN the New York
platform He is not a member of the
committee on resolutions, but Is spending
his time tonight inside and outside the
door Of the committee room, ready TO give
advice as 70 how TO circumvent the New
Workers should they attempt TO make the
Bryanites swallow the Gompers plank
contained in the New York platform
Alton B. Parker is the New York mem
Der of the committee and while he is op-
posed 20 the anti-injunctiOn plank in the
New York platform, he is in such posi-
ton that he will have 10 advocate IL be-
fore the committee.
The subcommittee which will prepare
the platform to be presented to the con-
yention by the fun committee viii be in
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