The Washington herald., 1908-07-09

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the radical declaration In the Oklahoma
constitution on the subject Of the treat
ment OF the negro. The subcommittee
straddled in its plank in regard to the in
crease in the navy.
Many Favor Larger Navy.
There was some disposition in the sub
committee to have a plank demanding a
nent but Bryan's view was adopted.
that caution dictated that very large
navy should not be advocated. He sug-
gested that the plank should not go
farther than TO favor an adequate
navy so the subcommittee drew a
plank advocating an adequate navy in
the Atlantic and the Pacific without go
ing into figures.
As for the tariff. the subcommittee fol-
lowed Bryan's suggestions in regard 10
revision of schedules on the basis as
outlined yesterday by temporary Chair
man Hallin In his keynote address.
The subcommittee got into a wrangle on
the subject Of extending the Chinese ex-
clusion act so as to apply TO all Asiatic
laborers. Apparently. Richmond Pearson
Hobsons tale Of horror 20 the committee
on resolutions yesterday about immediate
war with Japan had impressed some of
its members The subcommittee adopted
the plank, expressing a desire in cautious
terms for an edtension OF the Chinese ex-
cluslon law 10 other Oriental peoples OF
the laboring classes. Bryan suggested
great many other. things for incorpora-
ton in the platform, and the subcOmmit-
tee. which was dominated completely in
his interest, followed his wishes.
Many PIanIxs Suggested.
Planks suggested by Bryan which viii
De contained in the platform VIII relate
to the admission Of Arizona and New
Mexico as separate States. an extension
OF the eight-hour law 50 as 10 cover
persons employed by private contractors
for the government; an employers la
billty act; the creation OF a department
OF health and bureau Of mines and
mining; the establishment Of a terri
torial government for Porto Rico and
the admission OF its people 10 full rights
OF American citizenship; a liberal pension
policy; the independence Of the Philip
pines at the earliest possible time. and
until then free trade between the United
use OF the navy for collecting private
debts; reclamation OF arid and swamp
lands and the conservation OF the for
ests: the demand that American pass
ports be respected abroad, and a num-
Der OF other things
From present prospects the platform is
10 be an exceedingly comprehensive and
extremely long document. although ef-
forts are being made by some Of the
more experienced members Of the com
mittee on resolutions to cut 1t down 70
a length that will enable voters outside
OF the leisure class to read it,
GOmpers Pleads for Plank.
II was nearly l o'clock this morning.
Denver time, when the committee on res
olutiOns adjourned. leaving the subcom-
mlttee on platform 10 sit for a couple Of
hours longer. Samuel Gompers. president
of the American Federation Of Labor. ap-
peared before the committee on resolu-
tons late in the evening, accompanied by
John Mitchell and James Duncan. vice
presidents Of the federation, and pleaded
for the adoption OF planks which he sub
mitted In the name of organized labor
Gompers said frankly that the Republi-
ganized labor a stone when il had asked
for bread. and he indicated clearly that
if the Democratic party granted what
labor demanded, the labor vSte would 20
TO the Democratic candidate
The planks submitted by Gompers
ranged all the way from declarations in
favor Of woman suffrage 20 insstence
that the labor unions should be exempted
from prosecution under Federal laws for
bidding combinations in restraint Of trade
The anti-injunction plank submitted by
him was cOuched in different language
from the anti-injunction plank in the
platform adopted by the New York dele
cation yesterday, but in substance and in
tent they were practically the same.
Text OF GOmpers' Plank.
The following is the Gompers plank:
I'VE pledge ourselves 20 the enactment
of a law to prohibit the issuance OF in
functions In cases arising out Of labor
disputes. when such injunctions would not
apply when no labor disputes existed. and
that in no case shall an injunction be is
sued when there exists a remedy by the
ordinary process of law and which act
shall provide that In the procedure for
the punishment of contempt of court the
party cited for contempt shall. when such
contempt was not committed in the ac-
tual presence of the court, be entitled TO
a trial by jury"
The far-reaching plank submitted by
Gompers, advocating immunity fo= or
ganizations of laborers and farmers from
prosecution under the antitrust law, is
almost exactly similar in language TO the
New York plank on the same subject
Here is the Gompers plank: