The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-27
A Rejected Minority Report.


solutions to dissent from the report of that COM
mittee to the republican convention at Chicago Mr.
Cooper submitted minority report signed by himself
and by one else.
Although this minority report covered a number
of up-o-date issues that President Roosevelt would
not balk at, Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, chairman
of the committee resolutions, referred to them
socialistic- democratic doctrines of Wisconsin"
The report was submitted to the convention. 1t
opened with recommendation that the convention
endorse the LaFollee idea in relation to the physical
valuation of railroad property a basis for rate
adjustment The language of the report says
We recommend the enactment of law requiring
the interstate commerce commission to make an ex-
inventory of the physical property of all railroads,
such valuation to be made the basis of just and
reasonable railroad rates..
A motion to adopt this plank was lost by vote
of S17 to g.
The minority report also included a recommend
alton that a republican congress and republican
president enact and enforce a law requiring
the managers of campaigns dealing with national
officers to publish from time to time during the
campaign" the names of all contributors and the
amounts contributed or promised, and The amounts
and purpose of all disbursements, and to whom paid
The campaign publicity proposition defeated by
a vote of $50 to "a.
ent tariff the public is compelled to pay prices die
ated by monopoly and that the situation called for
immediate remedy. 1t asked that duties upon i'm
ports be made equal only to the difference between
the cost of production at home and abroad
Demand made for the appointment of per-
manent tariff commission to be appointed by the
president and for the enactment of law prohibiting
any combination for the purpose of sitting compel
ition and suppressng prices under penalty of i'm
prisonment The plank also contained suggestions
that like penalty be made legal for the Sherman
anti trust law.
The minority report further recommended the en-
actnent of law prohibiting the issuance of injunc-
tons in law disputes when such injunctions would
not have been asked had there been labor element
involved 1t also asked that the issuance of inunc-
tons should in all cases be forbidden where the ext
gences of the situation can be covered by the
binary processes of law.
Punishment for contempto court, twas suggested,
should be inflicted only after conviction by jury
except in cases where the offense was committed
in the immediate presence OF, or in close proximity
to- the court.
The report called for the creation of a bureau of
labor and mines and for this department an appro-
pration of sufficient funds to allow Investigations of
mining disasters.
Included in the report of the minority was dec
aration in favor of constitutional amendment pro-
viding for the election of United State senators by
direct vote of the people, amendment that has al
ready been asked for by the legislatures of twenty
seven states and most of them republican 1egisla-
ures.
The convention rejected the minority report
ire by vote of 952 to %. The % votes represented
he strength of progressive republicansm in the
ention although the strength of progressive repub
ansm out among the people is sufficient to control
he nartv in MANY Of the states Of the middle west