The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-16

tenuOn 10 the OppOrtuneQeSS or a with
drawal. Governor Hughes in his reply
saw no exigency at present which
calls for his retirement.
Fight of Speaker Cannon.
Speaker Cannon remained in Chicago
all day, and. although keeping away
from the noisy centers of convention en-
thusiasm, took a most active part in
the conferences on the platform. His
unexpected advent here last night for
the express purpose of having a voice
in the document which may shape fu-
ture legislation had led to renewed con-
sideratiOn of some of the details OF
the planks, notably those on injunc-
tons and on trusts. The speaker was
clOseted with Senator Hopkins, pros
pective chairman of the platform COM
mittee, for over an hour today and then
Mr.. Hopkins was clOseted with Wade
Ellis, custodian of the platform. and
Senator Long of Kansas and Frank b.
kellogg Of Minnesota, the only ones to
whom copies have been entrusted.
No Promises Made.
Mr. Cannons friends believe the in
junction and trust planks will be mod
flied if not eliminated but the custo-
dian of the draft has given no evidence
of making any notable changes The
feature of the trust plank which is
said TO have attracted the speakers
sOlicitude is one which inferentiaIly
would exempt certain organizations, in
Guiding labor and farmers organiza-
tions, from the operations of the law.
although such exemptions in a general
law have been said to be pronounced
unconstitutional by the supreme court
of Illinois some fifteen years ago.
The name of Ex-Governor Herrick of
Ohio is the latest one to be brought
forth for chairman of the national COM
mittee TO manage the coming cam
paign- 1t has been received with much
favor owing to Governor Herrick's close
relations with Secretary Taft. How
ever. it is understood that the nation
al committee will defer the selection
of a chairman until there is opportu-
nifty to confer in person with the nomi-
nee.
Temporary Officers.
Following is the list of temporary Of
ficers:
Temporary chairman-Senator J. C. Bur
rows. Michigan.
General secretary-John r. Malloy, Co
Chief assistant Observation-Disclosures p
Gleason. New York.
Sergeant-a t-arms-William F. Stone,
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Chief assistant ergeant-at-arms-Ed p.
Thayer. Greenfield, Ind.
Parliamentarian - Asher c. Kinds,
Washington. D. {.
Official TepOrter-M. w. Blumenberg
Washington, d. c.
Chief of epers-Stephen r. Ma
son, Baltimore.
Chaplains-BishOp p. ]. MuldoOn. Chi
CagO: Rev. William O. Waters, Chicago;
Rev. Tobias Schanfarber, Chicago; Rev:
John Wesley Hill. New York; Rev. LO-
renzo d. Chase, Chicago.
Assistant secretaries-Charles Brooks
Smith. ParkeTsburg. w. Va; Ernest
Walker Smith, Hartford. Conn; Philip Fl.
Hoefele ST. Louis; NJ. j. TObin VintOn.
Ia; Charles II. Harger Abilene, Kan;
Allen Hollis, Concord, y. II.
Reading clerks-ThOmas w. Williamson,
Edwardsville. Ill. Albert Berg. Beau
dette. Mimi; George \. Wilson, Des
Moines, Ia; w. ]. Seitz, West Liber-
ty. Ky.
Tally clerks-Roy NJ. Watkins. Grand
Rapids Mich: Clyde w. Miller Usage
City, Kan; Frank r. Bentley. BaraboO,
Wis: W. A Steele. Van Buren,. Ark.
Messenger to the ehairman-Empsirdell
Stone. Indianapolis.
Messenger to the secretary-John II.
Jackson, Cincinnati.