The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-16

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country, who are the most direct ben.
eficiaries Of the protective system.
Between the United States and the
Philippines we believe in free inter.
change Of products, with such limita.
tions as to sugar and tobacco as will
avoid injury to domestic interests.
I'VE declare for such an amend.
ment Of the statutes Of procedure IN
in the federal courts with respect to
the use of the writ of injunction as
will on the one hand prevent the sum
mary issue Of such orders without
proper consideration, and on the other
will preserve undiminished the power
Of courts to enforce their process, to
the end that Justice may be done at
all times and to all parties Z
The currency plank contains this
language:
The republican party approves the
Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill, but
only as an emergency measure We de-
clare for a thorough and new system
OF currency laws that will be ii &C.
cord with the needs Of the time and
which will be more adopted to the de-
mands Of business, and more elastic
in its character as circulating me
dium.''
Will Fight Injunction Plank. III
The fight over the anti-injunction
plank promises to be the feature of the
sessions Of the committee, the first Of
which has been called for tomorrow.
The preliminary skirmish on this
plank has in fact been waged with In
tensity from the moment the proyi-
sions Of the plank became known.
Speaker Cannon has directed the fight
against the provision today from his
quarters at the Union League club.
Just what progress has been made by
the friends and the opponents Of the
provision is one Of the questions
which will not be ascertained until
the plank Is finally passed upon In
the committee.
Senator Hopkins, who It is said is
to be chairman OF the committee is
known to favor the elimination Of the
plank from the platform. Failing in
this, 1t is understood, he will favor q
much more mild expression on the
subject.
Delegations Against Plank.
It was reported to Speaker Cannon
today that the delegations from New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, In
diana and Illinois. had formally de-
clared against the injunction plank
and that efforts to obtain similar ac-
tion BY other delegations gave prom
ise Of success.
The compromise measure which
the opponents will urge, II It becomes
evident that q pronouncement on the
subject Is to be included in the plat
form, has been determined upon. It
will be a simple statement that the
party believes the federal courts
procedure should be SO amended as
to provide against arbitrary orders
being made by court, but at the
same time that nothing should he
done to interfere with the authority Of
the court over its own orders.
i Those who are arguing for the elm
ination Of amendment Of the provi-
sion maintain that their policy If fol-
lowed, would net the party many more
votes than to make an injunction dec
laration.
For no matter which the republi-
can party declares the subject, the
democratic party will surely go them
one BETTER was the way 1t was ex-
pressed. From this view point, 1t Is
claimed to be better to say nothing
than to put forth a weak or meaning
less declaration.
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