The sun., 1908-06-19

FOR tho negative. and there were dlsssntins
ories and demands for division when the
chairman declared the previous. question
ordered; but Mr.. Lodge did not change hia
| decision.
coJLEdE YELL ron COOPER.
Up jumped the Wisconsin delegation,
n oosssy iysy ge for Sa ana ssSs
Cooper as he mounted the platform TO
present tho minority report. 1t was pretty
hot in tho convention hall by that time,
and the fan waving throng was rather
reports. What II wanted was action. and
II u could not have action IL proposed TO
indulge in a pleasant forenoon conversa-
| zione. But Cooper's clear voice gave him
the attention Of his audience and there was
| fair degree Of quiet in the hall during his
reading Of the La Toilette platform.
There were cheers from the Wisconsin
delegation when the La Toilette railroad
planks were read and applause In spots
when Cooper came to the plank dealing
declaration In favor Of a permanent tariff
commission brought some pretty loud
cheers, and there was yell or two and a
little handclapping during the delivery
OF the plank demanding publicity Of cam
paign contributions.
The radical character Of the La Toilette
plank on the subject Of judicial injunctions
did not suit a good many Of the delegates
Take 1t to Denver" and "Give 1t to Bryan"
came from the West Virginia section.
retorted Cooper. and with gleeful shouts
the West Virginians came back at him with
Take 1t to England
COOPER PROUD OF 1T.
AS soon as Representative Cooper fin-
ished reading his minority platform Louis
II. Emmerling. delegate from Pennsyl-
vania. jumped up and got recognition: ."I
60 L. hNx.y 80 4.
committee signed that, report" he de-
manded.
Il will tell that when take the fioor!"
shouted Senator Hopkins from the platform.
: am the only one who signed that report
Representative Cooper volunteered. There
were cheers and jeers at this. and Cooper
retorted with: And I'm not ashamed OF it
now. nor will ever apologize for 1t to any
human being" hich brought a wild yell
Of appreciation from his Wisconsin col
leagues and some applause from the gal
leries.
Representative Cooper opened the debate
on the adoption OF the platform. Discussion
was limited to twenty minutes for each side.
AS he stepped forward he held up some
manuscript With the remark. I'm not going
"Goodl good!" shouted some Of the dele
gates. But Mr.. Cooper did read an extract
from Supreme Court decision on the ques-
ton OF how railroad rates should be levied.
~ WdS 70 tie 6UeCt LIla tu6 DaSlb Oh AL CalCu-
lations as to the reasonableness OF the rates
charged by corporations controlling the
highway under legislative sanction must
be the fair value of the property used for the
public. And that is all we ask in this
minority plank, he declared.
BASIS OF RATE MAKING.
He went on to explain that the minority
report held not only that fictitious capital
ization as a basis OF rates should be pro-
hibited in the future but provided that all
fictitious capitalization now being used
as basis OF rates should be squeezed out of
existing capitalization. Some of the people
in the gallery liked this and showed It,.
His advocacy Of the plank declaring for
the election Of Senators by the direct vote
OF the people pleased the galleries most.
Everybody within hearing distance
listened intently when the Wisconsin man
got to talking about the injunction plank in
this platform. He said:
Az to injunctions. we haven I a word to say.
We wouldn't think for a moment OF saying
a word that by any possibility could even BY
the most prejudiced and unthinking be CON
strued as an attack upon the courts. Nobody
In this convention would tolerate for a moment
such a suggestion. But have you forgotten
that one OF the greatest historians the world
has ever known. Gibbon. in the fourth volume
of his Decline and Fall OF the Roman En-
plre" said The discretion of the Judge
Ia the beginning OF tyranny?
Now, gentlemen, we hold that we should
give our Judges every discretion consonant
with the rights of human liberty. We believe
that II contempt be committed In the pres
ence Of the Court the offender should be sent
to JAIL and 80 also II the contempt be COM
mitted in the vicinity ofthe Court, so near as
20 interfere with the administra alton of justice.
THE LAW or ENGLAND.
The best minds in En- gland favor this 'legis-
n and hav inln GaI ~ Thay hat
an injunction is in effect statute law: that 1t
has just as much power over the individual
as a statute law. in that violations OF 1t are
punishable as in criminal cases, and the vio-
lator can be sent to Jail for violation OF the
order. Now then, If the of ence be committed
In the Courts presence or so near the vicinity
Of the Court as to interfere with the due ad-
ministraton of justice, then the Court should
punish. but when 1t is committed two or three
or ten or forty or a hundred or thousand
miles away. then the Court should not punish
until q full inquiry into the facts has been
had. 30 that the Court can determine 1t as an
absolutely impartial tribunal.
The remarks of Mr.. Cooper weren't par
ticular pleasing to a goodly portion of his
audience, for he was interrupted several
he did stop it was TO yield TO Delegate EclSon
OF Wisconsin, who talked rapidly to the
effect that the majority plank on injunctions
did not amount to anything more than the
present law and appealed to the conven-
tion to eliminate all reference to the subject
or to adopt the minority plank,
Delegate Lockley of Wisconsin then
came to the platform to predict that four
years from now the proposed minority
plank as to railway valuations, which was
thought 80 radical that when it was read
the delegates had shouted Take it to Dem
verl" and Give 1t to Bryant would be con-
sidered absolutely conservative. This
ended the presentation of the La Toilette
policies, and Lockey demanded a roll
call Of States on the Wisconsin platform.
HOPKINS PRESENTS PLATFORM.
1t was then Senator Hopkins's inning,
but he had little TO say. They cheered
good round cheer when he came to the
front He spoke for few minutes only
in defence of the majority platform. This
is what he said:
GENTLEMEN or THE CONVENTION: / am
not going to make a speech. desire to call
your attention to the fact that this conven-
ton selected ifty-three members from tn
body OF the convention. one member from
each delegation. to prepare a declaration of
principles. The report which l have read to
this convention embodies the work OF fifty
two OF the hfty-three members OF that COM
n,ittaa IAnplause and cheers