The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
SUBCOMMITTEE ON REsoLU.
TloNs REACHES AGREEMENT
AFTER NIGHT SESSION.
INJUNCTION PLANK
Consideration Of Part Of Document
Referring to Use Of injunction Re.
suits in Observation-Disclosures
Says Taft Needs Strong Platform.
Views Of President Expressed.

lem before the resolutions committee
OF the republican national convention
that of the proposed plank in the
platform dealing with the question Of
the limitation Of the court injunctions
in labor controversies, war disposed 81
at 2 a. m. today when by a vote OF 81
to 16 with one state (South Cardinal
not recorded, the full committee
agreed to the plank. It was predicted
after the vote that there would be nc
fight on the matter on the floor Of
the convention when the full report
of the committee was made today.
Chicago, June ia modified in.
junction plank was agreed to by the
subcommittee on resolutions at 10
O'clock tonight which completed the
platform, and the full committee was
Immediately called into session to
consider the document as perfected,
The Injunction plank asserts that
the republican party always has and
always will uphold the processes and
proceedings Of the courts and has alb.
solutea faith in their integrity and up
rightness; nevertheless, it believes
that the Injunction practices should be
$50 modified as to provide that only
where irreparable damage to property
is imminent the court may grant in
functions without notice. 1t is also
specified that due notice shall be
given OF impending. injunction pro-
ceedings.
The modified injunction plank is be-
lieved to be more satisfactory to all
the members Of the committee than
the original one.
No mention is made in the platform
Of statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico.
Michigan Opposed It.
The Michigan delegation instructed
Representative Fordney on the COM
mittee to vote against any injunction
plank. MIA g
IF the republican convention DELHI
erately refuses to adopt a platform on
which Secretary Taft feels he can
made a winning race, the republican
convention will have to nominate a
man who needs no platform to vim
While this statement was not put
forward as an actual ultimatum. It was
the principal weapon which the adj.
vocates Of an injunction plank in the
platform used to compel the com
mittee on resolutions and the con-
vention itself to make such a declara.
ton. It is their last resort and the
momentous import Of the alternative
implied presents more strikingly than
could anything else the desperate
straits to which the supporters Of an
injunction declaration have been driy-
en- by the persistent fight that has
been made against it.
Statement OF Committeeman.
The statement quoted was made to-
night by a member Of the sub-com-
mittee which is preparing the plat
form, who is friendly to both Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. It
was the result of a careful anlysis Of
the situation made after "a hours Of
almost continuous service In the
committee room and undoubtedly pre-
scented his view Of the situation. Pro-
ceeding he said:
IT Is preposterous to ask Secretary
Taft to make the race for the pres
tdency on a platform which is not to
his liking and especially in view Of
the fact that It is generally known
that he has been giving much atten-
ton to the framing Of the party's dec
laration Of principles and policies. To
SO would be to place him in the at
titude in which Mr.. Cleveland was
when he was compelled IN
1892 to repudiatey his party's tarin
plank and 1t Is doubtful whether he
would want to make the race under
such conditions.
Touches Labor Class.
1T should be borne in mind that the
question Of injunction touches the
labor class, an element which he has
been accused OF antagonizing, and It
ls the very opposite OF fair dealings
undertake to COMPEL him to go be-
fore the country on a platform which
affords no assurance to this class Of
his friendly feeling toward them
Beginning at 10 o'clock today. the
subcommittee resumed its work IN
hope of completing 1t by 4 o'clock,
he time set for the meeting Of the
full committee, but when that time
came the subcommittee was COM
PEELED to report that it was unpre-
pared to present its report and the
lull committee took an adjournment
Until 8 O'Clock. At that time the sub
was found still to be un-
decided and another adjournment
vas taken.
Prolonged lntersnissiona.
While the subcommittee /, wa In