Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
WORK ON PLATFORM
Matter of Shaping the Planks
Referred to Subcommittee.
OPERATIONS ARE HALTED
Will Await Permanent Organization
of the Convention.
LA FoLLErTE's VIEWS GIVEN
Aldrich Currency Plan Opposed-In-
functions Opposed in Purely La
Dor Disputes.

CHICAGO, June 2O-The resolutions
committee of the republican convention
adjourned at 1890 this morning. after ap.
pointing subcommittee to formulate the
planks tentatively agreed upon. The sub
committee consists Of Fairbanks. Barnes.
Clark. Hadley. Lewis. Rowell, Sutherland,
Groner and II. Clay Evans
The subcommittee having in hand con-
sderation OF a platform for the conven-
ton adjourned at 1:15 o'clock this morn
ing, when word was brought TO it that
the Roosevelt forces were likely TO quit
the convention later today. 1t was de-
cided that nothing definite could be ac-
complished until the fight over the perma-
nent organization of the convention was
settled and the intentions of the Roose-
welt people had been made clear
The cessation Of work by the platform
committee was but one of the evidences
of the chaos that swept over Chicago late
last night and early this morning
La Follette's Platform Views.
The platform views Of Senator La Fol-
lette were presented to the committee on
resolutions by the Wisconsin member
State Senator w. c. Owen, in the form of
a complete draft. 1t Is understood that
Samuel Gompers. president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, favors the La
Toilette plank. which would prohibit the
issuance of injunctions in cases arising
out of labor disputes when such injunc-
tions would not apply If no labor dispute
existed.
The Aldrich currency plan is opposed
and candidates would be pledged to pre-
vent the federal government from COM
Ing to the aid of high finance" but to
aid such banks as extend a genuine pref
erence to strictly commercial loans, "and
to the millions Of real producers who de-
pend upon those banks" The plank IA
yors "a carefully worked out and scien-
tific emergency currency
federal trades commission is favored,
to take over many Of the functions now
exercised by the courts, to investigate
cost of production. trusts and other COM
binations Of capital, and to control issues
of bonds and stocks.
Supreme Court Criticised.
The plank criticises the attitude of
the Supreme Cours. which. it says.
Makes it plain that any act on the
part of the executive or legislative
branch Of the government giving coun-
tenance to tDuSts or combina tons, will
be construed as an approval of the
thousands OF millions OF watered stocks
and bonds issued, and will fasten them
forever upon the people
physical valuation of all monopo-
listic properties would be made by the
proposed trade commission, and the
plank deno/hceS That Interpretation
of the antitrust law which uses it to
suppress the unions and cooperative
effoSts of wage earners and farmers
in protecting their labor against
moneyed monopolies, and We pledge a
revision of the law making such con-
struction impossible"
1t opposes repeal of the Sherman
antitrust law and pledges steps to
increase its effectiveness
II is proposed that the Constitution
should be amended by popular ma
jority. and provides for initiation of
amendment by the legislatures, or by
a majority of the votes cast therein. in
each OF ten or more states. or by ma
tority in Congress"