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_ss.r •■" _ X*~ IXVTTI- . \° - 22,495. im-IXJOTTIOX STEr ?US~K PUT IX PLATFORM. Drnprorrdse Asserts Party's Confi dence in Judiciary. , I3y Teleprarti to rbe Tribune.] ■■Ago. June 27. — A compromise has been mrfc'd en the anti-injunction plank in the ttncaJ Republican platform whereby the pro ■ . -- hitherto rtllned hi these dispatches is s«B5ie»(: with a declaration of confidence in the l«ry of the country. Tit injunction plark asserts that the Repub taa pan always ha? upheld and always will uphold (ha processes and proceedings of the carte and ha? absolute faith in their integrity cd sfrlghtnesi nevertheless, it believes that ••- injunction practice should be so modified provide that only where irreparable dam in to property is imminent the courts may ■bj isjur.ctions without notice. It is also \*Kr?:*i that due notice shall be given of Im inltof injunction proceedings. I *i»aodifiea injunction plank is believed to be tcsjtah ; tn many more members of the com **» than the original draft. I*l2:* - ■- the full committee on resolu te* tad agreed to accept ajl the planks of the te2cm 2? recommended by the sub-committee. **£ Us* exception of those relating to injunc- to the civil rirhts of the neero«ra<"e and *** ?ss£r:a Canal The*e were reserved because «tbf def ; -^ on the part of members' of the full «saWM« »<■> discups at some length *>ach of ■»*«»'■ ■ . provisions. The other planks were •"•led after brief and formal discussion. ** - as understood that the injunction plank ••ni lew special consideration, and many *Bs«Tf evinced a dif position to oppose it, not *2ataading the provision was agreed to by all -£*«•£ of th« fiib-conimittee. including Messrs. c- * Payne. Dalzell and Clark, who had hith *" opposed It. The indications were favorable •**5 aiJ-night session. ■' : ' atthod of settling this question, which -":—«;. the sub-committee on resolutions 5^ s:ne* h ■was appointed yesterday, and j aca hag <r..-.- rfmsid«T<<d by the sub-com !^"** ir. practically continuous session from 10 V~ to 30 p. m ., A as proposed by Judge P>al %*.<•' Washington. It has received the ap ***'■'' Secretary Taft, and unless there slioulJ *** orsexjif ct<vj change in the eentiment of *- ; comjiuttee it will be approved by It m *« in the platform, which will be re *** <i to th* convetitl^n to-:., (TOW. r * oocvictior. of \he ministration and of . •««!•> Ta/t himself that the adoption of the **?>m anti-injunction plank in the national 4 -ona i s e Js^ nt ; a | lo Republican success was |J**^Wr beyond a" petadveuture to-day when 7^' WctnWr .if t!ie sub-committee, on itaslo £* •' < *(-ivr-<i a telegrani from the Secretary to , tf *^t an-i urging the recipient to vote for *n>vleioii, [Txr PLAJK«,n:vJ. NO TAFT? ». < V* <ncr - "•ne enthusiastic administration • > ?* 5T "f thy- «üb-rommUtee said this ev<ning: ''^Pmrnt Is thit if the convention *it-<;idcs a.;, 1 " ad^'' a platform that M: Taft deems 2"** ry - or ni£ fV-u,,,. it will have to norni •oitt or. c <i Se for the Presidency.^ It < out nurd MH«ni< pas'. 2j. V 0»»K CENTRAL AND WEST SHORE 'f-j*/, '' i \* raldo Jake* r-flv. t .j>. ■ 21s:- U»- t.-^'^ I-'uTrwd. NEW- YORK, THURSDA Y . J I N 1 : Is, 1 IMS. - FOURTEEN PAGES.- Tht T tS&m THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN SESSION. TAFT TO CHOOSE MATE DELEGATES SO BELIEVE. Selection To Be Made Friday, Ac cording to Present Plan. l^y T>l*-»rra,jfc t" The Trit-un" 1 Chicago. June 17.— The only change In the Vice-Presidential situation in th» last twenty four hoars has been the growing conviction that the Presidential nominee would select his run ning mate in due time, and the increasing disin clination of the delegates to espouse the cause of. or even to take an interest In, any candidacy which dor not bear the administration hall mark At the Fame time, there Is naturally the utmost curiosity as to the personality of the man whom the administration forces will choose, and powerful magnifying glasses are in constant use in the effort to perceive significance in the most trivial details which might possibly reveal the joint purpose of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. For instance. Webster Byers. Attorney Gen eral of lowa, reached here this morning and sought to promote the selection of Senator Del liver for second place. Mr Byers. who is a Cummins man, sought the. opposition faction in the lowa delegation and proposed, on condi tion that they would not now oppose the nomi nation of Mi. Dolliver for Vice-President, to pledge the Cummins faction in lowa to help re turn Mr. DotUver to th« Senate when his four years as presiding officer of the upper house had expired. Mr. Byers's advances were em phatically rejected by the anti-Cummins mem bers of the lowa delegation, but the incident was whispered about as conclusive evidence, that Secretary Taft was still determined to have Mr. r»ol!iver for a running mate. Finally, this story In its peregrinations as sumed such verisimilitude that "Lafe" Young, delegate-at-large and a leader of the anti-Cum mins faction in lowa, telegraphed to the Presi dent asking if it was true that the administra tion was still determined upon Dolllver 1 * nomi nation. In reply he received a telegram from Secretary Loeb saying that the President was doing nothing to promote the nomination of Senator Dolliver and did not purpose to. This gave rise to the report that the administration had abandoned Dolliver, but when the Taft peo ple were informed of the basis for that report th«*y ask»d, "Have you seen the telegram?" And on receiving an affirmative reply they said: Ah. but the message you describe does not say that Secretary Taft purposes to do nothing with regard to the Vice-Presidency." The boom of Vice-President Fairbanks re ceived a considerable setback to-day as a re sult of the speech of Representative James E. Watson, of the Indiana delegation, in support of the resolution restricting Southern representa l.on. Many of the Southern delegates are up in arms against the Indiana delegation because Of Its attitude on this question and say that they will fight the nomination of Mr. Fairbanks to the last ditch. Mr Watson's speech is pro nounced the most powerful of those delivered in support of the Burke resolution. LITTLE BOOM FOR WOODFOUD. ■Then during the session of the convention to day- Senator Burrows appointed General Wood ford and Governor Dtueeii of Illinois a commit tee to escort the permanent chairman. Senator Lodge, to the platform, it immediately started rumors that General Woodford was the dark horse which the President and Secretary Taft were Brooming for second place When this report was carried to General Woodford ho smOed sweetly and remarked: "They might go further and fare worse, and they probably will." but th« general's pessimism did not d-f courage those Who had started the report, and t ..,n,n.-; oil »ffn ß il »ttf " DEWEY'S OLD MADEIRA OR SHERRY. Sherry before dinner. M.i.Mr« *"•< 11. T. U*v£y £ Sous ' ■••■. I 3« Fulloo St.. New fork. — Asivtl (Copyright. 100 S. by the George R. l.a«renc» Company. Chicago. New York, ffm hlSgtMl.) PRESIDENT RETIRES. BUT HIS POLICIES REMAIN. ' The President, who has led his party and ; him aa a candidate for the great office which the people in this great work, retires, by hi« j he has finally declined. The President has own determination, frcm his high office on | refused what his countrymen would gladly the 4th of March next. His refusal of a re- j have 9 iven him: he «*» what he means and a- j- m. l j v lL i it.- * .— «*■ means what he says, and his party and his nomination, dictated by the loftiest motives j ' . A. v country wi,l respect his wishes as they honor and by a nob c oyaltv to American tradi- ...... , - ' ' his high character and great public service. Horn, is final and irrevocable. Any one who But> although the p resident retires, he attemDts to use his name as a candidate for ,» aves his po |i c i es behind him. To those the Presidency impugns both his sincerity I po |j c j es t he Republican party stands pledged. and his good faith, two of the President's , We must carry out as we have begun, re greatest and most conspicuous qualities. _ gardless alike of the radicals of reaction and upon which no shadow has ever been cast. , the radicals of revolution. We must hold That man is no friend of Theodore Roose- ; fast to that which is good while we make velt and does not ehe r ish his name and fame r the advances which the times demand. — who now. from any motive, seeks to urge ' From Senator Lodge's Speech. FAIRBANKS WON'T RUN Reiterates Decision to Refuse Vice- Presidential Nomination. Chicago, June 17.— promulgation of a let-" ter from Vice-President Fairbanks reiterating his 'irrevocable determination" not again to bo a candidate for the office he now holds was the most important development of the day in con nection with the Vice-Presidential nomination. The letter was addressed to Mr. Fairbanks'? manager. Joseph B. Kealing. and the full text follows: Indianapolis, Ind.. June 16, 1908. My D-.ar Mr. K<*aling I appreciate folly the compliment paid me by my friends in their in sistence that I should accept a renominatton for Vice- Prudent, yet my determination not to be a candidate again, as announced before the close of the last session of Congress through you. is absolutely irrevocable. My conclusion does not grow out of any want of appreciation of the honor, for the Vice-Presidency is an honor which any man may well covet. No one is obliged to step down to it. I have enjoyed the great honor which came to me unsought and by the undivided voice of my party, for all of which I am profoundly grateful. This renewed expression of the confidence of my friends touches me most deeply. They need no assurance that I have come to the conclusion I have reached deliberately, and I trust that the personal considerations which I have advanced will commend themselves to their approval. I am the more confirmed in the wisdom of my conclusion because of the fact that there is no party or public exigency which would seem to ! suggest a contrary course. Accept for yourself and other friends my grateful appreciation of your generous, unfail- j ing and loyal support. I remain, faithfully your friend. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. A similar letter was written by the Vice-Pres ident to Senator Hemenway. MIL BRYCE IMPRESSED. "Most Complete Recognition of the People's Rights," He Says. Chicago, June 17.— Ambassador Bryce was the guest of honor at a dinner at the Hamilton Club to-night. -Many visitors to the Republican Na tional Convention were present. "I have been watching with great interest the proceedings of the great convention which is meet- Ing in your city." said Mr. Hryce. "I have been struck by a good many things about it. I did not write an account of your government and Institu tions without having paid several visits to. this country, but it never was my good fortune to see a national convention. This machinery of conven tion*, •• you have It in this country, is the most complete, full recognition of the rights of the people to which any country has attained, because people not only at flections say who shall be their omcers. but i" these party convention* they deter mine on the men who ought to be put forward as the representatives of parlies. ••lyt dm express, on behalf of every l^nglishman who Is proud thai from hi* country came those principles of self-Kovrrnnicni which you are ap- Nlytag here, the hope that the fame s*n*f> of the prr-emin.nt importance of maintaining these cai .llnal principles "' good government may- forever Sourish and abound.* ..-_.- - • - AT THE WHITE HOUSE President and Secretary Taft Confer While Convention Cheers. June 17.— With every incident of the great gathering at Chicago flashed to them on direct wires. President Roosevelt and Secre tary Taft kept in constant touch to-day with the Republican National Convention. They had a brief conference, and each wound up the after noon by driving into the suburbs while the con vention was still in session. All day loner the wires brought news of what was occurring in the convention. There were direct circuits from the convention hall into the executive office of the White House and the private office of Sec retary Taft and a long distance telephone in Mr. Taft'S office as well. These permitted ready communication with the convention leaders. Confidential telegraph and telephone operators were on duty at the Chicago ends of the wires, and not a move was made on the floor of the immense hall that was not almost simultaneous ly reporter! to Washington. Apparently disinterested in the closing hours of the day's proceedings, President and Mrs. Rooseveli drove from the White House latP in the afternoon to Rock Creek, northwest of the city, when- they mounted horses and cantered over the smooth bridle paths amid the wild scenery that characterizes the park. They started Just after the cheering for the President had exhausted itself. The President received bulletins from the convention while dressing for his ride and after Secretary Taft, who went to him while the excitement in the Coliseum was at its height, had gone back to the War Depart ment. Mr. Taft also went driving without waiting for the convention to adjourn. Mrs. Taft mani fested her keen interest in the Republican con vention proceedings to-day by joining the Sec retary in his private office and getting at first band the reports from Chicago. She remained throughout the session of the convention and scanned closely all of the dispatches received. After word had been received at the White House that the cheering for President Roosevelt in thf convention hall bad continued forty-five minutes Secretary Tuft went to the White House and with his usual good natured smite hurriedly went into the President's office, one sentence In the President's bulletins impressed him forcibly as indicating that l-! 1 the delegates were not carried away by the excitement. That •was a statement that two-thirds of them had retained their scats. Reports of the committees to the convention, which had been forecasted In the early private advices, were received with satisfaction by the .Secretary and by the President. There were exchanges >f messages between Mr. Taft and his Chicago friends a.s t<> the platform, espe cially as to the anti-injunction plank The 1 ..ni inn.-d on thlril paEr HOTEL MOUNT PLEASANT OPENS THE 22ND. instead of the 27th. to take the A. C A. party start in^.thu.lDth on the "Ideal Tour." — Advt. , ■ ROOSEVELT DAY AT CHICAGO Tremendous Demonstration in Honor of the President, But No "Stampede." CHEERING LASTS FORTY-SIX MINUTES Report Seating All Delegates Adopted— Burke Resolution Defeated— Lodge, c; Permanent Chairman, Speaks. ■ [By Telfirraph to The Tribune. I Chicago. June 17. — To-days session of the national convention was character izeti by a re markable demonstration of enthusiasm 'or Theodore Roosevelt, which tasted for forty minutes, and which showed the country what the Republican party thinks of the vicious at tacks so persistently made upon him by selfish interests. This is not scneraliy interpreted as giving the slightest indication of any drift of the convention away from Taft or any prospect of ■ third term stampede. The sub-<oininitt * resolutions completed to-day the flaming Of the platform, bar*"* reached a compromise on the anti-injunction plank which affirms the confidence of the R* publican part] in the integrity of the courts. While declaring for «H* legtetatkHl as may be needed to remove all danger of the sum mary issuance of injunctions, without dimin ishing the power <>f the courts. BOOSEVELTS RAM* SWEEPS COLISEI.M ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR TO-DAY. Convention called to order at 10 o'clock by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, permanent chair- Trayer by »t Rev. John Wesley H.ll. past, of Metropolitan Temple. New York. Report of the committee on resolut.ons. Nomination of candidates for Pres.dent of the United States. |l.> l>lr;i-ar>h tn "•*• Tribune.) Chicago, June 17. -It was Roosevelt day at the Republican National Convention, prompt ed by an eloquent tribute from Senator Lodge, the permanent chairman. The unofficial part of .the .convention— the Republican pewholders. the "plain people* in the galleries, in the rear of the convention hall and in the out of the way places where the vast audience of ten thousand was - packed away— paid Its own tribute la its own way. had its own stampede anil shouted itself hoarse fur forty-six minutes with the slogan, "Four, Four, Four Tears Mora!" But the demonstration, prolonged and enthu siastic us it was, gave no sign of any movement in the convention to nominate Roosevelt. It was the tribute of the throng to the President's popularity and tin- emphatic answer to the vicious campaign waged against him by selfish interests. Delegates, alternates and spectators Joined heartily in the cheers, which broke in wave after wave over the assemblage, but the purpose to respect his wishes so emphatically stated by Senator Lodge was in no respect dis turbed. Senator Lodge's splendid speech caused the whirlwind. I "The result is that the President it the best PRICE THREE CENTS. The convention received the report of -* committee on credentials, which ratified every decision of the national committee, and adopted it without division. - ' The Vice-Presidential situation has changed but little, some opposition having arisen to Vice-president Fairbanks because of Repre sentative Watson's advocacy of the restriction of Southern delation* in the convention. -Mr. Fairbanks hat also sent to his manager. Mr. Realms, a letter savins be will not accept; «■ nomination for second plate The Burke resolution, providrnz for the re duction of Southern representation in the Re publican National Convention, was defeated to-day after a hard fizht by a vote of Ml to 471. It is expected that the platform trill be adopted to-morrow and that William H. Taft will be nominated for President. abused and the most pooular man in the Unitsd States to-day." That is the sentence which acred as a burn ing fuse to dry powder. Instantly the delegates responded with waving flags, cheers and th« clapping of hands. The wave reached from th» front srats to the sides and rear, and then m the galleries. When It died down in one en lof ths Coliseum it would break " out somewhere els?, surging over and through the massed spectators like, sea billows against the rocks Five minutes, ten minutes, passed. The Sen ator from Massachusetts ha 1 had. enough, al though the demonstration was not" perhaps en tirely unexpected by the permanent chairniah. There was serious business to do. however. He raised his nand and tiie galleries responded with good natured defiance, increasing the *P olause. US smote the table with his black be ribboned gavel and waited— all m *am. Tha galleries had ■ "yelling streak" on and yell they would and di! HURRICANE BECAME CYCLONE. Another rive minutes and still another went by. and tn« roar was worse than ever. If It was a hurricane before, mm It was a cyclone. If a generous shower at first, no,-, it was ,x cloud burst. The Taft men from t>hi< after a littla looked doubtful, hut soon raw they had nothiii? to fear; the delegates, after standing on chairs and waving hats and caned for ten minutes. had resumed their seats, but those transformed der vishes in the galleries, they sent d«>wn volleys of cheers, yells and whistles till it seem«d as if the roof would blow off. Li» on the platform Senator Lodge strolled*