THE PRESIDENCY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 227, 18 June 1908, Page 7

THE PRESIDENCY.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. THE PLATFORM. PROTECTION, STRONG NAVY, LABOUR LAWS. BV TELEGRAPH —-rHESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT(Rec. June 17, 9.42 p.m.) Now York, Junoi 17. The National Republican Convention, called together in view of tho Presidential Election on November 3, lias mot in Chicago. Tho platform submitted to an enthusiastic mooting of tho Convention (which has been nicknamed "Roosevelt's ■ Canned Convention") urgo3 such revision of tho tariff as will give tho consumer the benefit of the most favourable: prices consistent with tho protection of homo industries and labour; and declares that duties must equal tho difference between • tho American and tho European' costs of production, including a reasonable profit to tho American producer. The platform urges the constant increaso of battleships to protect American interests abroad, and to support tho Monroo Doctrine. Ono plank, recommending the passing of legislation to ensure Jabour organisations against snap judgments by tho courts in the issue of injunctions, is arousing considerable opposition. Many of tho supporters of Mr. Taft object to it. Senator Burrows was cheered on pronouncing against divesting tho courts of their, constitutional power. UNIONS AS TRUSTS. Recent New York advices have indicated that there is far less than the usual amount of interest in the Presidential election. It has been forecasted that Mr. W. H. Taft, Secretary for the Navy, who has President Roosevelt's support, will be adopted as Republican oandidato at the Convention by 553 votes out of 080; and that the Democratic O<."0 - i'Tltion, to be held at Denver on July 7, will uominate Mr. Bryan .without serious opposition. A strong navy has been one' of President Roosevelt's foremost planks, but Congress reduced his battleship programme from four to two, and the President deolares the lattor number inadequate. The President has also strongly advocated amending ljgislation to protect labour from tho effect of injunctions. A large conference of labour unions was held at Washington in March to consider recent injunction decisions of the Supreme Court of tho legislation to insuro labour organisations with particular reference to the Danbury hatters' case, in which tho Court substantially held that labour organisations were to bo considered trusts as much' as were organisations of capital. It .is understood that a sories of amendments to the Shorman anti-trust law wero agreed to.