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Show BRYAN WILL NOT CHANGE HIS POSITION ON THE INJUNCTION PLANK 1 DENVER, Colo., July 1. What is regarded as tho vory latest indication that Mr. Brj'an does not contemplate changing his position on the injunction question to meet tho ideas of tho conservatives, con-servatives, was brought to town today by Frank S. Mouett, Republican Attorney-General of Ohio from 18flG to 1900. Mr. Monett was in conferenco with Mr. Bryan at Lincoln yesterday, as tho result of which he says, ho will havo Mr. Bryan's indorsement in appearing before be-fore tho resolutions cominitteo of tho convention to state tho legal and political poli-tical reasons why tho injunction plank should pledge the Democratic party to amendment of tho law in theso thrco particulars: "First, to prevent tho issuing of tho writ in industrial disputes except after notico to defendants and full hearing; second, to permit trial before a judge other than tho ono who issued tho writ, nnd, third, to allow a jury to bo summonod in all cases where tho alleged al-leged contempt is committed outsido the presence of the court." Will Not Modify Plank. That Mir. Bryan has heretofore taken his stand on an injunction plank containing con-taining these elements is tho statement toda' of "Mr. Monctt nnd the fact that Mr. Bryan requested Mr: Monctt to urgo tlieir acccptauco by tho resolutions resolu-tions committee is taken by the Ohioan to mean that Mr. Bryan will be satisfied satis-fied with nothing less. Having recently been tho legislative attorney in Ohio for tho Brotherhoods of Railway Conductors, Engineers and Firemen, as well as( having close contact con-tact with labor's views through his legal connection with tho miners and brickmakers in tho Hocking Valley strike of last Fobruary, Mr. Monott said today that he informed Mr. Bryan that Roosevelt's 250,000 majority from the industrial districts in Ohio and 500,000 in Pennsylvania was given because be-cause labor believed President Tlooso-velt; Tlooso-velt; was with them, particularly on tho injunction demand. This "independent "indepen-dent vote," as Mr. Monett named it today, would, ho said, surely go to an independent candidate should one bo put on the field, in tho event tho Demo cratic party failed to pledge itself in positive language on this question. Mr. Monett, however, is of the opinion that while tho labor element of tho country is asking for notice, jury trial and hearing hear-ing before another court, the question, ques-tion, of notice iB tho vital 'part of tho issue, and that assurance or this much of the demand by tho Democrats would 1 f bo moro nearly satisfactory to labor than is tho declaration of tho Chicago platform. Question of Vital Import. The history of the injunction issue, Mr. Monott said, was what Mr. Bryan was most anxious should bo givon tho resolution committee- in detail. In complying com-plying with this request, Mr. Monott said today ho contemplated going fully iuto tho legal history of tho question as woll ns4 tho political. 3Io intends to ernphasizo that tho vital essential of notico no-tico was eliminated from tho law in 1871 without legislntiyo authority at tho hands of a eodifjTng commission, and undoubtedly inadvertently. v Tho political history of tho question which Mr. Monett will prosent to tho committeo will bring Socrotarv Taft into in-to tho case. On this point, Mr. Monctt said toda 3". "In Fobruary last, Thomas Lewis, National organizer for tho miners' organizations, or-ganizations, wrote Secretary Taft asking ask-ing for his views pn tho three demands of labor on tho injunction question notice, trial by jury and change of venue. ven-ue. Mr. Taft iB on record in responso to, this letter and this rosponso was received re-ceived with great enthusiasm by tho miners of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and accounts for tho Taft delegates from those districts. Tho response stated that tho secretary was in favor of restoring re-storing the federal statuto as it existed prior to 1S74; that ho recocmized that as tho law now stands, an attorney for a coal mining company, a railroad company or othor largo corporation having industrial complaint could mako snch a, strong cxparto affidavit, compl3'ing with all tho necessary and legal requirements, as to entitlo him to an immediate injunction without notico, no-tico, and thoro was nothing loft for an honest court to do but compl3' with tho statuto and grant tho temporary injunction. Tn this the sccrotary further had caused great injustico in many instances in-stances to tho omployeos who hail no day in court prior to the issuing of tho injunction, and wero wholly without knowledge that tho injunction had been issued until tho3r woro hauled into court on contompt proceedings." Mr. Monott appears to be thoroughly impressed with the importance of the injunction issues, and prodicta that it has already ( becomo tho vital question for the consideration of tho Democratic convontion. Mr. Monctt explainod that bin .trip to Denver was on his own account and at hia own expense. |