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Show j BRYAN DEFEATS If ' GOLD MEN I Crowd to field. It ff iUpels the Elimination of Currency Plank From the Platform. i'ebraskan Manages to Wrest the fe'Sfi Victories During All Night V LJ-gj Session of Committee. .7 . Ji ST. LOUIS, July S. At 4:40 this 73 earning the committee on resolutions rp rated the gold standard plank out o the Democratic platform by a vote of M to 10. This was the third victory lor JS William J. Bryan during the nll-nlght fill isfilon of the committee. He had il7 f3 two successful efforts early in K3J dte evening, and secured modlflcatlona ',?Sj! tl the tariff plank on two separate m T0lM' S Compromise Platform. ; nsH 71,4 I)'alform ls a compromise ac-toSj ac-toSj tsptnble lo all of the Interests Involved uid was adopted unanimously by the committee It may be said. In a gen-ijgj gen-ijgj eral way. to have been a concession to tfflSj the Bryan wing of the party without in my way stilling the declarations of the jgfii conservatives. The absence of any pro-91 pro-91 rouncement on the financial question JjBj is most significant and discloses the '-t-,m impossibility of finding any deelara-jjjjj deelara-jjjjj Bon upoa this subject acceptable to all.' k ; Hill and Bryan Clash. f m ! Curing the watch of the long night in jf the committee there were many dra-(jj dra-(jj , matte scener, not the least striking of i which was the verbal encounter be-tnl be-tnl teen Senator Hill and Mr. Bryan. It Jftli occurred while Mr. Bryan was engaged f ch making one of his many attacks up-jfe'ltM up-jfe'ltM the gold standard plank as framed , tjr the sub-comrnlttee. He was wrought S cp to high tension when, approaching pr f ti New York leader and shaking his jfij j fitter dangerously near the nose of that d j gentleman, he exclaimed: yij ; "You ought to have a gold platform to j go with the gold candidate you are forc-In? forc-In? upon the country." )W, Parker's Views Not Known. iSM Mr Hill replied that he knew nothing B-tiM u to Mr Parker's monetary views, jl "Do you mean to say," demanded the v, Xebrai'kan. "that vou do not know Judge Parker's financial viewy?" Z "I mean Just that," responded Mr. $5 VHIII. 7 -v "You have r.o knowledge on that sub-fc sub-fc i;Jfttr S ,ij "iVone." 'j "Have you never asked him?" $ j' Knew He Was Democrat. "SJ , "I have not. I have never sought to Mj ncure an expression of his vlows, and p he never sought to convey" them to me. rui",': I only know that he Is a Democrat and i high-minded and patriotic man. and f '1 1 believe that he can be trusted Implicitly Im-plicitly on thlr, an upon others matters ef public policy." iuJ Mr. Bryan then demanded to know jjj tfhen the gold plank had been decided iPon, and why It had not been incorpo-bS incorpo-bS , "ted In the New York platform. Mr, m ' Hill replied that the matter had first jn Y-in discussed at the meeting of the B : legations about ten days ago and that BMie declaration was the reeult of ln-licence ln-licence by other members- of tho dele- ' J V Carmack Has a Scheme. mm The commlttc-0 resumed, consideration g 'lhe financial question o"n the basis of jjg the currency plank introduced by Mr. Carmack SI - "The Secretary of the Treaaury shall h Mt melt tho silver dollars that are now g , y631 tender and convert them Into sub-3t sub-3t Wiary coin, thus reducing the volume g i currency so fortunately increased by lit! tof recent remarkable Increase of the gjg told production." s9 m i CQrmaclc suggestion for a flnan-Sffll flnan-Sffll 11 plank was voted down and the Platform was adopted without a llnan-Sft' llnan-Sft' CW plonk. An effort was made to secure a recess Erg Mter the vote on the gold plank, but It "jS! ta voted down and the committee cv continued with Ub work on other fea-g fea-g tores of the platform. tStl Contest Over Income Tax. f t cntest was one of tho most in-- in-- stlni; features of tho convcntoln. JA ' , "e main fight wa3 upon a proposed &h ; come tax providing for an amend-1 amend-1 eit to the constitution to meet the !J5l - dVerse decision of the Supreme court .'Pi . opon the WliBon law It was upon thl3 M ,r "atndment and the gold plank, the liw fo propositions having been brought ;"2J ,' conjunction, that Mr. Bryan mndo m j strong light. m . r. Williams of Mississippi first of-fjm of-fjm "red the income tax amendment, and jll 'l was lmmmedlately antagonized by la-Ut I7,mer Senator Hill, who stated that v 1 UJ'th Huch a plank in the platform, New i?J?A0rk could t be carried for the tAf 'rnocratIc nomlness. He urged the (Kf i "ontlon of a platform which will en-M en-M J ble the Democrats to win In doubtful mates and elect their candldatefi. fl Williams Withdraws Amendment. jftj ; r- Williams withdrew the amend-ny?) amend-ny?) mtat oaylnsr that he, ,vlth many pth- ' . ers, was seeking harmony and adjustment adjust-ment of all differences, with a view of, succeeding on a Democratic platform. Mr. Bryan then offered an Income tax amendment and made a speech In favor fa-vor of It. He- asserted that, while votes might bo lost among the very rich, tho Democratic party ought to consider tho great mass of the people, who boar the burdens o. ftaxatton and the expenses of the Government Daniel Goes for Bryan. Senator Daniel replied to Bryan and was very vigorous in his denunciation of the course the Nebraswa man -was pursuing. He said that he wanted to win. and desired a platform which would bring to the Democratic party the voters who had left It when pursuing pursu-ing a course which Mr. Bryan had shaped and advocated. Ho was tired of being forever In the minority, and Insisted In-sisted that It would be absurd for Democrats, Dem-ocrats, facing victory, td take any action ac-tion which would mean defeat. To lose New York meant defeat. Senator Bailey and Senator Tillman, while believing in an income tax, said that in view of the statement of tho New York member of the committee, It wAuld be unwise to Insist upon the income in-come tax plank. Hill Against Income Tax. Senator Bailey then auked unanimous consent ot have both the income tax amendment and the gold standard plank dropped, but lo this Mr. Hill objected, and there was a prolonged discussion, Mr. Hill taking a leading part In It. Mr. Hill began by saying that he was in this campaign not from personal motives, mo-tives, but because of his loyalty and enthusiasm for the Democratic party. He hoped the party would cease Its discussion dis-cussion and agree upon a platform In harmony with the views of the party generally. He was opposed to the Insertion of an income tax plank because he saw no necessity for making this new issue. Would Weaken Platform. "I believe." ho said, "it will hurt up. It will weaken our platform, but If the members of this committee think otherwise, other-wise, It should go in, but trie question of the gold standard is of far more importance." im-portance." Mr. Hill urged that If the gold plank was omitted the party would be placed in a false position. If the party was in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of sliver, that was another thing. But, through no fault of the party, conditions had changed, and it had been proven that the gold standard was the solution of the question. Although the Republican Republi-can platform declared In favor of gold, he pointed out that the Democrats, in their platform, could show that the Republicans Re-publicans were not responsible for tho change in conditions which made the gold standard ' desirable, but the Al-mighty Al-mighty himself. Hill Friend of South. Speaking directly to the Southern members. Mr. Hill recalled the time of reconstruction, and said ht had always worked for Democratic principles along Democratic lines; that he had been the friend of the South In that trying period, pe-riod, and since that time. Mr. Hill talked eloquently of the personality per-sonality of Judge Parker. He said that in the course of a conversation about ten days ago with the New York jurist, the latter said in reply to a question about the kind of platform the Democrats Demo-crats should adopt, "I am entirely willing will-ing to leave that to the wisdom of the Democratic party." What Committeo Inferred. But while Mr. Hill did not assume at any time to speak for Judge Parker, the committee Interpreted the Inference of his speech to be that Judge -Parker flavored the insertion of a gold plank. Mr. Hill declared that the Democrats could not possibly nominate a better man than Judge Parker. He was in no sense an active candidate for the nomination, nomi-nation, and that he had not dictated anything regarding the platform. "I do not think It ls Improper for us to say we want to win," continued Mr. Hill. "We have stood defeats In the past, and we can stand them again. It Is true. This contest, for me, means that I shall devote myself from now until November to the campaign. I shall work hard for whomsoever the Democrats nominate, but 1 think the platform ls of the greatest importance, and especially the gold standard plank." Mr. Hill was applauded at the conclusion con-clusion of his speech. Bryan Makes Reply. Mr. Bryan replied at length and Insisted In-sisted that, in the face of past declarations, declara-tions, a gold plank would now alienate manv thousands of Democratic voters. He said that, when the campaign for Judge Parker was started It was never expected that the Democratic party was to be brought to a declaration for the gold standard. Mr. Thomas of Colorado also made a strong protest against the gold standard stand-ard plank. Carmack Pleads for South. Senator Carmack of Tennessee made a plea especially for the South, and said that Democratic success was necessary in the face of the Republican policy of imperialism. Ho hoped some agreement agree-ment could bo reached which would bring to the support of the Democratic South the Democratic party of tho East. As to the money question, that was for the time settled, and he urged that that matter be not Injected Into the coming campaign. Mr. Shlvely of Indiana followed much in tho same line as Carmack. Mr. Fleming of Wisconsin, was opposed op-posed to the gold plank, and favored the declaration of Williams' platform. Daniel Starts a Row. Shortly before 4 o'clock Senator Daniel Dan-iel created u sensation by an attack upon Mr. Bryan, which soon evoked cries for order. Senator Daniel, who some time beforo called Senator Tillman to the chair, began be-gan by saying ho questioned the propriety pro-priety of a man whom the Democrats had twlco honored with tho Presidential nomination, and under whose leadership leader-ship the party had twice been defeated, attempting to force his leadership upon the party again. Growing more Impassioned, Impas-sioned, Senator Daniel said: "The silver question was a question In Virginia ten years before the gentleman gen-tleman from Nebraska discovered it. But conditions have changed and heroic he-roic changes demand herolo xemodloc ' ir ' j ' . , v William J. Brynn, Who Won a Victory Over thcj Gold Often. '-.v "We must consider New England, New Y'ork and that section of the country." Then facing Mr. Bryan, Senator Daniel said: . , "He has reviled every man whom any State has recommended for. the Presidency, Presi-dency, and, so far as I have been able to learn, has as yet presented no candidate candi-date of his own." At this point Senator Daniel was Interrupted In-terrupted with cries of order. Bryan Is Magnanimous. Mr. Bryan asked that Senator Daniel be allowed to proceed and the latter resumed. re-sumed. Continuing, the Senator said: "I am convinced that the country Is on the verge of a great calamity. This Is not the time for selfish interest, for small conceptions of consistency, for personal likes or regards," Senator Daniel favored the gold plank. Poe Pleaded for Gold Plank. Mr. Poe of Maryland made a brief but vigorous appeal for the gold plank,-declaring plank,-declaring that If, the party in its platform plat-form refused to 'recognize an existing fact, he feared that Maryland would 'be lost to tho Dehiocrats. He pointed out that the gold plank recommended ' by the sub-committee was one which the silver and gold elements In the party, could easily stand upon. He said that this plank did not call on the free sliver advocates to retract or repudiate their former beliefs. "It ls simply," he said, "a recognition of an existing fact." Mr. Poe declared the Democratic ticket would have a forlorn for-lorn hope If the- plank were omitted. Gold Plank Stricken Out. After several members had been heard briefly, tho question was demanded. The gold plank was stricken out- by a voto of 35 to 15. Early in the night Mr. Bryan had withdrawn temporarily his Income tax resolution. At this juncture an attempt was made to secure a recess, but It was unsuccessful, Senator Tillman remarking remark-ing that "it was sun-up, and we might as well go ahead." Mr. Bryan got the floor soon after the adoption of tho motion striking out the gold plank, and Informally presented for the individual consideration of the members mem-bers a financial plank which It i3 his intention in-tention later to prc-ixmt as a substitute for the gold plank. Panama Plank Changed. The Panama canal plank brought out severe criticism from Senator Pettlsrcw. He said that the canal could not be built In ten years and, when completed, it would be valueless. The plank was modified po as to promise to do what could be done when the Democrats got control of the Government. The committee then took up the trust plank. This was the subject of considerable consid-erable discussion. Senator Bailey being be-ing among the more Important speakers speak-ers In defense of the sub-committee s report, Bryan Again Victor. Bryan offered an amendment to this plank, declaring In specific terms for tho prosecution of the trusts, and reciting re-citing the manner In which It should be done. This was voted In by 23 to 20. The majority of the votes came from Iowa. Minnesota. South Dakota, Nebraska, Ne-braska, Wyoming, the Territories. Porto Rico and Hawaii, while the negative neg-ative votes were from the East and the South. Severe commentB were made by a number of representatives from these States to the effect that radical amendments amend-ments were being formed Into the platform by men from Republican States and Territories .which could no! contribute a single electoral vote to the Democratic candidate. - r Mr. Pettlgrew offered an amendment' providing 'for tho Government ownership owner-ship of railroads and telegraphs. "Oh, that's silly," remarked Mr. Hill. The amendment was voted down and Pettlgrew remarked: Pettigrew Scores Hill. ' "The gentleman from New York called the amendment 'silly,' but ho put a plank In the New York platform two yenrs ago not only for the Government Govern-ment ownership of the coal-carrying railroads, but for the coal mines as well. And the ticket got a larger majority ma-jority In New Y'ork City than was ever before given a Democratic candidate,'" Reclprocltj' and the Monroe doctrine as handed In by the sub-committee met the approval of the full committee. But not so with the navy plank, calling for a liberal annual Increase for the navy. Senator Tlllmnn said this plank would gain no votes, and there was no necessity of mentioning the .navy. The first part of the navy plank was stricken out. . Labor Plank Adopted. The plank proposed by ex-Gov. Thomas of Colorado regarding labor was adopted by the committee. The committee after a lengthy debate adopted the plank relating to separate Statehood offered bv Delegate W. F. Tlinmons of Arizona with respect to Arizona and New Mexico, as follows: "We favor the Immediate admission of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico as separate States.'' In dealing With the subject of Statehood State-hood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Terri-tory, the committee was leas emphatic In Its declaration, confining the plank to a general recommendation of Statehood State-hood for these two Territories, as follows fol-lows : , "We favor the admission of tho Territories Ter-ritories of Oklahoma and Indian Ter-; Ter-; rltory." Currency Plank Is Referred. The currency plank offered by Mr. Bryan was reforred to a sub-committee consisting of Williams, Bryan and Hill, with authority to draft a financial plank for submission to the full committee. com-mittee. The opinion was expressed that these men mlght'agree upon something some-thing and, If they should, It would probably eliminate any fight on the floor of the convention. One of the Western members said that he did not expect Mr, Bryan to mako a minority report, In view of the many changes ho had been able to procure pro-cure In the platform When at S:30 tho last plank as drafted draft-ed by the sub-committee had been read the members of the committee applauded. applaud-ed. Mr. Bryan said that If his desired Richard 01neyA amendment to the trust plank should be adopted hd would not press the plank favoring the imposition of an Income In-come tax. Senator Tillman, upon noting a smllo upon the faces of both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hill, remarked to Mr. Bryan that "since you and Mr, Hill have becomo so chummy. I think we had better look further Into this trust plank." Cannon. Leaves Bryan. Discussion of It thereupon was resumed re-sumed and Frank Cannon of Utah took the floor. "I followed Mr. Bryan In 1S9G and 1300," he said, "on the paramount Issues Is-sues of those campaigns, but now that he has abandoned those Issues, I will vote against this proposition he seems to want most,." . Mr. Cannon, in conclusion, contended that the paramount Issue In thl3 campaign cam-paign was "victory," and that the Issue should be "Rooseveltlsm," ( Nobraskan Still Defiant. Mr. Bryan defended his position on the trust question, saying that "victory" "vic-tory" alone should not essentially be the paramount Issue, and that. unless a question was settled right It was never settled at all. Senator Daniel called Mr. Sblvcly to the chair and made a speech supporting the principle of anti-trust legislation. He took tho position, however, that if enforced the existing Interstate commerce com-merce law and anti-trust statutes aro sufficient, and he believed a Demo, cratlc administration could be depended depend-ed on to enforce them. Hence he considered con-sidered It safe to omit the proposed plank. What. Members Say. As tho members emerged from the chamber, they generally expressed themselves as satisfied with the work thoy had accomplished, some of the expressions ex-pressions heard being as follows: Senator Danldl The platform was unanimously adopted and Is reasonably satisfactory. Senator Tillman We have accomplished accom-plished a miracle; we have succeded In getting a platform without any poisoning. poison-ing. Bryan Satisfied. Mr. Bryan I am fairly well satisfied with the platform. I have had opportunity oppor-tunity to present some matters as I desired and have had to make concessions conces-sions in some Instances In order to gee what I wanted In others, "Will you support a ticket on this platform?" whs asked of him. "I will certainly support the platform," plat-form," was his reply, and this was said in a way to convince his Interrogator that he fully expected to be able to support both platform and ticket. Ex-Senator Pettlgrew Wo have pro-pared pro-pared a treatise rather than a platform and have succeeded in producing a large volume without saying anything. Kiss and Mako Up. Senator Hill nnd Mr. Bryan came out together and both wero smiling. Mr. Bryan said to tho newspaper men: "Now, boys, be suro and get Hill's platform right," and Hill retorted with a laugh. "Think wo will have to sham honors on that." Mr. Bryan said: "We are satisfied. We have all wanted t'ome things put In that the committee ha rejected, But on the whole the document ls perfectly satisfactory You know, you can't get everything you want." Hill Is Content. Senator Hill said. "I am perfectly satisfied. Of course, there are things that I wanted In and thought should go in, but in politics It Id givo and take, and I am taking. I should have liked to have seen an expression on finances In the platform, but the majority thought otherwise, and neither Mr. Bryan's plank nor mine was adopted. You will remember that the New York State convention made no mention on the financial question, and so this platform Is similar. Wo did not put In an income in-come tax plank, and we changed only slightly the tariff plank" "Will Judge Parker stand on the platform?" plat-form?" "I do not see why net. T am said to be one of his friends." he answered, smiling, "and I am satisfied." Belmont Pleased. August Belmont said he was satisfied that the platform was one on which Judge Parker could stand. He said: "I have always been quite willing to have a platform without any financial plank In It. I believe the people have finally settled the 'matter, and It is superfluous su-perfluous for any party to merely re-Iterate." re-Iterate." Gov. Thomas of Colorado Raid: "I succeeded In securing tho Incorporation of the greater part of my labor declaration, declara-tion, and on the whole I am satisfied with tho platform." John Sharp Williams, who made the original draft of tho plutform, said: "I am delighted with It." Optimistic Views. Despite Senator Hill's optimistic views of the situation, there were many expressions of strong disapproval In tho Parker headquarters by delegates. Ono said: "Parker cannot stand for such a platform, and If he ls named he will be compelled to deal with the financial question In his letter of acceptance." To this statement Cord Meyer, chairman chair-man of the New York Democratic State committee, said: "Something like that will have to be done, or we will not be able to carry New York." Anti-Parkerites Happy. Tho anti-Parker people were jubilant over the matter when they heard of the disposition of the financial plank.-' Charles F. Murphy said: "I don't think the decision of the committee has Improved Parker's chances, but, of course; nobody knows Judge Parker's vlews." , Still Talk Oluoy. It was said at Tammany headquarters headquar-ters today that at a meeting of tho anti-Parker forces last night Mr. Bryan stated that he would willingly accept cither Olney of Massachusetts or Gray of Delaware as a compromise candidate and that George Fred Williams had declared de-clared that he would accept Olney. Tho Parker people are confident that they will nominate him on the second ballot, If not on the first, but to thl3 the antl-Pavker antl-Pavker pedple take exception. May Be McClollan. Charles A. Towno said today: "We will control more than a third of the delegates, and If they stick to the third or fourth ballot, you will see a Jump to somi candidate other than Parker." "Will it bo McClellan?" "Well, if it Is. some other Stato must start it. We cannot, as we are Instructed In-structed for Parker." |
