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Show l PLATFORMBllMOF DEMOCRATS IN SESSION - ST. LOUIS, July 7.-The committee , - on resolutions, met In a room connected Z with the jconvention hall immediately Z ' after the adjournment of the conven-Z conven-Z t!on and after effecting an oragnlzatlon Z and transacting considerable parlia- mentary work, adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock. This meeting was called to order by lex-Senator Hill of New York. and on his motion. Senator Daniel of Virginia )was elected chairman of the Z committee Of eleven to consider the var-Z var-Z lous drafts of platforms and report. The suggestion having been made that the committee should take a recess un-- un-- til 7 o'clock. Mr. Bryan suggested that . if there were any members of the committee com-mittee who had drafted platforms . . which they deBired to present they . should submit copies to the members of the full committee In order that they might have time to consider them be-- fore coming together. "It." said Chairman Daniel, "the gentleman from Nebraska has a plat-. plat-. form, I should be very glad Indeed for - .one to have a copy of It." Mr. Bryan J replied that he had none; , At this Juncture a number of mem bers stated that they had formulated various resolutions which they desired 'o submit, among them being Mr. Wll-iams Wll-iams of: Mississippi, Mr. Newlands of Nevada. I Mr. Daniel. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina and by Mr. Poe of Maryland, the latter stating that the views of Senator Gorman were embodied em-bodied in his draft. The committee on resolutions reconvened re-convened at 7 o'clock and Senator Daniel Dan-iel announced the appointment of a sub-committee to prepare a platform for submission to the full committee, as follows: Mestirs. Daniel. Virginia; Hill, New York; Bryan, Nebraska; William., Mississippi; Pattison, Pennsylvania; Dubois, Idaho; Hamlin, Massachusetts; Cable, Illinois; Poe. Maryland; Shlve-ley. Shlve-ley. Indiana; and Davis, West Virginia. Vir-ginia. Senator Newland. made a plea for a fuller representation of the Irrigation Irri-gation interests, and by unanimous consent his name was added to the subcommittee sub-committee list. The full committee then entered upon the consideration of the labor question. In connection with the fololwlng plank presented by ex-Gov. C. S. Thomas of Colorado: "Constitutional guarantee, are violated vio-lated wherever the humblest cltiien is denied the right to labor, acquire and enjoy property or reside where Interest or Inclination may determine. Any denial de-nial thereof by Individuals, organlza tlons or government should be summarily sum-marily rebuked and punished. "Freedom of speech and of the press are essential safeguards of civil liberty, and the invasion of either cannot be too severely reprehended. "We denounce the inflicting of punishments pun-ishments without due process of law, and deny the right of any Executive to disregard or suspend any constitutional privileges or limitations. Obedience to the law. and respect for their requirements require-ments are alike the supreme duty of the citizen and the ruler. "The military must always remain subordinate to the civil power and be used only to support and maintain the law. We unqualifiedly condemn its employment em-ployment for the summary banishment of the citizen without trial or for the control of elections." Gov. Thomas urged in strong terms the adoption of the plank and. In doing so. referred at length to the labor troubles trou-bles In Colorado, saying that the acceptance ac-ceptance of the proposition would do much to render Colorado safely Democratic. Demo-cratic. He was replied to by Mr. McMahon of Ohio, who said that while the adoption of this plank might do much to secure the labor vote and it probably would have the effect of depriving the party of having the support of the employers. The labor question wa then temporarily tempo-rarily laid aside in order to listen to a plea from Senator Tillman for a Btrong plank in support of the principle of white supremacy in the South. He denounced de-nounced the plank on this subject in the platform submitted by Mr. "Williams "Wil-liams and said: "If we are to have a declaration at all let us have one that means something and not a weak-kneed namby-pamby, flimsy thing like that in the so-called Williams platform." The committee then entered upon a series of hearings of outsiders including includ-ing representatives of the anti-Imperialist league arid the National Women Wo-men Suffrage association. The antl-Im-perlalist. were represented by Ira D. Howarth of the Chicago university." They asked for the lnsertlqaof the following fol-lowing plank: Ex-Gov. Thomas of Colorado presented pre-sented a resolution for the equalization of freight rates on cattle at the request of the National Live Stock association, and Mark Smith asked the Insertion of a plank declaring against Joint statehood state-hood for thir territories of Arizona nad New Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The full committee, at 9:45, adjourned until 2 p. m. today, leaving the subcommittee sub-committee in session. The sub-committee adjourned at 12:40 a. m. until 9:30 a, m. today. The sub-committee made very good progress and tentatively tentative-ly has agreed upon the preamble and the tariff plank. The draft of a platform presented by Mr. William, of Mississippi waa made ,the basis upon which the committee worked, and the preamble waa very rear his language. The tariff plank declares de-clares for a revision of the tariff and gradual reduction on a wise and business-like plan. The time of the committee com-mittee wa. largely devoted to the- tariff plank and there waa a great deal of discussion dis-cussion of the phraseology. Mr. Bryan offered a provision for reaffirmation re-affirmation of the Chicago and Kansas City platforms, but definite consideration considera-tion of the proposition was postponed, although it waa made plain that it would not be accepted. It waa also evident evi-dent that Mr. Bryan will not receive very much consideration, although he made many suggestions and offered many amendments, but they were not accepted. No feeling was shown, but the sub-committee found other suggestion, sugges-tion, to take the place of those offered by the Nebraska member. i Three different platform, were presented, pre-sented, one by Mr. William., one by Mr. Poe representing Mr. Gorman's views, and one by Mr. Newlands of Nevada. Suggestions from both the Williams and tne Gorman drafts .were used and the Gorman declaration in favor of reduction of expenditures waa adopted. It wa. also made manifest that the platform was to be a conservative con-servative document. It 1. expected that there will be quite a lively contest over a gold plank lf it Is offered, but the money plank wa. not taken up at the evening session. - Just before the committee adjourned j Senator Dubois offered an antl-pblyg-amy plank, but no action wa. taken. Several members said that, after a few changes, they believed that such a plank would be acceptable. Some doubt I. expressed a. to what Mr. Bryan', attitude I. to be, as he made no serious objection, nor showed any particular fight upon any action that wa. taken. It is believed that he will make a fight before the full committee com-mittee or on the floor of the convention for amendment, which he has offered and which were rejected. |