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Show PLANKS OF PLATFORM Document Well Framed Along: Progressive Lines Baltimore. June 28. Unkempt uni brcakfastless, the sub-commltteo of tho convention committee on icsolu-tlons icsolu-tlons began gathering today in their room at Convention hall All confessed to feeling very little like, going to work after the strenuous ueffoim-anccs ueffoim-anccs of last night. Mr Bryan wan not among the first to arrlvoand the other members began work on the theory that comparatively little progress prog-ress could be made In hl3 absence. Apparently when the committee ceased Its labors yesterday the platform plat-form had been completed, but phrase, ologlcal and other imperfori,)n3 wore discovered at every reiding. The members found quite a bit of additional addi-tional work to be dono in order to hao the resolutions roady foi the full committee, which met about U o'clock. There was a discussion both In tho committee and the sub-com-mlttoe of minor provisions which It had been previously decided should bo admitted. Among thoso were the question of woman suffrage and the Initiative, referendum arid rorall It has been practically decHlea that these and other featusc.i should he left to the discretion of the state, but some of the members felt that an expression ex-pression by the national convent'on would be helpful and alous; the lines for which the progress ? v. Ing of tho party has struggled foi sex era years. These features vcro left un ' decided until the last minute j The differences of such subje-ts ' as these have been th03e of polk'x . and expediency only. There have been no differences of conicHon The committee has united abso utuly In I support of progressive Ideas and the , membors have vied with one another i In their efforts to have the platform i express the very foremost thought of ' modern Democracy. The stiongest I and tersest word3 have ueen sought In framing every plank in order that no ono could doubt the purpose k fulfill ful-fill the pledges. Appeal to Republicans. Thero also Is an effort to frame the platform so as to appeal io the Republican Re-publican "Progrlsslves" In the hope that many of them may be won over Indeed the part of some. It Is hoped that Colonel Roosexelt may be Induced In-duced by the platform declarations to abandon his further presidential ambitions am-bitions and Join the Democrats In bringing about results on whl-h they declare his lows are In ncccnl vrlMi their own. With these purposcrf In mind, tho old-time DemocraMc doctrines doc-trines will be extended so a to cover many fields This inclination has led to the making of an unusually long platform, plat-form, but Its length will be fourd to bo duo to the variety of subjects rather than to the elaboration of any particular plank. Indeed Micro has been a consistent effort to blue-pencil unnecessary words. When, for instance in-stance Samuel Gompers appeared before be-fore tho committee In the interest of labor, ho was asked by Mr Bran, who is tho dominating factor in the committee, whether the Denver labor plank was not satisfactory. "It was." replied Mr Compere "Reaffirm It and we will be satisfied " "Re-write that plank." declared Mr. Bryan, "but put it in half tho words and make each of them bristle " With tho exception of tho declaration declara-tion of the improvements of the Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, not a plank had found Its way out of the committee room when work was resumed today. Prominence to Tariff. Ghing special prominence to tho tariff an effort will bo midc to demonstrate dem-onstrate that tht Republican policy of protection ha beon responsible In large d'-grce for the high cost of living liv-ing and for the devolopmont of trusts and monopolies. There will be a positive posi-tive declaration for revision downward down-ward to the basis of a tariff for revenue reve-nue only, with especial stress on the word "only," but to meet tho demands de-mands largely of Senator Nowlands and at the samo time endorse the plccc-meal revision policy of the houso of representatives, the opinion w'll be expressed that the reductions, "hould be made gradually with a view of disturbing juslness as slightly ae possible. It Is hoped to shupe the financial plank so sb to convince bankers that there Is a i.osblblllty of revislr.3 the fln-inces wlthoJt resorting to tho con-tial con-tial reserve plan suggested by Senator Sena-tor Aldrlch. Tho Aldrlch plan ia denounced de-nounced on the theory that it would place the lesunnce of tho currency and Its continued control when Issued in the hands of practically ono business as deposited in their rule of tho buslnes corporation. Both the BUb-commlttoe aud the full committer- are s-yrcod upon the detlr-ablllty detlr-ablllty of criminal prosecutions against tho men back of tho tiusts There has been some contention, especially es-pecially by Senator O'Gorman. tha: if the "criminal pnvlsions of tho a. as it now stands, should be enforced the ends of justice woula be subsr-ed. subsr-ed. While agreeing with him, a majority ma-jority of tho members tako the position po-sition that tho fact that these provisions pro-visions have not been enforced is good ovldoncc that thoy will not be so long as they are left in the least problematical. Rover Improvements. The planks on Mississippi river improvement im-provement and conservation aro regarded re-garded as direct advances. There Is an implied declaration in the Mississippi Missis-sippi river plank against state control and In favor of turning tho whole question of tho legulatlon or the great waterway to tho federal government Regarding conservation of tho natural resources, the commlttoe would not tako a backward step, but It Is emphatic em-phatic against a policy which would drive American honieseekers to other countries There therefore will be a declaration declara-tion for the admlnlstratiou of the land laws so as to encourage settlement settle-ment and home building. In view of the desire to please Mr. Roosevelt's followers, some sur-prlso sur-prlso has boen expressed ovor the committee's decision to insert a declaration dec-laration In favor of one term for the prosldont of the United States. It Is there, however, nnd probably will. remain. No expression Is gdon as to tho length of tho term which would bo a matter of detail In legislation. |