Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-08
COMMITTEES ON RESOLUTIONS.

COMMITTEES ON RESOLUTIONS,
Foraker is Chosen as Its Chairinan-Division
of Its Work.
| MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June mo less a
| person than Ex-Governor Foraker Of Ohio
| was chosen as ths chairman OF the committee
| on resolutions, and he 1t is, therefore, who
| will have the honor to first voice In the ma
| tonal convention the declarations upon
| which the coming presidential campaign will
| be fought by the ropu ublicans, no matter who
| is their nominee. The first meet
| ing of the committee began imme-
| diately following the adjournment Of the
| convention and before the slower members
had realized what was going on, Foraker
| was at the helm. 1t came about like a flash.
| Delegate Oliver OF Pennsylvania on entering
| tho room raped Immediately for order,
| briskiy named Foraker for the place and
| getting prompt second, put the motion and
! announced that it wus carried and ex-Gov-
ernor Foraker was the man. ftherewas any
| idea of opposition 1t had no chance to
| Ohioun's friends on the committee went
| wholly unchallenged by any hostile negatives.
Dividing the Work.
When the committee had caught its breath
after the lightninglike election, Governor
Gear OF Iowa offered a suggestion, which was
| adopted, after some desultory discussion. 1t
was that the preparation Of the platform
| be referred to i've subcommittee of five
| members each. One topic was to be as
| signed to a subcommittee. The division to
| be as follows: First, tariff; second, silver;
| third, elections; fourth, foreign relations !;
| fifth, miscellaneous SUBJECTS.
Governor Foraker announced that he
| would name the members Of the five sub
| committees at p. m. And the gathering
| quickly scattered until s p. M, set as the
hour for reasSembling
Governor Foraker, after looking over the
| list of members when he reached his hotel,
made the following appointments of the sub
| committee:
Tarlff-H w. Oliver, Pennsylvania; ].
| Gear, Iowa; j. w. Bourne, Oregon; David
| Il. Pierce. New Hampshire; George Denny,
| jr., Kentucky.
| Sllver-Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin; John
p. Jones' Nevada; Joseph g. Cannon, llli-
| nois; j. @. A. Brackett, Massachusetts; /;
Henry M. Teller, Colorado.
! Elections-Newton Hooker. Tennessee;
James p. Platt Connecticut; Edmund Wad-
dell, Virginia; A. S. Fowler, Arkansas; (;
Charles Austin, Michigan.
! Foreign Reiatious-George A. knight,
California; c. F. Libby, Maine; John A.
nor, New York; w. P. Hepburn, Idaho
Miscellaneous Matters-Cyrus Leland,
| Griffin, Indiana; Frank j. Harris, Rhode
Island; Edward G. Erickson, South Dakota.
Silver Rumors.
| Talk of a big row In regard to silver was
current when the fun platform committees
reported as claiming that they had been
promised majority on the subcommittee
fulfilled. Jones and Teller two of
the members of tho subcommittee, were
recognized as the promised free silver men,
but Cannon and Brackett were said to be as
ftxyal nat fhn rht afol ,,,ttt
Falrchild leaning strongly toward the hostile
party, making it three out of five against sill
yer. Tho silver men were said also to
be angry at the delay OF the
until the full committee was in ses-
| sion. AS q matter OF fact, however,
no one of the subcommittee have been able
| to get together, no hour or place of as
to the scattering Of the full committee at its
hurried arst meeting. The membership
of the subcommittees, too, though
the list was quickly posted by
Governor Foraker as he promised, did
not become very generally known to the del
egates most directly interested, owing 10 a
| com mbipation of MISUNDERSTANDING. The
| work of formulating even the first rough
| drafts OF separate plans OF o platform had not
| made the slightest headway up to 3 p. M,
| and the taking up OF the task was thought to
| be at hand.
The First to Make an Argument.
representative of the League for the
| Protection OF American Institutions was the
| first outsider accorded the privilege of max
ing an address in the committee room. He
of Racine, Wis, and Mrs. S. NJ S. Perkins
| Of Cleveland, o., who asked that the
repub blican plank of four years ago on
free suffrage" be amended to include the
words "male or female" The ladies ex-
pressed themselves as happy at the courte-
sizes extended them, but were not inclined to
be sanguine as to any action Of committee IN
the direction of woman suffrage.
Judge Albion W. Tourgee next pleaded for
| plank that would look toward the protec-
ton of the negro by extension of the powers
of tho federal courts
Other gentlemen with long cherished pro.
grams for the consideration OF the committee
Were also in waiting, but as 1t was DOW get.
ting far into the night the committee decided
to separate into snocommittees with the un
Outstanding that their assembling would be
at some time during tomorrow afternoon,
one hour later than the adjournment OF the
convention.
Numerous Resolutions introduced.
About 100 resolutions were introduced and
referred TO the subcommittees without read
ing. The tariff subcommittee oddly enough
! received the smallest quota. The silver
group was we'll supplied and the foreign re-
| Canadian discrimination against American
| shipping, the Nlcaraguan canal and the
United States control OF the Isthmus Of Pan
anna. e4'e 'r-
An important matter before the commit
tee on miscellany was Worlds fair plank,
prepared by Senator Cullom aDd presented
by Cannon.
r. NJ NJ. Estee succeeded In getting a salts
factory hearing for the Nicaragua cana
from the foreign affairs subcommittee.
Colonel Isaac Trumbo, president Of the ex-
ecutive committee of tho national silver con
gress, was sent for to ascertain II he woult
not be content with a mild compromise as :,
silver hut upon showing little inclination
that way, was not asked into the counci
chamber The meeting OF the subcommitte,
. promised TO last long past midnight.