Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-22
FRAMING THE PLATFORM
THE REsOLUTION OOMMfTTEE,s
HERUULEAN TASK.
Arguments Submitted in Behalf of Free
silver, the Worlds Fair. Nicara-
qua Canal, and Numerous
IL Other Prepositions.

CHICAGO, June 21.-The committee
on resolutions met after the adjourn.
ment of the convention and chose ex-
secretary Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware
chairman and Col. Thomas H. Jones OF
Missouri secretary. After an informal
discussion the committee adjourned till
evening.
Among the resolutions before the COM
mittee for consideration are number
on tariff and silver. The former is de-
cidedly radical, declaring substantially
for tariff for revenue only. There are
half-a-dozen resolutions on finance,
those from the silver states and some
from the south declaring emphatically
for free silver. while those from the east
usually dispose of the matter by de-
mand for "honest money"
Representative Bacon OF New York
handed in resolution which was en-
dorsed by the Democratic members of
the committee of banks and banking of
the house of representatives. It
declared that the national bank
ing system under the existing laws
and partly by reason Of the diminished
amount and increased price of national
bonds, has become inadequate to the
needs of the people, and pledging the
Democratic party to such alienation OF
the laws relating to banking as will af-
ford all localities an opportunity to sup
ply themselves with adequate banking
facilities, and safe, elastic and properly
distributed currency.
PLATFORM FAR FROM COMPLETE.
1t was near midnight before the plant
form committee adjourned, and then
their labors we're far from complete.
The draft submitted by G. H. Jones,
of st. Louis, was twice taken up and
considered, with amendments and sub
stitutes innumerable. Finally the COM
mittee resigned the matter to sub
committee of nine, consisting of Jones
of Missouri, Villas of Wisconsin, Daniel
of Virginia, Thompson OF California,
Russell of Massachusetts, Patterson OF
Colorado; Bayard Delaware, McPher-
son of New Jersey. Sewell of Maine.
The subcommittee was instructed to
report the result to the full committee
at 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
A protracted sitting, beginning with
the hearing OF the worlds fair and
Nicaragua canal advocates, WAS under
the chairmanship of Hon. G. H. Jones,
Of st. Louis. He succeeded ex-Secretary
Of State Bayard as presiding officer at
the suggestion of Mr.. Bayard himself.
1t was said Mr.. Cleveland's ex-post-
master-general, Mr.. Dickinson, of Mich
igan, had personally recommended that
Mr.. Jones be thus honored, and this,
with the fact that the Missourian is
known to have given the subject of the
platform careful study, made the pro-
priety OF his selection apparent.
INTEREST cENTERs IN SILVER.
Interest centered chiefly in what
would be done on silver. Dickinson
intrusted to the Michigan representa-
| tive plank which was understood to
represent the most liberal ideas that
would be subscribed to by the support.
ters of Mr.. Cleveland. It favored BIZ
metallic standard, and opposed any dis
elimination in favor Of either metal OF
placing any burden upon either. II
omitted mention of free coinage. The
silver caucus men had three separate
planks, varying in their radical nature
OF WHICH they propose to get into
the platform the strongest that the