Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-22
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.

1t Listens to Appeals of Those who
Want Planks-Jones' Platform.
The resolutions committee met durino
the afternoon, and temporarily organized
with ex-Secretary Bayard as chairman. It
then took recess to 3 p. m, and at the
evening session elected Colonel c. H
Jones, of St. Louis, chairman. Bayard vol
UNFAIRLY withdrawing The committee
then proceeded to hear people who wanted
planks. The Nicaraguan canal was the
first subject presented. and a delegation
headed by Judge Archer, of California.
presented arguments for a plank favoring
national aid To that canal and reaflirma-
ton of the Monroe doctrine. A Worlds
fair committee was next heard, asking
word in favor of national aid to the fair.
Woman Suffrage, Labor, Etc.
Another delegation wanted convict
tabor denounced, and then Susan b. An
ebony made an address in favor of a woman
suffrage declaration. Asking for five min.
utes she was given ten and expressed her
gratitude therefor Then a plank was
proposed against pauper and other unde-
slrable immigration. and a silver plank in
favor of using both metals for money.
with free coinage under such regulations
as congress may establish.
Col. Jones Has n Platform.
The silver men who were expected to
present their wants not arriving, the COM
mlttee proceeded to consider a platform
Colonel Jones had in his pocket. The sill
yer plank in this pronouncement was
quite lengthy, but in a sentence it de-
manded the free coinage of gold and sill
yer dollars of equal value. Anybody who
has gold dollars worth of bullion should
have the right TO demand its coinage. This
declaration, one Of the members said,
seemed to be satisfactory to the majority.
At II O'Clock the reading of the platform
and suggestions that We're made respect
ing the several planks as they were read
was concluded. and the committee ad-
journed until 10,o'clock this morning.
Left with n subcommittee.
Before adjournment the whole platform
and all the documents were left with a
subcommittee, believed with one excep-
ton to be as follows: Charles H. Jones, of
Missouri, chairman; Senators Villas of
Wisconsin, Daniel of Virginia, and Nc
Pherson of New Jersey; ex-Secretary Bay
ard, of Delaware: Thomas Patterson, of
Colorado; John T. Russell, of Massachu-
sets; E. F. Uhl, of Michigan; William
Thompson, of California, and i. T. Gar
rard, of Georgia. The subcommittee is
said to stand to against free coinage of
silver.
Notes of the Convention.
The National League for the Protection
of American Institutions has presented to
the resolutions committee a plank favor
ing a constitutional amendment prohibit
ing any state from establishing any re-
Hgion or preventing the free exercise
thereof, or in any way aiding any church
or religious society.
Western members of the national COM
mittee-Illinois, b. Il. Cable Indiana,
Simon 2. Sheerin: Michigan, d. J. Cam
pau: Kansas, c. w. Blair; Minnesota, NJ.
Doran; Ohio, Calvin S. Brice; Wisconsin,
+. c. Wall.
The silver states have formulated two
resolutions on silver which they will try
to have put on the platform, one of which
is incapable of two interpretations
The Cleveland club, as an offset to the
Tammany parade of Monday evening.
organized a demonstration last night,
They formed a column more than half a
mile long and paraded the streets for
two hours with bands and banners.