The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-09
ON RESOLUTIONS.
HILL ATTEMPTS A DEFENSE OF
CLEVELAND.
Committee, However, VIII Have
None of It-And HIS Resolution
is Laid on the Table.

sembling today owing to the fact that
the subcommittee was at work until
/ late this morning.
Shortly after it convened the null
committee heard a delegation from the
Woman Suffrage association, which
desired to have incorporated in the
platform a strong woman suffrage
plank The leading argument in favor
of the resolution was made by DR..
Julia Holmes Smith, of Chicago. An
argument also was made by Mrs.
/ Catharine Waugh McCuIloch. The
anti suffragists were also given a hear
ing and argued against the adoption of
a suffrage plank.
! william P. st. John, of New York,
advocated his free coinage plank which
had been submitted to the committee.
| He made the argument that there are
/ many votes in the east in favor of
| free coinage, and claimed that New
York and some New England states
have majorities for free. coinage
| The subcommittee then made its re-
! port 70 the full committee, submitting
! the platform adopted last night.
| W. w. Gatewood. a Texas delegate.
made an argument in favor of mOdera-
bon in
THE TARIFF DECLARATION.
and submitted the following, which has
been incorporated: y
| Resolved, that we favor a tariff for
revenue sufficient to defray the neces-
sary expenses Of the government
economically administered and so adj
| justed as not to discriminate against
| the industries Of any section and es-
| pecially the raw material OF the south
and west, including their wool, hides,
sheep, cattle and other live stock in
teresfs.''
Allen w. Thurman, of Ohio, offered
st. Johns amendment to the financial
plank providing for the issuance Of
coin certificates in times of money
str.ngency in exchange for United
States bonds and spoke in its favor.
The amendment led to an animated
debate. Several opposed the amend
ment ON the ground that it was not
polite or wise to make any suggestion
of the possibility of the free coinage Of
silver causing a panic. Others in sup
port of Thurman declared that they
believed the banks would not start or
precipitate a pane in case OF the adop-
ton of free coinage. in order to regain
the power which they had wrongfuliy
WREsTED FROM THE PEOPLE.
1t was declared the banks were even
now locking up the money in prepara-
ton of such A chance. The previous
question was ordered on Thurman's
amendment and it was rejected.
Humans. amendment was offered
as such to the paragraph in the plat
form declaring that the demOnedza-
ton of silver has resulted in an appre-
citation OF gold etc, and this para
graph was adopted after the amend
ment was rejected.
The secretary proceeded with read
ing the platform section by section, de-
velopirg little discussion as he pro-
crossed.
Senator Hill made the suggestion
when the para graph demanding the
immediate restoration of free and un-
limited coinage of silver was read, to
the effect that there should be a de-
claration for the preservation of the
parity of the metals
This brought on the discussion as to
the absence of the minority report
several silver men complaining that
the minority report was unduly de-
layed and saying it should be. before
the full committee to be considered, to-
gether with the maj ority report.
Later it was stated by members that
the minority report would not be pre-
scented to the committee but to the con-
vention. 1t may take the form of a
protest.
BONDS.
The paragraph condemnfng the is
suance of bonds in a time of peace
started discussion which was partici-
pated in by Thomas, Tillman, German
and others. when the possibility of a
panic was freely discussed. Finally
the paragraph was slightly amended
on. byyT # Co1o
The sections relating to tariff and in
come were read conformity and both
adopted with but few amendments
The only important amendment of
the committee provision was one de-
clar4ng for a tax that would be i'm
partial. This and the second paragraph
are in practically the same language
as contained in the report sent out last
night by the Associated Press.
The motion 70 strike out the income
tax provision was promptly laid on the
table on motion of Senator Tillnan.
The plank condeTnning the refunding
of the Pacific railroads bill was ac-
cepted without debate, as was also a
paragraph in regard to the provision
which takes the position among other
things against the dropping of the
names of pensioners except under per-
fectiy justiffable means.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD PLANK
is as follows: no discrimination
should be INDUCED in by the govern
ment of the United States in favor of
its debtors. We approve of the refusal
of the F'ifty-third congress to PASS the
railroad funding biz and denoUnce the
efforts of the present Republican con-
gross to enact a similar measure
The gold delegates did not vote upon
the sections, reserving their right to
concentrate their opposition to the
plstform as a whole
The money stringency plank was
adopted.
The paragraph declaring sympathy
with the efforts OF the territories to at
tain statehood aroused some debate.
Jones of New Mexico contendirg for /
the insertion in lieu of the plank re-
ported by the subcommittee of the
platform declaration of 1892. which /
takes explicit ground in favor Of the adj [
mission of the territories of New Mex
leo, Arizona and other territories. as
they may be able to show their capabil- /
ity of conducting the affairs of the /
stsfe. He declared that if the Demo- /
cratic convention would take this posi- /
ton ii would make the territories Dem !
ocratic when they became states. The (
amendment suggested was adopted.
The Cuban paragraph aroused con- Z
siderable debate. Numerous amend !
nents were offered.
The report on the platform as a
whole was adopted. 80 to II, by the
resolution committee
About o'clock the committee con- |
cludad consideration of the platform by I