Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-07-08
WORK OF PLATFORM BUILDING
Resolutions Committee Has About
Matured Democratic Declara-
ton of Principles.
FORECAST OF IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
Silver at 16 to is the Salient Plank
Sensible Tariff and Revenue De-
clarations-BondIss Issues in Time
of Peace Denounced.

| Chicago, July 8.-A subcommittee on
resolutions was appointed this morninp g
to make final revision of the platform
before its presentation to the general
committee.
Senator George suggested several
| minor changes, a number of which were
adopted.
There was no trouble at reaching an
agreement upon all the points except
two or three.
Among the sub jects upon which there
were differences was of course the money
question.
Senators Jones, Cockrell, George and
Tillman, with Mr.. Owen, of Indian terri
tory, presented the majority report to
the full committee about $3.50. Then be-
gan the first contest.
The committee on resolutions was not
very prompt to assemble to-day, owing
to the fact that the sub committee was at
work till late this morning.
The full committee heard the delega-
tion from the Woman suffrage associa-
ton, who desired to have incorporated
in the platform strong woman suffrage
plank. The anti-suffragists were also
given hearing.
Allen w. Thurman, of Ohio, offered Mr..
st. Johns amendment to the financial
plank, providing for the issuance of coin
certificates in times of money stripgency
liz exchange for United States bonds, and
spoke in its favor.
William p. St. John, of New York,
A. TO- nf I,
He claimed that New York and some of
the New England states have majorities
for free coinage.
Several opposed the amendment on the
ground that it was not politlc or wise to
make any suggestion of the possibility
of the free coinage of silver causing a
panic.
The amendment was rejected.
THE TARIFF PLANK.
w. W. Gatewood, a Texas delegate,
made an argument in favor of modera-
tion in the tariff declaration and sub
mitted the following, which has been in.
"kesolved, That we favor tariff snffi-
cient to defray the necessary expenses of
the government economically admins
tered, and 80 adjusted as not to dis
criminate against the industries of any
section and especially the raw materials
of the south and west including their
wool, hides, sheep, cattle and other live
stock interests"
The paragraph declaring sympathy
with the efforts of the territories to at
tain statehood aroused some debate, Mr..
Jones, of New Mexico, contending for the
insertion, in lieu of the plank reported
by the sub b-committee of the declaration
of 1892, which takes explicit ground in
favor of the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona and the other territories, as
they may be able to show capability of
conducting the affairs of state. He de-
clared that if the Democratic convention
would take this position, it would make
the territories Democratic when they be-
came states. The amendment suggested
was adopted.
The Cuban paragraph aroused consid-
erable debate. Numerous amendments
were offered.
DECLINED TO INDoRsE ADMINISTRATION.
Senator Hill, of New York, offered in
ing: "We commend the honesty, courage
and fidelity of the present Democratic
He said he supposed it would be voted
down. 1t was promptly tabled when he
persisted in pressing it.
S p. NIT has been agreed that, when
The platform is presented, each side shall
ha oiven an honr for discuasion and then |