The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-07
PLATFORM AND THE TICKET.
EVERYBODY NOT HAPPY OVER THE
RESULT AT KANSAS CITY.

Business Men Disgruntled Because
of the silver Plank, But the Rank
and File of the Party VIII Tnke
gresham Lester Thinks the Ticket
Will Come ms Near Winning as
any the Democrats Could Have
Put Out-Imperialism the Main Is
sue and silver Kept strictly In the
Background.
The Kansas City Convention could not
be said to be exactly the absorbing topic
in Savannah yesterday, but still its action
was very generally discussed. Mr.. Steven
son is not particularly a favorite here. The
majority of Savannah Democrats would
have preferred Hill as giving something OF
a conservative tone to the ticket with
some assurance of carrying New York
state. Stevenson, it is generally acknowl-
edged, is likely to prove a more satisfac-
tory man than Towne, and as Bryan has
10 have a running mate is about as good
a selection could have been made and
a good deal better than some.
Neither the ticket nor the platform, 1t
must be acknowledged, has excited any
particular enthusiasm in Savannah yet.
The business men are considerably dis
gruntled because of the 16 to plank. Very
few of those who were seen yesterday
had read the platform. They had simply
noticed from the headlines that 16 TO l was
in 1t and that was enough for them. They
had entirely overlooked the fact that i'm
perialism is made the leading issue and
that the plank is as strong a presentation
of this question as it could possible be
made. 1t is the first issue presented, and
occupies a fun column of the Morning
News while 16 to / is buried in a para
graph of just thirteen lines, fully half way
down the middle of the platform. If the
porportionate conspicuousness given the
two issues is any indication of their rela-
tive importance as viewed by the Demo-
cratic leaders in convention assembled then
the business men have little cause to grum-
Bile. They may take note of this later on
1T is a good platform and a good
ticket" said Congressman Lester, land
will come as near winning as any the
Democrats could name. Stevenson is In
thorough harmony with Bryan and will
make him good running mate. He will
come as near helping to carry New York
as Hill would. The fact is that / do not
expect much from New York or any
Eastern state. If Bryan is TO be elected,
his support must come from the West
and the South"
ut is a splendid ticket and a splendid
platform" said Hon w. w. Sheppard
land d sure winner. The plank on i'm
perialism could not be improved upon.
The silver plank had to go in, of course.
1t would have caused more talk had Il
been left out than by being put In, and
woulc have lost votes both ways. The
Eoer sympathy plank is a good one, and
is destined to play a big part in the cam
paign. especially in the Northwestern
states where the German and Scandina-
Wan element is very strong. Webster
Davis will be set to work in those states,
and will 40 great work there"
There are other hopeful Democrats who
view, the matter just as Mr.. Sheppard
does. H. fact, the rank and file of the
parry generally is pretty well satisfied
wit, the ticket and the platform, and will
make no bones about voting one and sup
porting the other. They do not regard the
money plank as of particular Importance
one way or the other, and taken as a
whole, they are satisfied with the
strs.ghtout democracy of both the ticket
and the platform.