Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-06
|H0N PLATFORM WAS MADE.
Imperialism, Militarism
and Colonial Expansion-senato
Hill Gen. ST. Clair and Senator
Daniel Baked i'm Their Plan to
Present a Minority Report-Mr.
Van Wyck Refused to Sign Such q
Prexentmeut

hours were utilized by the leaders
against 16 to / in an effort TO reach a
decision on a minority report. There
were several conferences on which
Gen. st. Clair, of West Virginia, Sena-
tor Money. of Mississippi, and Mr..
Daily, of New Jersey, were participants.
They were disposed to insist upon the
formal presentation of the views of the
minority, but as one State after an
other decided not to carry the matter
into the convention they weakened.
Senator Money presented statement
showing that the votes cast for the
ratio represented only III out of $50
votes in the convention.
New York decided early not to unite
in any minority presentation.
When the full committee convened
the subcommittee presented a COM
plete platform as agreed upon last
night
The members who had led the fight
against Is to l requested an explicit
declaration of superior importance at
taching to other than the financial is
sue, and the silvermen decided to make
this concession, SO the front rank was
given to Imperialism and questions
growing out of the spanish war.
The committee completed its work at
/: 10 D. m. and adjourned. The vote on
the adoption of the report was unani-
nous. The conservative element was
l.. - %l1o III Of inn
perialism the issue of prime importance
and some expressed the opinion that
this declaration will be of greater ben
eft than the omission of reference to
the ratio would have been.
The vote by States on the 16 to
declaration in the committee last night
was:
Ayes-Alabama, Arkanas, Colorado,
Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kanses, Ken
lucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, Wy
oming, Arizona Oklahoma, Indian Ter
ritory, New Mexico, Hawaii-26.
Noes-California, Connecticut, Flor
ida, Georgia. Illinois, Indiana, Louis
lana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wiscon-
sin, Alaska-22
Mr.. Hills plans, arranged with st.
Clair, of West Virginia. and Daniels,
of Virginia, had cold water thrown on
them early Augustus Van Wyck, the
representative of New York, announc-
ed that he would not sign any minor
ity report. He said:
81 have made my fight and / have
been beaten. | do not intend to go
back of the committees decision"
Ex-senator Hill was told by an As
sociated Press correspondent of the ac-
ton OF the minority and his own
States action in voting to support the
majority report. He said:
Il am surprised that the States OPP
posed to the drastic silver announce
ment should show such little energy.
| feel they have made grievous mis-
take and | am sure it will seriously
hurt the party. AS to my own State,
Mr. Van Wyck, in order to get on the
committee, pledged the silver men that
he would not present a minority report
or sign one if his proposed platform
was defeated. In that way he has been
playing on two sides, and he is caught
now where he is not representing the
people of either his district or the
State.
The fight on the platform should be
carried to the convention. Why, just
look at the list of States that voted for
a 16 to l plank. 1t includes States
that never did bring an electoral vote
to the party and States with small
delegation in the convention. Look at
the list of States that voted no. Is
not nearly every doubtful State in that
column? Doesn't it include nearly
every State that is a battle ground,
and the States with the most powerful
delegations. There's Indiana, for in
stance, and Michigan, and New York,
and Maryland, and Ohio
Why, do you know" he continued
rather excitedly, that we carried the
conservative proposition by five votes
one time ana then they put up the cry
that Mr.. Bryan would not accept and
then carried it by two votes Think
of 1.-TWO votesi Probably Hawaii and
Oklahoma, two territories that can't
give us an electoral vote. defeat the
will of the East and the entire Democ-
racy. It's appalling. The stronger
silver men are with us. Even Jones
is with us and has so declared, but
he is dominated by Mr.. Bryan. Just
the same as l am opposed to imperial
ism in a nation, SO / am opposed to it
in an individual This is imperialism
| of the worst sort"
Gen. A. j. Warner, Of Ohio, is vigor-
ously opposed TO the action OF the ma
jority of the committee on resolutions
in inserting a Is to l plank in the plat
form.
The idea of announcing that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio Of Is to is a great moral prin-
ciple, is all nonsense said he THE
ratio is thing 10 be determined by
Congress. Here we have the spectacle
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
some of the smaller western States die
tating TO such States as Ohio Indiana,
New York and Pennsylvania 1t is alb
surd. Bryan is honest and earnest. but
! he is surrounded by a lot of people
who evidently control his views. It
| would be simply impossible to carry
Ohio or Indiana on any such platform
as Is suggested by the majority of the
resolutions committee The Germans
| viii vote solidly against US. 1t forces
Is TO / TO the front as the paramount