The sun., 1900-07-04
PLATFORM WILL BE BRYAN'S
HOPELESS FIGHT AGAINST THE PRO.
POSED FREE SILVER PLANK


POSED FREE SILVER PLANK
Mr. Hill. who Il was Supposed Would Lead
the Fight. Has Been Tsrued Down by His
Own Delegation and Will Not He on the Com
mittee ON Observation-Disclosures Have Been
offered Him From Other states but None
Has Been Accept-d-west virs inia's Dele
cation Uasnimossly Declare Against q
Free silver Plank and Even Against the
Rearirmstion Of the Chicago Platform.
KANSAS CITY. July 3-Durins all of the sous
sions Of the last few days on the Democratic plat
form the main point has been the money Qlles-
ton. Al of the wranxle has been as TO whether
there should be a specific declaration In favor
OF the free coinage OF silver at the ratio Of
10 TO !. or whether there should be merely
4 reaffirmation Of tho Chicago platform
and let II go at that. Mr.. Bryan over week
ago sent twelve letters to Democrats inviting
them To his home in Lincoln to discuss this
money plank One OF the gentlemen who re-
ceived these letters was Mr. Hill. Mr. Bryan
we'll knew that such old friends IA Chairman
Jones OF the National Committee, John p Alt
geld Of Illinois, ex-Gov. Stone of Missouri. Ed
ward $. johnson OF Kansas. ID. J. Campau OF
Michigan, }. NJ. Guffey Of Pennsylvania and a
number OF others differed with him as 70 the
exact wording OF the money plank.
Mr., Bryan and his friends at Lincoln have
discussed nothing whatever about the platform
except the wording Of the financial plank
Not soul here or In Lincoln has heard
single word about Imperialism or ex-
pansion or anything else. 1t has been all
on the money question. The fallscious cry
OF Imperialism and the un- n-American sentiment
against expansion have been shunted to the
rear. The whole fight has been as to whether
Mr.. Bryan should have his way as to q specific
declaration for free silver at 10 toll
There being no longer any reasonable
doubt that the Convention. which meets to-mor-
row.will adopt platform containing plank de-
claring for the free coinage Of silver at the
ratio OF 10 TO 1. the most interesting question
TO be decided now Is will that action be brought
about with OF without a fght in the conven-
ton. That there will be a fght In the Com
mittee on Resolutions is certain. and that there
have been and are still. daily and hourly. fights
In the meetings Of the various State delega-
tons and in the public and private confer
ences of the hotels and street corners, Ia only
too plainly evident TO one who has been In
Kansas City since the first Of the delegates
arrived
A fEht against the pro posed free silver plank
would be fully justified becauseit II is evident that
a majority OF the delegates favor the policy Of
reafIirmins the Chicago platform and say
nothing more definite ON the silver question.
But although In a majority. those who advise
this course will be defeated. Bryan's hand
is tla hol,, a., ha, fort tho
past four years. He Is opposed to the policy
Of dodging. and loses no opportunity TO cay
whenever any man asks the question who
has a right to ask it. 1t will be Bryan con-
venton and q Bryan platform. and when any
delegate says he doesn't like this programme
the free silver Populists, who are In the saddle
again. tell him he can do the other thing. The
leaders who have advocated the lodging pol
icy. the conservatives" ~ they prefer to be
called resent the Dictatorship OF Bryan. but
whether they will dare to make a fight to es-
cape 1t Is as yet an unanswered question.
There Is one man to whom those who think
the salvation Of the Democratic party lies In
a negative policy on the financial question
have been looking as their champion to make
the fight that will wrest the control Of the con-
vention from Bryan. That man is David b.
lIill Of New York. Since he arrived here on
Sunday morning he has been heraded far and
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