Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-20
0MAKE CHANGES
PLATFORM REFERRED TO COM
MITTEE FOR REVISION.
Different PLANKS REVIEWED,
Draft Is Too Long-Women
Ask for a Suffrage Plank in
Platform.

Philadelphia, June 19.-The committao
on resolutions convened at 5 O'clock.
Wnen n following members We're an
pointed a subcommittee to draft and
submit a platform to the full COMMITTEES.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, Davis Of
Minnesota, Gallinger of New Hampshire
Foraker of Ohio, Carter of Montana. Nc
Cumber Of North Dakota and Messrs.
Qulgg OF New York, Noyes of Maryland,
MADDEN of Illinois and Roosevelt of CAL
ifornia.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania intro
duced a declaration for an executive de-
partment of the government to be known
as the department of and in
Iuustry, out 1t was referred to the SUBJ
committee.
when the Subcommittee convened a
delegaaeon OF ladies from the suffrage as
ISOLATION was admitted TO present ar
guments for a resolution which they
submitted, asking congress to ubmit to
the state legislatures an amendment to
the constitution granting the elective
franchise to women. The delegation was
headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president of the Equal Suffrage associa-
dent of that association, and they 10Th
made brief speeches in support of the
proposition.
A protest against the suffrage plank
was also submitted. This was handed
in by Mrs. Francis M. Scott of New York,
Mrs. j. Elliott Cabot of Massachusetts.
Mrs. Carolina S. Forbin of Illinois, Mrs.
r. w. Wilbur of Oregon, Mrs. Samuel
Cassidy of Iowa and Mrs. {. W. Griggs
of Washington, each OF them president
of a state or city society opposed to he
extension of suffrage. They took the po-
sition that IAN extension of the suffrage
to a very large body of new voters is a
serious step and one which should be
taken only when it clearly appears that
such an extension is necessary to the
rnnoro1 vDoGfo no nf tho -, +; -. &L1t
it is called for as an &C of justice to a
body OF citizens who are suffering some
deprivation of their rights by reason Of
present qualifications" and asked: "Can
it be proved hat either of these reasons
exists so far as the women OF this cOun-
try are concerned!"
Another delegation that was heard
very briefly was composed of colored
men and was headed by Representative
White. They asked for the insertion of
south and against the suppression of the
ballots OF citizens in the southern states.
TIL whole matter was referred to Mr..
Lynch Of Mississippi, with instructions
to draft q plank covering the southern
question.
H. H. Hanna of Indiana and Henry C.
Payne OF Wisconsin were heard at some
length in support of the request to in
corporate the following plank in the plat
form:
Inc employment OI the people Is the
contentment Of the people. The great
est b~enefaction to man is tn opportun-
ity to labor. Dur best hopes for contin-
ued prosperity lies in winning the worlds
markets for the products of the American
farm and factory. Interest rates are
potent factors in securing the result. The
wise financial legislation already enact
ed by the republican party contributes
to this end. Having secured stability
in our currency we now favor additional
monetary legislation to equalize and
lower III rates of interest by providing
a feasible and sufficient medium of ex-
change for the benefit Of the borrowers
as well as the lenders Of money in order
that American may b. en-
larged and that labor NAV b. assured
of steady and remuneratfve employ
ment."
They made an earnest plea for the reso-
luton but 1t met with opposition on the
ground that It vas able to be interpreted