Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-14
THE K. C. PLATFORM AND SILVER.

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Inere Is S.roWing8 evidence that the
declaration of the Kansas CITY deino-
cratic convention on the silver question:
Will be milaer than Bryan foreshad-
owed it would be early in the campaign.
Or this subject the Chicago Tines
Herald says:
The convention at Kansas City Will
make an attempt To swallow Bryan
without Organism. This is now clearly
indicated by the majority Of the state
platforms already adolted by the Bry-
an democrats ard BY the statements
of Chairman Jones of the national com
mittee in Chicago
The only important state platform
which contains specific reattifmation
of the ratio of sixteer-tQ- is that
adopted by the Organizes in Nebraska.
But as this is Mr.. Bryan home state
ii was deemed wise and eNrstlient Ia
make a showing of political honesty on
this question in the state platform. In
the states outside of the silver mining
country, however. the conventions have
furnished ;heScouatty with ludicrous
ard humiliating compromise by in
structing their delegates 10 vote for
Bryan and at the same time declining
To embody in their platforms any
specific reiteration of their belief in the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
and gold a the ratio Of sitxeen-to-
one
a good sample of the pathetic efforts
ofthe Bryan democracy toindorse Bry-
an without .ndorsing Bsyanisrn is furn-
ished by The following plank taken
from the state platform adopted a,
Waterbury, Conn.
The democracy of Connecticut ap-
preciates the services and llonors III,
sterling character and splendid ability
of William j. BNran. and the delegate.
selected by this convention are herab,
instructed to unite With the democrat,
of the other states of the Union in Sc
curing his nomination for president D
the United States. and request them t,
advocate the adoption Of a platform
embodyirg the fundamental principle
of the democracy which he SO abb.
repr'e SCENTS, and We pledge our supper
! to the platform which shall be adopte,
at the national convention to be helt
in Kansas City"
To make the compromise even NOR
ludicrous the convention voted 70 sup
port William j. BRYAN for president bu
refused to elect as delegate al large tn
{ acknowledged Byran leader in Con
necticnt. Alexander Troup. because 0
his wel-known radical adherence t,
free silver and sixteen to-one.
Whether Senator Jones or some othe
Brya mite was commissioned TO persuad
Bryan to consent to the dropping o
slxteen-to-one from the national plat
form is of small consequence. 1t 1
plainly apparent from Senator Jones'
interview that there is a quiet under
standing that the silver element will b
satisfied with a reatfirmation of TIL
Chicago platform of 1896. without an.
specific mention of sixteen-to-o one, ii
hopes that the gold democrats will b
conciliated by the lattes. omission AM
may be persuaded to support the Bry
d an ticket on such issues as trusts, mil
itarism and imperialism.
Mr.. Jones says that to repeat or re
write the 1896 platform would make
very long platform for this year TIL
inference is. therefore. plain that n
portion Of the platform vii! be rewrit
ten but that it will be simply "reaf
firmed.''
This is the program of compromis
mapped out for Kansas City. Whethe
it can be carried out without bolt o
q row depends upon the generalshi
OF Jones and other leaders
$50 FER contra, here is what Bryan SC !:
IN wednesday, in Chicago in response t
4 the question. will the platform reaf
arm the Chicago platform Of 1882"
There is no question about that. l
willsbe reafiirmed as strong as languag
can make 1t. Planks will be added o.
sthes anti-trnst and anti-inAerialisn
IL questions and perhaps others, 4 An