The age-herald., 1900-06-30
MIR. WILLIAMS IS
 NOT A CANDIDATE Pronounced Views Will Keep Him Out Wce-PreSidential Race. HITS HILL AND CLEVELAND Declares They Are Trying to Place Bryan on Par With McKin-
 ley No Concessions
 Will be Made

Kansas City, June 29.-George Fred Will Hams, member of the National Committee and delegate to the Democratic Conven- ton from Massachusetts arrived in Kansas City today. MT Williams has been among those mentioned as a possible Vice-Presi- dential candidate, but he says that having pronounced views and not being afraid to express them makes it impossible for him to be considered in this connection. He is by far the most breezy and unreserved man that has yet appeared here and he talks on every phase of the situation with out, however, committing himself or the New England delegates upon the Vice. Presidential situation, save to say that he believes that Towne would be the strongest man that could be named with Bryan.
 MT Williams talked about Ex-Senator Hill in a manner to indicate his entire disapprobation of that gentleman.
 Hill Wants to Boss
 What is Hill coming here for?" he asked, and answered the query, flor the sole and avowed purpose of trying to se- cure a modification of the platform of 1S96 He ought to be here in sack cloth and ashes instead of trying to tell us what we
 
 leader remained silent in the Chicago con- vention after the majority had declared it's will on the platform. Now he comes here to say: will help you if you do as say If we win he will say: I helped you If we lose he will say: T told you what to do and you see the result
 T don't like that attitude. Croker and Murphy come here in a different spirit, willing to take the platform that is made and abide by the result. It is likely that Hill will not be so prominent when Croker and Murphy take charge" MT. Williams is one of the men who is determined to work for a specific declara- ton for the ratio of 16 to in the platform. He says there must be no deviation from that declaration.
 If we were right in 1896, why should we change now? To simply reaffirm the Chi cago platform is not sufficient Nor would 1t be enough to declare for bimetallism Every man could declare himself a bi- metallist and place the ratio at % to l or 60 to to suit his own ideas, all of which would mean nothing. l do not believe this convention will be satisfied with anything but a specific 16 to l declaration. The morale of the party demands it, and if we were right when we boiled six and half million votes we will be right in making the declaration anew. MT. Bryan could not HoHordpiy stand upon platform that even by implication abandoned the great issue on which the former campaign was fought We cannot write ourselves down as being Jackasses or knaves in 1896 by leaving out the old ratio declaration.
 Stab at Cleveland
 Along this vein MT Williams discussed the issue, and presently he turned his at- tention to Grover Cleveland, whom he de- nounced for throwing the weight of the Democratic administration against the Democratic ticket four years ago "To make concessions now," he said, would mean that Cleveland was right and the greatest man in the Democratic party don't believe this convention will do it. and when the delegates arrive it will be found that the movement is not popular The men behind this movement are men who want to place the Democratic party and MT. Bryan in a vacillating position like the present administra tion. They want to place Bryan on par with Mckinley, and l say the Kansas City convention will not do anything of that kind"