The sun., 1900-07-04


In the restoration OF silver and putting 4 on
proper parity with gold. But 40 not thlnk
that We ought at this juncture declare ior
This brought Tom l., yohnson TO his feet.
"Do you not know" he asked with warmth.
that Mr.. Bryan wants the ratio o. IL 70 es-
pecially mentioned in the platform A..
Il have read something 10 that eject In 'he
papers. replied MIR Chapman. n,.
Then you do not agree with Mr.. bryanf
Queried Mr. johnson triumphantly ,..
Well. no, replied Mr.. Chapman coolly.
while the ultra silver men held their breath
az the heresy. not precisely am pime'-
alllst, however.
There was lively stir at this, and several
delegates were getting on their feet at the same
time when the voice OF Gen A. j, Warner the
Nestor OF Ohio Greenbackery and silverlsn. com,
manded attention. Nothing less than thewordsG G oi
the great silver oracle of tour years ago co,td
have stlled the rising tempest. Radical OF the
radicals on the silver question, as he was khoWn
TO BE-, his counsels yet we're for c0nseryausih
cratic party was now called upon TO meet, he
said. came from the mailed sceptre OF lmperlai-
ism that was now stalking abroad IN the ishu
9wn and shs rsr
U.S. The Democratic party still stood unsWerv.
ingly for silver. but ut the saIne time he did hot
think that this was the proper occasion 70 MAKE ,t
platform. This oalmed the storm. M. Chap
man was elected TO membership on the Com
mittee on Resolutions. and a resolution was
platform without specification of the 10 to
plank.
The Iowa delegation is still radically divided
on the question OF specific declaration % 0a anv ~
compromise. Others are equally strong in
opposition to going any further than the mere
rean,rmation OF the Chicago piatioIm. Sev, sew
parently Il was about evenly divided The
conservatives, who we're in favor OF mere re-
NJ, Parsons Of Rock, Rapids. In nomination
for membership Of the Committee on Reso-
lutions. and the ultra silverites put up John
RspSs wss ssSs sso,sa q BY hs vo s's c t.,
delegates are IN favor Of Hill. and one Of them
said that II Hin would permit the use OF his
velt carried all before him at Philadelphia.
Speaking Of the sentiments Of the Missouri
Convention; Delegate W. Il. Robinson of St
"Te feel that II II would be any consolation to
those who staid out in 1898 to have the specific
mention Of 10 TO left out Of the platform II
ought to De le out We 90 no, wa ihsr 70 pI1 up
ine to the fold. We would have the Chicago
platform reafflrmed in its entirety. and that fully
covers the 10 to / question. There Is no more more
necessity Of specifically mentioning that plank
than any other In the Chicago platform"
There was lively struggle over the National
Committeeman In consequence OF determined
test was close. Gov Stone winning by two votes.
The Pennsylvania delegation has warm
fight on over 10 To- which as yet has not been
SO %f the % was sa se
for simple reaffirmation of the Chicago plat;
FORM but when IL came to the test. II was iound
that the radical fat-footed. 10 to respecifca-
ton crowd was so strong that there was no GER
tainty Of such a resolution passing, SO the mat
ter was referred for future consideration. The
delegation reelected Col James NJ Gufley OF
81 tfN and in Qd.
dition TO that presented 10 him handsome
silver loving cup az an expression OF their ap-
preciation Of his services to the party. The
beborn Col l7pS Guey started in ~ to make re.
ply. but was so much overcome by the honor
thrust upon him that he broke down and called
on GTsen SS 70 Tsp for him. which
The Wisconsin delegation Is out for plain
reaffirmation Of the Chicago platform without
any reference to, 10 TO /. All that the
Vice Presidency Is that they would prefer
New York man, but don't want Sui
ger. II the nominee comes from the West
they don't want him 10 be Towne. Barring
these two negative preferences. the deleea-
ton is still all at see over the Presidency,
Sixteen out OF the eighteen Minnesota dele
form without being any more specific on the
subject Of 10 To /. The entire delegation Is
The California delegation, which got in last
with them, is for reatflrmstion OF the Chicago
platform On the ice-Preeldency question
they are ready to take nybody the Coz Sonyen-
Judge Williams. delegate-at-large from
Illinois. said his delegation was for the reaftir-
vice-President would be glad to sec New York
put forward some good man who had not been
conspicuous In antagonizinR Western interests.
tp 10 M 90 q n tps
from that State were for any candidate wanted
by New York. Some, we're f9r IIill and some
were for DanfoIth While belle wing that re- re-
favor @ Of free silver should be made in the ma: A.
tiona platform II an issue should be made OF the
h. II Irnry of Mississippi said the dele
gates from that State were for a New York
or Indiana man for Vice President and a spe-
'S Senator arSn JoSn 'fSa Dane = Il Virginia said he
was not candidate for Vce-P President and
that the platform should be made 10 flt pres,
he said, "oi the Chicago platform i il be though,
peedful to refer to II. at all, is all that would
be wise OF this time
The Maine delegation had no choice for Vice
President. but insisted on separate silver
"The Kentucky delegates" said Chairman
B Poyntez, chairman of the Goebel election com
York ,iV candidate for pioe- President and do not
think a special silver plank necessary; Re.
affirming Of the Chicago platform Is sufficient
L. H. Williams Of Juneau. Alaska. said his
delegates favored a New York man for Vice
personally he thought the party would gain
by not thrtstng 10 TO 1 ahead OF the other
issues
The Nevada delegation" said Frank G.
Newlands. "favors any platform Mr.. Bryan
wants"
."yermont favors a general reaffirmation
Of the Chicago platfOrm and has no choice
for Vice President" said F., " Msloney.
William Kennedy chairman OF the Con;
necticut Democratic State Committee, said
his delegation had no favori,e for Bryan's
running mate. and did not think specific
reatfirmaton OF the silver plank of 1890 neces-
sary,
Under the rules Of good English" said
Chairman c. T. Callahan Of the MassachI-
setts Democratic State Committee, Il believe
Q general reaflrmation of the Chicago plat
form carries with It the full effect OF specific
declaration for silver. but inasmuch as those
advocating a simple reafiirmaton base their
demand upon an avowed hope Of evasion. the
Democratic party would be in more honest
position by again fatty declaring for 10 to L."