The age-herald., 1900-06-20
THE PLATFORM IS
 ABOUT COMPLETED
Considerable Discussion Over the
 Financial Plank.
THE PRESIDENT COMMENDED
A Large Delegation of Women Appear ed Before the Committee and Ask ed That Woman's Right of
 Suffrage be Advocated

Philadelphia, June 19-The committee resolutions reconvened al o'clock this af- ternoon when the following members were appointed a subcommittee to draft and submit a platform to the full committee:
 Senators Fairbanks, Indiana; Davis, Min nesota; Gallinger, New Hampshire; Fora ker, Ohio; Carter, Montana, and McCum- ber North Dakota, and Messrs Quigg, New York; Moves, Maryland; Madden, Illinois, and Rowell, California.
 Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania intro duced a declaration for an executive de- partment of the government to be known l as the Department of Commerce and h.
 dustry, but it was referred to the sub-com- | mittee
 | When the subcommittee convened del- egation of women from the Surage Asso- citation was admitted to present argu- ments for resolution which they sub mitted asking Congress to submit to the State Legislatures an amendment to the Consutution granting the elective franchise to women. The delegation was headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt president of the Equal Suffrage Association, and Mrs. An nie Shaw. vice president of that associa- tion, and they both made brief speeches in support of the proposition.
 | A protest against the suffrage plank was | also submitted. This was handed in by | Mrs Frances M. Scott of New York, Mrs. | J. Eliot Cabot of Massachusetts, Mrs. Car | oline F. Corbin of Illinois, Mrs. R. w. Will | bur of Oregon, Mrs. Samuel Cassady of | Iowa, Mrs. c. W. Griggs of Washington, each of them president of state of city | society opposed to the extension of suf- frage.
 Oppose to Woman Suffrage | They took the position that an extension | of the suffrage to very large body of new l voters is a serious step and one which | should be taken only when it clearly ap- pears that such extension is necessary | to the general welfare of the community, l or that it is called for as act of justice | to body of citizens who are suffering some deprivation of their rights by reason | of disqualification, and asked: Can 1t be proved that either of these reasons exists | so far as the women of this country are | concerned?"
 | Another delegation that was heard very I briefly was composed of negro men and headed by Representative White They | asked for the insertion of plank denounc- | ing mob violence in the South. E. J. Dick | inson, also a negro, asked the insertion of | similar plank and for one protesting | against the suppression of the ballots of | citizens in the Southern States" which the | resolution went on to declare amounts to | nullification of the Constitution and laws | of the United States. The whole matter was referred to MT. Lynch of Mississippi, l with instructions to draft plank covering | the Southern question.
 H. H. Hanna of Indiana and Henry c. l Payne of Wisconsin were heard at some
 length in support of the request to incor- l porate the following plank in the platform: l The employment of the people is the
 contentment of the people, The greatest | benefaction to man is the opportunity to l labor Our best hope for continued pros- l perity lies in winning the worlds markets | for the products of the American farm and | factory. Low interest rates are potent fac
 tors in securing these results. The wise l financial legislation already enacted by the | Republican party contributes to this end. | Having secured stability in our currency, | we now favor additional monetary legisla- | tion to equalize and lower the rates of in-
 terest by providing flexible and sufficient
 medium of exchange for the benefit of the
 borrower we'll as the lender of money
 in order that American commerce may be
 enlarged and that labor may be assured of
 steady and remunerative employment"
 Argument Against the Plank
 They made an earnest plea for the reso l lution, but it met with opposition on the | ground that it was liable to be interpreted
 as calculated to disturb the financial legis-
 lation already secured.
 The draft of the platform as proposed by l Senators Foraker and Fairbanks and others | was then read by MT. Foraker It is the
 same document which was outlined in these | dispatches Monday, but several verbal
 changes were suggested. Objection was
 made that it was too long, and it was re-
 ferred to a subcommittee to revise and
 shorten if possible.
 | There was considerable discussion of the l financial plank, which, as it stands, is an
 absolute declaration for the gold standard \ Several notifications of this resolution were considered among them one suggest
 ed by the Colorado delegation, which met
 with favor among the western members l It reads as follows:
 1 'The Republican party, by tradition and | principle,is in favor of bimetalsm. and
 upon all proper and opportune occasions l will advocate the cooperation of the | United States with the other leading na-
 tions of the world to secure free coinage | of both gold and silver at fixed ratio' | The question was not settled a he early | evening meeting
 | Pending it's discussion, the sub-commit- tee adjourned to await the action of it's | revision, to meet again at midnight.
 The recess until midnight was taken for
 the purpose of permitting Lemuel E. Quigg | the New York member of the committee, to
 go through the draft of the platform and
 make the changes necessitated by tao Lc- 1 tion of the subcommittee When the re-
 cess was taken at o'clock, a positive pol
 icy had been decided upon on most of the
 questions considered proper for action The Financial Plank
 The principal declaration of the financial | plank had been completed, but there was
 still doubt to whether any reference
 would be made to silver with the indca-
 tions favorable to a slight recognition of