The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-05


Chicago platform claim twO votes majority
and their polls Of the committee seem I
bear out their claims. ia e will he tw
reports in any case. and = II yht in the cor
vsntion.
That painful interest IN the platform
which has been tho central featur,
of convention week has been TO
night concentrated on the Geliber
stlons OF the Committee on Resolutions
The committee did not make the promP
report expected by the extreme 10 10 men
Il was IN session with an interlnission sis
hours. and there were imprisoned speeches
on both sides.
The moderate men did not fulfll predic-
tons by letting the contest 90 by default
The Tremendous demonstration accorlef
TO Senator Hill. not once, but several times
In the convention to-day. has encpuras p
him and those who think with MIN ca n
ratio question 10 carry their protest INTO me
public Ugh. Of the convention. The! rave
been growing in pugnacity. If dinn!nishii.
in numbers since Monday.
II Hill had been on the Resolutions Com
mittee to-day he would haV- -"und h!ns,li
side by side with Senator Daniels OF VIZ
girIs and other frec-silyer leaders IN warn
ing the majority that in their Judgment the
election O. a President and congressional
majority was being thrown away
At midnight the news from the COMMITTEES
Resolutions Was fldL lllt ~ ~ P-'.'--N
would be adopted by the narrow majority
of 2 in n total vote OF &c. II this is accurate
The majority is too strong 10 be content
with silence on the aoor. \ minority report
and n debate are almost certain
Governor Stone the missouri MEMBER OF
the Committee on Resolutions, came out OF
tho executive meeting of the committee at
l O'Clock while the great fight on 'ho
money plank was in progress Governor
Stone favors a specific declaration IN Ia
yor Of IS to I. He said:
1T looks now If we were beaten. Inc
vote in the committee VIII be very close,
spd two or three votes Will determine u
In any case, fight viii be made in the
convention tomorrow, and believe theEe
the aShereuts OF the l6-to-i ratio VIII WIN
At . o'clock Judge Van Wyck TOOK me
floor 10 reply to the speeches mace IN "a
yor of Is TO /. re.terating his areunien-S ior
a concession 10 the East. There were then
several other members who claimed tne
privilege OF being heard There Is htsie
doubt that the committee now STANDS IA
vorable TO mere reafhrmatlon oil tile I'M
cage platform.
Prospects of q Debate.
-ro-,norrow Will be a field day Of oratory
and the most absorbingly interesting day OF
the week unless Mr.. Bryan sncuid make
apother day surpass IL in fervid speech oy
canning down from Lincoln after his nom
tnet.on ~. address c,r- convsn ton go
AFTER the surrender of yesterday 10 the
VIII of the Nebraska leader IT seems impos-
sibI, that the convention can gather courage
enough to adopt the general animation
plank proDosed by the moderate men, VINO
80, n win hack New York. Indiana and
New Jersey. But the narrow majority IN
tho Committee on Resolutions revives
slight degree Of hope in the minds OK these
moderates. --
They do not really expect TO carry tho
convention hut they think that the pare
q determined sue
cessfu, or not their renewa! OF nope Will
probably give Kansas City great ponuoai
debate and will prolong f.e convention 10
Friday. ,.,
The committee was called together 5000
s,,er me first adjournment of the conven-
ton. but then only elected Its oTieets' ad-
tourning to meet again at $50 ?. m Senator
Jones Of Arkansas was unanimously CHOSEN
chairman. and Mr.. Metcat OF Neptasha
ssorstary. ,,os -. .no
Kansas City Club, Mr. Mccall presented
tbs draft OF platform, covering Az 9ue9-
lions Of public interest, which dratt an the
,nerubsrs considered az Mr.. Bryan tA-
preston upon this question.
Mr. Girard of Georgia also presenter
platform as did MIR. Van WICK OF Ne"
York All these documents 'ooh ~ 80,
the same ground upon all quesuohs except
the finances.
MIR. Metcalfs declaration was ior the re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform IN letter
and spirit, and IL emphasized anc reiterated
specifically the declaration for the iree COM
aga of silver at the ratio OF 10 20 L both
of the other drafts simply reaf1rmed tho
Chicago platform, without reference 10 the
ratio.
The reading OF Mr.. Van Wyck's document
brought Mr. BAH OF Texas TO his reet with
the suggestion that the financial question
Ia II taix
Upon he said it was apparent 10 all that
there was no division upon any oiheF pat
form question and that with the nhsnciai
plank disposed of the prepa alton Of the re
rnainder of the platform would pe ineteIy
matter of clerical work.
This sureestion was adopted. and the COM
nittee Immediately entered upon the euort
10 settle the question OF ratio. The session
proved very interesting one, and many
speeches were made
Van Wycks Platform.
Mr. Van Wyck led off with brief state
ment, saving that while IN his platform he
had referred TO four issues as prominent.
namely those of Imperialism, m!htarisin,
trusts and the finances. he considered that
only three of these were OF current conse-
qusnce, believing that the money question
had been crowded into the background by
other subjects which had pressed 10 the
front during the past four years
Senator Daniel of Virginia. somewhat TO
the surprise Of some of the members OF the
committee. followed Mr.. Van Nyck in sup
port OF his view OF the question The Sena-
tor said that no man who knew him would
doubt for d moment that he now stood
where he had stood on the silver question
IN 1896 and that he entertained precisely the
same views on this subject when then con-
troiled him. He was, however, anxious to
bring back into the fold of the party those
who had left it four years ago on account
of the position taken on the silver question,
and If this could be accomplished. as he be-
lieved 1t could be, by emitting all reference
TO the ratio, he, for one. was content 10
pursue that course, simply reaftirming the
Chicago platform.
warm speech denouncing in most emphatic
language any effort to minimize the finan-
cisl question. He asserted that the omis-
sion Of a declaration on ratio of the two
metals would be mere evasion and con-
cealment: that such evasion would fool no
one, nor catch any Of the gold standard
people whom it was meant to entTap.
george Fred Williams Of Massachusetts
MADE the most impassionyd appeal OF all
the members for specific reiteration of the
rauo. and the applause with which his
speech was greeted at frequent intervals
would indicate that he has q strong follow
Ing IN the committee. As for himself. he did !
not believe in deserving these people VIII, /,
hao left their own parties to support the |
democratic policy Of four years ago for the |
purpose OF regaining the support Of the !
traitors and trfmmeTs who had left the Dem !
Uc.'-t-c party because of IFS financial poSf