Evening journal., 1900-06-23
Quigg Says Nothing Was Surrcp-
titiOuSly Omitted in Putting
PlankS Together
lie EXPLAINS HIS WORK
At lis Conclusion He Submitted 1t
TO Committee and II Was
approved.

New York, June 2s.-LemueI r.
Qulgg, the New York member Of the
committee on resolutions OF the Re-
publican national convention at Phil
adelphia, In reference to a statement
OF Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio. which was
called to his attention, in effect that
certain language had been omitted
from the final draft Of the platform
after It had been agreed upon by the
subcommittee. OF which Mr.. Quigg
was secretary. gives out the following:
Gen Grosvenor's statement that
something was surreptitlously omitted
from the platform which was under
stood by the committee to be part OF
the platform is untrue He states he
makes that statement upon the author
ity Of Senator Foraker, but that is
impossible The. platform was the
work Of the subcommittee OF the COM
mittee on resolutions, and every mem
Der OF that subcommittee contributed
to the work Of making the plat
form and on every point and every
plank the subcommittee was unani-
nous. II was also unanimous on all
matters suggested but omitted.
1T Is true that a document was read
TO the subcommittee by Senator For
aker than contained the language Gen.
Grosvenor quotes. That document had
been prepared In Washington, but the
committee considered that II was much
too long. and that It too much resem-
bled a political essay. The points
made in that document. however. were
fully discussed during a session Of
nearly Ave hours duration At the
end OF the session I was elected score
tary of the subcommittee and was
requested to put together the planks
upon which the agreement had been
reached
Il did this. and the committee met
again al o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing. and went over what had written,
word for word. My draft was altered in
many details and every such alteration
received the approval OF every member
of the subcommittee. We then took
up other planks OF minor importance.
and after full discussion conclusions
were reached as TO each OF them, and
was requested to make a draft Of the
minor planks. I worked on that the
rest OF the night, and at o'clock SEN
ator Fairbanks came to my room. To-
sether we went over the completed
platform from the first word to the
last The Subcommittee met again
at 3 o'clock and the document, with
such changes as Mr.. Fairbanks had
suggested, was read In full.
"The language of the two planks to
which Gen. Grosvenor referred was
then precisely in the form In which
Il was read 10 the convention that af-
ternoon. The subcommittee had con-
sidered just how far II would go IN
the direction of giving countenance to
subsidies to the shipping interests
and the language adopted was its de-
liberate and final judgment.
"As TO the statement that congress
has full legislative power over terri
tory belonging 10 the United States.
subject only to the fundamental safe
guards Of liberty. justice and personal
rights. the committee considered that
inasmuch as this question was now be-
fore the United States supreme court
it was neither advisable nor necessary
to run the risk Of getting our plat
form into a controversy in the supreme
court. But We did say that It was the
/ duty or the government 10 put down
armed insurrection In the Philippines,
and that as to the people OF all the
territories acquired by war. the lar
gest measure of self government
consistent with their welfare and our
duties shall be secured to them by law
This plank was fully debated and
deliberately and unanimously agreed
! upon and no man has authority 10 say
| that one word was put in or left out
surreptitiously.
Mr. Grosvenor said that II was
agreed and understood that the
planks. as he states them, should be
a part OF the platform. When Gen.
Grosvenor says anything. no matter
what, was agreed to by the sub-com-
mittee, and afterwards omitted. he says
that which is absolutely false"
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