New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-07-11

content with the decision of the presiding officer
and demanded division. This was taken, and
only six of the $50 delegates voted n favor OF
the plank The repudiation OF Mr. Bryan and
the Kansas City platform complete.
| The matter did not stop here. Among all the
| pictures of leading Democrats that hung on the
| walls and balconies of the convention hsH there
was not one of Colonel Bryan. Late in the day
| j. H. Newman. a free silver Democrat. got the
attention OF the convention and. saying that he
did believe it proper that business of the
convention should proceed until picture of
that matchless leader. William j. Bryan"
| displayed in the hail. started toward the stage
with banner which bore Bryan's portrait. He
| was hssed and jeered, and was not permitted to
! place the banner the stage. 1t set
! against the newspaper gallery. Immediately in
| frcnt of the Hamilton County delegation A
| Cincinnati delegate turned its back toward the
convention. which caused general laugh Then
| another delegate threw the banner down. and
| the telegraph boys trampled on it the remainder
| of the day.
| CONCESSIONS To TOM JOHNSON.
| The nomination of Colonel Kilbourne was sp-
| propriately called one of Spontaneous combus-
! ton" Howells, Hidy. Alshire and Holman were
| favorites from the start. Young sprung
! as surprise and nominated because Cuyahoga
| wanted him Cuyahoga could get anything it
| wanted except the head of the State ticket. af-
| ter the Johnson amendments were put into the
/ Mclean platform and that document as
amended was adopted with such unanimity.
| II was currently reported that Johnson desired
| the nomination of Monnett as ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
! and that the Mclean men wanted Monnett de-
! teated The defeat Of Mounett was decisive
| as TO be feature OF the convention. Monnetr
as Attorney-General had brought suits against
on ard thor a.
tions 10 cancel their charters under the anti
trust laws He had sought a third term NOM
| ination from the Republicans on the issue that
he should be retained in that office to continue
! these prosecutions. After his defeat for the
third nomination in 1899. he supported Bryan IN
1900 on the antitrust issue. and canvassed Ohio
and other States with Bryan.
| The most bitter things were said OF Bryan'S
leadership in the committee on resolutions this
morning where 1t was insisted that his name
should not be mentioned and that there should
| be no reference to either of the national plat
| forms on which he made his campaigns Men,
| hers of the committee said hour was
| spent after midnight in efforts TO strike the
| word "salable'' out of the plank on railway
| TAXATION and several hours were occupied in de-
| pouncng the Chicago and Kansas City plat-
forms and the leader who stood on them
THE PLATFORM.
The platform adopted is in part as follows:
The Democrats of Ohio reafrm their belief in the
| aouaIitv of taxation and other pubic burdens.
tsjr advocacy of equal rights OF all people. witA
| snecal privileges u none; their hostility 10 the
| nOnOpolxatiOn of industry, with lts (eHuehcy on
! the one hand TO crush out individuai enterprise
| and on the other. 10 promote q soclaIistc spirit
anocns the people as the only refuge from oppres-
| SION and their faith in that theory and practice
| 0f CONGREGATIONAL government which brought the
marion into existence and has preserved II 10 the
| present generation - ...~ s.,or,
| ,rhe acceptance of free passes or other rayorS
fronn railrcads by public officers or employees shalI
he made adequate grounds for VacatlnS tne ct1ceS
| held by them All public service corporations Snai
| he reolred by law q make sworn pubic reports.
report shall conferred upon the proper state anu
| local auditing officers. the end that the true
alue Of the privileges held by these corporations
| shall be made plain the people
| md electric railroads ana OtleE corpora
,ions possessing public franchises shall be assessed
| In the same proportion 10 their saaole value as
a-a farms and city real estate
| Powers granted the Federal government were not
meant 10 be used to conquer or hold in subsection
party opposes any extension OF the national boun-
daries not meant to carry speedily 70 all inhabi-
| fanfs fun equal rights with ourselves III these
| are ,,nnttad by location or character to be
| formed into self governing territories and then
Incorporated into the union OF States. they should
| be permitted to work out their own destiny
| Only territorial expansion demanded by the
| tionai welfare and the national safety Is at any
| rOyrR DAYS NEw-YORK TO CALIFORNIA
hv the .aOyerand Limited via Chicago and Norths