The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-25

Washington. Jan 2.-The Democrat ie
members of the house of representative
met in caucus in the hall or the mus
at O. clock this evening ana aItet d 80 49,.
hI1t spirited contest adopted reSOluuoIS
declaring that they were without pow
to promulgate platform OF prime pls7 ~
fbe marty. owing to the binding cnaracL lTI.
of the party platform heretofore reg ule-Il
made at a national convention.
The caucus was the OuISroHIn % o.
animated discussion among DenocIdOll1
members ever since the present sesSiOh u
congress began, the CHIEF issue DeIHS a.
to the extent to which the Kansas ~
nIstfOrn should be reaffirmed or shoulu
he cu0erseded nv a new declaration OF
policy. 1t was to receive the special Re
mort of a committee of twelve metnpeIs'
appointed early in the session, tlaI IiI0
caucus of tonight was held.
The interest taken was shown IN IlS
large attendance. 139 Democrats out OF
the total of 153 being present rep
tative Hay of Virginia occupied the cI dlI
and BY his rulings endeaNo red 70 go
the friction which has occurred a. Il 49,
during the discussions. Mr. RICHARDSON
presented the majority report concurT.e'ii
in nv all of the members OF the specldi
committee except Mr.. Henry IL recLI.eH
the work of the committee ana clOseu WIN
the following recommendations
.syVa are of the opinion. as the represen-
tatives of our various constituencies anu
as members of the caucus mace w oL
such representatives, we nave no -poM0L
or authority to construct OF pIOHl.lse ~ - =
platform of principles for our party f sLli
We cannot increase or minimize the Dllu-
ing effect Of platforms OF the parry ~ ~
tofore regularly made and adopted by tne
| people in convention assembled lot tHa'
purpose -,,f,,, 7-o are
members we should vigorously ana az
| greSsivelv battle for Democratic prlhclples
and with equal vigor and aggresslVeLles :,
we should oppose eVeryJhlIS coIltLe-I - -
! substanceeo or method to those primer !.
and should meet every question As y
arises with a full conference anu d SUM
| and undivided per cent. -,
/ The minority report Of MI delIS ~
/ Texas proposed the following IN place OF
/ the Mcclellan and tltzgeIalu IVsVi'
| heretofore referred TO-: % .
| 1T is not within the province OF
! Democratic caucus to prOmulSdOs "a -
| verse a Democratic platform, OUT II - 80. 81,
! duty of every Democratic representa-, Nv ~.
to adhere to the national DemocrdlIc pc pc
| form until the succeeding coIi' 'ii1i''
| adopts another platform. .--,
| Mr.. Henry also proposed that the q
action should govern every IepI Ssel 49, n,
/ when the same accorded WlIn tlle u0~i'1i
alton of the last national platform
The vote was taken first on Mr.. HeIIE
minority proposition and they were a.
feated by a vote Of Il to ~ Inc naJgIlI
declaration was then adopted Wlthou
Before the vote was taken several shoI,
speeches were made on the two pEEoposl
tions Mr.. Richardson spoke on lIe az
sirabiIitv of getting together and OF mar
monizing differences This was the ON
( speech for the majority proposition as
| was deemed advisable to avoid long dls
cussioD. Messrs Wheeler Of kenIuch
and BurlesOn and Henry Of Texas SUI ~
ported the minority plan, urging ~ 81 81
| kansas CITY platform should be speclIll
ally reformed as the policy OF the par
/ until the next platform was mace IN
! debate lasted less than an houI- 49,
, resolutions were laid on the table. Jnu
leaving the majority declaration as IN
? unanimous sense OF the 1eIaocIeilLS ny = =
, hers of the house The caucus ais
t adopted the following
/ ''Resolved, That the territories OF AT
: IONA. Oklahoma and New Mexico are eI
, titled 10 statehood and should be admltte
I 10 the union on equal footing with u
balance of the states and We pledge lI
support of the Democrats IN the nous
/ In SrrCh