Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-24

put on the platform committee by a
vote of so to 20 for George Bottom, sill
Yer. of Floyd county. In the Fifth there
Was contest, s. S. Wright. gold candi-
date, winning for the resolutions by AZ
to 81 In the Sixth district, instructed
for silver. 43ia to i2la. Senator Mc1n-
tire, a gold man. was selected, but put
under instructions. The Seventh had
no contest, as the silver men were in
control, and this was true in the Eighth
also. There was "A contest in the Ninth
and John z. Organ, a gold man, was
ramed on the resolutions by 61 to IL.
The Tenth went silver. +. III. Doud, of
Boone, was put up by the silver men
and he got 81 against .5 for John r.
Dalton, of Manson. In the Eleventh the
silver men put up G. H. Gilmeur, OF
Sheldon. for the resolutions. but he de-
clined They then put up DR.. Bilby, of
Ida. who got 90 votes 70 AZ for j. NJ.
Parsons, of Lyon.
Sullivan Out.
AS the result of the cnucuses Jerry
Sullivan this morning announced that
he was out of the race and would not
under any circumstances consent to be
the candidate This leaves the field
clear for Van Wagenen. 1t was limited
also that the sole purpose of the Sulli-
van boom of yesterday was to force
Van Wagenen and the Woodbury. coun-
ty delegation TO abandon the govern
ment ownership and that having s,ufti-
cently scared them Sullivan now drops
out.
Silver Defeated.
The committee on resolutions began
discussing various planks to be placed
In the platform Immediately after ad-
journment for the noon hour. When
the committee assembled the first act
was to appoint J. Nj. Persons of Lyon
county, to prepare resolution upon
the subject OF government ownership
for consideration. A special committee
had been chosen to prepare plank TO
give expression to the views held upon
the money question. ard it Is more
than probable the Kansas City plat
form Will not be mentioned. AT 1:30
the committee on resolutions took
vote upon reatfirming tie Kansas City
platform. The roll call showed seven
votes against and four IN favor. This
settles the question of lnafiirmation.
Van Asked to Withdraw.
At 8 p nj. committee of friends of
Judge Van Wagencn called upon him
to induce him TO withdraw, stating
their belief that hc was beaten in the
convention, but that nothing could pre-
vent the nomination of Sullivan Def
rite action was deferre! to await the
fate of the government ownership plank
or the floor of the convention. 1t is ex-
pected that Van Wagercn will with
draw before the final TEST comes.
Afternoon Session.
On convening this afternoon D. w
Hamilton, of Sigourney, was elected
permanent chairman and the other
officers were continued in
their places. The committee also re-
ported rule that speeches be limited
to ten minutes each and this was
adopted. 1t was also decided that the
platform should be adopted before
We're made. When the res
was made chairman and he will read
the majority report One of the first
things decided upon was that the plat
form should be short and that the
majority report will not contain the
government ownership plank. 1t wasf
also stated that the latter would be
on the floor of the house
and then put to vote.
The minority report will be a simple
declaration for reatfirmation. The ma
jority report will follow closely ths
lines OF last years platform.
The majority report to the conven-
tion contained mild form of govern
ment ownership plank and Parsons re-
ported the Van .Wagenen plank as
substitute. Four members signed the
report for reaffirmation and for gov
ernment ownership.
The government ownership plank of
the northwestern Iowa democrats, ORR
ginating with the democrats of Sioux
City and actively pushed by them, did
not meet with general favor. Many
of the silver men felt that to cut out
one fad and put in another was hardly
fair to them. The gold men were for
the platform of last year and that alone
The opposition to the government own
ership plank was SO strong that men
practically notified Judge Van Wagon
en- that unless he should give il up he
could not be nominated. In this con-
dition the movement for Jerry Sullivan
constantly gained ground last night and
this morning. Sullivan was saying all
along that he did not want the nomina-
ton but his friends We're saving he
would accept; and this left the inn
preston that he was in fact counting
the nomination but was unwilling to
make a fair fight for it,
The Hearst boom was visible on all
hands today. This morning the por-
traits of William Randolph Hearst We're
posted in the hote lobbies and in the
convention hall in large numbers.
Hearst's political manager in the west
was on hand and had headquarters
opened all day yesterday and last night
and was working hard for sentiment
favorable to Hearst. A daily democra
tic newspaper is IN the deal for Des
Moines. 1t was understood that the
Hearst men favored conservative
platform with Van Wagenen for gov
ernor. and if this was secured they
would have the newspaper soon