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another SHORT
Session is HELD
DEMOCRATS MEET AND ADJOURN
TO AWAIT REPORT OF RES
oLUTIoNs COMMITTEE.

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THE PLATFORM is
FINALLY COMPLETED
Compromise Reached Which Is Ac-
s, ceptable to All Interests-Bryan
Succeeds in Having Gold Plank
Voted Out.
st. Louis, July 9.-The democratic
national convention spent the morning
hours Friday in waiting for the re-
port Of the committee on resolutions.
"A committee was appointed by Chair
man Champ Clark to call on the reso-
buttons committee and learn when the
platform would be submitted to the
convention. Just before the noon hour
the conventions emissaries announced
that the resolutions committee would
require until eight o'clock at night to
prepare Its report, but that the action
of the committee would be unanimous
and platform submitted which, he
declared, would bring the party u
GLORIOUS victory The convention
then took recess until eight o'clock.
Chairman Clark had the convention
In hand from the moment proceedings
opened. He announced, through a
strong-yoiced assistant, that the first
person raising q row will be thrown
out by the police" After the commit.
tee had been dispatched to learn tho
pleasure Of the resolutions committee
the band gave concert of popular
and patriotic selections. Bourke
Cochran was called for to address the
convention, but he was not present.
Former Senator Charles A. Towne
was next invited to take the platform,
but declined. Capt. Richmond Pear
Son Hobson was the next choice and
he was enthusiastically cheered. He
spoke principally in relation to the
Acknowledgement plank Of the repub-
lican platform and made an appeal to
the north and the west to support the
South in the position the democratic
party of that section has assumed be-
tween whites and blacks.
Adjournment Is Taken.
After Hobson concluded his speech
the committee, headed by Representa-
tive Ollie James, which had been dis
patched to the rooms of the resolu-
lions committee, presented itself, and
Mr.. James was introduced amid great
applause. His announcement was
"Your committee appointed to wait on
the committee on resolutions report
that they have discharged that duty.
The committee informs us that they
will be unable to report to this con-
vention until eight o'clock tonight,
at which time they will bring to you
a unanimous report signed by every
member of the committee"
Great applause and cheers greeted
this last statement, and as soon as Mr..
James could be heard again he con-
kinued: New York, Nebraska, Vir-
GINA and Wisconsin have all joined
hands and will bring in a platform
that will carry US to glorious vic
tory In November"
] Again the convention voiced Its
pleasure at the news and "a mighty
shout went up.
/ Mr.. James followed his last an
nouncement at once with motion to
adjourn until eight o'clock. A sec
pnd was at once heard and the mo-
tion carried, the session closing at
p1:58.
Programme Completed.
/ After the decision of the platform
committee had been announced the
programme for the remainder Of the
day was decided upon The conven-
Hon will assemble at eight o'clock,
the platform will be read and it is
believed adopted without debate and
then the nomination of a president
taken up. If a decisive vote is arrived
at the convention will adjourn until
Saturday morning, when the nomina-
ton of vice president will be made.
Platform Is Completed.
/ After continuous session of 16 hours,
the committee on resolutions perfected
The platform and adjourned just before
noon, instructing its subcommittee to
arrange the draft for submission to the
general committee at six o'clock Friday
evening for report to the convention two
hours later. The platform is a COM
promise acceptable to all the interests
involved and was adopted unanimously
by the committee. 1t may be said in gen.
eral to have been concession to the
Bryan wing of the party without in any
way stultifying the declarations of the
conservatives. The absence of any pro-
nouncement upon the financial question
Is most significant and discloses the ut
ter impossibility Of finding any declara-
hon upon this subject acceptable to all.
A Dramatic Scene.
During the watches, the long night
In the committee room. there were many
dramatic scenes, not the least striking of
which was the verbal encounter be-
tween Senator Hill and Mr.. BRYAN. 1t
occurred while Mr.. Bryan was engaged
In making one of his many attacks upon
the gold standard plank as framed by
The subcommittee. He was wrought up
to high tension, when, approaching the
New York leader and shaking his finger
dangerously near the nose of that gen.
tleman, he exclaimed:
you ought to have gold platform to
30 with the gold candidate you are fore
ing upon the country
Mr.. Hill replied that he knew nothing
pt Mr.. Parkers monetary views.
do you mean to say" demanded the
Nebraskan, that you don't know Judge
Parker's financial views?'
Il mean just that, I" responded Mr. Hill.
You have no knowledge on that sub
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