The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-07-29

was not an Issue In this campaign,
because he says he was one of those
who wrestled over this question In
the Committee on Resolutions, and
knows with how much OF travil and
how much OF anger 1t was there dis
cussed."
Mr.. Bryan said that the committee
was In session the last time sixteen
hours, engaged in discussing the fl
nancial features, aud added:
When the platform was reported
from the subcommittee 1t contained
the gold standard plank, OF which
you know. 1t was discussed In conf
mittee. 1t was stated by members
that 1t would be unfortunate to in
sert the plank, and finally, by a
vote of s. to IS, 1t was decided to ex-
clude It,.
Mr.. Tillman, whose purpose was to
bulldoze the convention into submits
sion to Judge Parker's pronunciamen-
to, said that there were In the COM
mite pronounced views antagonis-
tic on the financial question which
had to be reconciled." He added
that when he read Judge Parker's
teleg ram he took 1t that ian indig-
nifty was being put upon us, that
some one was attempting to trife
with us, and I swore by the Almigh-
ty God that l, for one, would not en-
dure It."
He said that after considering the
matter, he had concluded that Judge
Parker "under the stress of clamor
about him and In the New York
newspapers and by kilograms, had
felt he ought to declare his views,
but that this did not change the
PLATFORM" as was done four years be-
fore when Mr.. Bryan announced In
advance he would not sccept the
Kansas City nomination unless there
came with 1t new and distinct dec
laration In favor of free silver.
Judge Parker thought the moneta-
ry standard would be an issue, or
else he would not have Haunted his
views with reference to 1t In the face
of the convention. He knew that az
ter he had been nominated he could
do this with impunity, because to
have then taken him off The ticket
would have turned the factions loose
and brought on hopeless war and
dissension. The committee on reso.
lutions believed 1t to be au Issue, be-
cause they struggled with 1t two or
three days and nights in red hot
moode, and finally, by vote of IS to
IS, decided that the free silver stand
ard, which had been floating over the
party for eight years, should not be
taken down.
And yet John Sharp Williams, in
trying to grease Judge Parker's tele-
gram so that 1t could be swallowed
by the delegates, said the monetary
standard Is not a probable issue in
this campaign, and the convention,
accepting this as the easiest way out
OF trouble and to vindicate old David
as quoted by Champ Clark. wired to
Its nominee that the platform Is ST
lent on this subject, because II is
not regarded by us possible Issue In
this campaign" Tillman, In closing
his address, dramatically exclaimed:
1--WE have our candidate; we have
our platform. Are we going to
change ether" To this there were
loud cries OF mo" They could not
drop the candidate, and none knew
this better than did he and his con
vention manager, David Bennett HILL,
who was there to carry out the wishes
OF J Pierpont Morgan, J. J. Hill, Au
gust Belmont and the Wall street
crowd who want to punish Theodore
Roosevelt for having the Supreme
Court declare that the greatest, as
well as the smallest, OF the trusts are
subject to the law and can be con
trolled by the people through their
representatives.
The convention at St. Louis vas a