The San Francisco call., 1904-07-09

ment to the trust plank should be
adopted he would not press the plank
favoring the imposition OF an income
tax. Senator Tillman, noting a smile
upon the faces of both Bryan and Hill.
remarked to Bryan that "since you and
Hill seem to have become so chummy.
I think we had better look further into
the trust plank"
WILL NOW OPPOSE BRYAN.
Discussion Of it thereupon was re-
took the floor.
Il fought for Bryan in 1896 and 1900"
he said. ION the paramount issues Of
those campaigns. but now that he has
abandoned those issues I will vote
to want most"
Cannon in conclusion contended that
the paramount issue in this campaign
was victory" and that the issue
should be ''ROOseveltism."
Bryan defended his position on the
trust question, saying that victory
alone should not essentially be the para
mount issue. and that unless a ques-
ton was settled right it was never set
tied at all. Senator Daniel called Shive-
ley to the chair and made a speech
supporting the principles of antitrust
Legislation. He took the position. how
ever, that if enforced the existing in
terstate commerce law and antitrust
I statutes are sufficient and he believed
a Democratic administration could be
pended on to enforce them, Hence
he considered it safe to omit the pro-
posed plank.
The committee resumed consideration
of the financial question on the basis
of the following plank, introduced by
/ Carmack:
''The Secretary Of the Treasury shall
not melt the silver dollars that are now
1 legal tender and convert them into sub
sidiary coin. thus reducing the volume
of currency so fortunately increased by
the recent remarkable increase of the
\ gold production"
The CaTmack suggestion for a fnan-
! cial plank was voted down, and the
| platform was adopted without fiaan-
cial plank.
Although the various planks had all
been agreed upon. there had been such
a number of changes made in the draft
of the document as presented by the
subcommittee as to render it impOssi-
BILE to make satisfactory report to the
convention before night.
AS the members emerged from the
chamber they generally expressed
themselves as satisfied with the work
they had accomplished. some of the ex-
pressions heard being as follows:
SOME CRITICISMS.
Senator Daniel-"The platform was
unanimously adopted and is reasonably
satisfactory.
Senator Tillman-'We have accom-
plished a miracle: we have succeeded
in getting a platform without any poi
soning."
Bryant am fairly well satisfied
with the platform. I have had Oppor-
tunity to~present some matters as I
desired. and have had to make conces-
sions in some instances in order to get
what 1 wanted in others
''Will you support a ticket on this
/ PLATFORM" was asked of him.
L will certainly support the plat
FORM was his reply, and this was said
in a way to convince his interrogator
that he fully expected to be able to sup
port both platform and ticket.
Ex-senator PettigTew-"We have pre-
pared a treatise rather than a platform
and have succeeded in producing a
large volume without saying anything
Senator Hill and Bryan came out to-
gether and both were smiling Bryan
said to the newspaper men:
Now. boys. be sure and get Hills
platform right" and Hill retOrted with
a laugh, Think we will have to share
hOnors on that"
Bryan said: I'VE are satisfied. We
have all wanted some things put in
that the committee has rejected. But,
on the whole, the document is perfectly
satisfactory. You know, we can't get
everything we want"
Senator Hill said: Il am perfectly
satisfied. OF course, there are things
that | wanted in and thought should go
in, but politics is give and take, and
1 am taking I should have liked to
have seen an expression on finances in
the platform. but the majority thought
otherwise, and neither Bryan's plank
nor mine was adopted. You win re-
member that the New York State Con-
vention made no mention of the finan-
cial question. and so this platform is
similar. We did not put in an income
tax plank, and we changed only slight
ly the tariff plank"
"Win Ju1st Parker stand on the
platform?
II do not see why not. / am said to
be his friend he answered smiling.
"and / am satisfied"
AUGUST BELMONT SATISFIED.
August Belmont said he was satisfied
that the platform was one on which
Judge Parker could stand. He said: Il
have always been quiteSwilling to have
a platform without any financial plank
in it, 1 believe the people have finally
settled the matter. and it is super1uOus
for any party to merely reiterate."
Governor Thomas of Colorado said:
/ ''I succeeded in securing the incorpOra-
/ tion of the greater part of my labor
declaration. and. on the whole, / am
satisfied with the platform.
John Sharp Williams. who made the
original draft Of the platfOrnn said. II