The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-09

He can do as Mr.. Cleveland d
tention to the omission and sta
erence to the money question.
Some Of the Parker manag
paid a rather high price for MI
form and support Of Judge p;
Mr.. Hearst's supporters, {
Bryan Of selling Out MFR. He
enemy.
slider New England, New York and that
section of the country.
Again facing Mr.. Bryan, Senator
Daniel said:
He has reviled every man whom any
state has recommended for the preSi-
dency, and, as far as have been able
to learn. has as yet presented nozcan-
didate of his own" - M
At this point Senator Daniel was in-l
terrupted with cries of Order SEN
ator Tillman, who was acting chair
man, demanded order, and said:
| We'll, let's have order before this meet
ing degenerates into conversational
row. .i 1870
Predicts Calamity
Mr.. Bryan asked that Senator Daniel
be allowed to- proceed, and the latter
resumed by saying that he had not in
tended to enter into personalities. The
senator said:
Il am convinced that the country is
on the verge of great catastrophe
and calamity
He said further that it was urged
that the Democratic party recover the
reins of government.
This is not the time" he said, "for
selfish interest, for small conceptions
fnr lY0c nY
regards. 1t is not pleasant for me to
give up. 1nylown opinion. But there are
questions Of expediency to be consid-
ered.' ~
Senator Daniel favored the gold
plank.
Mr.. Poe, of Maryland, made a brief
but vigorous appeal for the gold plank
declaring that if the party in it's plat
form refused to recognize an existing
fact which could neither be- denied nor
effaced by emitting the gold plank, he
feared that Maryland would be lost. to
the Democrats in the fall elections. He
pointed out that. the gold plank rec
commended by the subcommittee was
one which the silver and gold elements
in the party could easily stand upon
He said that this plank did not call on
the free silver advocates to retract or
repudiate their former beliefs.
1T is simply he said, "a recognition
of an existing fact"
Mr.. Poe closed by saying that the
Democratic ticket would have for
lorn hopeeif the plank were omitted. :
After several other members had
been heard briefly the question was de-
manded. The gold plank was stricken
out by vote of 35 to Is.
Bryan Produces Financial Plank
Mr.. Bryan informally presented for
the individual consideration of the
members of the committee a financial
plank which it was his intention later
to present as substitute for the gold
plank.
The Panama canal plank brought
out a severe sefiticismlsfrom Senator
Pettigrew. He said that the canal
could not be built in. ten years, and,
when completed, it would be va1ueless,
for sailing vessels would never go
through it and steam vessels could not
utilize it, because of the great con-
sumption of COAL The plank was mod
lied so as to promise to do what could
be done when the Democrats get con-
troll of the government.
The committee then took up the
trust plank. This was the subject OF
considerable discussion, Senator Bal
ley being among the more important
speakers in defense of the subconlmit-
tees report.
Mr.. Bryan offered an amendment to
this plank declaring in specific terms
for the prosecution of the trusts, and
reciting the manner in which it ought
to be done. This was voted in by 90
to 20. The majority of the votes came
from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota.
Nebraska, Wyoming, the territories,
Porto Rico and Hawaii, while the neg
ative votes Were from the East and
South
Mr. Dottiora,,, - faro7 ~, =, ,,,1,,, = ~, !.
providing for the government owner
ship of railroads and telegraphs.
ooh, that's silly remarked Mr.. Hill.
I don't mean that to be offensive he
added.
| ooh, I'll not take effense at anything
the gentleman says" retorted Petit
grew, especially if it were a matter of
| opinion
Pettigrews amendment was voted
| down, and he remarked: sThe gentle
man from New York called that Silly
| but he put plank in the New York
| platform two years not only for the
I government ownership of the coal
carrying railroads, but of the coal
/ mines as we'll. And the ticket got a
| larger majority in New York city than
was ever before given a Democratic
| candidate.''
| Mr.. Bryan in the discussion, said
that if his desired amendment to the
trust plank should be adopted, he
would not press the plank favoring the
imposition of an income tax.
Cannon Opposes
Frank Cannon. of Utah. took the
| floor.
Il followed Mr.. Bryan in 1896 and
1900,' he said, ION the paramount is
sues of those campaigns, but now that
he has abandoned those issues, / will
Vote against this proposition he seems
/ to want most"
Mr.. Cannon contended that the para
mount issue in this campaign was VIC
tory and that the issue should be
"Rooseveltism."
Mr.. Bryan defended his position on
the trust question by saying that vic
tory alone should not essentially be
the paramount issue and that unless a
i question was settled right 1t would
| never be settled at ALL
Senator Day made a speech support
ing the principles of the antitrust leg
4 islation. He took the position, how
ever, that If enforced the existing in
/ terstate commerce law and anti-trusi
statutes are sufficient and he believed