The San Francisco call., 1904-07-09

sumed. Continuing the Senator said:
Il am convinced that the country is
on the verge of great calamity. This
is not the time for selfish interest, fol
small conceptions of consistency, fol
personal likes or regards"
Senator Daniel favored the gold
plank
Poe of Maryland made a brief but
vigorous appeal for the gold plank, de-
claring that if the party in it's platform
refused to recognize an existing fact he
feared that Maryland would be lost tC
the Democrats. He pointed out that the
gold plank recommended by the sub
committee 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.
GOLD PLANK STRICKEN OUT.
1T is simply, he said, "a recognition
of an existing fact" Poe declared the
Democratic ticket would have a forlorn
hope if the plank were omitted.
After several other members had been
heard briefly the question was demand
ed. The gold plank was stricken out
by a vOt of 80 to 10.
Early in the night Bryan had with
drawn temporarily his income tax reso-
luton. At this juncture an attempt
was made to secure a recess, but it was
unsuccessful, Senator Tillman remark
ing that lit was sun-up and we might
as well go ahead
Bryan got the floor soon after the
adoption of the motion striking out the
gold plank and informally presented for
the individual consideration of the
members a financial plank, which it is
his intention later to present as sub
stitute for the gold plank.
The Panama canal plank brought
out severe criticism from Senator Petit
grew. He said that the canal could not
be built in ten years, and when COM
pleted it would be valueIess. The
plank was modified so as TO promise to
do what could be done when the DEM
ocrats got control of the Government.
The committee took up the trust
plank. This was the subject of consid-
cradle discussion, Senator Bailey be-
1 ing among the more important speak
4 ers in defense of the subcommittee
report.
Bryan offered an amendment to this
plank declaring in specific terms for
the prosecution of the trusts, and re-
citing the manner in which it should
be done. This was voted in by 23 to
20.
The majority of the votes came from
Iowa. Minnesota, South Dakota, Ne
! braska, Wyoming, the Territories, Por-
to Rico and Hawaii, while the negative
votes were from the East and South.
Severe comments were made by
number of representatives from these
States to the effect that radical amend
ments were being forced into the plat
form by men from Republican States
and Territories which could not con-
tribute a single electoral vote to the
Democratic candidate. Pettigrew of
fered an amendment providing for the
Government ownership of railroads
and telegraphs.
"Oh, that's silly" said Senator Hill.
The amendment was voted down and
Pettigrew remarked: The gentleman
from New York called the amendment
silly, but he put a plank in the plat
form two years ago not only for the
Government ownership of the coal
| carrying railroads, but for the coal
mines as we'll. And the ticket got
larger majority in New York City
than was ever before given a Demo-
cratic candidate"
NO MENTION OF NAVY.
Reciprocity and the Monroe doc
trine as handled by the subcommittee
met the approval of the full commit
tee. But not so with the navy plank.
calling for a liberal annual increase
of the navy.
Senator Tillman said this plank
would gain no votes and there was no
necessity of mentioning the navy.
The first part of the navy plank was
stricken out.
The plank proposed by Ex-Governor
f, Thomas of Colorado regarding labor
was adopted by the committee.
The committee after a lengthy de-
bate adopted the plank relating to sep
arate statehood, offered by Delegate
w. F.. Timmons of Arizona with re-
spect to Arizona and New Mexico, as
follows:
I'VE favor the immediate admission
of the Territories of Arizona and New
Mexico as separate States"
In dealing with the success of state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory the committee was less en-
phatic in its declaration, combining the
plank to a general recommendation
of statehood for these two Territories
| as follows:
I'VE favor the admission of the Ter
ritory of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
! tory
The currency plank offered by Bryan
was referred to a subcommittee, con-
sisting of Williams, Bryan and Hill,
with authority to draft a financial
plank for submission to the full COM
mittee. The opinion was expressed that
these men might agree upon some
thing, and if they should it would prob
| ably eliminate any fight on the floor Of
the convention.
One OF the Western members said
that he did not expect Bryan to make
a minority report in view of the many
! changes he had been able TO procure in
the platform.