The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-20
TanSev and JOurdan of Resolu
tionS Committee F0rmu-
late Plank.
CONVENTION FIGHT PROBABLE.
Platform as Written bv Circuit
Attorney. Will Be Adopted
With but Few Minor
Changes.
RY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

BY 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. Mo- July 19-Boodle will
be the issue before the people in the com
ing platform. according to every report
that comes from the Resolutions Commit
tee. No opposition to the plank has come
from any source. and Mr.. Folk WI! con-
tinue his fight along the same lines that
he has followed in his gubernatorial can
didacy.
Practically no change has been made by
the Resolutions Committee in the planks
of the platform. ard it is probable that
but very few will be.
Chief interest attaches to the home rule
plank. George Tansey and Morton Jour
dan, both of whom are on the subcommit-
tees. are pushing 4 plank which Is claimed
by the friends of Folk to have for ito real
purpose the convening Of the General As
sembly In special session to make police
and election officials purely local offices.
Mr. Mcleod said tonight that he
thought that the proposition was more
in the nature of a political trick to get the
friends Of Folk to cease their hard fight
on sam Il. Cook. Mr. TanSey said that
unless the committee accepted the plank.
the fight would be carried to the floor of
the convention. That Tansey and Jour
dan should be pushing such a scheme is
considered one of the humorous features
of the convention.
HOME RULE PLANK PROPOSED.
The plank which they submitted reads as
follows:
I'VE condemn the metropolitan system
of control of the police and election Off
cials through boards appointed by the
Of ha
municipal system whereby the people of
each locality select their own officials.
The right of the people in each locality to
select their own officers is Democratic. and
it is not in accord with true Democracy
that large cities in the State be governed
as subject provinces.
''Centraliz lization of State control IS a Re
publican idea. and the Governor should
have no part, either by appointment con-
firmation or veto power. to control in any
manner the municipal police or election
officials.
We recommend the speedy enactment
of laws whereby the citizens of the va
rious cities of Missouri may choose their
own officers. who will enforce the election
laws and have control of the various po-
lice departments.
If this plank were adopted by the con-
vention 1t would mean that if sufficient in
tluence could be brought to gain the Gov
ernors consent. a special session of the
General Assembly would be an immediate
result. Governor Dockery said that he
would do SO sometime ago. and the oppo-
sition to Folk believes that this matter
should be left to a special session of the
Assembly.
FOLK OPPOSES PLANK
Friends of Folk do not intend that such
a plank should be adopted. Mr.. Folk IS
to appoint boards. with the power OF veto
in the hands of the Governor. so that
there would be always he a check on nsu-
niCipal politics.
1t has not been determined whether Sen
ator CCCkr"ll will be indCrsed for re-elec-
ton in the platform. or by "A separate
resolution
Senator Clay Heather. through former
Senator Cottey Of the First District. pre-
sented plank raising the Missouri idea
OF separate schools Tor white an'i blacks
and pledges the Democratic party to its
maintenance.
The plank favoring law maging it a
crime for a witness to a bribery tranSac-
tior to fail to disclose his knowledge has
been dropped at the suggestion of Judge
Evans.
1T is not right that an innocent witness
should be felon: and the statute amply
by becoming a willing witness to such a
thing" said Judge Evans
Late tonight Mr.. Folk. Mr.. Mcleod.
Mr.. Vandiver and J. NJ. Lowe of Kansas
City. chairman of the Subcommittee on
Resolutions. asked Senator Stone to meet
with the mand discuss the plank which
had been submitted by Mr.. Tansey. He
took the position assumed by Mr.. Folk. it
is said. Wit ha few changes in words. the
platform submitted by Mr.. Folk will stand.
A general State primary law, whereby
both choose their %
on the same. is also favored.
The Resolution Committee met imme-
diately after adjournment, and organized
with General Kennan of Mexico as chair
man. and L. S. LOvan as secretary. A mo-
ton authorizing General Kennan to ap-
point n subcommittee to frame a platform
was adopted. and the following consulted
the remainder of the afternoon: ]. NJ.
Lowe, l.. S. Lovan, C. +. Cochran, l.. F.
Cottey, John A. Hope, George J. Tansey
and Morton Jourdan.
At o'clock n recess was taken until
$50 a. m. tomorrow, when the Folk plat
form will be considered in full.