The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-08
POLYGAMY PLANK
is TONED DOWN
No Reference is Made in it to
Utah Conditions.
DUBOIS is MODERATE
DEMAND IN B-CoBuaITTEE
FOR STRONGER RESOLUTION.
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ut LOUIS. July THE sub-comuit-
- tee on resolutions. which framed
the national platform. had little
difficulty in reaching an agreement On
the plank regarding polygsmy and the
relation of church and state Without
a dissenting voice. and without hest
/ fancy from anybody on the commute
/ excepting Senator Daniel OF Virginia,
the following plank was adopted
eve demand the determination OF
| polvgamv in the jurisdiction OF the
! United States. and the separation OF
church and state in political al
fairs"
| II was a foregone conclusion that
/ Senator Dubois would command the
/ situation. When the subject was
! reached in the course of deliberation
/ on the platform. Mr. Bryan. Mr. Hi
] and other members OF the committee
| declared themselves in favor Of Teso-
/ luton demanding a constitutional
/ amendment. Senator Dubois explained
| that he had agreed with the Utah dele
CATION that there should be no men
/ ton of a constitutional amendment,
| provided no appeal was made from the
committee on the floor OF the cohNen-
[ ton. and he could not in good talth
agree to any such resolution as would
| include such amendment. He had also
| agreed that there should De no specific
mention of Utah or OF the Mormon
/ church The draft OF the compromise
| resolution which was before the com
| mittee included also unlawful cOhabita-
/ tion but by consent of Dubois. on Sug-
/ gestion from the Utah delegation, this
/ was omitted because 1t was agreed that
/ the cases that might come under that
| classified ton were beyond. the intent
of the resolution. With thisF under
/ standing the resolution as modlned
/ was adopted. After the Sub-cOmTnlt-
! tee adjourned the members VINO had
/ interested themselves in the matter
| personally said the. agreement made
| between the Utah delegation and Sen
ator Dubois had been the only OBJ
stacle to the passage of specific
| declaration calling FOR constitutional
amendment. Ben T. Gable Of Illinois
| said to The Herald correspondent:
Resolution Temperate, Says Cable.
your delegation has Senator Dubois
to thank for the temperate tone OF the
/ resolution. There is no question but
that it would have been much stronger
/ if the committee itself had not been
! induced by Dubois to accept the plank
as adopted
4 Senator Carmack. Mr.. Bryan. Mr..
Hill and practically all the other influ-
entail members Of the committee Were
| of the opinion that the amendment
should be included Senator Daniel
| alone raised any question, and his OBJ
/ lection was only as to the question OF
| legal Jurisdiction. and not as to the
/ object sought by the resolution
| At the last hour it developed that
| Major s A King, although he had
! signed the agreement to accept the
| compromise resolution, had sought to
| get members Of the committee to make
/ NTT- Cabin 0f
the members who had been interviewed
! by the major and later discovered the
| entire Utah delegation had agreed to
| make no opposition If they were let
| down easy The discovery of the ma
| Jor-S action came near UpSett1ng the
| whole compromise arrangement ana
/ the subcommittee was in the mood 10
disregard the agreement entirely and
pass its own resolution It was at this
juncture that Senator Dubois inter
l fered. He said he proposed to keep
faith with the Utah delegation, no
matter what one member OF that dele
CATION had done. He had no desire 10
go back of the agreement he had
made. and he valued the friendship at
Senator Cannon and the other Utah
men on the delegation too highly to
let this incident affect his position On
his statement Of the situation the COM
mittee passed the resolution as It
stands in the platform.
Utah Men Are Busy.
With the adoption of the platform
plank and the report Of the credentials
| committee the Utah delegation has
| practically finished its work except
! balloting for candidates. Senator
| Whitmore sat up all night with the
other members Of the credentials com
| mittee which adjourned at 5 o'clock
this morning He was on deck before
9 O'Clock. ready for another round. He
! was with the Hopkins crowd in the
Illinois contest. Senator BambergeT
has been very active and effective in
the committee on permanent Organizs-
ton, and Senator Cannon has been rec
/ osnized as one OF the ablest members
on the resolutions committee Nation
al Committeeman Peery has done good
work and has been accorded liberal rec
ognition by the older members OF the
/ national committee. and has sacrificed
his time and money to provide for the
comfort of the Utah delegation attend
ing the convention.
Among others who have Joined the
! delegation in St. Louis are Councilmen
Hartenstein. Black. Tuddenham and
Holiday. Captain John f. BuTbidge
and Judge Chris DiehI. All Of them
are seeing the convention and the fair.
President w. J. Kerr OF the Agri-
cultural college and President Duffin
of the Mormon mission headquarters
here were visitors today. Most Of the
! Utah delegation viii remain several
days after the conclusion Of the con-
! vention.