Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-08


face wreathed in smiles. Bryan and Hill
both broad grin. Bryan and Can
non, who had tilted with each other in the
committee meeting. stood In the corridor
with their arms around each other.
How about he money plank?' Mr..
Bryan was asked.
1T is something that none of us want,
but that all of us stand on" he said.
That expression represents the dominant
feature of the committees work Every
thing was subordinated to the one great
aim of bringing the two wings of the party
together.
to what effect the failure of the platform
to declare on the money question will have
on the voters The ail-important feature
is that there is harmony between the fac
tions.
Other Expressions.
When Senator Tillman came out of the
committee on resolutions he said:
I'VE have performed a miracle to har-
mony.''
When Senator Dubois came out an east
erner pumped at him the question:
Don't you believe your silence on the
money plank will lose you New York?'
Why should it?' replied Senator Dubois
doesn't Wall street have sense enough to
know that If we did elect the Presidenf and
the House we could not change the gold
standard law? What's the use of deciar-
ing ourselves against an issue that is not
up, any more than there would be in reaf-
frming our faith in the issue?'
AS the delegates began to gather in the
lobbies after the convention took recess
they animatediy discussed the omission of
reference to the money question.
Mr.. Bryan's terse expression ITS a
plank none of us want. but which all can
stand on seemed to express the opinion
of all
Home Rule and the District.
The platform omits any reference to
home rule for the District of Columbia. 1t
recommends home rule for the territories
In committee the argument was made that
on account of the peculiar relations of the
District to the federal government and the
1act that 1t can never be state the home
rule principle is not applicable.
Vice Presidency in the Air.
The vice presidency is still in the air.
Governor Dockery's friends are making a
strong fight for him. Governor Beckham
of Kentucky is also in the running
Mr.. Cowherd Well Pleased.
Il am very well pleased to see that there
has been compromise on the platform"
said Representative Cowherd, chairman of
the democratic congressional committee,
today, "as it will solidify the party. When
there is a compromise between contending
there will be no boiling the action of the
convention. l think the prospect for an
ending of the convention in good form is
very good indeed"
Tammany Striving for Prominence.
Tammany Hall made an unsuccessful ef-
fort today to secure prominence in the
convention. After it was known that there
would be delay in hearing from the COM
m1ttee on platform and delegates had been
appointed to ascertain when that commit
tee would be ready to report Tammanyite
arose and suggested that Mr.. Bol1rke Cock
ran of New York be called on to address
the convention. There was notkinR before
the convention that Mr. Cochran could
nave talked about, and no re;rsou, except to
provide amusement, why he should be call
ed on at such time.
There were cheers from some of the gall
leries, but among the delegates outside the
Tammany ranks there was an entire lack
of approval of this suggestion. Chairman
Champ Clark simply ignored the call of the
Tammanyites for the New York orator
Hobson Lets Himself Loose
Calls for Cochran were later resumed,
and then, without apparent reason Hobson
of Alabama went to the platform and un-
dertook to keep the asSemblage quiet until
the resolutions committee should send in
its report. Mr.. Hobson had not spoken
long before there was cold shiver pass
ing over the great body of the delegates
who feared he would prove a Burchard of
this democratic party. He extoled Presi-
dent Cleveland as the one President who
had the courage to enforce the Law against
the labor unions"
He took up the race question, and de-
nounced the President for his action on the
Crum case. The applause that was heard
was entirely in the galleries. Delegates
sat in their places wondering what was
coming next.
Hobson had been received at the platform
for speech largely to stop the calls for
Cochran 1t was with great relief that the
delegates heard Hobson conclude his re-
marks, as they realized that whatever he
might say of an injudicious nature would
be interpreted in the country in way
representing the sentiment of the dele
gates.
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