Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1904-07-08

SH hOUtS, Jay E-rhe nemo'
eVAtle RA,teaNl convention rSseNaVeaet
teSsAy, eaIeEiNS apea the Seceaa DAYS
session, Ehe Stlrgtas SeeNeS W yester'
,lAy hsa tNe eNset 1 hetSh,eaie9 IN,
teyeS, IN sNe ssssmNlSge et the neme'
NEAlio host
ASatN tNNSe having tickets ~ samts'
SleN ~ their d,SINSNl have hSeN over
whelmed nv theSe who aeStEe 10 ee
SINleIatNys, INV dtssl4s,loted oaes ei
yNSINS<lay reaNNNlea their efforts, hop,
ms % Ne mere sueeeSstal in gaiaieg
aamiSSloN today
As the openine hour WAS advanced
two hours the crowds in Olive street
in the vieinity of the main entrance
% the hailatag wepe in evidence much
earlier TO-DAY, Seenes ot yesterday
wepe r,peStea, The threag outside the
NNil1ing we're largely aagmented @
the collection W large namNers ~
watch the delegates @ they Natered
the halL
The eredeatisls oommittee did not
aaioNrN uNtil after 1 O'Clock this morn
Ng while y saN,cenmtttee Ut the eem'
mittee ea resolutions laeored until AT,
ter the midNtght hours,
An Interesting feature ot the proceed
iNgs Netore the eommittee On oreden'
nals WAS the appearanee a. \ ~ NJ OF
William ], Arysn AFTER the Illinois
contest had heen disposed OF, lilo ask
ea tor a reeaasiaering Of these eaSe'
that he might make u mtneriy report,
The eemmittee ruled that no reeonsid
eration waS NeeeSsary aud Mir hryan
WAS told % make his minority report,
lie asked thoSe memeerS who would
sign it to stand Op and the delegates
trNoa oklahoma, WISCONSIN, Minnesota
and Rhode Island arose, This action
teNshaaowed that Mr. bryan would
make 4 Aght on the floor of tho con,
veNtieN, Tho eommittee Sustained the
action OF the National Committee IN
laN of the contested eases save that
from the Twenty first nRnois district,
| Another deyelopment OF tho nigh,
was the deelinatien Of Senator bailey
Vt Texas to accept the permanent
ebairmanshp te stated that no do
sired 10 no ON the floor when the plat
term was under diseussion, Ghe place
was topdered 60 Champ CLARK, " Mia,
souri, whose aldrass was awaited with
keen Interest, ~ he II known 10 he a
eeed puhlio sreakeE
Tho first appearance OF Mr. hryan on
tho hoor WAS locked tor when tho com
mittee ON oredentials ahould report IN
view of tho big battle In prospeot he'
tween tho orators ot tho convention
over the eontests carried to tho con
Vention for settlement
| Fhe situatlon surrounding tho plat
form likewise engrossed attention on
account OF the protsaoted aesslons ot
the oommitteo ON resolutions aud its
suh,oommittee, The anticipated aharI
debate between tho hig orators 0t tho
convention WAS aul,loiant 10 keep all
an tho keen edge ot expectancy,
| ar LOUIS, July E-Tha suh'oom,
mittee on platform adjourned at " hI
until NAo this morning Tho auh'eom
mttae made very good progress
aud hRs agreed anon tho preamhl,
aud tho Mrin plank, Tho draft OF
u platform presented by Mr. Willinma
of Mississippi, was made tho hasia aud
Ia very near hia Language,
| Tho tariit plan declares Tor u rev via'
lon Vt tho tariff Nnd gradual reduction
on u wise aud husinosa' like plan The
time ot tho 0ommiitea WAS largely de-
voted to tho tariii plan aud there wa
n great deal diaousaion Of the phrase
olopy,
Mr. bryan offered u pr0viaion of re-
affirmation Of tho Chicago aud KanHal
uity platforms, hut d0hnita 00na'dera
ti0n Of tho proposition wNa poatponed,
although n waa maie plain that II
would not ha accepted,
II waa Ala0 evident during tho oon
alteration ot the platform that Mr,
hryNn will not receive very much 00n
aiderati0n, tor, although he made man,
auggeHl 0na nnd offered many amend
monla they were not accepted, NJ,
feeling was ahown hut tho suh'oom
mItloo found other suggestions 10 tah,
tha place 0f those offered by tha No
hraaka member,
Three different platforms we're pre-
aenlod, ono by Mr., Williams, ono b,
Mr., poe, representing MI German 7
views aud one by Mr., Newlanda, o
Nevada Suggest iona from both th,
Williams and German drafts we're IN
ed and tho German declaration In fay
0r OF reduction Vt expenditures WA
ad0piad almost IN written,
II WAS also made manifest that IN,
platform WIS t0 he conservative d0Gu
manlr " N expected that there vii
ba luita n lively contest over n gol,
plank II N " 0lfaIof, hut tla none,
plank wns not taken NJ NJ tho evening
session
~, LOUIS, July with 0ne On
oaptlon aoDtsst In tho Twenty
first Illinois distriot-tho Oradantial
Committee Of the Democratic NationR
Convention followed tho laad oi th,
National Committee and naatNd th
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