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rubbed his hands and said he did not

rubbed his hands and said he did not
know.
The final vote on the elimination of
the money plank came early in the
morning on Saturday after plank
demanding an income tax had been
demanded by Mr.. Bryan. Hill fought
the income tax proposition vigorous
ly. He said there would be no chance
to carry New York if there was a de-
mand in the platform for an income
tax.
Bryan Played for Delay.
The discussion lasted several hours.
Bryan was playing for delay in the
hope that the disorganized anti
Parker forces might be rallied into
a substantial opposition. He quib-
bled over words and commas.
Finally Senator Bailey Of Texas
made a motion that the financial
question and the income tax should
be eliminated from the platform,
coupling these two propositions. This
motion was seconded by Benjamin F.
Shively Of Indiana.
He did not oppose the motion He
did not insist there should be a
money declaration. The motion was
passed and by these questions elm
mated from the platform at the same
time. -,- -,-,-.~- ----~ .-.-.
Information here is that Senator
Hill received from Judge Parker on
Friday a telegram insisting on the al
teration of the Williams financial
plank to provide for straightout
declaration for a, gold basis. The in
formation is, further, that he did not
make the telegram public; that he
never mentioned it in the meeting Of
the subcommittee on resolutions or in
the full committee, and that he sat
still and allowed the Bailey and
Shively motions to prevail without a
protest, altho he knew Judge Parker
insisted on a straight gold declaration
r.. Davis German Man.
The selection of ex-senator Henry
G. Davis Of West Virginia as the vice
presidential candidate with Judge
Parker was due to the influence OF
Senator Arthur Pue German of Mary
land and his friends. The most pow
erful factor Of those friends was John
r. Mclean of Ohio.
Before the convention met yester-
day afternoon the Parker men, head
ed by David B. Hill, had practically
decided to nominate Judson Harmon
of Cincinnati. This news was sent to
Mclean, and he, In turn, sent his
representatives here to Hill and the
other Parker leaders to tell them that
he did not want Harmon nominated.
| Ex-senator Murphy Of New York,
| William F. Sheehan and the other
Parker leaders agreed that if Nc
Lean was opposed to Harmon, Har-
mon should not be nominated. Mr.:
Hill was obstinate about 1t. He said
that Harmon is the strongest man
! and that it made no difference what
| Mclean said about it.
There was a conference in Hills
room between Sheehan, ex-senator
| Murphy, Hill and some Of the other
Parker managers. These men made
| it very plain to Hill that they would
! not stand for Harmon in view of Nc
1 Leans opposition.
| After a long discussion Hill finally
asked what substitute they had fol
/ Harmon. Then John T. McGraw OF
! West Virginia, McLean's representa-
i tive; General Victor Baughman OF
! Maryland and. other German follow.
/ Henry G. Davis. Davis had left ST
Louis and was on his way home. He
| was reached by telephone and asked
If he would take the nomination. His
reply was satisfactory and the wore
| was passed that he was the man or
whom all the Parker people should
4 concentrate.
Senator Davis has been an enthu
siastic German man ever since thu
canvass for the democratic nominee IL
1904 began. At one time he said HI
| would spend million dollars to Sc
cure the nomination Of German, ant
that was no mere idle boast because
4 he had the money and would spend it
/ His daughter is the wife Of Sena
tor Elkins, himself largely interested
in the varied industries of West Vir
| ginia, but republican. The two mel
4 live side by side in the town of Elkins
| Davis a SeIf-Nade Man.
Left fatherless at an early age