The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-08
ALL NIGHT FIGHT
ON RESOLUTIONS
Committee in Session for Sixteen
Hours, but Members at Last
Agree.
PLATFORM WITHOUT
A FINANCIAL PI.ANR
Party Leaders Quit Long Meet
ing in Harmony but Follow
ers Are at War.

st. Louis, July Sat $40 am. the
committee on resolutions voted the gold
plank out Of the democratic plat
form by vote Of 35 to Is.
This was the third Victory for William
J. Bryan during the aiI-nIght session OF
the committee He had made two sue.
cessfuI efforts early In the evening and
occurred notifications for the tariff plank
on two separate votes.
Gus session Of sixteen hours, the COM
mittee on resolutions perfected the
platform and adjourned just before
noon, instructing Its subcommittee to
arrange the draft for submission to
the general committee at o'clock
this evening for report to the conven-4
ton two hours later.
The platform is a, compromise ac-F
ceptable to all Of the interests in
volVed and was adopted unanimously
by the committee. It may be said
in general to have been a concession
to the Bryan wing Of the party with
out in any way stultifying the declara-
tons of the conservatives.
The absence of any pronouncement
upon the financial question is most
significant and discloses the utter irn-s
possibility Of finding any declaration
upon this subject acceptable to all.
The committee on resolutions spent
the entire night on the platform, and
at $3.50 considered the last resolution
Of the draft submitted by the SUBJ
committee. But this did not mean
that the platform was finished and
ready for the convention. The strug-
gle continued. and at 10 O'Clock
it was clear that an agreement on
the document as a whole could not
be reached Immediately. I4szz9A
During the watches of the long
night ia.s~the comnitteeroom there
were many dramatic scenes, not the
least striking Of which was, the YER
bal encounter between Senator Hill
and Mr.. Bryan. It occurred while
Mr.. Bryan was engaged in making
one Of his many attacks upon the
gold-standard plank as framed by the
subcommittee. He was wrought up
to high tension when, approaching
the New York leader and shaking his
finger dangerously near the nose Of
that gentleman, he exclaimed:
You ought to have a gold platform
to go with the gold candidate you
are forcing upon the country
Mr.. Hill replied that he knew moth
ing as to Mr.. Parker's monetary
views.
DO you mean to say" demanded
the Nebraskan, ''that you don't know
Judge Parker's financial views?''
II mean just that responded Mr..
Hill.
you have no knowledge on that
subject?"
None"
''Have never asked him."
II have not. I have never sought
| to secure an expression of his views,
| and he has never sought to convey
| them to me. I only know that he is
| a democrat and q high-minded and
patriotic man, and I believe that he
can be trusted implicitly on this, as
upon other matters Of public policy"
Demand from Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan then demanded to know
when the gold plank had been de-
cided upon and why 1t had not been
| incorporated in the New York plat
form. Mr.. Hill replied that the mat
ter had first been discussed at the
meeting Of the delegations about ten
days ago, and that the declaration
was the result of insistence by mem-
bers Of the delegation other than
! himself.
An effort was made to secure a
recess after the vote on the gold
plank, but 1t was voted down and thei
committee continued with Its work
| on other features Of the platform. 81
The contest was one Of the most,
! interesting features Of the conven-E
| ton. The main fight was upon al
! proposed income-tax plank, providing.
/ for an amendment to the constitu-i
ton to meet the adverse decision OF
the supreme court upon the Wilson
law.
It was upon this amendment and
| the gold plank-the two propositions
being brought in conjunction-tha
| Mr.. Bryan made his strong fight.
Mr.. Williams Of Mississippi first of
/ fered the income-tax amendment, and
it was Immediately antagonized by
i former Senator Hill, who stated that,
with such a plank in the PLATFORM,
New York could not be carried by
the democratic nominees. He urged
! the adoption Of a platform which.
would enable the democrats to win
/ in doubtful states and elect their cam.
didates.
4 Mr.. williams Withdrew the amend-s
ment, saying that he, with many other
democrats, were seeking harmony and
i an adjustment of all differences with
view of succeeding on democratic
platform. 81
Bryan and Income Tax.
Mr.. Bryan then offered an incomes
tax amendment and made speech
i in favor of it. He asserted that, while
votes might be lost among the very
consider the great mass Of the people
who bear the burdens of taxation and
the expense of the government.
Senator Daniel replied to Bryan and
very vigorous in his denunciation of
the course the Nebraska man was
i pursuing. He said that he wanted to
4 win and desired platform which!
would bring back to the democratic
party the voters who had left it when
pursuing course which Mr. Bryan
had advocated. He was tired of be-
ing forever in the minority and in-
sisted that it would be absurd for
democrats facing victory to take any
action which would mean defeat. Tel
lose New York meant defeat.
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