The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

q IA II pr al. goes 10 sshow but III TINS
S,hoeriainty means anything u comes !.
henrer meaning success for me tiskG 3,
y ihan defeat 1t certainly shows lti'at !. y, -
she exception rather than the Fu i ~ onn =.
hniitJcni party TO go III TO the Soi,-
ip,o.,,,n,, ,,,ti, tlic ticket selected In adj
vance.
The Two.Thirds Rule.
L .rho 1,o,,,ooratic National Convention
+ WI 'be composed Of 9s7 delegates from
IL An states. lhls allows two deies a !,e'
"a. rnch of the aSS members Of ,ne
House of Representatives. ana Two lol
each OF the ninety men who con.P.sa
Inv United States senntc. laeh Oh J., wv WV
Il ilyo territories including Iof,o liaeo'
hayc chosen delegates, and II Is ul a''.
s,nnd ,hnt there will BIO d dclegatiocn ROW ,
H. I,hiiinnines5 This will raise the totpl
10 q 900 But while sol VIII be enousi
,ntcs 10 adopt n platform II, CoilVci,-
finn ~ this size the Candidate ACCORD
ing to the practice Of nemocral VIC I ..','
vhntions. must l,c nominated by TWO
thirds majority. Assuming that the M
cago Convention viii be composed o.
,1dayp delegates. Jthc candidate, III oraer. 10
ho.n,,,c ,hn nominee must receive t61s
votes Right here is d good place 70
nlI,,dc to Sthc opposition heard among
\ Dnn,ocrats in recent months to THIS t"o-
thirds rule. 1t Is In vogue only III n ilI
inr nominations in National ConNenllo .,,
II is denounced as undemocra NC. ny
right Of the majority to RUE IS ,recosr
nized throughout the politicai system ~ ~
M country save and solely in the case
OF making nominations to the preslaieehcS
and VICE presidency. 1t is as certain Us
ANYTHING we'll can be that Judge Parker
2 would lie the nominee OF the CollNenliiooli
on the second ballot If nominations "o,e4
made undci. the majority rue. SUI lhe
onc-tlrd of the Convention represel,t !. ~
the opposition to Judge Parker nays -
their power TO iorcc me Go' y, snt. nrt,i,3
take some other man. II is not cetta''.s
stbatAthis onc-third contemplates DONG
ANYTHING Of the kind but there are many
,nmors in the air. and 1t Is certainly /,
true that it could do so If 1t desired
IAN argument in favor OF the tWo-
4 thirds rule for the nominations 1s,,hn
\ it, makes for unity. Where ltwo-th ~ -
of tho men who compose u Con oliNel emu
arc united upon man there IS more
Likelihood of satisfaction over the re-
suit than would be tho case where
3 nomination As made by a bare malofltS';
Bit it would not be surprising II ing
rule is changed at the ST. Louis con-
yention. IL 1t should be- the nomination
will be Judge Parkcr's
Williams. Temporary Chairman.
John Sharp Williams, Of mississippi
will be the temporary chairman OF lle
Convention He will take the gaYel AZ
ter the Connntion shall have been call
cd to order BY Hon, ], Is. Jones, cilalr-
man Of the National COMMITTEE. Mnls
has NOT been officially decided. ibut IRON
ali over the country there has come
demand that Mr..Nvill!ains be given this
RECOGNITION His leadership of the Demo-
Gratis $of the House Of REPRESENTATIVES,
last winter has compelled tue admiration
Of the people of the United states. Ills
wisdom, his learning, his force as q
speaker his prudence that does not aa-
nit OF bl,lnders, and above all his deep
Knowledge of public affairs. and tho:-5
ough familiarity with every question
Which Is or has been an issue III .Anerl- |
can politics. make him one of the great
men or this country. His speech, IN
VS. inning the chair. will sound the key
note. not only for the Convention. put
for tho campaign. fie drew the platform
adopted By the Democrats of Mississippi
In their late Convention, and it is safe |
t. say that that platform bears close
resemblance to the one which WI! be
8 adopted at ST. Louis. He is a strong |
ADVOCATE Of the nomination Of Judge
Parksr fIc&Wfil ii;lvc much TO do VITA
Shaping the platform Of the st. Louis
Convention.
The session of the Convention on the
/
temporary organization shall have bcei,
effected the various State delegations
swIll send up the names of the men cho-
sen to be members of the three COM
,nittees on Credentials. Resolutions and
Permanent Organization, There may be
some speeches IN presenting gayels, anu
tablesLf for the use OF the secretary, and
then an adjournment VIII be taken pos
sibly until the next day. certainly until
at night.
Tho Committee on Permanent Organi-
cation will report as soon as the Conven-
tion reassemblcs, and the permanent
chairman, in taking the chair, viii make
a speech Of some length, II the usual
custom is followed. The Committee on
Credentials will report. There VIII be
little to report as there Is no contest
or any Importance to como before It.
Bryan May Bolt.
TO the commlttrH on RESOLUTIONS that
Will fall the graft Share OF lthc work.
The committee was in session until
O'Clock in the morning during the Pm
sas City Convention four years ago,
There was IA great fight over the sill
Yer plank Of tho platform, but Mr.. Bryan
refused TO allow his lleutenants to nc
cept anything short of absolute endorse
ment Of the Chicago free coinage plank
but the majority did allow imperia' ism
Ii is not likely that the Committee on
Resolutions will report until well along
in the day on Thursday the second
day OF the Convention Mr., Bryan viii
almost certainly be member OF the
committee, and he will oppose much that
the safe and sane" element Of the
committee and .of the party will wish in
corporatcd in the platform. 1t Is be-
loved also that he contemplatcs making
q great fight on the floor Of the Con-
yention when the platform has been read
and the question of adoption Is put lie
and some OF those OH the committee OF
his way of thinking may present a
minority report. IT is likely that Mr..
Bryan Will attempt to stampede the Con-
yenton to his views by means of a sub
stitute resolution, offered from his place
I'm the seats of the Nebraska delegation.
But the speech which he is expected
To make Viii be made from tiLc rcstrum,
and IL viii be aimed at the platform re,
ported from the committee. 1t is a pc.
culiar thing, somewhat. but for months
Democrats have been looking forward to
this speech Of Mr., Bryan, 1t win be n
torrent Of eloquencc, Il Niagara Of words
iio made one eight years ago that put
him forward twice as the standard br;il-
r.N li