The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-11
DAVIS TAILS
DEM. TICKET
Selected as Judge Parker's
Running Nate.
GOLD PLANK DEMANDED
Parker Makes Himself Understood
Adjournment Reached
Sunday Morning.
GOLD PLANK DEMANDED

ST. LOUIS, July Ill regard the
gold standard as firmly and irrevo.
cably established and shall act accord
ingly if the action of the convention
shall be ratified by the people As the
platform is silent on the subject my
views should be made known to the
convention, and if it is proved to be
unsatisfactory 70 the majority | re-
quest you TO decline the nomination
for me at once so that another may
be nominated before adjournment"
The foregoing dispatch was sent To
William +. Sheehan at St Louis by
Judge Parker and was read by him
to the convention
Many Of the southern delegates de-
nounced Parker in the strongest terms
and demanded that he decline the
nomination. The organization of a
movement to force him off the ticket
was Immediately begun
Ex-senator Hin. with William +.
Sheehan and Senators Daniel. Tillman
and various other members Of the com
mittee on resolutions. went into con
ference to try to decide on what TO
do about Judge Parker's telegram.
The convention took a recess amid
scenes of the widest excitement pend
ing the decision of the leaders.
AT the afternoon session while Sen
ator Tillman was speaking in regard 20
fhn IN NfF
Bryan, looking very pale and III. came
into the hall He met with mighty
ovation, and in response to the shouts
OF the delegates and the galleries he
mounted the platform to make a
speech Great applause followed his
first assertion that lack of harmony
in the party could not be laid at his
door.
There were only two ways out of the
difficulty into which the action Of
Judge Parker had plunged the party.
said Mr.. Bryan. One was to amend the
message in the manner be had sug-
gested (asking a specified declaration
from Judge Parker on the money ques-
tom, and the other was to amend the
platform by the insertion of gold
plank. Leaning far over the rail in
front of the platform, ne shook his
hand at the New York delegation and
said: II will agree to accept Senator
Carmack's plank. VIII that satisfy the
friends of Judge Parkerf'
It was ten minutes after midnight
when Mr.. Bryan concluded, and Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams rose
He plunged without preface into Il
scathing arraignment of Mr.. Bryan
Turning from time to time, he faced
Mr. Bryan. who sat with immobile
cOuntenance and famed himself. His
voice trembling, Mr.. Williams declared
that Mr.. Bryan had presented the
spectacle of man pleading for har-
mony when in all this great convention
his had been the only voice of discord.
The amendments to the Parker tele-
gram he characterized as "a lot of fool
ish questions" He spoke satirically,
with humor and earnestness.
In explaining that the telegram from
Judge Parker was simply an express
sion of the judges own individual
opinion Mr.. Williams suddenly wheeled
and, facing those on the platform.
asked, Suppose we had nominated Mr..
Bryan on that PLATFORM"
In closing Mr.. Williams moved the
previous question.
The previous question was with
drawn temporarily. Mr.. Bryan again
appeared and withdrew his proposed
amendments to telegraph to Parker in
the interest Of harmony. The previous
question ION the sending of the mes
sage to Judge Parker was then or
dered-
After the message to Judge Parker
had been decided upon the convention
proceeded to the nomination of can
didate for vice president On the first
ballot Henry G. Davis of West Virgin
Ia received 652 votes, fifteen less than
necessary to a choice. He was then
nominated for the Office by acclama-
ton.
The convention then adjourned sine
die without waiting to hear from Judge
Parker.
Henry Gassaway Davis, the Demo
cratic vice presidential nominee, is a
man with more than an ordinary bust