Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-08
STATEHOOD PLANK.

STATEHOOD PLANK.
I'VE favor the immediate admission
OF the territories OF Arizona and New
Mexico as separate states
In dealing with the subject Of state
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory, the committee was less emphatic
I'm It's declaration, combining the plank
10 a general recommendation Of state
hood for these two territories, as fol-
lows:
I'VE favor the admission OF the ter
ritories Of Oklahoma and indian Ter
rltory."
The currency plank offered by Mr..
Bryan was referred to a subcommittee
consisting OF Williams, Bryan and Hill,
with authority TO draft n financial
plank for submission to the full COM
mittee. The opinion was expressed that
these men might agree upon something
and, II they should II would probably
eliminate any fight on the floor OF the
convention.
One of the western members said
that he did not expect Mr.. Bryan to
make a minority report, In view OF the
many changes he had been able to
procure In The platform.
When at $3.50 a. m, the last plank
as drafted by the subcommittee had
been read the members Of the commit
tee applauded.
TILLMAN SUSPICIOUS.
Mr.. Bryan said that II his desired
amendment to the trust plank should
be adopted he would not press the
plank faYorng the imposition Of an In
come tax, Senator Tillman, upon not
t,,sg Ia 70 81 hath
Mr.. Bryan and Mr., Hill, remarked to
Mr., Bryan that "slnce you and Mr.
Hill seem to have become too chummy
! think we had better look further into
the trust plank"
CANNON AGAINST BRYAN.
Discussion OF II thereupon was re-
sumed and Frank Cannon, Of Utah,
took the floor.
Il followed Mr.. Bryan in 1896 and
1900" he said, ION tho paramount Issues
of those campaigns, but now that he
has abandoned those issues, | will vote
against this proposition, he seems to
want most
Mr. Cannon, In conclusion, contended
that the paramount issue in this cam
paign was victory and that the Issue
should be "Rooseveltism," Mr. Bryan
defended his position on the trust ques-
ton saying that victory" alone should
not essentially be the paramounuissue
and that unless q question was settled
right II was never settled at all. Sena-
tor Daniel called Mr.. Shively TO the
chair and made speech supporting
the principle Of anti-trust legislation.
lie took the position, however that IL
enforced the existing Interstate COM
merce law and antitrust statutes are
sufficient and ne believed a Democratic
administration could be depended on TO
enforce them. Hence he considered II
safe to omit the proposed plank.
The Carmack suggestion for n finan-
clal plank was voted down and the
platform was adopted without a flnan-
cial plank The report, 1t is said, will
be unanimous and there will be no mi
nority report.
The committee resumed consideration
Of the financial question on the basis OF
tarIff PLANO introduced by Mr. Car
mack;
"The secretary OF the treasury shall
not melt the silver dollars that are now
legal tender and convert them into sub
sidiary coin, thus reducing the volume
of currency so fortunately increased by
the recent remarkable increase of the
gold production"
The Cormack suggestion for n fnan-
cial plank was voted down and the
platform was adopted without n tnan-
cial plank. The report, II is said, Will
be unanimous, and there VIII be no
minority report.
CARMACK's PROPOSITION.
The Carmack proposition was voted
down without division and Mr.. Car
mack then offered the following, which
the committee also failed to accept:
1--WE recognize that the great and
unlocked for increase In the produce
ton OF gold. amounting In the last few
years to four thousand million dollars,
has relieved the stringency caused by
the scarcity of metallic money, and
that because of that fact the money
question as II was presented In the
last two presidential campaigns Is not
now acute or pressing for legislative
relief, but Il has at the same time, vim
dicated the demands OF the Demo-
cratic party I'm the past for an in
creased volume OF metallic money that
demand not being for silver ms silver,
or for gold as gold, but for a sufficient
quantity OF standard money TO main
tain the level of prices and transact the
business Of the country"
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Mr.. Bryan presented a suggestion de-
clarlng Il 10 be the sense of the Demo-
cratic party that the volume OF cur
rency should not be diminished, but
Mr.. hin complained that In view OF
the action OF the committee last night
IN voting down the gold plank, the in
sertlon OF the proposed resolution
would be a species OF bad faith. The
committee accepted this view and voted
down the resolution No fusther fnan-
oial planks were suggested and the
platform being considered complete,
was then adopted by rising vote and
in the midst Of general applause
Although the various planks had all
been agreed upon. there had been such
a number Of changes made in the draft
of the document as presented by the
subcommittee as to render It impos-
sible to make a satisfactory report to
the convention before night.
MEMBERS SATISFIED.
AS the members emerged from the
chamber, they generally expressed
themselves as satisfied with the work
they had accomplished, some OF the
expressions heard being as follows;
Senator Daniel-The platform was
adopted and is reasonably
Senator Tillman-We have accom-
pllshed a miracle; we have succeeded In
getting platform without any poison
Ing.
Mr. RrVan--I am fairly well satiaNod
with the platform. | have had oppor-
tunity TO present some matters as |
desired and have had 10 make conces-