Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-08

one CLASS. lndl II tic utut'ti0ht BoAfJ
position, from which il will not be driven or
coaxed or bullied." The trusts were suhse-
auently handled and the speaker made !.
plain that they had nothing to fear from the
Republicans. Mr. CIark's analysis OF !ne
present administration was most lnclsiVe' ne
ridiculed the trust war and asserted that ,ne
administration had no fixed policy. Ont llie
It's head is an opportunlst. Inc speahel ~
ferred to the decline OF American shiPH'e,
and said Knox was made a SenAt"r 10 lie't =:
trust magnates and to produce serenity III
The convention then adjourned until
10 O. clock this morning, when the plat
form was presented.
The subcommittee an the platform, OF
which Senator Daniel, chairman OF the
full committee, is chairman, has com
pleted the draft of the platform. 1t IS
stated that it is rather long, because y
deals with the whole range OF national
questions. The financial plank is an
abbreyiation of that submitted by John
Sharp Williams. Ii treats tie money
question as settled. Several planks pro-
posed by Mr.. John P. Poe, OF Maryland
were substantially adopted.
The gold plank adopted by the sub
committee of the committee on resOlu'
tions had not been agreed to by the full
committee at Zoe clock this morning, and
some doubt was manifested by the gold
democrats as to their ability to pass it
through the full committee. The sub
committee of the committee on resolu-
tons spent the entire day in perfecting
the details of the democratic platform,
concluding at o'clock in the evening,
the adoption of gold standard plank.
The plank was voted in during the
absence of Mr.. Bryan and Congressman
Williams, and the ballot stood Z to g.,
the affirmative votes being cast by
Messrs. Daniel, Hill, Pattison, Hamlir,
Cable, Poe, and Davis, and the negative
votes by Messrs. Gubers, Shively, and
Newlands. The understanding was that
if Hessrs. Bryan and Williams had been
present they would have cast their votes
in the negative, thus bringing the OPP
position vote to five.
Mr.. Bryan made a strenuous plea be-
fore the subcommittee for the reafiirma-
ton of the Kansas City platform Oh
trusts.
Judge Parker is still far in the lead
for the presidential nomination. The
North Carolina delegation is working
for Governor Charles B. Aycock for the
vice presidency.
Senator Germans position, as stated
by his friends, is now becoming gener-
ally known at st. Louis. He was ready
to accept the presidential nomination if
it came to him from proper quarters.
But he found the Parker element in con-
troll of the convention and able to excr-
else at least a veto power. That being
the case, he allied himself with the Par
ker leaders.
The statement is made that Judge Park
ers's fate was in the hands of German
and Guney. They could have prevent
ed Parker's nomination, although they
might not have been able to dictate The
candidate. But their united opposition
would have made it impossible for
Parker to win and Gray, Cleveland,
Olney and Harmon would have been in
the running. The declaration OF Penn
slyvania for Parker started the bali roll
ing. Then came the favorable news
from the German people and the ball
gathered volume and impetus.
Today's programme is as follows:
Convention called to order at 10 a. m,
by Champ Clark.
Prayer
Reading report of committee on reso-
lutions and platform.
Debate on report of committee on
resolutions.
Roll call on adoption of report of
committee on resolutions and platform.
Following this they may nominate
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
st. Louis, July S.-One of the great
est fights in the history of American
politics is being waged in the committee
on resolutions. This committee has
been almost continuously in session since
Wednesday afternoon. The sub-com-
mittee to draft a platform reported to
the whole committee at seven o'clock
last night and since that hour the battle
has waged more fercely than ever.
At seven O'Clock this morning the
committee was still in session and Sena-
tor Bailey said that it might not com
plete its labors for many hours. After
four hours Of almost constant discus
sion of the financial plank, during which
Senator J. w. Daniel, of Virginia, made
such personal attack upon w. j.
BRAN as to call forth sharp admoni-
tiol from acting Chairman Tillman, and
in which time many imprisoned jecla-
rations of impending disaster to the
national ticket were INDUCED, in the
committee at five o'clock thi morning
struck from the platform under consider
alton all reference to the monetary sys-
tenn. The vote was 80 to ID. 1t was a
decisive victory for Bryan and his friends
who have waged long, aggressive and
determined warfare. Ex-senator Hill,
of New York; Senator Daniel, Of Vir-
ginia; Senator Carmack, OF Tennessee,
and Mr.. Poe, of Maryland, we're among
those who pleaded earnestly, and, at
times, almost pathetically, for the reten-
ton in the platform of the plank favor
ably reported to the full committee at
eevan N, cIock laat MICH.
Ex-senator Pettigrew, of South Da-
kota ShiveIy, of Indiana, and Fleming,
u xU;.onnstn r.ora opnnpo tho foran,ocf