The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-08

bate on the plank relating to sepa- |
rate statehood for the territories, |
adopted a substitute plank offered by |
Delegate w. #. Timmons Of Arizona,
with respect to Arizona and New Mex
leo, as follows:
We favor the immediate admission
Of the territories Of Arizona and New
Mexico as separate states"
In dealing with the subject Of |
statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory the committee was less en-
phatic In its declaration, combining the
plank to a general recommendation
Of statehood for these two territories
as follows:
we favor the admission Of the ter
ritories Of Oklahoma and Of New
Mexico" |
Inc currency plank offered by Mr..
Bryan was referred to subcommit-
tee consisting Of Williams, Bryan and
Hill, with authority to draft finan-
clal plank for submission to the full
committee. The opinion was ex-
pressed that these men might agree
upon something, and If they should.
1t would probably eliminate any fight
on the floor of the convention
one or the western members said
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.
The committee decided to continue
work on the platform and voted down
all motions for a recess.
There was a suggestion that #
might be necessary for the conven-
tion which ito meet at 10 O'clock,
to take a recess until Q pm. in order
to give the committee time to prepare
Its report.
Satisfied With One Plank.
Mr.. Bryan said that if his desired
amendment to the trust plank should
be adopted he would not press the
plank favOring the imposition Of an
income tax. Senator rTillman, upon
noting smile upon the faces Of both
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Hill, remarked to
Mr.. Bryan that "since you and Mr..
Hill seem to have become so chum-
my, l think we had better look fur
Their into the trust plank"
Discussion of it thereupon was re-
sumed and Frank Cannon Of Utah
took the floor. Il followed Mr.. Bry-
an in 1896 and 1900" he said, son
paigns, but now that he has aban-
doned those issues, I will vote
against this proposition, which he
seems to want most
Mr.. Cannon, in concluding, con
tended that the paramount, issue in
this campaign was victory" and that
the issue should be "Rooseveltis1n.'
Mr.. Bryan defended his position on
the trust question by saying that 'vic-
tory" alone should not essentially be
the paramount issue and that unless
a question was settled right It was
never settled at all.
Mr.: Daniels called Mr.. Shively to
the chair and made a speech support
ing the principles of the antitrust
Legislation. He took the position,
however, that if enforced the existing
interstate commerce law and anti
trust statutes are sufficient. Hence
he considered it safe to omit the pro-
posed plank.
Hills Trust Plank.
The discussion continued at length
and Until Mr.. Hill presented a substi-
tute for the trust plank, which was
unanimously accepted and with ap-
plause. The compromise antitrust
plank offered by Mr.. Hill and adopted
provides that whenever a trust or
combination affects a monopoly in the
production or distribution. Of any arti-
cles of trade outside the state Of its
origin, it may be restricted byrappro-
pirate legislation from continuing to
do business in such states.
The trust matter disposed of, the
race question was taken up and after
the injection of this issue into the
campaign by the Chicago convention
was adopted. 1t was introduced by
Senator Daniel.
The committee resumed considera-
ton of the financial question on the
basis Of the following plank intro
duced by Mr.. Carmack:
The secretary of the treasury shall
not melt the silver dollars that are
now legal tender and convert them
into subsidiary coin, thus reducing
the volume Of currency SO fortunately
increased by the recent remarkable
increase Of the gold production
The Carmack suggestion for a
financial plank was voted down and
the platform was adopted without a
financial plank. The report, it is
said, was unanimous and there will
be no minority report.
The Carmack proposition was voted
down without division and Mr.. Car
mack then offered the following,
which the committee also failed to
accept:
We recognize that the great and un-
looked for increase in the production 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 it was pre-
sented in the last two presidential cam
pdlSllS is HOC now acute OF pressing Tor
legislative relief; but it has at the same
time indicated the demands of the demo-
| cratic party in the past for an increased
volume Of metallic money, that demand
not being for silver as silver or for gold
as gold but sufficient quantity of stand
ard money to maintain the level OF prices
and transact the business Of the country.
Mr.. Bryan presented suggestion
declaring it to be the sense of the
democratic party that the volume Of
currency shoGld not be diminished,
but Mr.. Hill complained that in view
of the action Of the committee last
night in voting down the gold plank,
the insertion Of the proposed resolu-
ton would be a species Of bad faith.
The committee accepted this view and
voted down the resolution.
Platform Adopted.
No further financial planks were
suggested and the platform, being
considered complete, was then adopt
ed by rising vote, and in the midst
| of general applause.
Just before the committee conclud-
ed its consideration Of the platform
the committee of the convention APP
peared to secure information for the
guidance Of the convention as to
when the committee would be able
to report.
The reply Of Senator Daniel on
behalf of the committee was to the eff
| feet that the various planks of the
| platform had all been agreed upon
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