The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-08

for an amendment covering the Colo
rado situation. There is no specific
reference to Colorado but the declara-
ton guarantees the right of laboring
men to work when and where they
will but declaring there shall be no in
fiction of punishment save by due
process of law.
One of the early morning events was
the defeat of the plank declaring for
liberal appropriations for the navy.
At s: 80 the statehood plank was per-
fected, demanding separate statehood
for Arizona and New Mexico, and
statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory without specifying whether
separate or joint.
Shortly before 9 a. m. word came
from the committee that the trust
plank had been taken up again and
the committeeman were in another
snarl. The trust plank had been set
tied upon earlier in the morning but a
resolution was offered by Bryan which
made it compulsory for a corporation
before doing business in another state
to file a statement to the effect that
it did not purpose to conduct a mon
opoy. This brought new wrangle,
Tillman left the committee at say
ing:
They are at the trust plank again.
The platform will be a mile long. Hill
and Bryan knitted each other terribly.
1t was awful. Hill is trying to prevent
Bryan from presenting the minority
"enort to the convention to preclude
| fight there. Hill has kept remarkably
cool. l am tired of all their talk and
am not going back. Hill and Bryan
have been saving this spleen for years
and now that they have let it out, they
Will get along better together
In the tilt between Bryan and Hill
during the discussion of the proposed
gold plank, the former remarked,
Well senator, l am glad to see you
50 hCrest.". Immediately the New
Yorker jumped to his feet and def
E00tly answered, Il don't like the i'm
p tation by the gentleman"
Then I'll withdraw the words and
sag, I am glad to see you so frank"
responded Bryan.
Delegate Stickney of Wyoming COM
ing from the committee room said that
Bryan and Hill had clashed a half
dozen times. Hills suavity and Won
derful cleverness as manager i'm
pressed Stickney, who said that the
committee reminded him of a lot of
excited geese. "Actually I could not
tell what they We're talking about
when I left" said Stickney.
At 10 o'clock the committee on res
olutiOn for the first time since early
this morning showed some attention
to reporting a definite decision. The
trust plank, which was almost unani-
mously adopted, declares against in
terstate traffic in trust-made articles.
1t is authoritatively stated that the
platform wont have a money plank |
nor an income tax plank. This was
the basis of the compromise between |
Hill and Bryan. There will probably |
be no minority report. Bryan being |
satisfied
Hill was asked what Judge Parker's |
views are on the income tax and the |
gold plank. 4 don't know" replied |
Hill. We'll, if you don't who in -
does?" was asked.
To question concerning the plat
form Bryan said to a Scripps News
man:
There will be no minority report
The platform is not what any one of
us wanted. but it is such as we can
all stand on
On the same subject Hill said:
The report will be unanimous. OF
course there are some things we would
IKE to have had in the platform that
are not there, but everybody is for the
platform now"
Hill and Bryan came out of the COM
hlttee room together. both smiling to
newspaper men, Bryan said:
boys be sure to get that Hill plat
form right
Hill seemed disturbed at this refer
ence, but Bryan laughed heartily. |