The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-05
MISSISSIPPI IDEA"
GAINS IN FAVOR
Extremists for Gold and Sill
YER Make No HeadWay.
TRUST PLANK THREATENING
Bryan Out to Beat Hill-No Criticism
Of the Canal
Route.

ST LOUIS. Mo. July 5.-Neither the
extreme gold nor the extreme silver wing
o. the Democratic party has made any
headway ON the money plank of the
platform to be adopted.
The middle grcunders'' stul hold the
field ana are asserting that they must
compromise all contentious. insisting
that they have practically won
The fight now is ON a. trust plank.
and this bids fair to go merrily on until
The committee on resolutions finally re
ports.
Planks in Platform.
rae outline of the platform as it
stands now follows:
Money-Neither gold nor silver.
but a declaration that the increased
supply of gold, by act OF God" has
settled the question for the time be-
ing.
Tarin-Demand for revision, but
not so abrupt as to injure existing
legitimate Industries.
Trusts-Denunciation Of the bad"
combinations and a demand for the
enforcement of existing laws.
Negro suGrage-Leave it to the
States
Polygamy-Denunciation of the
practice and of the Mormon power in
politics.
tatehOod-Admit Arizona, New
Mexico. and Oklahoma as three sep
arate States.
Executive dietation-Vigorously
condemned.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT to be unsafe
and unsound.
Williams Handles Money.
john Sharp Williams. Of Mississippi.
who has been drafting a platform. fol-
lowing closely the lines of this declara-
ton of principles adopted by his State
convention has completed his work, but
The money plank may be revised before
IL meets with the approval of Mr.. Hill
and the Parker men.
Mr. Hin believes that no further
financial legislation is necessary or de
siUable Should he find it wiser to in
sert what VIII amount To "a mere mega
tive plank i'm the platform, he viii adj
vccate "a declaration in favor Of inter-
national bimetallism.
The report has been current that Mr.
Inn has prepared plank fatty sup
porting the gold standard, but Mr.. Hin
hasn't admitted il. and he is on record
as saying that there was no occasion
To- taking up the money question in
positive way.
Ryan Denies RumOT.
Friends OF Thomas II. Ryan, the mil
Ionaire street railway man Of New
York. and resident of the Morton
trust Company. said that Mr.. Ryan
had come 70 St Louis with a gold
standard plank. but AIr. Ryan said it
wasn't so.
William J. Bryan. while still welded
20 Us 10 ], is willing TO stand by plat
form that win contain the financial
plank Of the platform adopted by the
Nebraska Democrats
lie admits that he doesn't care how
much the language is changed If the
ideas are preserved. There is nothing
about is 10 ] I'm the Nebraska financial
plank, DW IL makes a plea Tor main
tanning the present volume Of silver
dollar coinage and ATS the national
banking system
Eebraska-s Money Plank.
This is the money plank which Mr..
1g-v4n is willing that the convention
storid saarr. subject TO verbal but not
81 r-sfarf4i changes.
..,rr-a T,.--.e-.e, would administer the
Treasury Il---treeut IN behalf OF the
-,----i.f,- --r- ..s now f., Ibe interest
yZ--Ir lt-..f 70 y..,5rd rrave,t the
49,. NJ f,-..F -s,7.- sil,,a. dollars
80 7.-.r -. ,,l,.f,lf.,,-,- COW,
I-l1o 49, ,,. - - -,
~ "'G'l 10 '--- [l'--
or standard money sLlAc!ent 10 keep
mace with the demand 1or money. It
would favor paper money issued by the
Government "i'Ho1' '''S 'il''LE,.ilIl'" ol
national o'--'HS- ~ "oUl1 I's-s' 'ie az
tempt 10 es'"o--s- an ASSET I''I1S
and brHnch DaHhs' ana IL "O"Iu oppose
tPe l5anlHS Oh GOV ''i--eHI lloN'5 10
favored BANKS 7cielH' DS "Al'h the
peoples money i7 employed 10 lay
foundation Tor a campaign ana 10 'Ti'e
the financial interest 10 oppose amy re-
duction Of taxation,
- lAe p' ..i,.,f,
Treasury i,sl-.i 49, n H.. 81 '-S
benehcial 70 I..5 30 '.lIi7,t 80 5 ''LG
prOsresslNeiy HaiLli"I 70 ll- u Ouu|e'S