Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-15
PLATFORM COMMENT.
Tillman Says That the DOcu-
ment Contains No Poison.
-
WILL HAVE BaYAN'S SUPPORT.
Hill Expresses Himself as Per-
fectly Satisfied.

platform committed generally express
themselves as satisfied with the work
they have accomplished, some Of the
expressions being as follows:
Senator Daniel. The platform was
unanimously adopted and is reasonably
satisfactory"
Senator Tillman. I'VE have accom-
plished Il mir. Gle; we have succeeded III
getting Il plau dorm without any poison
in it,"
Mt. Bryan. IL am fairly well sat
isfied with the platform. have had
opportunity TO present some matters as
| | desired, and have hau 10 make CON
cessions in some instances III oruer To
get what | wanted 20 get in others.
"Wiu you support ticket Oh this
PLATFORM" was asked of him. Il Will
certainly support the platform was
his reply; and this was said III way 10
convince his interrogation that ne fuliy
expected 10 be able TO support both
platform and ticket
Senator Hill and William j. Bryan
came out together and both were smll-
ing. Mr.. Bryan said to the newspaper
men: Now, boys, be sure ANA get
Hilrs platform right and Hill retorted
with laugh, Il think we Will have To
share hOnors Oh that.
Mr.. Bryant said: We are all salts
fled. We have all wanted some things
nut in that the committee has rejected,
but on the whole the document is per-
fectly satisfactory. You know you
can't get everything you want"
Senator Hill SAID: Il am perfectly
satisfied. Of course there are things
| that | wanted in, ana thought should
20 in, but i'll politics it is give and take,
, and am taking. | should have liked
l to have seen an expression on finances
in the platform, but the majority
thought otherwise and neither Mr..
5 Bryan's plank nor mine was adopted.
You will remember that the New York
state convention made no mention Oh
the financial question and so this plat
form is similar We did not put III an
income tax plank and we changed only
| slightly the tariff plank"
"Will Judge Parker stand on tht
platform as drawn was asked. Il dc
) not see why not. am said to be one
!. of his friends" he answered, land have
S said | am satisfied"
Il August Belmont said he was salts
!. fed that the platform was one on which
- Judge Parker could stand. He. said
!, Il have always been quite willing Il
= have a platform without any financia
70 plank in it. | believe the people have
e finally settled the matter and it il
/ supertluous for any party to merely
1t reiterate."
k John Sharp Williams, who made tn,
original draft of the platform, said: e
# am delighted with it,"
10 Despite Senator Hills optimisti
J, views of the situation, there were man,
, expressions of strong disapproval il
: the Parker headquarters by delegates
~ One said: Parker cannot stand 70
NJ such a platform, and if he is nomi
|
re the financial question in his letter of &c
ar ceptance."
ar To this statement Cord Myer, tn
chairman of the New York Democrat
state committee, said: ''Somethin
like that will have to be done, or we vii
not be able to carry New York"
= The anti-Parker people We're jubilan
81 over the matter when they heard tn
ct disposition of the financial planl
ne Charles f. Murphy said: Il don
", think the decision of the committe
GO has improved Parker's chances, but, @
es course, nobody knows Judge Parker
,r views" 1t was said at Tammany heat
Is. quarters that at a meeting of the ant
cd Parker forces Bryan had stated tina
,o he would willingly accept either Olne
=, of Massachusetts or Gray of DelawaI
~ as compromise candidate, and ths
ny George Fred Williams had declared thu
10 he. would accept Olney.