The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-08
GOLD PLANK REJECTED
cONTNU D FROM FIRST PAGE.

CoNTINU D FROM FIRST PAGE.
is a general comm, u..ue IN r-v 1oId.
August Belmont and David b. Hill are
only his lieutenants. After the Bryan
hubbub had gone on for quarter OF
an hour Mr.. Sheenan had the stand
ards Of dozen states that are sup
porting Judge Parker marshaled on the
stage. This began counterdemon-
station. The cheers for Bryan had
come from the spectators. The cheers
for Parker came from the delegates.
The Nebraskan was given an ova-
ton when he entered the hall just
prior to the opening of the afternoon
session Of the convention. There came
terrific yen from group Of dele
gates in the rear of the hall and in.
stantly it WIS caught UP by the crowd,
and the cheers rolled up in roar.
Mr.. Bryan passed slowly down the
aisle, picking his way through the dele
gates, who We're massed in the aisles
He paid no attention at first to the
demonstration, but quietly sought his
seat
The galleries joined in the cheering
with terrific enthusiasm, hundreds IN
the crowds standing up in their chairs
and waving hats and handkerchiefs
frantically. The band struck up, and
the friends Of Mr.. Bryan, believing this
10 be an effort TO smother their shouts.
mt once yelled louder than before.
A man climbed TO the chairman's tn.
bic and began TO wave his arms up and
down, shouting unlntelllgibly, In a
moment Mr. Williams caught sight Of
him and, grabbing the enthusiasts
trousers. hauled him down
\ wild frenzy Of yells followed the
act Of a Nebraska delegate who seized
the Nebraska state sign and waved IL
high in the air. Delegates from Ken
lucky, North Dakota. Iowa. Missouri
and Montana took up the cue ana
catching up their state signs FASTENED
with them to the Nebraska delegation
where they waved them in a circle
around the Nebraska sign.
Daniel j. Campau Of Michigan.
gold Democrat. did his best 20 gnad the
enthusiasm by rushing up the steps
leading to the chairman's platform and
waving his hat wildly.
The Parker men at once sought &c
Offset the Bryan demonstration 10y
cheers on their side. The men of the
south came to the front in this effort
oua tho Enorpio doIaUo tfnr NH, 90, ,.,.,5
a blue silk banner inscribed Georgia
Parker Delegation" every time they
march into the hall. at once waved II
high and started toward the platform
An enthusiastic delegate from South
Carolina caught the sign of his state
from its stan, tore up the strips and,
after brandishing the red and white
disk wildly, shook IL at the Bryan and
Hearst men and then placed II fiat
against the blue banner, as though he
were mailing the flag Of his country to
a masthead,
The Parker men came up swiftly
now, and before the South Carolina
man had lowered his hand the men
from Arkansas, Alabama and Pennsyl
vania were turning over chairs and
pushing through the aisles on their
way 10 his side. After Pennsylvania
came Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennes-
see. Indiana, Louisiana. Texas. Con
necticut and Virginia The demonstra-
ton had resolved itself into a Parker
outbreak more than testimonial to
Bryan, and ii so remained to the fin
ish. which was eighteen minutes after
Mr. Bryan entered the hall
The Parker men claimed that they
had information before entering the
hall that the Bryan demonstration had
been arranged between the Hearst men
and Tammany, and they We're prepared
to meet 1t 10y q Parker counter out
burst Of their own.
The subcommittee Of the committee
on resolutions spent it's entire session
in perfecting the details of the Demo
cratic platform. concluding with the
adoption OF n gold standard plank. The
plank was voted on during the absences
of Mr. Bryan and Congressman VIII
liams, and the ballot stood : to 3, the
affirmative votes being cast by Messrs.
Daniel, Hill Pattison, Hamlin, Cable,
Poe and Davis and the negative votes
by Messrs. Dubois. Shively and New
lands The understanding was that II
Messrs Bryan and Williams had been
present they would have cast their
votes in the negative, thus bringing the
opposition vote TO five.
The platform as declared is in part
as follows
ave the delegates of the Democratic
party of the United States. in national
convention assembled, declare our de-
votion to the essential principles of the
Democratic faith which bring us to-
gether in party communion.
Under them local self government
and national unigy and prosperity We're
alike established They underlaid our