The sun., 1904-07-04
platform DRAFTS ARRIVE.
BRYAN TRYING TO FIX ONE
PARKER CAN'T STAND on.
Towns Hss an Ultra Radical One ana IL
1,ookins for . Compromise German
sIas q Non.CSmmittai One--NiIiisms
d1tnGing 10 the Mississippi Idea.


dItnGing 10 the Mississippi idea.
Sr. LOUIS, July 8.--Unless the Parker
men win hands down In their fight TO die
tate the platform In the Democratic con-
vention, that declaration Of Democratic
principles will be a conglomeration OF
thoughts and ideas that will make the party
wonder where Il Is at"
Bryan evidently knows that the chances
Of securing reaffirmation OF the Kansas
City platform are very small, but he Is here
TO fight and fight hard TO attain that end.
He will submit the Nebraska State Demo-
cratic platform as a foundation for the
work Of the national platform makers,
but he admitted to-day that he was willing
to have the language changed, If the ideas
were not eliminated. He Ia hand in glove
with former Senator Charles A. Towne who
used to be in Minnesota, but is now New
Yorker and Tsnmany man.
Towne got here tonight with platform
Of his own. According to one OF the most
trusted friends Of Mr.. Bryan and himself,
1t u an extremely radical production, as
bad as, II not worse than the Kansas City
affair. From all accounts Towne and those
who put It together don't believe In 1t; at
least, don't believe that h Is the right kind
of platform to adopt after the inglorious
defeats Of 1898 and 1900 but they have a
purpose In making 1t tho poor, erratic,
bizarre thing that 1t is.
They are going to acknowledge inferen-
TALLY it's futility. and then. il necessary.
deny it. Tammany s credited with being
behind Towne, and the whole idea IL to
defeat Par ker. The aforementioned mutual
friend of Bryan and Towne says that the
scheme is to use this radical platform as
basis for compromise and that il has pur-
poeely been made so radical that when the
compromise is effected it will still leave the
platform so widely separated from the
wishes OF the conservatives that Parker
cannot possibly stand on it and II nomi-
mated would be obliged to decline to run.
All this sounds very visionary. but with
Bryan and Tammany bent upon defeat
ing Parker, they hope to be able to effect
an arrangement with his other opponents
that will let the Bryanites dictate the party
principles and the conservative anti-Parker
people name the candidate for President.
Bryan has been working all day to get
the German men committed. to this scheme.
That is, indirectly. for he is trying to ar
feated, hoping by that means, it is said.
to have those who go into the combina-
ton with him show their gratitude for his
help by consenting to adhere, as closely as
possible, to what WAS dictated by him at
Kansas City.
David B. Hill is evidently alive to the
importance Of preventing the adoption
of n platform upon which Judge Parker
could not stand even If he is able to secure
the nomination. He has drawn plank
that will afford the basis of the crucial
test in the committee on resolutions and
perhaps In the convention itself. 1t is the
financial plank and is an out and out decla-
ration for the preservation of the gold
standard.
What Towne has to say In his draft on
the money question has not been disclosed.
but from what is said about the radical
nature OF Towne's production, it is be-
lieved to be satisfactory to the Bryan wing.
Representative John Sharp Williams
OF Mississippi, who is credited with the
OF platform that will be &C.
ceptable to Hill and Parker, secluded him
self to-day. He is 'staying at a private
house and kept away from the lobbies OF the
big hotels, where there were many men
who yearned for a chance to talk with him.
The word has gone out that Mr.. Will
liams has followed closely the ideas and
the wording Of the Mississippi platform
and a good many people have assumed
that he will present that production with
out the crossing Of a -t' or the dotting OF
an "i" Whether this is true or not. and 1t
probably isn't. one fact appears to be clear.
and that is that Mr.. Williams was chosen
for the part of platform building by the
Parker people because the Mississippi
platform, which he arranged. contains a
declaration Of the money question that is
believed to be acceptable to the conserva-
tive men in the convention. The Mis-
sissippi money plank. which. 1t may be
assumed confidently was followed by Will
liams in writing the national platform. is:
The Democratic party congratulates the
country upon the vindication OF the Demo-
cratic contention for an increased volume OF
real or metallic money in manner accepta-
BILE to all Democrats. by the addition to the
worlds stock of money metals OF 81 .oOo.-
ooOO 900 in gold within the past
eight years. from which these United States
have been able to obtain S00.0O0.-
o0o thereby doubling their stock OF
standard money. raising their circulation
per capita from S23 TO $50 ana contriputlne
that advent OF industrial activity which
could not otherwise have been attained.
and a proportionate increase Of the worlds
stock Of coined silver The fact that this
result has been reached by no action OF Gov
ernment. but by the act Of God. through
human instrumentalties OF discovery and
invention does not lessen our gratitude.
The Democratic party congratulates the
country that it has no larger amount OF out
standing uncovered paper currency than
at present. Every paper promise TO pay
by the Government ought to be as safe as
m illionaire due bill for so cents. and that Is
actually the case to-day and. being the case.
the Demo cratic party. like the American
people, fails to see that the $4,000 600 of
outstanding Treasury notes are either
burden to the people or peril to the country's
business interests. Until the interest bear
ing debt OF the United States. constitut-
ing as it does an annual burden upon pro-
ductive industry, is paid of and extin guished
it is idle 10 grow hysterioal, as some OF our
Republican lawmakers have grown. about
the -immedia payment" or e1tinguish-
ment of the non interest bearing debt OF
the United States. represented by Treasury
notes.
This r,lank accorcR with the views OF the