New-York tribune., 1910-07-27

radical stand on county option were un-
successful. and the followers of Gov
ernor Shallenberger and Mayor Dahl
man, once loyal Bryan adherents, stood
against the granting of any concessions
to him on the question.
A corollary of the county option fight
was seen In the contest of Congress
man Hitchcock and X. l.. Metcalfe for
the Democratic nomination for United
states Senator Although the eonVeh-
tion contemplated no action on the con-
test. 1t was evident that the poiiticai
fortunes of Mr.. Metcalfe, the associate
editor of Mr.. Bryan's publication, were
bound up with those of his chleI anu
that the downfall of Mr. Bryan peiore
the convention meant also the eInlha-
ton of Mr.. Metcalfe's candidacy for the
Senate. This was in spite OF the iact
that Mr.. Metcalfe did not share In the
determined view of Mr.. Bryan on the
county option issue, he having declared
that the matter would be relegated 10
the Legislature for adjustment.
G.. ]. Smyth, temporary chairman Oh
the convention. in his address to the DEL
egates referred to Mr. Bryan. without
mentioning his name. as follows:
1t may be necessary to-day for some me-, q,
rs tn refuse to follow q leadership wliI't u
for almost twenty years has given t,an taan'e IF IF
our party in the state and the nation. - :
it should, let no man say anat s b,rn Who
cmbodies that leadership. When thlS .s coh-
vention shall. have adjourned our uiiaI s,,a
ences, I am sure. will be forsotten anu Hs w. .
viii all fall into our accustomed piaces' t.Ie
leader in bis and the subordinates IN thenS -
TO fight fer our platform and our party
In beginning his address Mr. Snyth
said:
For many years we were tod thaL tHs "a "a
irr was passed I'm the interest OF tee iaooI-
ing man and the laboring man heoeped ~;
but he knows better now. lie hEo~s. az ~ =
so do the merchant and the t1tItsi s'e e 80
people In general, that not one dollar OF me me
fund raised through the tar1H goes " ~"
labor,ng mans benefit: tIat, insteao, ~ -
used to create mutin1iihona1res anu ~
purchase rotten titles of "A stu more rotten
nobility for silly American girls Ihe cou!i-
try knows how we'll Mr.. Taft ana ms pai.S pa
have kept the promise on lhe LariaL III, - -
ton. Never was a more flasTauI i"' al
% great public trust.
In finishing his remarks the speaker
declared that there never was a time III
the history of the country when the peo-
pie were more anxious to accept Demo-
cratic principles than at the present
moment.
The Platform.
The arraignment of the present Re
publican administration is the strong
feature Of the platform as it pertains 10
national issues It strongly indorses the
last national Democratic platform ana
the present state administration. ana
continues:
We see in the passage OF the presens
tariff law an example of sl1SerVlency OF
the Republican administration 10 tfe pii'i
legged interests of the country.
We condemn the President Tor sufreiiuei
ing to Aldrich and Cannon the conITol oI
tariff revision and for using his patroHase
TO enforce unwilling Congressman OF tne
Republican party to accept their dictauoh;
We deplore the Presidents lofiy anu
weakness III surrounding htmSeH WITH d.
Cabinet of trust advisers
we condemn the President for retaining
in his Cabinet the close friend ana ioTnIsl
attorney for the powerful and unscrupulous
Syndicate caught in the act OF plunderlns-
We ioin the Democrats every~hefe m
pledeing the party to the cause Oh tal III
reform. economy and simplicity IN govern
ment. trust prosecution and the ratfncation
of the income tax amendment
Local and state campaign committees
are pledged not to accept Contributions
from railroads, trusts. brewery, distltlery
or saloon or anti-saloon organizza tons
interested in defeating or securing legis-