Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-29

contestants challenged the rights of the
Hearst delegates to their seats in the con-
vention After an earnest appeal from
Bryan, the convention by a vote of CAT
votes to 299 refused to adopt Bryan's
motion to substitute the minority report
seating the Harrison delegates for the
majority report seating the Hearst dele
gates from Illinois,
During Bryans absence from the reso-
lutions committee a financial plank as
sorting that the money question was no
longer an issue was inserted When he
returned, the majority had agreed to the
report He was determined that this
financial plank should be omitted. After
long discussion all reference to money was
omitted and the report presented to the
convention which adopted it without de-
bate.
Nominations for presidential candidates
were. then made and at about o'clock
in the morning of Saturday, July 8, Alton
Brooks Parker was nominated on the first
ballot. Others voted for were William
Randolph Hearst of New York, Francis
M. Cockrel of Missouri, Richard Olney of
Massachusetts, Edward c. Wall OF Wis
consin, John sharp Williams OF Mississippi,
George Gray OF Delaware, George b. Nc
Clelan of New York, Nelson y. Miles of
Massachusetts,, Charles A. Towne of Mas
sachusetts, Arthur p. German of Mary
land, Robert E. Pattison Of Pennsylvania,
Bird S. Coler OF New York
For vice president Henry Gassaway
Davis of West Virginia was nominated on
the first ballot and the nomination was,
after the roll call, made unanimous.
ParLer's Gold Telegram.
The convention took a short recess.
Upon reassembling to nominate the vice
president, it was profoundly agitated by
the reading of a telegram which the presi-
Dental candidate had sent TO William r..
Sheehan, former lieutenant governor OF
New York. This telegram read: Il re-
gard the gold standard as firmly and ir-
revocably established and l shall act ac-
cordingy II the action of the convention
today is ratified by the people. Inasmuch
as the platform is silent on the subject
| deem it necessary to make this com
mUnication to this convention for its con
sheraton, as ! should feel it my duty TO
decline the nomination except with that
understanding
The scenes which followed were dra-
matte. After much discussion the con-
vention by vote of 79S to lS4 adopted the
following resolution to be sent in reply:
The platform adopted by this con-
vention is silent on the question of the
monetary standard because it is not re-
garded by us as a possible issue in this
campaign, and only campaign issues were
mentioned in this platform. Therefore
there is nothing in the views expressed
by you in the telegram just received which
should preclude a man entertaining them
from accepting a nomination on said plat
form"
The Democratic Platform.
Judge Parkers action was both praised
and criticised. Adherents declared that il
was OF unparalleled courage and honesty.
Others opined that he should have declared
himself before and not after the noml-
nation. This criticism is unfair. Hill was
his personal representative on the platform
committee. He had presented the financial
plank declaring in substance that silver
was no longer an issue. Hence the COM
mittee must have known that Parker was
a gold man. or course, the convention
could hardly withdraw the nomination de-
claring It's discord 10 the world but the
convention certainly knew Parkers atti-
tude on the money question. The telegram
In answer merely put into words what
was known The omission Of the money