The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-28
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS IN. TERRUPTED IN WORK BY SEN-
 SATIONAL SITUATION.
DID NOT MEET LAST NIGHT
Recommends Mississippi Improve. ment, Conservation of Resources, Election of National Commit
 tee by Popular Vote, Etc.

Baltimore, June 27-The platform to be adopted by the Democratic eoG vention was under consideration dur ing the entire day, first by Mir Bryan and Senator 0'Gorman, of the reso- lutions committee, later by the sub committee of II, of which Senator Kern, of Indiana, is chairman, and ln the end by the full committee.
 Immediately after their tack was assigned them, Messrs Bryan and O'Gorman shut themselves up in he committee room, doffed their coats and collars and continued until abort 6 o'clock, when they announced that their work had been completed The subcommittee was called in at that hour and immediately began a care ful reading of the document. Mem bers of the sub committee found little ground for criticism, ali of their cor rections being merely verbal. They were sufficiently satisfied with the situation to announce q meeting of tIe full committee at 10 o'clock to have that organization pass judgment upon the document.
 As has been announced the plat form is flat and positive declara tion for tariff for revenue only, but there is no pronouncement in favor of free raw material The tariff plank comes immediately after a general declaration of Democratic principles with which the document opens. There are strong paragraphs against monopoly
 If recommendation of the commit tee on resolutions is adopted, the Democrats of the various states will elect their members of the national committee by popular vote. propo- sition to this effect was made in the committee today and met with gen. eral approval. It was decided to pre- sent the subject in the form of a separate resolution and not to incor- porate it in the platform.
 Members of the national committee are selected now either by delegates to the national conventions or by the state conventions. It is believed this method of proceeding gives too much power to a small body of men and it is urged that the committeeman selected by the people themselves Will be far more representative in their character It is understood Mir Bran Wiii pltSSul tiS SupJNNe " NhN N"' vention
 Following is the text of the plat form plank on Mississippi river i'm movements. It was prepared by Senator-elect Vardaman of Missis- sippi and Representative Broussard, O. louisiana, and adopted by the sub committee of the resolutions com mitee. It will be further considered at the meeting of the full commit tee:
 We hold that the control of the Mississippi river is a national prop lem. The preservation of the deptas or it's waters for the purpose of nav | igatiun, the building of levees to main | tain the integrity of it's channel and | the prevention of the overflow of the | land and it's consequent devastation, resulting in the interruption of in CT state commerce. the Reorganization Of the mail service and the enormous loss of life and property, impose an obligation which alone can be ab- solved by the general government. ITO maintain an adequate depth ot water the entire year round and thereby encourage water transporta- tion. is a consummation worthy of legislative attention and presents an issue essentially national in it's char
 acter
 "The magnitude of the problem IS