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DEMOS SLOW
IN ORGANIZING
Committee on Credentials is Not
Beady to Eeport and Day Ses
' sion is Devoted to Oratory.
MEET AGAIN AT EIGHT O'C'OCK
It is Expected to Complete Its Per
manent Organization Then.
ACTION ON PLATFORM DEFERRED
Speeches Nominating Candidates for
President May Come Tonight.
POLK AND RAYNER SEE THINGS
Two Democrat Make the Prediction
that the Nominee of the Con
vention Will Be thm Next
President.
BALTIMORE. June 26.-A flood of
oratory burled the delegates to the demo
cratic national convention under rhetori
cal waves today. The convention marked
time through the entire day session, be
cause the committee on credentials had
not prepared its report. Half a dozen
Speakers deliver, typical campaign
speeches.
The convention agreed to meet at 8
o'clock tonight to take up the problem
of permanent organization, receive . the
reports of the credentials committee and
possibly begin the nominating speeches
of presidential candidates..
It had decided, at the request of Mr
Bryan, to defer the drawing of a plat
form until after the nominations.
Senator Ollle James of Kentucky had
been agreed upon for premanent chair
man of the convention and it was ex
pected that at tonight's session' there
would be no friction in the permanent
organization-
When the democratic national convention
was called to order at 11:30 o'clock today,
it was announced that the committee on
crenedentlals had a vast amount of work
on hand and was not prepared to submit
its report.
Governor Blanchard of Louisiana im
mediately upon the conclusion of the
prayer by Bishop Murray, movel that
when the convention adjourn, It be to
convene at 8 o'clock this evening. How
ever, he did not make the motion at the
time, saying that as there were plenty
of orators present, some of them might
want to express their views upon sub
jects that might be of Interest.
When the crowds commenced to file
into Convention hall everything gave
promise of a day of sweltering heat and
those on the floor and In the galleries
decided on negligee attire at the very
start. Coats were stripped off as soon
as the delegates struck the close atmo
sphere of the hall. Hundreds of palm
leaf fans fluttered throughout the build
ing. , ". ,'. ,:.: :-., ,
Warned by the disorder of 'yesterday,
Sergeant-at-Arms Jphn.L. Martla,..Rja.r
dialed a squad" of policemen and ported
.; them In the galleries with orders to eject
any one creating' a disturbance. ' ,
At 12:21 .Chairman ' Parker pounded his
desk with the gavel, " and the sorsreant-at-arms,
aided by the police,' set out to
clear the aisles. Slowly ; tne conflusion
subsided and the convention got under
way.
Bishop Murray offered prayer.
Folk Makes Prediction.
Former Governor Joseph W. Folk of
Missouri was the first speaker.
"The nominee of this convention will be
the next president of the United States,"
said Mr. Folk. He eulogized Bryan at
(Continued on Fifth Pagei)
IRON AND TIN WORKERS
GRANTED INCREASED WAGES
YOUNGSTOWN. O., June 26.-The
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel'
and Tin Workers' request for a wage ad
vance of 25 cent? per ton in the rate for
puddling, making the-base rate $5.25, has
been granted by the Republic Iron and
Steel company. About 15,000 skilled em
ployes are affected by the Increase.
GENERAL BOOTH HOPES "
TO VISIT UNITED STATES
LONDON, June 26.-General Booth, head
of the Salvation Army, in the course of
an Interview today, said:
"I am still hoping to go to the United
States and Canada as I bargained to."
General Booth Is now on the high road
to recovery, although he is Incurably
sightless.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Ilr tonight and Thursday, not much
change in temperature.
Temperature
, TTD at Omaha
& Xl ykA Hour. Degree.
"sCviS?yy 5 p m" 68
?r5SfiS' A 6 a. m . 69
A Jfr 1 m 72
r-TvtV( I I ' m 79
( J- 10 m 83
'STNV -riT 11 ft- m...... 87
aK. ) 12 m 89
' - J-J 1 P. m 91
-"rTrw . V 3 p. m.. 93
. Local Weather Record.
1912. 191L 1910. 1909.
Lowest last night ...... 68 68 70 71
Precipitation 00 T T .00
Normal temperature for today, 74 de
trees. Deficiency in precipitation since March
1, 4.95 Inches.
Deficiency corresponding period of 1911,
5.i8 Inches.
Deficiency corresponding period of 1910,
10.29 Inches.
Weather in the Grain Belt.
Within the last twenty-four ' hours
showers occurred in the Ohio valley and
Atlantic states, and were scattered over
the extreme northwest and Pacific slope.
Home cloudiness is shown in the central
valleys this morning, but generally clear
weather prevails west of the Mississippi
river into the mountains. Higher temper
atures prevailed in the central valleys
during. Tuesday and generally warmer
' weather extended east and south. A slight
fall In temperature occurred In the upper
valleys and throughout the northwest
during t(i0 night, but the change was
Kllght and unimportant. There la no indi
cation of any important change In tem
perature in this vicinity tonight or Thurs
day, and the weather will continue fair.
L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
To Consult Hilles
Before Giving Him
' Charge of Campaign
WASHINGTON, June 28.-Leaders in
strumental in renominating President
Taft, today talked with the president in
favor of the selection of Charles P.
Hilles, his secretary, as chairman of the
republican national committee and active
manager "of , the Taft campaign. Tb
president himself, it 1s said, win
formally announce his preferP v ,V s ' mittee Of Eleven
Hilles until the latter ret?"" ; ,vXoVt-"
take up the work.
Talk of Representative McxLiey of II
llnols. the pre-conventlon manager of
the Taft forces, has been frowned upon
by Mr. McKinley himself.
Among those who called to see th
president today were Senators Penrose,
GalUngher, Burton, Clark and Crawford,
and General Powell Clayton of Arkansas,
a member of the national committee.
All these senators with the exception
of Mr. Crawford, progressive republican,
are believed to be aligned with President
Taft. Senator Crawford declined to 'say
whether he would support the president
or Join a new party,'
Clark, Underwood
and Wilson Hear
News by Wire
WASHINGTON, June 26. - Speaker
Clark and Representative Underwood
spent the day In their offices in the
capltol receiving news from Baltimore.
Both candidates were In touch with their
managers- by telephone, but declined to
talk of developments in the convention.
While the speaker and Mr. Underwood
are strong personal friends and ' have
been political allies for many years,
presidential talk is avoided when they
imeet In the corridors. It . 1 : "Hello,
Champ," and "Hello," and that the end
of it.
SKAGIRT, N. J., June J6.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson kept in' touch with the
leaders of his campaign In Baltimore to
day by telephone and over a wire strung
through the trees surrounding New Jer
sey's "little white house" to a tent on
the lawn. He planned to spend the after
noon on the golf links: His secretary
said the governor had no comment, .to
make on the convention.
Gov. Aldrich Will
Not Serve on Third
Party Committee
' .
LINCOLN, June 26. Governor Aldrich
today announced that he will not serve
on the committee of eighteen appointed
by Govern fohnson of California to
take 'the lea in organizing the nw
"progressive" i".y composed of , Roose
velt adherents. Governor jjAldrich, - de
clared thai- he wUlstay Tegamr,-ahd
take no part In any bolting program, j
Politicians interested in. preventing a
schism In the party in Nebraska have
evolved a plan' for fusion of the third
party and " the regular republicans on
everything but the presidential ticket. .
Indictments in
Cash Register
Cases Are Valid
CINCINNATI. June 26.-Judge Hol
Hster in the United States district court
here today overruled a demurrer to the
Indictments filed by attorneys for the
thirty officers and employes of the Na
tional Cash Register company , of Dayton,
O., which, it is alleged, engaged In a
conspiracy in restraint of trade in viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Fredericks Makes
Hysterical By-Play
LOS ANGELES, June 26.-What Judge
Hutton designated as a "hysterical out
burst" upon' the part of District Attorney
Fredericks, nearly precipitated a free-for-all
fight between attorneys in the bribery
trial of Clarence S. Darrow yesterday.
A remark by Attorney Appel dirted
at the prosecution brought about the
scene. Fredericks Jumped to his feet
shouting: "I'm done. I've stood this
just as long as I'll stand it. I am sick
and tired of it."
Fredericks advanced threateningly to
ward Appel and was forced back by Chief
Counsel Rogers of the defense. Mr. Fred
ericks thereupon grasped a heavy glass
inkstand and poised it as lr to throw It
at Appel, but before he could hurl It his
arms were pinioned by Rogers, District
Attorney Ford and Balff Agulrre. The
district attorney struggled to free himself,
crying: , , .
"If this Is to be a court of justice, lot
it be a court of justice. If it is to be a
fight. I'll fight"
Fredericks was persuaded to resume his
chair. Blood was seen to be flowing from
Rogers' wrist apparently the result of a
scratch. Just before adjournment Fred
ericks apologized to the court.'
Uncle Sams Trade
" Shows Big Increase
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Increase In
both exports and imports are shown by
a statement of the foreign commerce of
the United States for the month of May
and for the eleven months, ending with
May, made public today by the Com
merce and Labor department's bureau of
statistics. " , "
Imports for May totaled $155,710,573 as
compared with $129,811,100 for the same
month a year ago, and the total for the
eleven months ending with May .was IL
522,246,824 against $1,404,418,921. .
The export total were $175,408,058 for
May. 1912, against $153,153,353 for May
1911, and $2,utki,516,6t,7 for the eleven
months ending with May, 1912, against
$1,907,613, 462 for the same period last year.
The statement shows a decided falling
off In exports -of . foodstuffs In crude
conditions and food animals and a cor
responding Increase in Importations of I
these product
WOM IS BEGUN
UPON PLATFORM
Resolutions Committee Begins Series
of Hearings of Pleas for
Declarations.
AWA7" TAMING OF CANDIDATE
Inied Over to Subcom-
MUCH THOUGHT OVER TARIFF
New York Platform is Given Much
Consideration.
GOMPERS PRESENTS FACTS
Session Enlivened by Tilt Between
Culberson and Brantley In Con
nectlon with Workmen's
Compensation Acts.
BALTIMORE, June 26.-Sltting In a
commodious room in the armory . In
which the democratic convention Is hold
ing Its meetings, the committee on reso
lutlons today began the work of prepar
ing a platform.
The committee sat during a large part
of the day and with the appproach of
night turned over to a subcommittee of
eleven, the detailed work of preparing
the document.
In addition to voting on the recom
mendation that the platform should not
be presented to the convention until after
the nomination of a presidential eandl
date, the committee began a series of
hearings devoted to the presentation of
pleas for platform declarations, in ad
dition to verbal suggestions, other planks
were' sent in and in some instances en
tire platforms were presented. Among
the latter was a complete platform draft
coming from the New York delegation
and another by Senator Newlands of
Nevada. . M
Other features of the hearings Included
a lively tilt between Senator Culberson
and : Congressman W. G. Brantley of
Georgia. Mr. Brantley Is a member of
the national employers' HabtUty commis
sion, and he took sharp Issue with some
of the Texan's references to workmen's
compensation bills passed by that com
mission. Consider Tariff for Revenue.
The New York platform received care
ful consideration. It gives first place to
the. tariff, declaring it to be a funda
mental principle of the party that the
federal government "has no right or
power to collect tariff duties except for
purposes of revenue."
There is a demand that the collection
of tariff taxes shall be limited to the
necessities of government,' honestly and
economically administered. ' '
There is a declaration for immediate
revision especially as to th necessaries
of iife:'-:c.-; :'';.V",i, v;. ;.;;.. y
.. Present; taft'ak course In .vetolngah
woolen, cotton, cheml6ala'nd"ln farm
ers' free list bills of the last session of
congress Is roundly denounced.
Rigid enforcement of the -anti-trust laws
is promised,' and such additions as 'wlrt
make the laws effective ire promised. -
While opposing the establishment ; of
a central bank, the opinion Is expressed
that there should be legislation under
democratic auspices looking to the cre
ation of a flexible banking law which
would prevent any group of financiers
or politicians from controlling he banks
of the country.
Declarations made for an Income tax
through constitutional amendment and
also for the election of senators by di
rect vote of the people and for a single
term fr president.
The work of the present democratic
house of representatives Is commended.
Promise Is made to maintain the Mon
roe doctrine and to protect American
citizens at home and abroad. With evl-
(Continued on Third Page.)
Convention Votes
to Name Candidate
and Hold Platform
CHICAGO, June 26.-The night session
of the democratic convention was called
to order at 8:32 tonight.
Immediately after the prayer Repre
sentative Covington of Maryland, chair
man of the committee on rules, was re
cognized to present the committee's re
port. The report as read by Mr. Covington
would place the nominations for president
and vice-president on the program of
the convention Immediately after the re
port of the committee on credentials and
before the adoption of the platform.
"This is contrary to the usual custom,"
said Mr. Covington, "but while tho com
mittee on rules was tn session today,
three distinguished members of the com
mittee on resolutions. Senator Rayner,
Governor Varcaman and another dis
tinguished member of the resolutions
committee came Into our conference.
They Informed, the committee that the
resolutions committee by a vote of forty-
one to eleven, had determined that the
exigencies of the present democratic sit
uation made it wise to have this con
vention proceed to the nominations before
the adoption of the platform.
"In recognition of the distlnzulshed !
members of the resolutions committee the i
commljttee on rules has embodied it In!
me riMion. i now move tne adoption or
that report."
The report, much to the surprise it the
convention, was adopted by a viva voce
vote, without opposition.
BPP"P; SUFFICIENT
REASON TO CANCEL LEASE
NEW YORK, June 25.-The appellate
division of the supreme court of New
York state has held In a decision just
rendered nere that the presence of bed
bugs is justification for the breaking of
a lease by a tenant.
Howard Ehrfeh. a member of the stock
exchange, last fall leased a country house
on Long Wand. The Ehrichs moved In in
October. They were greeted, they de
clared In court by a delighted swarm of
bedbugs. Becaure of the bedbugs they
moved out on November 19 and declined
to pay a cent of rent
From the St. Louis Globe.
LA FOLLETTEJJEETS BRYAN
Wisconsin Senator Goes to Baltimore
and Confers with Nebmkan.
SECRECY ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Democrat More Exercised Over the
Third Party Talk Than Conven
tion that Is About to Sr
, lect Candidates.
BALTIMORE, June 26. The democratic
convention took second place as a topic
of conversation for a time today when i
report became persistent that Senator La
Follette had held a long conference, with
William Jennings Bryan after the latter'
reversal in the temporary chairmanship
fight in the convention yesterday. It wns
said that the senator, who slipped into
town from Washington without heralding
his arrival, had discussed In detail the
third party movement and had Invited
Mr. Bryan to cast In his fortunes with the
new progressive movement.
; An air of mystery pervaded the Bryan
and Nebraska ' headquarters today. It
was neither denied nor affirmed that the
conference had been held, but Mr. Bryan's
secretaries and the officers of the dele
gation "really didn't know" ef the sup
posed consultation between the two men.
That Senator La Follette was under the
same roof with Mr. Bryan was acknowl
edged and it was declared he had ex
pressed his Intention of coming ' from
Washington again today.
Cluliu Coufereni'o- l iiilkcl.
At the Wisconsin delegation's head
quarters it was acknowledged that the
senator had been here and that ho would
return today. It was explained, however,
that the supposed conference with Mr.
Bryan was unlikely, because Senator La
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
Ramirez Killed by
Assassin's Bullet
SAN JUAN DEL SUK, Nicaragua,
June 26. Colonel Jose Santos Ramirez,
who, tor several years was director gen
eral of telegraphs and telephones undor
the administration of President Zelaya,
has been assassinated. '
Soon after the resignation of President
Zelaya and the assumption of the presi
dency by by Madrlz In December. li!.
Jose Santos Ramirez was Imprisoned In
Managua on the charge of having used
his position' as director general of te!i-
graphs and telephones to delay the trans
mission of messages In older to prevent
the governments and the peoples of for
eign countries from learning ot the politi
cal situation, particularly the appoint
ment of President Madriz.
After being imprisoned for several
months Colonel Ramirez was releaseJ
by orders of the government.
, He was arrested again tn February,
1911, on the charge of being Implicated in
s plot to blow up the barracks at Man
agua and depose President Estrada.
Cloudburst Strikes
Town in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 20. -A
disastrous cloudburst five miles northwest
of Estanda yesterday afternoon rendered
many settlers homeless, and it Is believed
caused loss of life.
A wall of water six feet high swept
down upon the town flooding stores and
homes. Railway ana telephone and tele
graph lines were destroyed.
What Will the Harvest
i , . f - ,
James Selected for
Permanent Chairman
.by1;he Committee
BALTIMORE, r'june' W.'-JjenatOt-elkt
Ollle James ot Kentucky at a harmony
meeting ot the committee mi permanent
organisation, today wal named for per
manent chairman of the national con
vention, but Urey Woodson, secretary of
the national committee, and from time
Immemorial secretary of succeeding dem-
i ocratlc , conventions, was defeated tor
that office by E. E. Brltton, a newspa
per man of Raleigh, N. C. . .
The choice ot Mr. James was unani
mous, but the roll was called on the sec
retaryship, Mr. Brltton winning, 24 to 18.
Mr. Woodson's high qualifications tor
the office were admitted, but the Raleigh
man's friends were determined to honor
him. In the Informal discussion which
preceded the vote it was declared that I
the choice, whichever way It fell, would j
be without political significance. Those
of the committee who remained to vote
accepted this view of the situation. ' '
Railroad Men Want
Court of Commerce
Continued in Of f ice
WASHINGTON, June 26.-R. H. Davis
of Kansas City and a committee repre
senting short line railroads of the south
west today urged President Taft to voto
the legislative, executive and -judicial ap
propriation bill which carries an amend
ment to abolish the commerce court.
; The railroad men told the president
they would practically have no method
of appealing from the Interstate Com.
merce commission if the court were
abolished and no new machinery for ap
peals set up. The president Indicated liu
would support the court and veto the
bill.
Elephant Throws
Man Fifty Feet
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Juno 26.-An Ital
ian employed In the railroad yards here
Is convinced that an elephant has no
stnse- of humor and no appreciation ot
practical Jo.res. The Italian essayed to
entertain a number of friends last night
by feeding an elephant In a freight' Car,
a pint or so of black pepper. The -elephant,
known as "Jumbo H" took the
pepper In good faith and the sneeze that
followed nearly knocked him down. En
raged, Jumbo II grabbed ' the Italian
with his trunk and threw him fifty feet
away onto a car of coal, , The Italian
was badly Injured, but was assisted homo
by his friends.
Boston Herald
Buys the Traveler
1 .
BOSTON, June 26. The sale of . the
Boston Evening Traveler, one of the old
est newspapers In the state, to tha
Boston Herald, was announced this after
noon by J. W. Farley, publisher of tho
Herald. The announcement adds:
"On and after July the Traveler and
the Evening Herald will be published to
gether as a combined newspaper from
the Herald plant."
The Traveler was established in 1825
and for many years was published by
Roland -Worthlngton. Both the Traveler
and the Herald- are 1-cent newspapers.
Be?
SEAT .SULLIVAN DELEGATES
feteam Roller is Getting; In Its Work
i 'Mft Credentials Committee. "
WILL BE ' A ' MINORlnt . REPORT
Bryan Supporters Have bat Thirteen
j Voles on .the .tilshesti Ballot
Harrison and Sullivan' '
! ' ' Have ;TIIt.'' 1 "' ' ' '
BALTIMORE, ' June &.-The twenty'
Roger C, Sullivan deWgaies from the ten
congressional districts in Cook county,
Illinois were seated this afternoon by the
credentials committee by a vote of 40
to 10. : '
A minority report will be presented to
the convention. ' '
Those who voted against the Sulllvsn
faction were: Little, Arizona; Creswell,
California; Miller, Nebraska; Carney, Ne
vada; Kelly, North Dakota; Moses,
Oregon; Young, Kentucky, McCormick,
Pennsylvania; Whltmore, Utah; Molina,
Porto Rico., - .
A motion to seat the Sullivan men In
the Seventeenth and Twentieth Illinois
d.Btrlcts carried, 38 to 13.
The sixteen, Sullivan delegates-at-large
from Illinois, having eight votes in the
convention, were seated by a vote of 42
to . ' .
llarrisou uml .Sullivan Tilt.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago and
Roger Sullivan, national committeeman
from Illinois, Indulged In counter charges
before the credentials committee this aft
ernoon over the. police control exercised
at the Cook county democratic conven
tion. Mayor Harrison said he had de
tailed 2SB policemen and twenty-five plain
clothes men to preserve order. Mr. Sul
livan charged htm with having planned
to control the convention.
"There had been dally stories In the
Continued on Fifth Page.)
Boillot Wins Grand
Prize Auto Race
'. DIEPPE, France, June Itf.-Bolllot,
driving a f French Peugeot machine, to
day won the automobile grand prize, mak
ing the distance of 1,540 kilometres (about
6 nilles, seven furlongs) in the elapsed
time of 13:562, at an average hourly
speed of 11( kilometres (about sixty-eight
miles one and a half furlongs).
IOuls Wagner took second place with a
Fiat. In 14:11:8 and Regal, driving an
English .Siyibeam machine, was third in
lf3S:24. '
'The raco took place in a continuous
illn. There were , twenty-two starters,
and for the first three laps there was a
sensational struggle between David
Uruce-Brown of New Yarlt, tho li'tylc? In
the first half of the rnco. uml Ho! Hut,
Then Bruce-Brown had motor trouble and
lost his lead.
Bruce-Brown's time for the whole race
was H:::13,fc. This places him third,
ahead of Regal, but it Is charged that
he disqualified himself by , taking - In
gasoline from a nonnuthorlzed . station.
This has not yet been decided.
Suffragettes Are
; Put Behind Bars
LONDON, June 2tt.-The three suffra
gettes who smashed tbe glass doer panels
In' St.. Stephen hall while trying, to gain
admission to the house of commons last
evening, were sentenced by the police
magistrate each to two months' imprison
ment, v ....
BRYAN WILL NOT
WiilTETLATFOllM;
ITebra8kan Declines to Accept Chair-
manship of tbe Committees on -
Credentials at Baltimore. .
SAS MAJORITY SfiOULD CONTROL
Is Kot in Sympathy with Forces
Dominating Convention.
VOTE TO DEFER ANY ACTION
Platform May Not Be Reported Until .
Nomination is Made.
BRYAN ADVOCATES THIS STEP
lie Says the Candidate ts in Effect
the Platform .and There Should
Not Be Perpetual Debate ' ,
. Between Them.
' BALTIMORE, June 26. Because he is
not In sympathy with the forces "seem
ingly In control' of the Baltimore con
vuulon," W. J. Bryan of Nebraska to
day' declined to accept thu' ch&irin&nship
t the resolutions committee unanimously
tendered him. Senator John W. Kern was
tlected, after Mr. Bryan twice refused
the honor. .
When the committee met Mr. Bryan
was not present and his absence was dis
concerting. No one appeared to know
what the, Nebraskan's attitude was to
be,' but It was decided unanimously that
the place should be proffered him. '
Senators Rayner of Maryland, O'Gor
man of New York , and Culberson of
Texas, therefore, were sent post chase
to Mr. Bryan's rooms to urge him to
assume "a duty to his party." They ar
rived too late, as Mr. Bryan had started
to the convention hall.
, Mr. Bryan refused the chairmanship
In a speech in which he said he was
"not In sympathy wtlh the forces who
appeared to be directing-the trend of
political events In the party," and ha
was not sure he could support the plat
form to ' be presented by the committee,
lie said that unless the platform em
braced his ideas of true progress he
would submit a minority report to the
Convention. - . . . ; i
' Not content to abandon then harmony
program without further effort the com-,
mittee turned the matter over to Senators
Haynei. O'Qorman and Culberson,-who
held an earnest, discussion f with , M".
Bryan In a corner, of., the room. Mr,
kern was turnea to as representing the
''progressive democrats".' and. 'there was
no nomination in opposition to him. His
election waa : unanimous.
i ' . .', . Mr. Hrran Arrives.
Mr Bryan .arrived at the, committee
tnotn at 10:'.0 o'clock., crossing the' com
mUUfe. sent to confer with him. . v
1 Cautious advisors " of , ; the Nebraska
Uadar ' argued, againet . his accepting the
eralrmansHlnuat-lfhli-JWOlutions commit
'tea, en ,tba. .ground, that the attempt to
have him draft the platform la a poorly
concealed plot to commit him tn advance
to. the subsequent acts of. the convention
4n4 49 any jtwmlnee willing - to accept
whftt would- be . known as k the "Bryan
platform,", . . ,
Mr. Bryan himself,, It Is said, waa loath
to havs anything to do with . th plat,
form, until he Is sure who the . nominee
wlil be. , For, that reason, It was declared,
he -would advocate th upsetting of a
precedent and the naming of a candi
date before, the platform la written and
adopted, , . ; . .. -V i: ;
Returning to his hotel from a visit to
Mayor Preston', the Nebraska! spent the
eaily ..morning hours In,, 'correspondence
and then went to the convention hall to
attend tnev meeting" of the resolutions
committee, , , ,
"The delegates are saying below stairs
tliat you will write the party platform,"
was suggested. ".'' .'' ' v .. ,
' "But a progressiva platform would be a
rebuke to this convention, would It not?"
was Mr. Bryan's reply.
; Mr. Bryan was told that many dele
gates bellevsd the vote yesterday indi
cated the convention was progressive and
that he would be able to . name the candi
date tor the presidential nomination.
"I think I' have given the opinion"
the convention -would have the reaction
ary stamp with the qualification, 'unless
the delegates hear from home." The vote
would indicate that I am down."
. "But not out" added a friend.
"With the qualification that 'I don't
mind It a bit,' " smilingly said Mr. Bryan.
Moves to Defer Platform. Report.
; As soon . as the committee organized
Mr. Bryan moved the presentation of
the platform be deferred until after nom
ination by the convention. Senator Ray
ner seconded the proposition. He spoke
at some length, urging a progressive plat
form and particularly in reference to the ,
tariff and direct election of senators, on
whlcli planks there was found to be a
division of sentiment The motion was'
carried 41 to 9. The committee will re
commend this action to the convention
and adjourned until the convention should
dt'termlnS the matter,
"We do not want and must not have
a perpetual debate between the candidate
and the platform," said Mr. Bryan In
advocacy of .his motion postponing ac-
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