In answer to this I prepared a resolution of regret to be incorporated in the platform.

It raised stubborn opposition.

David A.Wells and Joseph Pulitzer, who were fellow members of the committee, were with me in my contention, but the objection to making it a part of the platform grew so pronounced that they thought I had best not insist upon it.
The day wore on and the latent opposition seemed to increase.

I had been named chairman of the committee and had at a single sitting that morning written a completed platform.

Each plank of this was severally and closely scrutinized.