Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-16

spite all their counting Of noses, none OF
the leading supporters OF any Of the eandl.
dates know where they stand, and 1t Will
be Sunday, if not Monday, before any one
boom is consolidated. At present 1t is all
talk, and nothing but talk.
The decorations of the convention hall
are receiving their finishing touches, and
the building will be in condition for lis
formal acceptance BY the National Com
mittee tonight or tomorrow morning.
THE PLATFORM MADE IN WASHINGTON.
A Tribune special from Washington
says: The Republican platform of 1883 has
been practically written in Washington,
and all that the Committee on Resolutions
in Chicago will be required to do will be
to dovetail the planks together and trim
down the edges so as to make workman
like Job of the whole. 1t is not yet known
who wfil be the chairman Of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, but everything points
TO Representative Mckinley, Of Ohio, re-
ceiving that honor.
The main features of the platform will
be as follows: Senator Hoar, OF Massa-
chusetts, has prepared a plank condemn
ing in strong terms the President for not
carrying out his civil service promises as
outlined in his letter accepting the NOM
iua.ion. Special prominence will be given
to the pension plank, which IS the joint
work of Senator Ingalls, and Representa-
tives Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Henderson,
of Iowa In recent speech before a
Grand Army of the Republic Post of this
city, Senator Ingalls, declared that he hsd
dedicated himself to services of the Grand
army of the Republic, and for that reason
the pension plank was given to hun.
Representatives Grosvenor and Hender-
son had also prepared planks and
they submitted them TO the Kan
as Senator, who took out tbs bsst parts In
both aud used them in his. In general
way it may be said that the platform will
declare in favor of liberal pensions, that 1t
will auimadvert in the strongest terms the
President for his veto Of the Dependent
Pension bill and private pension bills, and
that he will be called to account for his
general usurpstion Of the veto power.
THE TARIFF PLANK
is the Joint work of Representatives Nc
Kiuley, OF Ohio, Reed, of Maine, and Bur
rows, of Michigan, the three lesding mem
bers of the minority of the Ways and
Means Committee. The plank will follow
the lines laid down by the minority report
on the Mills bill, which report was drawn
by Mckinley aided by the other two gen
tlemen. 1t will come ont hat-footed for
protection to American industry. 1t is
not likely that any suggestion will be
made as to the disposal of the surplus.
Not much attention will be paid to
finance, but the course Of the President
and Secretary Of the Treasury in not buy
ing bonds with the surplus will be severely
criticised.
Senator Plumb, Of Kansas, has written
the plank relating to public lands, and
the Senator will araigu the President for
the way in which the late Land Commis-
sioner. Sparkle, administered the affairs OF
his Office.
An effort is being made to have ex-Sen-
ator Bruce, of Mississippi, made temporary
chairman, which would be following out
the policy pursued by the convention in
1884, when ex-Cangressman Lynch, OF
Mississippi, called the convention to
order. Senator Hoar's name is be-
ing vigorously pushed for the perma-
nent Craftsmanship. 1t is generally recog-
nized that the permanent chairman must
he a man who can control q large body
and be able to have firm grasp on the
convention, and as the convention will be
governed by the parliamentary rules OF
the House of Representatives, the National
Committee is anxious to secure a chairman
who has bad considerable legislative ex-
perience. Senator Hoar, it will bs remem'
bered, presided over the convention Of
1880, and he did so in a manner that gave
general satisfaction.
These are the present plans, but OF course
they are
LIABLE TO CHANGE
when all the delegates reach Chicago. The
platform may in the same way be amended
or added to to cover local demands, but
the main planks have been given above.
An EmpcIia, Kansas dispatch sas At a
meeting OF the Executive Committee OF the
Kansas Service Pension Association yester-
day, the following resolution wat adopted.
''The Pension Service Association of Kan
sas, representing 32l, 900 ex-Union soldiers
aud sailors, through their Executive Com
mittee in session in the city Of Emporia,
Kansas, June Is, do hereby demand that
the Kansas delegates to the National Re-
publican Convention to be held in Chicago,
June 10, do all in their power to secure the
adoption OF plank in their platform recog-
nizing the principle of service pension to
every honorably discharged Union soldier
and sailor" Capt. ID. Baker, of Atchison,
will represent the association at Chicago.