New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
sun 10 DO present and enroll themselves In the Har
lem FssseH Campaign Club.
THE SARATOGA SILVER PLANK
ENDING DISPUTE OVER IT'S PHRAsEoLoGY.
sENr OUT IN AN INCORRECT FORM TO THE
COUNTRY PROPER WORDING OF
THE ssTRApDLE."
Ut TELEGRAPH TO THE rnmusEn

THE " "sTRADDLE."
Isr IELEaRArB TO rHK TnBUSEd
Albany, Sept 24.-The Cleveland Democrats and the
fnu Democrats have begun to debate with eroclV
the exaCt meaning OF the straddle' upon the Hee
coinage Of silver adopted by the Democratic su''o
CONVENTION last week. Mr. Cleveland's friends oo-
yiously wish the plank to be favoraby regarded oy
.bo Eastern Democrats and 20 be considered by west
.rn Democrats as a reflection of his views. ON inc
other hand Mr.. Hill, IL Is psin has desired Southeru
and Western Democrats 30 think that owing 10 MS
,fiuenoe tho New York Democrats did not prononnVe
aganst the free coinage Of silver but adopted mean
nx,ess plank about the matter In some disreputaoie
manner the Hin Democrats deceived the press as
ISOLATION at Saratoga upon the morning when the
martyrs platform was read, and the following version
of the silver plank sent out to the newspapers OF
the country as the one which was read
We are against the coinage OF any oonar "en - h"'
n che tntrnsc value Of any other dollar Of the United
States.
This report greatly shocked the editors OF cleveland
naners who had attended the Saratoga Convention.
They declared that wicked lll man had changed
the silver plank by dropping out OF IL inc word
sIverD the object of course, being to placate Mr.
HIPS friends among the southern and western Deme-
crafts And so IL happened thai the Cleveland Demo
Gratis, the morning after the convention printed the
following version Of the plank;
We are against the coinage Of silver dollar which
,s not OF the lltrinsie value OF any other dollar
the United states.
cov,roor Hi evidently read "The Argus" version
of the silver plank because he said to reporter OF
aTbe Evening Unlon," when asked what ne thought
n, IN. oliver plank: @The morning papers have not
stated 1t rightly .-,.n
william Purcell. Editor Of :" The Rochester Union
and Advertiser and a member, through Governor
Hl's appointment Of the Board OF Arbitraton WIS
positive that the Hill version Of the silver plank w
tho correct one. lie stated in his newspaper tha'
x,aY YIaffO
he was positive that the word "slver' was no' uso'
in the platform He then made this trenchant crit
cism of the Cleveland posion-that the word silver
was used:
The Language OF the sentence dispute was not ohy
precisely as We have stated and II was given 70 anu
printed in the papers Of the Associated Press ouS IL W." ~
proper language to in making cean comprehensive
and conclusive declaration which would ward OF al q"
ton quibble To that "we are against the coas
OF dollar which IS not Of the intrinsic 4uc o
sny other dollar Of the Stacs Is 70 imply that We
are the coinage Of some other hno Oh ooa
hat such value But 10 say that I'VE arc nseS
he coinage Of any dollar" etc. is to leave no room ~,
Iupication, assumption speculation ANY oonar
coined means every dollar all dollars coined and each DOL
lar coined equivalent in Intrinsic value with every
ether dollar coined The greater includes the less mo
are surprised contention for the less nou' ho
ereater professetly hsrdmoney Democrauc JOURNALS.
Ta advocates of free and unrestricted silver coinage coua
readily accept the sverdollar version, because unees
It they might consistently advocate the coinage Oh s'o
6Olla Of
Governor HIPS newspaper organ here "The Albany
TnOs also insisted that the word silver was not
psed In tie platform. The dispute waxed so fierce
to-day that Charles X. Defreest of Troy who was the
secretary Of the convention, concluded that ne nao
better examine the Democratic platform as II was
read 10 the convention. Daniel &. Gnnin' chairman
of the Committee on Resolutions read the platform to
the convention and then handed the document 10 Mt
Defreest Who the next day brought it to Troy There
this afternoon Mr.. Detreest examined the document
and pernited The Tribune correspondent also TO read
IT, At the first glance 1t was obvious that garOled
version OF the silver plank was sent out to the
newspapers upon the day when it was read In con-
yention. As the Cleveland men had maintained the
plank did contain the word silver" The plank reads
as follows:
q, ths ,utrtnsc value Of any dollar OF the United
states. -
That seems to settle the question, and Mr. Hill will
have to make some elaborate explanations to the
silver fanatics among the Southern and Western Demo
cratS.
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS RECEIVE LETTERS.
Spokane Falls, Wash, Sept. o4.--There was large
attendance at the second days session OF the conven
lion OF Democratic clubs OF Washington Henry
Drum. Of Tacoma was elected president and George
Hazard, Of Tacoma, secretary. In the afternoon
large ss-meetng was held. Senator Faulkner OF
West Virginia, was the orator.
was read:
Please present my congratulations and best wishes
10 the workers IN the Democratic cause who meet
today In your State / hope this taluh IN the IN
egeaoe Of their oountrymen Will induce them 10 rest
their hopes Of upon the advocacy oil wnOlesoo
principles and measures which are truly Iemocrauo
ss we'll as upon the thorough party orgsnlzatloi
which their association of Democratic clubs Is 80 wen
calculated to subserve. The vindcaion OF our grl-
oples be safely left to the plain people OF the
land when they are aroused TO thoughtfulness ann
patriotic action.
large number of letters of regret were received.
Governor H of New York, among other things, says
The Republican party tghtens its hands upon the
Government and restricts the fights OF the states ano
the liberties OF the citizens by It's -povement toward
Capitalization. And frightened by Tile elnphauc pro
of the people last November against high tarHs
and subsidies and force bills and eAtavagant applo
seeking TO divide the Eastern Democracy from the
Western by false and hypocntcar professions IN behalf
OF an honest currency bhndly trusting that ~ can
deceive by its professions while by its acts II continues
10 permit the debasemeDt of large part OF our cur.
rency and refuses take the manly stand in favor OF
the only honest curTency-the currency Oh our IaherS
and of the Constitution.
Letters were also read from Ex-Governor Gray, OF
Indiana: Senator Palmer OF Illinois, Senator Villas,
n Wisconsin; Governors Campbell of Onio, Toole, on
Montana Russell OF Massachusetts, Pattson OF Fenn-
syvania and Pcnnoyer, Of OregOn Z. j. Phelps, ex-
Minister TO England and Others
CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION FILED.
Albany, Sept 24--The certificate of the nomination
the Democratic state ticket signed by George Ranes,
rs permanent chairman and Charles r. De Frcest as
Secretary OF The convention was filed with the SccFc