The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-01

ton OF foreign nattonR The DETAILS oil
our tariff laws having become the foot
ball OF party politics to the great dis
turbance aud damage OF our protective
industries and commerce, We believe
that such details should be better nd
justed by a tariff commission to recom-
mend to Congress duties TO meet the
wants Of the government so graduated
as to protect American skill and labor
against the competition OF the world.
The following was offered by the mi
nority as an additional plank to the
platform:
"Recoguizing and declaring that pro-
hibition OF the liquor traffic has become
the dominant issue in national poll
tics, We invite 10 full party fellowship
all those who on this one dominant is.
sue are with us agreed, in the full belief
that this party can and wi.lremove sec.
tional differences promote national
unity and insure tho best welfare OF our
entire land"
THE Fun BEGINS.
The minority report was signed by
twelve members, headed by James
Black, of Pennsylvania.
The two reports were read and tho
convention was in a good deal OF con-
fusion over the method Of proceeding
with their consideration. but finally, oil
motion Of Ex-Governor st. John, the
majority report was taken up section by
section. There was no serious trouble
until the ilnoncial aud silver planks
were reached.
An effort TO substitute the minority
plank caused champion parliamentary
tangle, complicated by an amendment
offered by Hartz, OF Illinois, having in
view as a substitute for both majority
and minority planks, aplank for the
coinage OF the American product under
certain conditions. A warm discussion
of the merits ofthe silver question then
followed. St. John and Hipp, OF Eol-
orado, championing free coinage, and
Carskadon, of West Virginia, oppos-
ing it.
OF Hartz and Of the minority as tndeh-
mite and SO bound up with conditions
as to be meaningless. "For Gods sake,
he exclaimed don't lot us do anything
that will need committee OF interrle-
tationto explain it"
Mr.. Carskadon, OF West Virginia, said
FARMERS ALLIANCE
man, in full sympathy with labor and
the farmers, and one Of them, he pro-
tested against free coinage and wild
crazes which were running over the
country, Free coinage was placing
tirobrand in the hands oil the Repub'
lican party, which it would hurl at the
Prohibitionists. He was against Wal!
street, but it was utterly futile to claim
that by FREQ coinage we would throttle
the big combination that was running
the country.
noise before vote could be had, but
finally the HArtz amendment was beat
en- by large vote, and then tho minor
ity report was defeated on rising vote
OF 1897 noes to BIG ayes. A roll call by
states was ruled out OF order on the
ground that the announcement OF the
vote had been previously made.
The. majority plank number three re-
lating to finance was then adopted with
out division
FREE COINAGE DEATEN.
The fight then came up on the fourth
plank, declaring in favor OF free and un-
limited coirNge OF both metals. A vote
was promptly taken by states, and free
coinage got a knock ont, the plank be-
ing rejected by vote OF 1856 to 200.
The result OF this action is that the
third plank Of the platform enunciating
the financial policy OF the Prohibition
party remains in the platform, but
there is no plank in the platform on
the silver question.
After the free coinage men men had
rot beaten, an effort was made to strike
out "udlimited" and adopt resolution
for free coinage" but it was ruled out
The tariff fight promptly followed,
and 1t took a few minutes to defeat the
minority plank by large vote and to
adopt the majority plank.
Under the call OF the previous eues-
tionvigorouslyled by Fink, OF New York,
the other planks OF the platform went
through without amendment though
against some opposition in o number OF
instances, which opposition, owing to
prompt calls for the previous question
did not get u iull opportunity to- OK
press itself.
! The consideration Of all the planks Of
the platform having been completed,
the resolution Of the minority, Cntend-
cd rs an addition to the platform) ist-
viting into the party ali persons who
nra with the prohibitionists on the
li0uor question as the one dominant
issue, then came up and preelpitated
quite fight. Mrs. Cougar, st. John and
the strong anti-fusionists opposing 1t
vigorously, suspccting it squinted at
fusion.
st. John got the floor and made q
speech, declaring that the resolution
was reflection on all tho other things
in tho platform as implying that it was
the only resolution they cared for. III
It is not known that this is the Prohibi-
tion party then the Lord help u.s." he
exclaimed.
DANGER OF SILT.
The minority could not rally the 200
votes necessary to order call of states
and accordingly lost their resolution.
Meanwhile, the party was in critical
condition in another direction, There
was serIons danger of split, not only
in the convention but in the Prohibit
ton party as a whole, and of a bolt on
the part OF the members OF the New
York, Pennsylvania and other delegates
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