The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-20

| picion of colonel Brlce, ne uccihreu' | He is !. end, and am counted In his circle. He visits my home, and l visit his. and hope We will long con- tinue to. I don't believe he bought h's seat in the United States senate and have said SO time and again. Nor do be- lieve that the tarifr bill just passed was the best bill for the country. but at the same time believe that Colonel Brice thought so and that he voted for 1t honestly"
 There was pouring oil on the troubled waters and the friends of the senator cheered again and again. The previous question was demanded. but before a | vote could be reached another sensa- ton was sprung in the form of minor- ity report on the silver plank. This was signed by T. Johnson, Frank II. Hurd, | Virgil H. Kline. John H. Clarke and three others and read as follows: | We believe In honest money, the coinage of both gold and silver and a circulating medium convertible in such money without loss. We are opposed to the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver under such legislative l lation of both gold and silver on par ity. and We reafiirm the doctrine of the national platform of 1892 upon the sub ject of the currency and money" | The debate upon this substitute was as hot as the one that preceded 1t. AL len w. Thurman denounced the substi- tute as a cowardly makeshift and de- clared that the gold men did not dare to honestly proclaim themselves as such.
 | Lewis May of Cincinnati warned the delegates that the adoption of the free silver plank in the platform would bury the party under an avalanche in Mo- vember. Finally the roll was called on the adoption of the Johnson-Hurd sub stitute, and the result was: For the substitute 319 6-1O. against 46S 4-10. Thus free silver won by a majority of 14S and the friends of the white metal made the dome ring with jubilant shouts.
 When the excitement had subsided the addition to the platform providing for the election of United States sena- tors by the people was pushed to vote | An amendment was substituted pro- viding that all after the first paragraph be stricken out, thus making the reso- lution read simply, We favor the elec- | tion of United States senators by direct vote of the people"
 Three attempts were made to call the roll, but the confusion compelled the clerk to desist. Delegations mixed with one another. Electioneering and dickering ensued. The supporters of Senator Brice were especially active, while the senator himself watched the scene on the floor with anxiety. Quiet having been measurably restored the calling of the roll was proceeded with. Theeyote in favor of the amendment l striking out all but the paragraph was 467, against 1t 329; Briee's majority 13s l Th6 platform as amended was adopted by a viva voce vote, several hundred delegates voting in the negative. Sena- tor Brice then left the hall.
 Chairman Hurd called for nomina- tions for the state ticket. Speeches were barren. In twelve minutes the ticket had been completed. ' The convention then adjourned sine die.
 When interviewed tonight Senator Brice said:
 q do not consider myself or my future actions bound by the decision of the convention on silver. shall act and | vote as I consider best for the finan- cial and commercial interests of the country, regardless of the views of the Ohio democracy. And those interests are not to be conserved by free silver. As to the senatorial question my friends regarded 1t as a personal vote. I am satisfied, and they are. It is signifi- cant that the vote in my behalf comes from the country districts that elect democratic members of the legislature, while the opposition votes came from the towns and cities that return re- publicans"
 The Charleston delegation tried to get the convention to come out squarely on the democratic platform and denounce populism, but its efforts were defeated, The following were nominated:
 John Gary Evans, governor; w. H.. Zimmerman, lieutenant governor; o. W. Buchanan, attorney general; D. H. Tompkins, secretary of state.