The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-28
FACTS WERE PERVERTED.
Heroic Work of Trumbo, Allen
and Himself.
Why the Introduction and Adop-
ton of the Patton Resolution
Caused the Silver Men 10 Bubble
Over With Great Joy-SiIver Issue
DOdSed, But it Must Be SquareIy
Met in the National Convention.

Washington, June Ex-senator Du-
bois, of Idaho, has returned from the
convention of Republican League
clubs at Cleveland. He was one of
the leaders of the fight made there for
declaration in favor of silver and,
having acted as a. member of the COM
mittee on resolutions, is competent to
speak on the purport of the action of
the convention. He said today:
1t is very amusing to read some of
the press reports of the convention.
that the silver men were in favor of
the address to the people, of which
so much has been said, and that the
gold men were opposed to it. In this
representation it is claimed that the
gold advocates insisted on a declara-
ton regarding the currency question
if the league should pronounce upon
any subject, and that the silver men
did not want any declaration regard
ing the currency.
\ Perversion.
Every one who was at Cleveland
knows that this is an utter perversion
of the facts. The silver men met be-
fore the committee on resolutions was
appointed and instructed Colonel
Trumbo, of Utah, to offer a straight
silver question resolution and agreed
unanimously that they would demand
a plain and unequivocal definition
from the convention as to its position
on the currency question. They in
sisted that the question should not be
ignored. In accordance with these in
structions, Colonel Trumbo presented
a free silver resolution in the conven-
ton, and it was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions. The Sub-cOm-
mittee of eleven, after many hours of
wrangling, by a vote of to ,, greed
to report the address to the people
The silver men on the sub-committee,
of whom l was one. Mr.. Allen, of Utah.
being the other. brought in a minority
report against the address and the sill
Yer men unanimously. and with great
vigor, fought the adoption of the re-
port before the whole committee
finally defeating it by a unanimous
vote and substituting the Patton reso-
luton declaring against any declara-
ton on the subject. The silver men
wanted and insisted on a declaration
in regard to silver, and took the posi-
ton in the beginning and maintained
it to the end that the convention
should take a position either for or
dS dlIlSI silver. Iney stated repeatedly
that if any public questions were
touched upon in the platform, if the
platform of '92 were Endorsed, if the
leaders of the party were endorsed, or
if anything of any political nature
were attempted, they would take their
fight to the floor of the convention
and there demand full debate and a.
clear expression on the financial ques-
ton.
Agreed to a Compromise.
1.-THE opponents of silver finally
agreed to a compromise, by utterly
ignoring everything which looked like
politics and by declaring that under
the constitution of the league they
were debarred from giving expression
to any views. The silver men made no
objection to this course, as they were
entirely willing to leave the matter
open until the meeting of the national
convention, where, of course, the issue
must be squarely met"
Concluding, Senator Dubois said:
There were strong free silver men
in almost every delegation present
and the silver men generally were well
pleased with the manifest growth of
sentiment for the restoration of sill
Yer shown by the number of silver ad-
vocates who were there as delegates
from every section of the country"