Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-20
THE SILVER QUESTION
The TopmOst Topic Of Discussion by
Republican League Delegates.
Issue Will Not Be Forced by
the Southrons.
They See Possible Chance For Winning Over
the Ole Whia Element

CLEVELAND, June 20.-The opening ses
sion of the eighth national convention o.
Republican clubs adjourned at l p. m
yesterday until 10 a. m. today, after dis
posing of all preliminaries and routine
matters.
The committee on time and place Sc
lccted Milwaukee as the place for the nex
national convention and referred the Sc
lection of the date of the next national
convention to the executive board, with
instructions to select any date after that
Of the Republican convention.
The presidential booms have been looked
after carefully. The Iowa delegates keep
open house for Allison, and the Hoosiers
ars quietly keeping Harrison In mind,
while the New England delegates use the
Blaine tactics for Reed. Mark A. Hanna,
who Is close to Mckinley, has been keep
ing open house at his mansion all week.
The feature Of the day was the silver
fiQht before the committee on resolutions.
The committee organized at 4p. m, with
Congressman j. b. Robinson of Pennsyl-
vania as chairman and III. ID. Knowles Of
Delaware as secretary The organization
was against the silverites, but the latter
were not discouraged, and opened mp the
fight from the start.
There was no discussion of the tariff or
any other issues In the committee except
that of the silver plank, and no differ
ences of opinion existed in the committee
Of 46 members except on tine silver ques-
tion. Nearly all the members of the COM
mittee were instructed on the silver ques-
tion by their respective state delegations,
20 that 1t will not be difficult to adopt a
report.
Trumbos Trump.
Seldom has SO much interest been mani
tested in a convention of the League of
Republican clubs as in the one which has
Sehcs 81 thS money question, the uncef-
tainty of the presidential nomination situ-
alton and the promised contest for the
head of the league ticket, all combine to
make the occasion one Of much more than
ordinary interest.
The pretticst fight in the convention
promises to be over the silver question.
At a caucus of silver men Chairman Tom
Carter of the national committee and SEN
ator Dubois of Idaho, were constituted
champions of the silver cause and commits
stoned to fight for it until the last ditch
was reached
There was another conference of the free
silver men yesterday morning Delegates
from Colorado, Utah, Arizona Washing
ton, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and New
Mexico were present. Isaac Trumbo of
Utah presented the following resolution,
which will go into the convention and
precipitate the fight ON the money ques-
tion:
! aR6solved, That the Republican party Tor
ganized to preserve the unity Of the United
States, and continued for the sole object of pro-
tccting the people thereof and maintaining
their prestige as American citizens among the
nations Of the earth) is by its traditions com
mitted to q financial policy designed to con-
serve the best interests of all our people and
their varied industries and to give to the debtor
equal rights with the creditor; therefore, the
Republican party Is unalterably committed to
the restoration of the bimetallic standard as it
existed in this country prior to 1873, namely
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver at the
ratio Of 10 to l.
silverftes Are Weak.
' The surprise Of the convention Is the
manifest Weakness Of the free-silver senti-
ment. 1t had been expected that the is
20 people would have considerable
strength among the delegates from the
south, and the entire Mississippi valley
was looked upon as very hopeful ground
by the silverites. In striking contrast
with this expectation of the silverites is
the condition as exhibited in the conven-
ton.
The delegations from all the southern
states are larger this year than they have
been at any previous convention Of the
league, and the very best element in the
Republican party in those states is repre-
scnted. Almost without exception these
southern delegates are against free silver.
Leading members Of the delegations
W% NArEIessaus, ..x1,slayp venc Tennsssss and and
Georgia haye given Assurance that the
votes Qt thosestates would be cast solidly
AGa!hst q free silver plank. The same IL
true Of Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota and
Iowa.
The southern delegates take strong
position in relation to the issue. The
southern Democrats, they say, are for free
silver, and the Republicans from that sec
tion can gain nothing on that issue, while
with protection at the front they stand O
reasonable chance Of winning over the ole
Wing element and carrying some of the
southern states:
The fact is the free silver sentiment ap
pears to be almost confined to delegates
from the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast states. They are the only men who
are earnestly seeking an Endorsement Of @
Is to plank, and the situation is SO over
whelmingly against them that even they
will not be much dissatisfied with com
promise which will pass the whole cur
rency question over In silence.
1t Is possible this will be the outcome o
the matter. A considerable elcmeat o
the convention appears to think this is the
t<nCf tTvx nf nm.
chances now seem to be In favor of ,
sound money plank, however, and de
claratiou for bimetalism.
Britishers viii Fight.
Hone KONG, June 2O.-The Black Fla,