Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-20
REPUBLICAN CLUBS
Cleveland Convention Attends
to the Preliminaries.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE MEETING

And Largest Attendance ON Record-Sil.
yer Question the Oas Thing That Pre-.
SCENTS . Difficulty, Because the White
Metal Men Are Aggressive-rwo Re.
ports Almo-t . Cctsiniy and . Straight
Vote on the Issuc as Sure.
CLEVELAND, Juno eo-The opening ses.
sion of the eighth national convention Of
Republican clubs adjourned at / p. m.
yesterday until today, after disposing oil
all preliminaries and routine matters.
vention indicating a contest between
those wearing yellow and white badges.
and representing respectively the gold and
the silver standards. But in the commit
tee rooms at the Arcade, in the hotels,
and elsewhere the fight continued. The
committee on time and place selected
Milwaukee as the place for the next ma
tional convention, and referred the selec-
ton OF the date for the next national con.
vention to the executive board, with in
structions to select any date after that OF
the Republican national convention.
Boomlets Are Not Neglected.
The postponement Of the time to a date
subsequent to that of the national oon-
vention was for the purpose of
avoiding any such contest on reso
lutions as that which is now confront
ing the delegates of the clubs. There was
a movement to conclude the work with
the banquet tonight, but the agitation
before the committee on resolutions dur.
ing the afternoon and evening developed
such differences that it is not likely tho
convention will close before tomorrow.
The presidential booms have been looked
after as carefully as ever. The Iowa cele.
gates keep open house for Allison. and the
Hoosicrs are 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 keeping open house at his mansion
oil week.
Hanna Gives q Little Dinner.
Hanna gave dinner at the UnionL League
at which Major Osborn "a relative of Nc
kinley), Governors Nelson, Merriam and
Brown; Clayton Powell, Moses p. Han
dy, Senators Patton (of Michigan) CLARK
(of WyominG) Carter (of Montana),
Thurston (of Nebraska). Dubois (of Ida.
ho); Warner Miller, Of New York. and
others were guests. While Hanna al
ways believes Mckinley to be man of
destiny he says he was never SO hopeful
for the champion OF protection as he il
at this convention, owing to the ex
pressions for his favorite from other
states. He does not think the silver ques.
ton will embarrass tho protectionists.
Fight on silver the Feature.
The feature Of the day was the silver
fight before tho committee on resolutions
Tho committee organized with Repre-
sentative j. Is. Robinson, of Pennsyl
vania, chairman, and II. G. Knowles, o!
Delaware, secretary. The organization
was against the siiverites, but tho latter
were not discouraged, and opened the
fight from the start. The committee was
in open session till<nfter o'clock, when
on motion of Representative Tawney, OF
Minnesota, it adjourned till s p. IN. fol-
the executive session, ut which time a
subcommittee of nine was to be an.
nounced by Chairman Robinson. and
time given to the silver men and others
for hearing. The resolution of the sill
Yer men was offered, also other silve;
resolutions.
Thurston's Currency Compromise.
The proposition attracting the most at
tention, however, is Thurston's compro
mise, as follows: 1--WE approve the dec
laration of the last Republican nationa
convention that the American people
from tradition and interest favor bimetal
lism, and the Republican party demands
the use of both gold and silver as q stand
ard money with such restrictions ant
under such provisions to he determined
as will secure the maintenance OF thu
parity of values Of the two metals, so tina
the purchasing and debs.paying power
of the dollar, whether of silver, gold OIL
paper, shall be at all times equal and
refer the action for a more specific decla
ration to the next Republican nationa
convention, which alone has the power K
bind the party or make platforms ant
declare principles"