The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-19
Republican League Convention
at Cleveland To Be Big.
THE CITY FULL OF DELEGATES
Financial Question 10 Be Left TO
Presidential Convention of 1896.
The Fast and South. Determined
Against Free Coinage The Kansas
Silver Convention a Failure. the
Attendance Being small.

tseFeland. June It.-SE4Fery tnCVFiHB
train today brought scores az delegates
ami Visitors 20 attend Uhe National Re
publican League convention whtch be
gins tomorrow morning The business
portion of the city Is profuSely decorated
with flags and bunting. Music hall, where
the convention wtli be held. r most arts
ficaI(v decorated The 4z1rnense Arcade
building in whicA the banquet viii take
place on Thursday evening. has been
transformed iuto a verb5ss1ie bower Of
beauty. The dccora ions have cost many
thousa uds OF dollars. and IL r. stated that
they are the finest ever produced at any
league convention.
The TWO principal topics under discus
sion around the hotel corridors today
were the league politics and the silver
question. Gen. T.. A. McAlpin, Of New
York seems 10 have the strongest sup
port today for president. and his friends
claim that he has "cinch" on the place.
Nearly ali OF The Eastern delegates WAC
have thus far arrived seem 20 favor o..
McAlpin for the presidency OF the league.
The other candidates Tor the position are
Hon II g Evans. Of Tennessee. Hon.
5 +. FJkiuS. OF West Virginia. and Col.
Isaac Trumho Of Idaho. II Is stated
today that Ohio viii support John Good
now. of Minnesota. for The league presi-
deacy. II ne Will accept the place.
Among The visiting statesmen VINO at
trac'fed the most attention during he day
were Coy. Brown. of Rhode Island Sen
ator Nelson and ex-Gov. Merriam. If Mn
nesota. ex-Sov Moody OF oregon. and
the off GERS Of state leagues. but the IN
nux OF delegates tonight Is so large ina
favorffes are less conspicuous. Senator
Carter and Senator Dubois. however. are
more eagerly Sought after tonight than
ever as they are recognized as leaders
OF the silver movement. and all the West
ern delegates want TO meet them The
silver enthusiasts are grea tly disappoint-
ed tonight over the attitude or the noun
taineers and the colored brethren OF the
South The silver delegates say the dele
gates from the Southern states are divid-
ing on tho silver question and thar they
want nothing done a this convention on
that question. and that II the issue is
forced they Will vote with the Eastern
and other delegates against free silver.
50 as 10 have an issue against the South
ern Democrats that viii break the old
lines OF race prejudice The Southern
delegates are for a policy Of eNpadiency'
and say the old Wing element OF the
South is for sound money as well as for
protection. and that the solid South
can he broken by the Republicans de-
cIarins IN favor of.both principles.
The Amcri an Protective Tariff League
has elaborate headquarters here in
charge of Gen. Secretary Wilbur +.
Waktnsssn. of Nefw York. and state secre-
taries. This organization has over 1000
auxiliary leagues. 900 officers and cor
respondents and over 500 newspapers
using its bureau matter IL is evidently
forming an alliance here with the anti
silveritcs Of the South. whatever may IL
its policy on a further combine for 1895.
The Pennsylvania delegates are coop
Grating closely with the tariff league and
working with the Southern delegates for
protection and Sound money" without
fAayaV Of
the national league. The Southern states
are more largely represented than in
former years.
There Is a. movement TO avoid any de-
Clsive action whatever now on the tariff.
( silver or other disputed questions and 10
hold the annual meeting next year after
the Republican national convention. so as
to avoid the cmturra ssmenr Of antici-
Iated az tion on issues that are contested
There arc hero EOW leading Republicans
who have never attended league meet
inCs before. and Rho are here in the in
tcrests OF Mckinley, Reed Allison and
others for president. II is realized tlat
the presidential boomlets viii be- more
numerous and more luxUiant than ever
next year. and for that reason it is ar
gued that the meeting Of IS~ should be
held after the Republican convention.
Mr.. "a. y WooimanSce. president OF
the Ohio league withdrew as a candi-
date for naIiofaI president because Of
NcKlnley's candidacy for president and
now the Ohio delegation does not know
what to DO. The Eastern mon insist on
them supporting Ger. MeAlpin. aud the
Western delegates threaten 20 remember
s,p>h action against Mckinley.
Philadelphia. June lS-T'he Philadelphia
delegates 10 the annual convention of t9fe
Republican National League left for
Cleveland this afternoon. Soon after their
arrival tomorrow Calr>us VIII Dr. held by
the entire Pennsylvania delegation 10
discuss methods for defeating unlimited
coinage ideas or any movement having
for is objert the passing Of resolutions
committing the National League In favor
OF 1r@e coinage,
Presl5eut Tracy arrived from Chicago
tou.sht ami has been with thu executive
committee Members Of the committee
C1nee!o that the fEht is now the field
against Gen. NoAip.0. with the esan -
81 FAVOR os rha }attrr- H. CTay Ee8rs
IS telling his friends tonight that g., cam
ret s'1a th use ot his ra-ue.
TIE Gree silver men heIS a conference
Tonight ana deotied 20 make an aggres-
slye aEht.