The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-06-22
GHOSTS OF THE MONEY ISSUE
Phant0ms That Worried the
Republican League
END OF THE BIG POW-WOW
Vote Of the Western States Was the
Bogy Man
END OF THE BIG POW-WOW
Embarrassing Fight on the Silver Question
Neatly but Unsatisfactory Avoided.
Delegates on the Lake
Associated Press Special Wire.

CLEVELAND, June 21.-The eighth
national convention of Repu blcan clubs
closed today. All week there were appre-
tensions of an embarrassing fight on the
silver question, but nothing was disposed
of IN all the proceedings SO quickly or so
quietly as that matter. The committee
on resolutions had settled the question
last night by deciding to report that the
league had no constitutional right to
adopt resolutions and its report to that
effect was approved. Constitutional limi-
tations are sometimes in the way, but in
this case the constitution was onsidered
convenient by both factions. The gold
standard men we're not satisfied, but they
could not see any way to do anything bet
ter than to adopt the Patton substitute as
given in these dispatches last night. The
silver men are elated. They say that if
free silver was not adopted nothing else
would be- and that it indicates that the
Repu blicans conceded they cannot get
along without the western states. AL
though it could not have been done
without hard fight on the floor of the
convention, the western delegates ex-
pected to have an antisilver resolution
adopted over their protests. They claim
to have received more advantage than they
expected at national Republican conven-
tion. 1t is well known that kilograms
were receiv ID yesterday and today from
presidential aspirants and leading Repub-
licans in all parts of the country suggest
ing that any action on silver would be
dangerous. and these advices no doubt did
much toward having the hot poker
dropped a la Patton's substitute. The
local papers tried today to interview dele
mr. "a m n
resolutions. The free silver men all ex-
pressed satisfaction, and the anti-silver
men as rule would not express any
opinion. Senator Thurston of Nebraska,
"a leader against free silver, said:
THE report was entirely consistent
with the league organization but should
have preferred disclaimer of any au-
thority or purpose to make n platform or
commit the party, followed by such res
olutions as would express the views OF
these assem- bled delegates on political is
sues. l am in favor OF improving the
financial plank of the last Republican
platform"
While most OF tho delegates were steam
ing ov the lake this afternoon there
was joint meeting of the officers Of the
league work and the executive commit
tee. Judge John l.. Webster, the Ne
braska vice-president, presided in the
absence of General McAlpin, and the
states were called for reports. Mr..
Churchill of Colorado saiu the convention
had not the courage to express an opinion
on anything and it would be di ifficult to
outline the plans for organization.
Mr.. Green, president OF the New York
league. said the convention had resolved
itself into minority. He insisted on
the meeting hearing Professor G. Gunon
of New York, who had been invited
here to address the organization and
officers on plans and principles. In
this meeting as in the convention, Penn
sylvania opposed New York. Although
it was known that General McAlpn
wanted Bowling made secretary and New
York cast her solid vote for him, yet
Pennsylvania voted solidly for Byrnes OF
Colorado when the tide was tending
strongly toward bowling. The effort to
divert the attention from the silver to
the tariff as an issue continued today.
The speeches in the convention as we'll as
at the banquet last night and elsewhere
were all on that line. When the Tippe-
canoe and other local clubs went to the
depot tonight to meet Governor Nick in
ley the Iowa band of Allison headed the
procession. There was every possible
effort to make he week of silver agta-
tion end in big boom for the tariff as
the issue of the Republicans.