The herald., 1895-06-20
PRESIDENT TRACY REVIEWS
The Financial and Other Questions OF
the Day Discussed
MR.. M'ALPIN BEING DOOMED
Committee on Resolutions Formuiates a Plat
form Which viii Be Brought Up for
Discussion Today - The Council Will
Have an Effect on the Choice OF a
Nominee for the Presidency

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 19.-The
opening session of the eighth annual con-
vention OF Republican clubs adjourned at
p. m. today until 10 a. m. tomorrow,
after disposing OF all preliminary and
routine matters. There were no develop
ments in the convention indicating the
contest between those wearing yellow and
white badges and representing respec-
lively the gold and silver standards.
But in the ttee rooms, at the Ar
cade hotel and elsewhere the fight con-
tinued.
The committee on credentials had con-
siderable amusement over the South Car
DINA contest. The committee on league
work, rules and order of business had
nothing unusual. The committee on time
and place selected Milwaukee as the place
for the next national convention and
referred the selection of the date for the
next convention to the executive board
with instructions to select any date after
that Of the National Republican conven-
ton. the postponemsnt OF the time to
date subsequent to that OF the National
convention OF next year was for the pur-
pose of avoiding any contest on Ieso-
lutions as that which is now confronting
the delegates of the clubs. There was
movement today to conclude the work
with the banquet tomorrow night but
the agitation before the committee on
resolutions during the afternoon de-
veloped such differences tnat it is not
likely the convention will close before
Friday.
The delegates from the west land south
want to- get away Friday. As it is known
Governor Mckinley cannot get here till
Friday morning there is general desire
to wait for him till that time and some
charge that his friends are seeking to
prolong the session so as to have big
Mckinley day on Friday. Others charge
that the efforts to expedite business so as
to conclude tomorrow night were intended
to give, the delegates an opportunity to
presidential booms have been looked after
as carefully today as ever. The Iowa
delegates Keep open house for Allison
and the HI oosiers are quietly keeping
Harrison in mind, while the New Eng
land delegau IS use the Blaine tactics for
Reed. Mark A. Hanna, who is close
to Mckinley, has been keeping open
house at his mansion all the week.
2 Today Mr.. Hannaigave dinner at the
Union League club, at which Major Os-
borne, a reiat i've of Mckinley, Governors
Nelson, Mel riam, Brown and Clayton,
Moses. Handy. Senators Hatton of Mich
Ii,
tana, Thurston of Nebraska. Dubois of
Idaho. Warner Miller of New York, and
others were guests. While Mr.. Hanna
always believed Mckinley to be the man
of destiny, h, says he was never 80 hope
full for the champion of protection as he
pressloINs for his favorlte from other
states. He does not think the silver
question will embarrass the protection
lists. It:.yvas conceded early today that
the two lesdine league offices would be
divided between the gold and silver men
by making General McAlpin of New
York president and John b yrnes of Den
yer secretary, but tonight it Is proposed
to refer the selection of a secretary to the
executive board. 1t its claimed that A.
B. Humphreys was first selected by the
executive board and afterwards selected
by the annual convention.
The silver men think the New York
deleg ation, after feeling confident of Nc
Alpin's election are seeking to avoid
having an ultra silver man for secretary.
The feature of the day has been the
silver fight before the committee on les
olutions. The committee organized at
p. m. with Congressman Robinson OF
Pennsylvania as chairman and j. G.
Knowles of Delaware as secretary. The
organization was against the silverites
but the latter were not discouraged and
opened up the fight from the start. The
committee was in open session until after
6 p. M, when, on motion of Congress
man Tawney of Minnesota it adjourned
until p. IN. for an executive session, at
which time a sub-commiJte of nine was
to be announced by Chairman Robinson,
to be given to the silver men and others
for hearing. The resolution of the sill
yer men was offered ana the opponents
OF free silver, Through MIR. Hunter of
Missouri, offered the financial plank OF
1892, also the recent Ohio plank adopted
at GAINESVILLE last month. The compro-
mise resolution attracting most attention
was Offered by Senator Thurson OF Ne
Draska, as follows:
we approve the declaration of the last
Republican national convention, that the
American people from tradition and in.
terest favor bimetallism and the Repub-
lican party demands the use of both gold
and silver as a standard money, with
such restrictions and under such pro-
visions to be determined, as will secure
the maintenance OF the parity of values
OF the two metals 50 the purchasing or
debt paying power of the dollar, whether
of silver. gold or paper, shall be a all
times equal, ana refer the action for q
more specific declaration to the next Re-
publican convention, which alone has
she power to bad the party or make
platforms and declare principles. "
There was no discussion OF the tariff OF
any other issues in the committee except
that of the silver plank, and no difference
of opinion existed in the committee OF
forty-six members except on the silver
question. Nearly all the members OF the
committee were instructed on the silver
question by their respective state delega-
tons, SO it will not be difficult to adopt a
report. Still it is conceded that these in.
structions make it almost certain that
both majority and minority reports will
be presented to the convention and that
the silver question will be fought on the
floor tomorrow. The silver men still have
confidence in their strength among the
delegates although a majority of the
committee is against them.
When the committee on resolutions re-
assembled at pm. the following sub
com nittee was appointed TO draft the res
olutlons: Hon. j. d. Robinson, Pa, chair
man general committee tex offcio (;
Horace G. Knowles. Del, secretary gen
eral comm ittee lex oficio); J. A. Tawney.
MINI. James Hardness, Mo-; Henry Il.
Blackwell. Mass. l.. NJ. Hubbard. Conn.,
q. Il. Allen, Utah; S. A. Robinson, y.
", Senator Dubois. Idaho; W. W. Curry,
d. c.; III. G. Coke, Or.
The committee heard arguments on ths
silver question, pro and con. for hours
beefre the subcommittee went into all
night executive session TO prepare re-