Arizona republican., 1896-06-14
FOR 4 GOLD STANDARD Silver Has Little Show
 at St. Louis. Already Preparing the Finan-
 Cial Plank.
Combination of Other Candidates with Hope of Defeating
 Mckinley.

ST. LOUIS, June 13.-It is generally believed tonight the declaration in'i favor of gold standard in the Repub- lican platform will be very emphatic and unequivocal. When the men from the east reach St. Louis they will find that close friends of Major Mckinley are ready to offer them a financial plank that they can agree upon with out hesitancy. Several drafts of a platform have been prepared and it is now believed that form has been se cured which will be satisfactory. It will declare against free coinage of silver, unless it should be brought about by international agreement. No ratio is mentioned and in this respect it is more acceptable to the gold men. It will also declare Republicans are against debasement of the currency and is therefore in favor of the pres ent gold standard. The Republican party will be given credit for having
 brought about the resumption act, which has always maintained every dollar at parity, whether coin or pa per, and that the standard of money should be as it always has been and is now, equal to that of the most enlight- ened nations of the world These dec larations embody the wishes of friends of Mckinley and men who are now here approve them.
 If the resolution should be changed 1t will be by the committee on resolu- tions or the convention itself, but this. is not likely, as it contains all that is asked for except by most extreme gold men, who want a straight single gold standard declaration and nothing more.
 There is some opposition to the ref erence to an international agreement, but those who desire t.it language in serted in the resolution say the party should not place itself in opposition to the coinage of silver under an interna- tional agreement, if such an arrange ment could be made, but that the party
 is not to be pledged to bring about such an agreement, which is a conten- tion of some of the delegates.
 It is believed by those who have ex- amined the proposed financial resolu- tion that it will meet every demand that can be made by eastern men and that it will be incorporated into the ploIlOllu WuGu duUpl6u.
 Movements of the men opposed to Mckinley have been very quiet, but it is understood that since the arrival of MT. Quay there has been conference of men representing different candi- dates, those present being Platt, for
 Morton, Quay for himself, Henderson for Allison, and an eastern man repre- senting MT. Reed. It was understood the conference was not with any hope Of defeating the nomination of Me Kinley, because MT. Quay and Mir. Man ley have already conceded the nomina- tton of the Ohio man on the first bal lot, but that it was proposed to pre-
 pare a platform on the money aues-
 tion which was to be insisted upon at
 all hazards and to give it to the Nc Kinley men as one of the demands of the opposition.
 It was understood that the declara- tion was to be unequivocally for gold. | In this connection it is said the decla-
 ration will be so pronounced that it
 will be acceptable to the great middle
 west, which is here solid for McKinley
 and may precipitate fight.
 | This is one of the many stories that
 were in circulation, indicating that the
 arrival of MT. Platt and Mr. Quay had
 made the opposition more formidable
 than was supposed. As Mckinley men
 here are for the most part talking in
 favor of a strong delegation in favor
 of gold, they say there cannot be very
 much difficulty in adjusting the finan-
 cial plank to suit the men who will
 vote for the other four candidates.
 NEW REPRESENTATION