The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-15
TELLER TO LEAD
COlOradO'S Delegation Must
Follow Him.
Carried All Before Him In
Pueblo ConveptiOn.
No Mention of Senator WOlc0tt In
Resolutions Passed.

PUEBLO, Col, May Ex-senator Teller
was last night made the leader OF the
delegation and the arbiter OF Colorado's
course at the st. Louis convention by the
unanimous voice OF the State convention.
No, other instructions were issued to the
delegates Senator Wolcott,s name was
not mentioned and his telegram declining
to be delegate helned his supporters out
of an awkward position and had much
to do with the decided tedious nature of
tho convention. No mention OF bolt is
made nor was one suggested In any way.
The delegates at large are Senator
Henry NJ. Teller OF Central City; Frank
Gondy of Denver; j. w. Rockefeller of
Gunnison and James Downing of Aspen.
The convention adjourned at 1870.
After the appointment Of the commit
tee on resolutions there was wait until
IL :15 before the committee was ready to
report. Its deliberations were held be-
hind closed doors, but 1t has been said
that the principal bone Of contention
was Senator Wolcott. The resolutions as
passed are lengthy, but in them Senator
Wolcort's name Is not mentioned and his
course is commended only in SO far as the
Republican representatives In Congress
are endorsed in one paragraph. In the
resolutions Senator Teller is made the
leader of the Colorado delegations and no
instructions are given TO the delegates
except TO follow his leadership.
: In the first paragraph II Is declared
that bimetallism and protection are vital
to the prosperity of the country, that
oriental competition would render protec-
tion futile with the gold standard. DEM
ocratic free trade and the gold standard
are declared to be the cause Of a destruc-
tion of values one half. Bond issues are
denounced and the blame for financial
conditions is put upon the Democracy.
The money plank reads: "We, there
fore, declare that the free coinage OF sill
yer and gold at ratio of IS to / is for
the time now being of paramount and
controlling Importance, and the most
pressing question connected with our po-
iiticaI duty and action. The doctrine OF
bimetallism has never been denied by
any national Repu blican convention but
often asserted and they who now deny 1t
are false to the party and not we who
still maintain 1t. international bimetal-
lism can only be achieved through ma
tional bimetallism adoJted by the United
States. To the maintenance OF this prin-
ciple as well as TO the restoration of sill
yer as q money metal to the full standard
OF the constitution, we, as Republicans,
pledge our most arduous and persistent
effort"
Restriction of migration 10 favored and
Senator Teller Is commended In most
AUDITORY terms In the longest paragraph
in the resolutions for his championship
OF silver in Congress. He Is declared TO
be "The ablest living exponent OF the
true pi piinciple of American finance, ana
the most fearless and intelligent advo-
cate In public life of the financial system
which will best promote the comfort and
proserity OF the whole people and the
whole world"
The only instructions given are these:
That the delegates selected by this con-
harmony with the views of the Hon.
Henry NJ. Teller as to the course 10 be
pursued by the Colorado delegation at the
national convention, and that Senator
Teller is hereby selected as a delegate and
appointed TO lead the delegation at the St.
Louis convention.
The resolutions were adopted with a
shout.