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ueieHales from the territory asked r.
under the new rules as adOpted yesterday.
Alaska was not entitled 10 four votes IN
stead Of two. The chair replied IN the
affirmative and Alaska then voted four
The District Of Columbia being called,
Col. Perry Carson, the gigantic colored
delegate, who shares with Andrew Glea-
son tWhitel the representation Of the na-
tional capital, supplied one OF the mosk
humorous incidents OF the day. Raising
his towering form to fits full hight, he
said, with his peculiar negro dialect: Mr..
Chalrmdni ayes. so and so; noes, 50 and
so; I want to know what it all means
Being informed, he said: Then we have
voted right"
The result Of the roll call was an
nounced: Ayes, Slbl2; nays 1855.
So the motion 10 lay Senator Teiler's
substitute free silver plank on the table
was carried.
Mr.. Foraker was recognized to rnovs
tne previous question on the passage OF
Senator Dubois Of Idaho. rising IN ths
body OF the hail. asked that q separat5
vote be taken on the financial plank
(Cries of MOI.
The previous question was then ordered,
with only a few feeble noes. Mr.. Dubois
demanded a roll call OF states on the pass
age Of the financial plank and ColOrado
and Montana seconded the call.
Ihe chairman said the question to be
voted on wds' Shall the financial plank
be adopted as the sense Of this conven-
tiong
on this the roll Of states was called. Tha
roll can proceeded amid so much confus-
ion that the chairman had to suspend ID
until order had been restored. Meantim6
me Two secretaries were puzzling over
the result OF the vote as announced ON
the previous motion. which footed up ap-
parenuy more delegates than there were
IN the convention
The result of the roll call on the guess
ton OF the adoption of the financial planA
was announced as ayes, 6l2l5; nays, u0i2s
"and the financial plank y adopted" add
Ell the chairman amid cheers.
Ihe rest or the platform was adopted
win ringing chorus Of ayes. there be-
ing but one solitary mo-"
The chair announced that Il was re-
quested as a question Of personal prlv-
nege that statement prepared by Wer-
tam members Of this convention be rea1s
Is there objecton?" he asked. Waiting
few seconds and receiving no response,
ne announced; LAS "A matter OF personaH
privilege the chair will permit Senator
Cannon to read the statement and the
feet quiet.
The frank and youthful senator from
Utah TOOK the platform, and with Sena-
tor Teller sitting by his side read In
ringing tones and with many gestures.
the following protest:
ITO the Republican National Conven-
tion: In announcing the purpose asserted
IN this paper, u is due to our constituents
and ourselves that there shall be a pubhc
showing OF vindicating facts.
THE sole authorized expression Of ma
tiOnal republican faith from June O. 1892,
until the present date, has been the plat-
at Minneapolis. Neither the utterances
OF state conventions nor the attitude of
indiyiduals can change the tenor OF that
platform or abate the sanctity Of its blnd-
ing force. Every delegate to this conven-
tion was elected as it's adherent and advo-
cate True, one Of its most important
paragraphs has been subjected to such a
divergence Of construction as to make
its language unsatisfactory during the IN
tervening time and dangerous II continued
In the future, but Of the intent contained
within that language there has never been
a doubt.
'It is the rlghtful province Of this con-
Vention TO reverse party tenets and to
announce anew the party purposes. The
majority of this convention In the exer-
else Of It's authority, has this day mada
oncial enunciation OF republican law and
gospel. With much OF the platform we
agree, believing that in many essential
particulars Ii cOmpasses the needs of hu-
manity, afiirms the malntainance Of right
and proposes the just remedy for wrong.
But II declares one elemental principle,
not only In direct contraYention OF the
expression OF party faith In 1892, but in
radical opposition to our solemn convic-
ton. we recognize that in all matters
OF mere method il Is but Just and helpful
thas the minority shall Yield to the will
OF the majority, lest we have chaos In par
" ana IN our government. But as no pro-
nouncement by majOrities can change ops
posing convictions are belief sincerely en-
tertained, so 1t cannot obige mnorities
TO abandon or disaVow their principles.
AS surely as It Is requisite for peace and
progress that minorlties shall yield to
majorltles IN matters Of mere method iust
50 surely Is 1t necessary for that same
peace and progress that minorities shall
not yield In matters Of fundamental
truth.
Ihe republican platform Of 1892 ar
hrmed that the American people from
tradition and interest favored blmetal-
ism and demanded the use Of both gold
and silver as standard money. This was
accepted by us as declaration in behair
Of the principle upon which rest the in
terest of every citizen and the safety or
the United States. In such terms the
platform was then satisfactory to the
believers In bimetallism Within our party.
only because Of equivoeal construction
and evasion has 1t since been demonstra-
ted TO be insufficient. The platform this
day adopted IN the national republican
party convention at St. Louis says: The
republican party Is unreservedly for sound
money. 1t caused the enactment of the
law providing for the resumption Of specie
payments in 1873; since then every dollar
has been as good as gold
We are unalteraDy opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit Of our country
We are, therefore, opposed to the free
coinage Of silver except BY international
agreement with the leading Commercial
nations Of the world, which We pledge
ourselves to promote, and until such
agreement can be obtained the existing
gold standard must be preserved. All
our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and we
favor All measures designed to maintain
invioably the obligations Of the United
States and all our money, whether coin or
paper, at the present standard, the STAN
dard Of the most enlightened nations OF
the earth
LAS the declaration Of 1892 has been by
a majority Of the party conserved to fus-
tify q single gold standard for our none
tary basis, and as the recent trend of the
official power of the party has been IN
that direction, we can but assume that
the money plank Of the new platform, be-
ing made favorable to perpetuate gold
will be deterrninedly used
by you in behalf of that idea. The repub-
llcan party has won its power and renown
by pursuing its purposes courageously and
relentlessly. 1t Is therefore, only in ac-
cordance with the party's history to as
sumo that IL 1t shall come to present au-
thority in the United States II will crys-
talize into law and administration under
this tempting platform, the perpetual
single gold standard in our finances.
This, if long continued, will mean the
absolute ruin of the. producers Of the
country and finally Of the nation itself.
The American people not only favor bine-
talism from tradition and interest but
from that wise Instinct which has always
been manifested in the affairs of the peo-
pie destined for the worlds leadership