Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-13
IS THIS THE PLANK !?
 II E \ SPRING BOARD The "GoId Standard" With a
 String to It, AND HANNA WILL JERK II At the Proper Time-lt Beats StraddIe All
 Hollow QUAY AND PLATT HOLD A STANCE The Result Appears to Be Emlnently Satis- factory to Both-Disgraceful Scenes in the Rooms of the National
 Committee Last Night.
QUAY AND PLATT HOLD A STANCE

St. Louis, June 12-This has been day of inertia in the republican camp. The arrival of Senator Quay to reinforce the presence of Ex-Senator Platt failed to galvanize the anti-McI<inley movement back to any semblance of vigorous life. The corridors around the room where the national committee went through it's mo- notonous routine business of deciding preliminary contests was never uncom- fortably thronged at any period of the day.
 What the decisions of the committee ed in majority of eases. some eccentric departures in the Louisiana contested cases from the ordinary course of rul- ings scarcely served to give zest to oth- erwise tasteless proceedings.
 When the New York contests are reached tomorrow or Monday interest will be revived. Some of MT. Platts in- inmates continue to make yelled threats of boiling if the New York contests are decided on the same principles that are alleged to have controlled the committee in other cases, but MT. Platt himself has carefully avoided committing himself Late this afternoon some very decided indications were given as to the course which the Mckinley men would probably take on the financial question. Hitherto the Platt men have shouted sound mon ey' and the Mckinley men have shouted 'tarim,' and neither side has manifested any disposition to adopt the war cry of the other Now all this is changed and the Mckinley men are shouting A sug- gested platform drafted by MT. Kohlsaat of Chicago was. submitted to MT. Hanna ana other close friends of Major Me- Kinley today and was taken under con slaeration. This proposed financial plank, While following in the lines of the Indi- ana platform, goes one important step further and especially declares for the
 gold standard" At the same time how ever, that this proposition was submitted the suggestion was made that if this platform were adopted by the committee on resolutions it should be with the dis tinct understanding that when it was re- ported to the convention by the commit lee on resolutions the chairman should entertain a motion to strike out the words gold standard" the plank to he so framed that this could be done with out interfering with the context of the sense.
 Such motion being entertained the proposition would be subject to debate and could be finally settled by the con Ventlon on a test vote. It is understood
 to be MT Hanna's judgment that the words gold standard" should not appear in the platform.
 Ex-Senator Platt today issued tba fol. lowing statement:
 Governor Morton will be placed ir nomination and cordially supported by his friends. Speaker Reed and Senator Allison will also receive the votes of their supporters, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. l am hopeful that the convention will recognize the wisdom of making Governor Morton our presi. dential candidate and declaring for a gold standard. He is essentially a gold standard bearer, as his record demon. strates.
 From cursory observation during my brief stay here I am sanguine that a majority of the delegates favor the con tinuance of the existing financial system as interpreted by republican administra- tions. The New York delegation will certainly do all in it's power to put a gold plank in the platform, for New York is for gold. T. c. PI,AT@T',
 Senator Allison's friends, who have hitherto remained so silent that the i'm pression gained ground that he had been withdrawn from the race, are now as- stunning an aggressive attitude and assert that he will be supported by vigorous oratory and many votes when the con- vention proceeds to nominations.