New-York tribune., 1896-06-21

and l was pleased TO see him get IT, l am sl"H
to Sc that the people of the country have taken
things into their own hands. Plat was SHOWN
up in his true colOrs at ST. Louis the CohVen,
ton rolled right along. and he was leit 10 wan
alone | think that he is indeed the declining
boss as l him referred TO the other DAY
We are going to turn in and make mighty
battle for Mckinley and Hobart this ial. Inc
isSue is sound money and protection. We have
Nh Of the best policies. and we Will WIN Cpon
the supposltion, ia now entirely feasible that
the Democrats will declare for free sdlver ana
nominate a free-coinage man at ST Louis, we
stand to win thousands upon thousands OF Demo-
cratic votes where We will lose but few Repuo-
lican votes
Mr. Depew was much pleased. He was loyal
10 Morton 10 the last but II Is known that he
never had the faintest hope that the Governor
10 be nominated. Governor Morton, now
ever asked him to make the nominating speech
and he said that he would do so. He did so, al
though he knew that It was a forlorn hope. Those
who were present and heard the speech and
heard the applause say that there was more
cheering for the speaker than for the candidate
ITO Mr.. Depew. much as 70 any one else
perhaps" said delegate. belongs the credit
of defeating the aims Of the machine TO snatch
consolation out Of defeat by nominating Morton
for the ce-Presdency Mr.. Depew went 70 ST
Louis 10 place Morton in nomination for the Pres
idency. When he got there he found Platt and
his men dckering to place Morton az second man
on the ticket He declared emphaticaly that ne
would not have that. he was not going to make
a aughing-stock out Of the Governor ana hlinsel.
at the 50 me time, by running him for two OFFICES
at once He said IT was too much like man aeK,
ing for appointment as Minister 10 the court or
St James. and willing to take cold PIE ~ io"u a.
He literally had to sit UP nights ana Gays 10
keen the Governor out of that humlllatinR place
With the aid Of Warner Miller and others VINO
were interested In the policy Of political iairheSs
he managed 10 defeat the plans of the machhe'
and gave Governor Morton compIlmehtar! Note
for the Presidency. and saved him from the hurlli,
iation Of being defeated for both President ana
Vice President"
Mr. DEPEW on THE RESULT
70
gram OF congratuation that he sent to Major
Mckinley:
"The nomination Of Major Mckinley. and tho
addition Of Mr. Hobart as his running mate
make an ideal ticket l have attended several
conventions In my time. but never saw the peo-
pie go mad over anything like they did over the
name of William Mckinley. II is the peoples
wear and they have taken things into their own
hands When | first reached 81. Louis was
surprised to see how quiet ana orderly IL was
for a Convention city. There was a lack OF the
usual parades. shouting, hlare OF bands, noisy
arguments. and so on 1t not long until
found out that there something clse. ana
that the feeling was too tense for expression The
people We're never So earnest In their lives. When
Senator Foraker mentioned McKinley's name the
first time in his nominating speech. all this pent
up torrent broke loose Wave after wave or en-
thusiasm broke out. The people climbed on
chairs and fairly screamed IL was n half-hour
Of hilarious happiness. The people Got what
they want. Mckinley is an ideal candidate He
typifes all that is highest. noblest and best IN
the party. He is a clear-cut straightforward.
honest candidate. He has almost the passionate
alteration of the people. The platform leaves no;
a shadow of doubt as to the integrity OF the
party as far as the money question goes Tho
principle Of protection. which is indelibly linked
with the name and personality of Major MCkin-
ley, is the cornerstone of the party and his nomi
nation was logical. 1t is TO be great year for
Republicansm. and We will win at the polls this
fall by tremendous majOrites
rpAMATrr r>-.-1ptrN-,r
The great question has been the silver ques-
tion. The walking out OF the Convention upon
the part of certain men who felt that they could
longer stay within the organization owing
TO Its declaration upon the money question. was
one Of the most dramatic incidents Of the Con-
Nention. must DO Justice 10 those men. to say
that they were honestNnd sincere In their mo-
tives l actually believe that the tears roll 4
down the cheeks OF Senator Teller. he spoke.
1t was moment Of tense interest and dramatic
TO the extreme. 1t was not. however, nearly
the bolt that the silver Democrats had antici-
pated. / believe that only about nineteen went
out OF the Convrntion. The silver Democrats
had expected many more This will weaken
their cause. Our errng brothers-or shall say
our erring sisters, for woman IS privileged to
change her mnd-will come back to us. hope.
some day when they see the error OF their ways
| The bolt will weaken the cause OF the silver
! Democracy. AS It now stands, II seems 70 IL a
certainty that the silver men Will carry tho Con-
| venton at Chicago. For every silver vote that
| the Republicans lose on account Of the straight
! manly and imperative declaration OF the party
! for the gold standard will be more than neutra-
ll2ed by two three. or even ten votes. gained
from the gold-standard Democrats Mckinley
is the buffer between the silver men and the
White House. The gcld-standard men all over
/ the country Will haze 10 unite on him. and thy
are far in the majority. Again. no typihes pro-
tection and even tho most radical frce-silver men
| see that they need protection even more than
they need free silver. and will support the ticket
| on that account This IS, as said. a great ye lr
| for the Republican party. w, have an IDEAL
ticket, an ideal platform, and We shall win by
! overwhelming majoritics."
The machine men on the train held a sort NJ an
| informal caucus the way home from 81. Loui@.
| There are number OF Republicans IN the State
who aspire to the place Of Governor. These men
all urged the nomination OF Governor Morton
for the Presidency, with the idea Of climbing into
! the chair that he vacated. They We're a blue lot
when they became convinced aa they did months
ago. that the Governor had no chance of getting
the nomination; yet they hung on and awaited
| developments. Now that the Governor has been
| actually defeated forecasted and the fall
| election is approaching. they talked over the
eituaton to see what they should do under the
| circumstances 1t Informally decided that
| the best thing to do would be to nominate the old
| ticket, Morton and Saxton. and let them run
| again. To take 1t out OF the Governors hands
| would produce Immediately embarrassing
| crop Of candidates. II was said. OF course Mr.
! Platt was not on the train but Edward Lauter-
bach was there. and 1t was said he agreed to the
| plan.
MKINLEY CLUB IN WOODSTOCK.