Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-17

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I resolutions met at the Lindell Hotel at
2:90 p. m Some time was spent in con-
| ferring together. during which time
there we're three groups, Foraker,
Lodge and Teller being the central tig-
ures respectively in these clusters. Over
| half an hour was spent in this general
conference and in unloading the resolu-
tions that had been referred to dill
ferent members. Some Of the members
| had their pockets full of papers. Even
the silver men were divided on the
phraseology of their plank, and each
silver member OF the committee had his
own version. 1t was seen at the start
| that Lodge and Foraker and others
were cooperating together. Senator
Lodge called the committee to order and
presented the name of Senator Foraker
of Ohio. The silver men presented the
name OF Senator Dubois, of Idaho.
Then Charles E. Pryor, Foraker's law
partner who was with him. was made
! teller and temporary secretary. The
| roll was called, showing thirty-nine
present and twelve absent, and an Off
cial list of the membership was made
up before the States were called on the
vote for chairman. This rol! call re-
suited: Foraker So. Dubois 4; and the
former was declared by Senator Lodge
the chairman, when the committee be-
| gan an informal session for outlining
its work.
The members of the committee are:
Alabama, H. V. Caship; Alaska, C. S.
Johnson: Arizona, J. A. Sehisie; Arkan-
| sas, John Mcclure; Colorado. H. M. Tel
Ter; California, A. B. Lennon; Connec-
ticut, Samuel Fessenden; District of Co.
lumbia, Andrew Gleason; Florida. |. l..
Purcell: Georgia. w. B. Johnson; Idaho
F. #. Dubois; Illinois, r. w. Patterson;
Indiana, Lew Wallace; Indian Territory
J: p Grady; Iowa, John II. Gear; Kan
| sas. c.. A. SWinson: Kentucky, Leslie
Combs; Louisiana. II. C. Yarmouth;
Maine, Amos l.. Allen; Maryland, James
A. Gary; Massachusetts. Henry Cabot
Lodge; Michigan, Mark S. Brewer; Min
nesota. w. r. Merriam: Mississippi E.
| w. Lafton; Missouri f. G. Niedring-
haus: Montana, Charles S. Hartman;
Nebraska, Peter Jansen; Nevada. A. c.
Cleveland; New Hampshire, Frank s.
Struth; New York, Edward Lauter6ach;
New Jersey, Frank Bergen; New Mexi-
co, Solomon Luna; North Carolina, NJ
L. Mott; North Dakota, Alexander
Hughes: Ohio, J. B. Foraker; Oklahoma
| Territory, Seney z. Ash; Oregon, Chas
S. Moore; Pennsylvania, Smed!ey Dar-
lington: Rhode Island, Walton A. Reed {;
South Carolina, VIM. D. Crum; South
Dakota. David Williams; Texas, Web
ster Flanagan: Tennessee. F. B. Brown /;
Utah, f. ]. Cannon; Virginia, James p.
Brady; Vermont. H. d. Holton; Wash
ington. A. F. Burleigh; West Virginia
F. NJ Reynolds; Wisconsin, Robert NJ.
| LaFOllette; Wyoming, B. F. Fowler.
Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indiana, was
unanimously chosen secretary, and a
resolution was carried unanimously to
appoint a subcommittee of seven to
| draft the platform, and Chairman For
aker named as the committee Merriam
of Minnesota. Fessenden Of Connecti
cut, Teller of Colorado, Lodge of Mas
sachuSetts. Patterson of Illinois, War
mouth of Louisiana. and the chairman.
| Burleigh. of Washington, moved to en-
| large the committee on the ground that
it should represent every section of the
| country. Foraker replied that he did
not consider geography in the makeup
Of the committee. but appointed men
to represent the different ideas on the
| currency question as nearly as possible.
| The motion to increase the committee
carried, and Burleigh OF Washington,
and Lauterbacn Of New York, were add
ed.
The committee then adjourned until
s o'clock, pending the report of the
subcommittee.
When Governor Foraker announced
the subcommittee of the resolutions
committee to draft the platform. ne
stated thai meeting OF the sub-cCmmit-
tee would be held at o'clock.
1t was quite generally understood that
the main work of the subcommittee
would be upon the financial plank. but
there had been little doubt of the form
of the declaration on this subject since
last night, as the endorsement of a ma
| jority Of the subcommittee had been
secured for plank practically the same
as that sent out last night by the As
sOciated Press. As modified, the reso-
luton is as follows:
The Republican party is unreserved-
ly for sound money. 1t caused the en-
actment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specific payment in 1879:
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold
1--WE are unalterab,y opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our coun-
try. We are therefore opposed to the
free coinage of silver. except by inter
national agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world. and
until such agreement can be obtained
we believe the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver and
| paper currency now in circulation must
be maintained al a parity with gold, and
we favor al measures designed to main
tain inviolably the obligations of the
United States and all our money, wheth-
er coin or paper, at the present standard
the standard of the most enlightened
nation of the earth.
The changes made are not entirely
! those of phraseology. The expression.
"We favor the use OF silver as currency"
etc. was eliminated in the last draft
and the form changed so as TO put the
declaration on the question Of silver
coinage in a negative way. 1t also
makes more positive the declaration for
the maintenance of the parity of the
different kinds of money than did the
first draft.
This resolution had been read among
the mem bers of the committee and en-
dorsed by a majority of them when the
committee went into session. The new