The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-19
THE MONEY PLANK
Gold Men Controlled the Commit
tee on Resolutions.
THE YELLOW METAL IS UPHELD
Will Report . Straightforward Sound
Money Platform TO-day-Silver Men
Displeased ut the Meagre Rep
resentation Given Them.

Displeased ut the Meagre Rep
resentation Given Them.
St. Louis, June 17.-The committee
on resolutions, when the convention
adjourned, proceeded at once to the
Lindell hotel and organized. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, called the COM
mittee to order and nominated Mr..
Foraker of Ohio as chairman. Mr..
Teller of Colorado placed Mr.. Dubois
in nomination. Forty-one persons an
swered to their names. Governor For
aker was elected, thirty-6ve votes
being cast for him and four for Dubois.
Those who voted for Dubois were the
members from Colorado, Montana,
North Carolina and Utah. Mr.. Mer-
riam of Minnesota moved that a sub
committee be appointe d to draft plat
form and present it to the full commit
tee. This suggestion was opposed by
Messrs. Teller and Dubois, the leaders
of the silver movement, on the ground
that 1t was better to discuss the fnan-
cial plank in full committee. If its
consideration were left first to a sub
committee they contended the argu-
ments against gold standard plank,
which they understood was to be
adopted, would have to be made twice.
They thought it advisable therefore
that so for as that particular plank was
concerned the subcommittee might be
excused from considering it. Mr..
Merriam's motion was carried and
the chair appointed commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Foraker,
Merriam of Minnesota, Fessenden of
Connecticut, Teller of Colorado, War
mouth of Louisiana and Patterson of
Illinois. After some discussion the
committee was increased by the addi-
ton of two other members, Mr.. Bur-
leigh of Washington and Mr.. Lauter-
bach of New York. A motion to ad-
journ until 8 o'clock was then carried.
The silver members of the committee
were displeased at the meagre repre-
sentation given them. They COM
planned also that several members of
the committee whom they had regard
ed as bimetallists have fallen down."
as they phrased it, and joined the
ranks of the gold men.
Report May Be Delayed.
A few minutes after o'clock the
members of the committee again gath
cred in the ladies' ordinary of the Lin
dell, but the subcommittee did not put
in an appearance. At $40 Gov. War
mouth of Louisiana came over and said
that the subcommittee was still in
session and requested an adjournment
until this morning at 10 o'clock. This
was done and the members present
were then informally addressed by
delegation of ladies favoring the in
sertion in the platform of woman's
suffrage plank. 1t is believed this
morning that the committee will not
be ready to report to the convention
before late this afternoon.
The Financial Plank.
The subcommittee resolved to recon-
mend to the full committee the follow
ing financial plank: "The republican
party is unreservedly for sound money.
It caused the enactment of the law
providing for the resumption Of specie
payments in 1879; since then every
dollar has been as good as gold. We
are unalterably 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 lead
ing commercial nations of the world,
which we pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such agreement can be OBJ
tanned, the existing gold standard must
be preserved. All our silver and paper
currency now IN circulation must be
maintained at parity with gold, and
we favor all measures designed to
maintain inviolably the obligations of
the United States, and all our money,
whether coin or paper, at the present
standard, the standard of the most en-
lightened nations of the earth" Sena-
tor Teller offered free silver resolu-
ton as substitute, which was voted
down.
Comment of the London Times.
London, June 1.-THE Times to-day.
basing it's remarks on the dispatches of
G. w. Smalley, it's American corre-
spondent, pays tribute to Mr.. Platt's
masterly handling of the gold forces
at the 0U. LOUIS COAVenUlOu IL says
that his overthrow of the silverites
promises to give a new sensation to
the United States Within three days
he has changed the fortunes of his own
section and the policy of the republi-
can party.
dosan peasantry is their arrecuon -.v.-
iigs-which share their huts in the
lid Hibernian fashion. But the visitor
ehust not presume to kick them out;
that isn't safe. Some English sailors
Who showed such disrespect to these
i..nimals were pursued by an infuriated
4lob of natives, and barely escaped
With their lives-like the Roman sol
Hers who killed cat in Egypt
I; The subject race in Formosa is be-
'Iieved to be of Malay origin; and in the
silder regions they are still untamed
yavages. called by the Chinese, Chhi-
Aean-i. e., raw barbarians. Their GUS
HONS justify the title; for like the
ant-GomlhaHdEie hsFd=hunters. Armed
nounces the arrival of the Enterprise
at Horta, Fayal, on the 10th inst. a..
ter passage from Boston of TIVE, ,ic-
three days. All well. 4 Sc