The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-29

hibItlon nnd Knocking Out Free Silver
1. Adopted-A Ramp Convention Starts
New Party.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 2S,-The
Prohibition national convention to-day
nominated the following ticket:
For Presldent-Joshun p. Leyering' OF
Maryland
For Vice Presldent-Hale johnson, of
illinois, .,.,.o, .,d
the candidates were placed upon tne
thInnest kind Of marrow guage plat-
form, smbodylnE merely the principle OF
prohibItion and even omitting the Wo-
m9n suiYrare plank which has been n
feature OF It's platforms for years past
FIX Governor John p. st. John, seconu-
cd by nearly all the western delegates,
made n gallant fight for the iTee colhSge
OF silver and Helen NJ. Cougar. OF M
diana, and Mrs. s, a. PooIe, OIL NV
York. struggled In vain for woman sun
rarn INIT th. narrow gauge people con-
trolled the convention and took every
thing, When the nominations for Pres
Ident were reached the name OF charles
u BENTLEY, Of Nebraska, the prohn
gauge candidate, was not presented MS
6oo,n having been bursted by the over
whelmlng defeat OF the silver forces at
the afternoon session.
After adjournment the free sifVer tac-
tion bolted. held a separate convention
and organized a new party caiIea Lhe
National party. The boilers comprise
nearly half the convention.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, May 2s.-lt was
$3.50 o'clock before the second days
session OF the prohibition national con-
y,ntion was called to order. The at
tendance at that hour was light as
many OF the delegates had been labor
ing in committees until the early morn
ingh ours.
When comparative quiet had been
obtained, Rev. Gideon P. Macklen' OF
| Ohio, offered prayer.
A resolution was then presented ex-
pressing sympathy for the sufferers of
the St. Louis cyclone and IT was adopt
ed by a standing vote.
Mrs. Frances z. E.Beauchamp,of Lexlng-
ton. KY, presented memorial from
the w. C. 7. U. adopted at the ma
tlonal convention in Baltimore last fall
The resolution rcafIirmed allegiance to
the Prohibition party us the only po-
lltlcnI party with courage to speak out
| boldly In favor OF women suffrage and
| the total annlhilation Of the liquor
traffic.
A request was also made that the
/ name OF the home protection party be
| adopted and that the convention ADOPT
| measures looking more to the protec-
| tiOu OF the homes and the care of the
| Young. a committee OF five was ap-
pointed 10 draw up resolutions em-
bodying the request of the ladies'.
The committee on platform was then
asked to make its report Dr. ]. n
| Funk, chairman af the committee.
stated that the narrow gauge and broad
gauge factions did not exactly agree
and that minority report would be
submitted.
The Fight Begins.
The majority, or narrow gauge re-
mort, declared for prohibition and wo-
mans suffrage. while the minority re-
| port favored free silver, besides taking
in all the Issues in which the western
delegates believe. Ex-Governor st. John
read the report and almost every SEN
tcnce was applauded. He moved that
the report be Incorporated as part Of
the majority report, and Homer Castle
moved 90 lay the report on the table:
The last motion was defeated by 492
to 80 and was a signal victory for the
broad gaugers, or silver men.
The motion to take up the report sec
tIon by section was then carried, The
first seven planks including the wo-
mans suffrage plank, wore adopted
without much opposition, after which
the convention took a recess for dinner.
When the convention re-assembled at
s:i5 p. M, MFR. ST. John announced thut
after a conference with Chairman Funk
Il had been decided tb take up the mo-
uey plank next The minority rcsolu-
tldns favoring free coinage OF silver
was then read and the battle between
the silver and gold men was inaugu-
rated. The discussion was heated from
the start and much feeling was mani
fested by both factions
FIRES silver Drfrntrd.
The entire afternoon session was glv-
en- 10 the discussion Of the money plank,
The arguments were spirited. but by
rule OF the convention, speakers were
limited to ten minutes each, 1t devcl-
oped that the fight was not 50 much
one of gold VS.. silver as II was the mar
row gauge faction against the free sil-
Yer advocates, Several speakers who
opposed the plank expressed themselves
as personally favorable TO free coinage.
Or. Louis Banks. Of New York. OPEN
ed the debate with speech against
the palnk. declaring that II II was adOp-
ted he would take no part In the CAM
palyn Ex-Governor ST. John spoke
FOR the plank. declaring that he would
] F..Fs VfAH 1ss
he considered Il right, but because iIy;
constituents instructed him 10. The de-
bate continued until nearly 6 o'clock,
when a vote was finally reached, which
resulted @Si for and i2I against the
plank The victory Of the narrow
gauge faction and the defeat OF free
silver were greeted with wild applause
and It was some time before the CON
ventIon was able 20 proceed with the
consideration OF the platform.
BiE nrprl'c.
Tho convention proceeded to a con-
sldcration OF the plnnka Of tho majority
report rarerlng to Sabbath Observance
and agninsl appropriations FOR sec.
tnrlan GchOOls These were adopted
whom the convention wag thrown into
confusion by the nction Of Il. II. Pat
ton. OF Illlnois, who presented sub
stltutc for the entire platform n3 far
MS adopted. The new platform cxclud.
ed everything but prohbition--1veu
woman suffrage, and was the narrow,
cgt kind OF q narrow guagC declaration
Tho vote on the silver plank had shown
the strength Of the nnrows, but tho
brond gunEc people made a strong flghl
against the substitute. After SharI
debate, In which Mrs. Helen NJ Gou.
gar vninly attempted to cave the wo
man suffrngH plank, the substitute was