Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-09
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The ST. Louis Convention.

ST. LOUIS, June 9.-In anticipation
of the arrival to-day of the anti-McKin-
ley leaders, the lieutenants of the Ohio
candidate were busily engaged last
night in distributing Autographs, ban
ners and buttons bearing a portrait Of
Mckinley. Up to the present McKin-
ley has had things pretty much his
own way in st. Louis, but the arrival
of Messrs. Manley, Clarkson, Teller,
Fifer and other leaders is expected to
make division in the display Of Nc
Kinley pictures. The finishing touches
of the Auditorium are being made to-
day and the decorator will have con.
Guided his work tonight.
Probably no flag in the auditorium
will attract more attention and cause
more comment than that of the Cuban
insurgents. 1t occupies the most con-
spicuous place in the building.
The currency question Is the main
theme of discussion and the belief is
growing that the financial plank adopt
ed will be the Indiana plank, with
little elaboration or change, if not
adopted verbatim. At least the decla-
ration will be against the independent
free coinage of silver at the ratio OF 16
to l. 1t will be sound money plank,
but there is strong sentiment against
the use of the terms ''gold standard"
An interview with H. G. Beedle, edi-
tor and manager of the True american,
local A. P. A. organ, is printed in a
morning paper in which that gentleman
is quoted as follows Since the action
of the National Council at Washington,
it is out of the question to suppose that
the association as unite will fight Nc
Kinley. But this does not mean OPP
position to him by the individual mem
bers of the order has stopped. There
will be members of our order among
the delegates who will never consent
to support Mckinley under any cireum-
stances. The fight will also be made
against the election of Roman Catholic
national committeeman"
1t is almost the universal opinion of
those persons who have so far put in an
appearance that the A. P. A. will not
cut much of figure in the convention.
The suggestion has been made in
formally to members of the national
committee that Archbishop Kane be in
yited to offer the prayer at the opening
OF the convention. The argument is
shat the archbishop is the head of the
Catholic Church for large section of
the country; that this is his home, and
that it would be a graceful thing for
the representatives of the republican
party to do.
R. T. Fox, secretary of the New
York delegation, arrived last night.
Concerning the money question, he said
! that the eastern States will not be salts
fed with anything but hard money
platform.
Albert Lathrop, of South Carolina,
says his State is for Mckinley and
Evans on platform which declares for
protection and honest money.
Part of CALIFORNIA; delegation is
scheduled to arrive to-day, and inaugu-
rate boom for Ulysses S. Grant for the
vice presidency.
G. W. Fairbanks,of Indianapolis, is
the choice of Mckinley and Hanna for
temporary chairman of the convention.
Judge Trumbo, of Salt Lake, is in
charge of silver resolution which will
be presented to the committee on reso-
lutions and is canvassing the situation
and securing signatures to the resolu-
ton as fast as favorably inclined mem
hers of the committee arrive.