New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
cuANDLER NOT CONSULTED.
- SAYS THE PLATFORM COMMITTED
DECEIVED HIM

.,rs OF THE REED OR MKINLEY rlANN oA'A'
M HIM TOO LATE TO BE OPPOSED IN sh0''N'
. ,,r DECIDED TO roREGO FIGHT
IN THE NEw-HAMPsHlRE
CONVENTION.
concord. ~ H.. April 1.-senator Cnanuei
..sroner "The Evening Monitor to-nisn' pun
.xos tho following letter wmch l"e 'e""'"'
..rt 10 Senator Lodge last eVen'hs'
- se,ator Lodge. Washington, ID. C'-iho i"o'
~ ,rcongruity between the delegates eie0''u anu
eroue .' naso,ution OF the series adopted by TO-
the ias' 80. ,osas an explanation from me. a
days . Mckinley movement was organ
snon ,ohas.ar under the lead Of Henry NJ Fut-
~ ~ "The Mirror" newspaper ,.,o.
~ ,retext Of the outbreak was my
-. ,ampaign methods OF Messrs. osooine anu
% .. w u,b,ch The Mirror represented ds an no
NO. ,,on Mr. Mckinley personally. Inc d, sun ~
sdu'' % he because Mr.. Chandler had nJud'ciousy
seemeu !" -. ohou, osborne and Hanna, thercfore
tou ,,,.hrs ~. ought to abandon Mr Heeo anu
Ne" xr, Mckinley An assumed v.rtuous indigha-
.s 70 change mems deliberately for'heu opn-
~. The movement did not see" 10 'i''"1 ~
w., serious Public opinion set1ied upon ee" ~
tn'ns a,,sgates known 10 be favorable 10 MI.
Reed. r. .. concord as tho
ie I'D NJ the Manchester delegates he
das,gnated by the State Committee with
,.hsr gentlemen an ADVISORY Coiiii'i''oe VII
nr.,orm He called on me- ana asMeu io '
.v. began by saying that assumed 'nal ~
,,u,on concerning Presidential caHoinae' 49,
s,sd as we had not done that even curing
De a"0p - ~ the blaine canvasses. he SAID
tae ..oso,,on'' instructions for Reed were pro-
u .ha Manchester delegates would oppose IT,
F,aa that no such resolution was ues"eu' 'u'
A.. the delegates ought TO be unlhsuuo.eu ""N
- uncontrolled by resolutions OF any Khu' do ny
,,s rad gone understood him 70 assent u '''''
plan. . s ~ the currency
'ho" horarnon asked me TO hear him read
p,u,,o,s p'"' which did, and gave them my
w . r,hev were literally those adopted to-u"s ~
~. convention without the last reso.uioh 'o 49,
"A Va went away. and / saw MN no nv 49,.
naok "a him until he appeared on INC ''"ee 0
convention. 49,. A.,o-. .,a ~
i"s 49, convention. which met at H. hearo
,...ou, 'e that the Committee on Resolutions 'he
r,sht before had decided TO add 10 the pDi'iOiN1
,h,ch had been shown 10 me resolution oos"4e
that Mr. Reed was noble and hustflous, anu '
Mr. Mckinley was pure and aole lha' NJ"
shire coun be happy with either ana preierfoo o''
or the other l also learned that IL hao peen A'
ranged to keep this decision secre' ''N'A, ''0
late a moment as possible
Ya,,atolv asked the committee to my room,
,s, such candidates for delegates as could be fouhd
and few other friends. and We consui'eo HAs'il'
The candidates said that they had all oeen KNOW"
for weeks as unreservedly for Reed that 'hey "ere
sure Of an election by acclamation' mat uis'ui
ance IN the convention was undesirable, and that II
was possibe although not probable: that OF the 'oo
6s,erates then pouring into town from the cars
majority might be found against us II we hed an
acrimonious debate attempt to defeat resoiu-
uon and that they thought We had better let the
wnoe piasnsm pass without a quarrel y" %
embarrassed by the fact that was 10 preside al 'he
convention and had no time to arrange the pro-
gramme Of fight / reluctantly yielded to their
opinion and We went to the hall ,
The convention met q little after IL we ncin-
mated the delegates by acclamaton and adopted the
platform as whole unanimously motion was
made by Boston broker to substitute for the cur
rency plank the single gold-standard resolution OK
b. Senator Galinger and others and only received
one vote, that Of the broker himself 1t was un-
suited to the opinion of New Hampshire and to the
convention ended before l o'clock. Joyous and en-
nnSssn yctorv ,n IN stSse and Nation This
PLANTATION may not be satisfactory. but 1t is al!
confess 1 unprepared at the moment OF
entering the convention for the device which was
movement mo in NeW-tiampshire our seif-restraint
cowardly. 1t was the opinion OF good judges,
assembled in the hall and cheered first the name Of
Reed and later the name Of Mckinley that the
convention for Reed two or three to one.
l have acquiesced in such ac; OF cowardice
once before when we allowed to pass the resolution
OF the New-Iiampshre Convention In 1871 that
Hayes's Administration good and pure. rather
than have a bitter controversy over the question
whether its conduct had been dshonorable In
rendering TO Democratic usurpers the lawful gov
ernments Of Louisiana and South Carolina. whose
title was as good ar that OF Mr.. Hayes.
] saw and denounced another such act OF
cowardice when. on foolish pretext that II was
necessary In order to count In Mr.. Hayes, IL
agreed by Ohio statesmen 10 make the aforesaid
surrender Of two lawful Southern governments
Hayes and Packard and Chamberlain and Re-
publican honor might all have been saved II the
Republicans had shown the courage Of their
victions So the mongrei resolution Of to-day might
have been easily defeated II men had not cried
peace when honest, manly warfare was required
6ut me delegates are al for Reed, and / do not
nlnx Hanna can capture any OF them at any
sage OF the contest.
WILLIAM z. CHANDLER