The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-14

Perhaps I can no better illustrate the
excitement created by stating that l
paid a nickel for a penny extra and
walked on without waiting for my
change This shows the abnormal ex-
citement a small matter can create at
a national convention. The extra was
based on the Texas contest before the
national committee, where colored
delegate called the celebrated What
are we here for Flanagan" liar and
dared him to fight. AS the darky was
the bigger man, Flanagan drew the
color line and declined to fight One
peculiar feature of to-day's contest is
the public card of chairman of the
Texas state committee. protesting that
it is not white Republican party In
that state but a colored party, which,
If true, is rather humll1atlng fact Tor
+ a white man to publish. But In poll
tics it is anything to get votes. Peo-
pie who have been bowling at Platt
and Quay because they are bosses are
beginning to discover that 1t is just
Rpossible Mark Hanna may be a boss,
and it is simply swapping boss ma
chimes. Hanna has, been busily deny
ing his autocratic powers to-day, put
there is no Mckinley henchman who
assumes to know or do anything until
he has consulted with Hanna. It has
to have the Hanna stamp to go. The
Mckinley programme is to have Fair
banks of Indiana temporary chairman
on the ground of his being the author
of the financial plank in that state, but
Hanna distinctly denies he is response
bic for the selection bVt goes so far as
ito concede it Is satisfactory to him. Ii
is more than ever noticeable that eX-
Gov. Merriam is close to the Hanna
throne and much of the time is in
charge of his headquarters which were
originally styled "Ohio headquarters"
but the word "Ohio" has been elimin-
mated and Mckinley substituted the
visitors have to run the gauntlet OF
Merriam and if Merriam thinks 1t suf-
fciently important for the visitor to
see the great II am" he is then ushered
into the presence of the Ohio boss. The
fact is, great dissatisfaction IS growing
I'D among those who are here over the
attempt to arbitrarily dictate every
thing by the McKinleyites and it is
probably due to this feeling that as
SOD to the Independent sentiment the
Delaware and Texas contests have been
referred to the convention. These con-
tests before the national convention are
not necessarily final but simply give
successful delegates seats In It's prellm-
mary organizations and the contest
ants will have opportunity to be heard
of the cases will be bitterly fought over
before that committee and in the cases
referred to the convention, no one from
the state or district will have vote be-
for the committee on credentials re-
ports. as the national committee has
already been four days hearing these,
cases and have fully days work still
on hand it will not be surprising to see
at least two days of convention taken
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credentials and the indications now are
for at least four or five days conven-
ton. There is more bitterness than |
have ever seen in all the Republican
conventions / have ever attended un-
less I except the one of 1880 when the
Blaine element controlled the machin-
cry and dethroned Conkling.
The talk among the silverites tonight
is decidedly hostile to harmony. They
declare that they will not support Nc
Kinley on an out and out gold plat
form While the tinaorous Republicans
are alarmed at this the more sagancious
politicians see that they cannot make
any platform which would save the sill
yer men to them and the plan suggest
ed is to make q sound money plank to-
gether with protection but make the
campaign on the tariff after all, max
ing SO much noise In that line as to
put finances in the background.
On the supposition that Gov. Mer-
RAM would be put on the platform
committee by the Minnesota delegation
it has been reported today that he will
be chairman Of the platform committee
but have excellent authority for stat
ing that the Mckinley programme is
to have Foraker chairman, notwith-
standing that he is to make the nomin-
alton speech for Mckinley. Merriam
however is in the swim and whether
some of the Minnesota Republicans like
that situation or not, it is nevertheless
true that If Mckinley should be elected
Merriam will have gained a prominent
position in national politics. This is
simply fact whinh It would be foolish
to deny