The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-11
GIVES UP Thu FIGHT.
hanley Says Reed Is Out Of the
Race.
STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT
GIVEN OUT LAST NIGHT.

Action of National Committee in Deciding
Crisis-First Meeting of that Organiza-
tion-Colored Delegate Question Still
Troublesome One-Hanna Wants Com
promise Resolution.
st. Louis, June 10-Ihe friends Of
Speaker Reed have given up the fight.
When the National committee took q
recess at six this evening, Hon. Joseph
Manley of Maine, dictated to the repre-
sentative of the United Press and revised
before transmission, the following:
In my Judgment the convention will
nominate Gov. Mckinley on the first
ballot for the Presidency. 1t is useless to
attempt to deny that this will be the re-
snlt. The action of the National COM
mittee in it's overwhelming vote on the
Alaba case settled conclusively how
the respective states which the members
of the committee represent will vote in
the convention. Mr.. Reeds name will
will be voted for, but am authorized to
say that under no conditions or oircum-
stances can he, or will he, accept the
nomination for Vice President, if it
should be rendered him. The great
majority Of the New England delegates
will be loyal to Mr. Reed, but it is
evident that the convention is for Gov.
Mckinley and will nominate him.
And Proceeds. Immediately to Settling
Contested Cases.
st. Louis, June 1O.-The first session
Of the Republican national committee
lasted less than an hour. Chairman
Carter called the members to order at
IL. 10 in the club room of the Southern.
Secretary Manley called the roll; Indian
territory alone failed to respond. Sena-
tor Gear was proxy for James S. Clark
son of Iowa, from whom telegram was
received, saying that he had been i'll at
Philadelphia while en- route and might
not be able to get here at any stage of
the proceedings.
The list of contests was read. At this
point r. @. KeIens of this city submitted
d resolution providing for the presence
at the secret meetings of the committee
of representatives of each of the two press
associations. This was an infringement
of the established precedent of the
body. Delegate Isaac Trumbo of Salt
Lake supported it in a few remarks and
1t went through unanimously.
in7t f. frl %
the territorial representation, was ruled
out by the chair on the ground that the
territories must be reached in proper
order. and it was decided to take up the
contest. beginning with Alabama, this
afternoon. A recess was taken until
D. m.
AS the committee were dispensing. Mr..
Manley announced that he had received
large number OF dispatches from diff
ferent parts of the country urging that
on account of the lack of courtesy accord
ed the colored delegates, the convention
be held elsewhere. He added that while
he could not speak for other hotels, he
was authorized by the manager of the
Southern to say that he would carry out
his contract by receiving and enter
taining every delegate who had reserved
accommodations in the house, no matter
what his color This was recei we'd with
applause No reference to the trouble
was made.
Each member of the national com nit
tee and leading delegates 7on the ground
We're furnished this afternoon with a
suggested monetary plank for the plat
form, drawn by R. G. Kerens. 1t reads:
"We believe our money should not be
inferior to the money of the most enlight-
ensd nations OF earth. We are unaltera-
BILE opposed to every scheme that threat
aTlo 10 go
monetary standard. We favor the reason
able use Of silver as currency, such use
should be to the extent only, and
under such well-defned regulations that
its parity with gold as currency can be
easily and efficiently maintained.
AS consistent bl-m etallists, we are op-
posed to the free coinage OF silver at
ratio OF 10 to !, as measure fraught
with certain disaster to all commercial
interests, destructive to the interest of
the wage Garner. and in the absence of in
IernatlOnal agreement sure to lead to sill
yer no-metallism.'
The decision of the Republican ma
tlonal committee to hear statements of
the contestees in full meeting, instead
OF referring to the subcommittee, the
contests from the respective states con-
cerned. is regarded distinct victory
for Powell Clayton, representing the
mckinley interests on the committee,
who advocated this method of procedure.
When the committees reassembled at 2,
the Alabama contests were taken up
without delay. David D. Shelby present.
ed the case Of the regular delegate at
large. David d. Shelby, G. W. Buckley,
John W. Jones and W. r. Pettiford. re-
presenting the Vaughan wing of the par
~, while the interests of the, ex-Gov.
VIM. A. Smith, j. b. McDuffee, A. War
ner, (colored), and W. NJ. Nixon, were
looked after by exChairman Moseley
and the venerable ex-governor himself.
Ihe entire issue turned on the right Of
the executive committee to make up the
temporary roll for the state convention,
and the regular delegates scored q point
by producing telegram sent by Nation
81 Chairman Garter on the night before
the convention in response to an enquiry
ID which he said it WAS the custom of
Une national committee to make up the
roll and the chairman and secretaries
OF the state or national committees were
only the servants Of those eleoting or
appointing them.
Heated speeches were made on both