The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-18


 government. The government could not be starved no matter what party was in power. If there was any one principle that the republican party maintained must be held iuViolate it was the principle upon which @ pro- tective tariff was founded; and when republican senators refused to endorse that principle it mattered little whether the states were represented in the sen ate by republicans or democrats. At the same time Mir. Brewer expressed his sympathy with MT. Dubois, and his colleagues and regretted the line of ac- tion upon which they had agreed. MT, Brewer intended to have offered an amendment striking out the word gold" but in view of what the silver men had said it was useless to offer it,
 MT. Hartman of Montana boldly an- nounCed that he could not and would not support 8 candidate standing on this platform. The republican platform of 1892 had declared for gold and silver as the standard money.This platform contained declaration for gold only and the silver men demanded both. The silver men stood by the party prin- Nll'ItS dliNl lkLill SuOll lllllN0 tiS lllC BStl ty might return to the double standard
 they could not support it's candidate. Mckinley was an honest man and would honestly interpret the platform, The silver men were not antagonizing men, but principles, in this struggle, and in this campaign Mckinley would stand for gold.
 MT. Fessenden of Connecticut explain ed why it was necessary to adopt a gold plank and expressed his regret at this difference of opinion within the party.
 The vote was then taken on the Tel Ter substitute and it was defeated-aye5 10, noes A.
 Those voting aye were the delegates from Colorado, California, Utah, Mon | tana, Idaho. Wyoming, Arizona Ncva- da. North Carolina and New Mexico. Before the sense of the committee was taken on the gold plank MT Lafol-
 lette of Wisconsin arose to personal explanation. He directed attention to the statements by MT. Teller that him self and Mir Gear of Iowa had perform ed the principal work in the prepara- tion of the tariff of 1890, which had been popularly credited to Mir. Mckinley, and said that while the members of the committee discharged the duties entrusted to them faithfully it was not true that any one man on earth had prepared as much of the measure as Mckinley, but that his idea and spirit dominated in connection with the bill when the sub-committees were prepar- ing the schedules and before they were submitted to MT Mckinley, who led in all the discussion with the same rare ability which enabled him when it was taken into the house to pass it through that body without amendment. Such statements as Senator Teller made, MT. Lafollctte continued, were an injustice to MT. Mckinley
 MT Lafollette then moved to amend
 the last section of the financial plank by striking out the words now in cir culation," that it should read that all our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, etc. MT Lafollette argued that wrong con-
 struction might be placed upon the plank as it stood. He feared that it might be construed as a pledge to con- tract the circulating medium so that no more silver should be coined or paper currency be issued. It would hurt the republican party in the states where it would be hard pressed, although it would make no difference in his own state of Wisconsin.
 MT. Lodge of Massachusetts opposed these amendments. He did not wish to be placed in the position of encouraging any further coinage of silver by the government. Arguments in a similar strain were made by MT. Merriam of Minnesota and MT. Patterson of Illinois.
 MT. Gear of Iowa and MT Brewer of
 Michigan supported the amendment. The chairman, MT. Foraker of Ohio, agreed with MT Lafollette that the words should be stricken out, and this was accordingly done. The vote on the adoption of the gold plank as amended was then ordered, and it pass ed, yeas 40 nays Ii.
 The negative vote was cast by the foregoing silver men, who favored the Teller substitute, with the addition of the member from Oklahoma. The dis cussion on the remainder of the plat form was general, but of no special in terest, and it was adopted, a number of the silver men having already absent ed themselves from the meeting.
 The chairman of the committee on resolutions was recognized and report ed that the platform would be ready at 8 ?. m.
 Discussion was then commenced un- der the previous question on the ma jority and minority reports of the ere dentials committee, each side being al- lowed twenty minutes.
 MT. Fort opened the discussion. He said that the minority made their prep arations, first to open all the contested cases; second to seat the Addicks dele gates and, third, to seat the Cuney dele gates from Texas. He opposed all the propositions. The committee on ere dentiaIs had, by a vote of 3l to fl, deter mined to accept the roll as made up by the national committee with the excep- tion of Delaware and Texas Con which the committee had taken no action). One hundred and sixty men, he said, had appeared before the national com mittee by counsel or otherwise and had asked to be heard a longer time than the committee on credentials could give them, unless it stayed in session for a full week. If they got all the time they wanted, the committee would be in ses- on credentials had a right to say the temporary roll should stand. The com mittee had not Tailroaded any of the