San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
ALL FOR M'KINLEY.
EVERY CONTEST SETTLES HIS I'M
PREGNABLE POSITION.
ThurstOn, of Nebraska, if Chosen Chair
man Will Second McKinley's
Nomination Just the Same.
Hanna on Platt.


seems to be q determination to
make Senator Thurston, of Ne
braska, chairman of the conven-
ton. Thurston is expected to
make the first speech seconding the
nomination OF Mckinley. 1t Is
possible that even should he be
permanent chairman, he will also
make the seconding speech for
Mckinley.
There is general concensus of
opinion that the financial plank Of
the platform will be very nearly
identical with the plank Of the
Indiana convention, although
there is q demand for some modi.
flcations, from some sections that
the platform should declare for
an international agreement and
pledge.
The Lily White delegation from
Texas met at the Southern hotel
shortly after II o'clock yesterday,
to take action in the triple contest
In that state. The object was to
formulate q plan OF action in pre-
senting the case of the Lily Whites
before the national committee. H.
F. McGregor, Of Houston, Texas, is
chairman of the delegation.
The Kentucky Mckinley dele
gates, Geo. d. Todd and Charles E,
Sapp, contested by the Bradleyites,
E. j. Knoebel and j. w. Reeder,
were seated by the committee.
Today there was in circulation
reports that Thomas B. Platt had
declared his intention Of boiling or
walking out of the convention il
the six contestants from New
York should be seated. 1t
was learned from members
of the national committee that,
in all probability, the six
Platt men will be thrown out and
9th Or men placed on the tempo
rary roll. The report of what Plat
had said was reported to Hanna to.
day and he declined to discuss the
matter in any way.
~ shall not get excited over this,
even II Plat said it," Hanna re.
marked, and when assured that
Platt had made the remark, he
was not disturbed. Other friends
OF Mckinley who heard the talk,
said Platt was putting up grand
bluff, and that no one need to be
alarmed at what he might say.
One of Platt's friends stated en-
phatically that the position of Mr..
Platt was, that in case the six
regularly elected delegates in New
York should be unseated, there
would be sixty more delegates who
would walk out Of the convention.
This view is controverted by some
OF the delegates from New York
on the ground, who say there are
from twenty-five to thirty dele
gates from New York who are
ardent Mckinley men, and cannot
be expected to follow Platt in any
such move.
Members of the national COM
mittee think the talk OF a New
York bolt is wholly for the pur-
pose of the influence it may have
on the decision Of the contests yet
to be heard.
National committee was rather
slow in getting together. Its ses-
sion was not opened until 1880
and 1t was quarter hour later
that they got together. The first
thing of interest that occurred was
the motion of Powell Clayton to ex-
clude any stenographer other than
the official stenographer Of the
committee, when it developed
that Switzerland, member OF the
from New York, had
his private secretary present dur
ing the entire hearings to take
notes OF the proceedings. The mat.
ter of Southerlsnd's stenographer
was finally settled by allowing
him to remain during the morning
and be excluded during the execu-
tive sessions of the committee.
On motion of Scott, of West
the time for presentation
of the cases of claimants to seats
in contest was reduced from fifteen
to ten minutes by a vote Of % to
10. Scott said, in making this
that 1t was clear that at
the present rate of progress the
would be engaged en-
tirely too long III the time is not
reduced. In support Of this state
ment he said that only sixty of