San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-15
PLATFORM AGITATION.
DEPEW OFFERED FOR NATIONAL
CHAIRMAN, VICE PLATT.
Quincy. Feeling Whipped. Makes Dia-
bolical Bluff : Pressure On Morton
For Second Place Increasing.

lse5 10 Do one Oh pldUlOrm dglVd-
ton. The three-cornered fight has
drawn lines very sharply. The
men from the east who are de-
handing gold in the platform, are
very determined, and such men as
Lodge, Plat and other opponents
of Mckinley seem to feel that they
are placing Mckinley in hole by
insisting that an emphatic gold
declaration shall be made. Their
program Is to force the fight in
the committee on resolutions, aud
IL they cannot win in the commit
tee, to carry it to the floor of the
convention.
FREE COINAGE.
1t has been the effort Of the
friends of Mckinley to avoid a
fight on the floor of the conven.
ton between the two factions
favoring a single standard and
against free coinage. There has
been q drift toward more expires.
sion in favor Of gold and there is
quite a pressure from several
states for a declaration against
free coinage and not to have the
word gold used In the platform at
all.
In the headquarters OF all candi-
dates for the presidency who are
opposed to Mckinley there was
this morning general air of lassi-
tude that demonstrates the reali-
zation that any attempt to stem the
tide toward his nomination will be
unsuccessful. The names of Nor
ton, Allison, Quay and Reed will
be presented to the convention for
a vote, with no other reason than
to prove the delegates and the
state delegations loyalty.
The battle this morning Is pure
ly upon financial grounds. The
Maryland delegation came to
Platt's room early and declared
for a gold standard with the word
"gold" in the plank. This makes
thirteen states that promised to
stand by Plat, New York in.
Guided.
As yet Ohio has not signi-
fed its willingness, through Han
ma, to accept this, and so sure is
the latter OF the control of the con-
vention that he believes he can
either allow the fasteners to fix
the plank or else use his own judg-
ment and strike 1t out.
The plan at present is to have
an adjournment of the convention
after the nomination of president
is accomplished, to allow a concen-
tration of votes upon some of the
many candidates for vice.presi-
dent.
Hanna, Plat and Manley this
morning all denied that they had
any conference with each other
looking toward the withdrawal OF
the minor candidates.
The Arkansas delegation will
hold its meeting late today. 1t is
practically decided that Powell
Clayton will be continued as
member of the National commit
tee and that Judge Mcclure will
represent the delegation on the
committee on resolutions. Mcclure
Is a gold standard man.
CUNEY's BLUFF.
National Committeeman n. w.
Quincy, of Texas, says that IL the
national convention does not seat
his friends who are prosecuting
their contests this morning, he
will carry the fight on to the Gre
dentials committee and the con-
vention. II the result at the meet.
ing OF the state delegation today is
against him, Quincy says he will
make a statement which, he in
Inmates, will be sensational as to
the partizanship of the national
committee.
M'KINLEY's MAJORITY ADMITTED.
AT McKinley's headquarters to-
day there was more of a jam than
heretofore, but there was no change
in the claims of Grosvenor, Hahn
and Thompson, who do the tabu-
latiug. Unless there is some break
from the opposition, the Mckinley
vote will NOT exceed $40, out Of 9lS
on the estimate OF his managers.
The withdrawal OF Governor
Bradley, of Kentucky, had been
anticipated. Governor Bradley
and the Kentucky delegates ar
rived today. There have been re-
norris ahout strained relations be-
tween Governor Bradley and
Hanna, but they are reported to
have had a friendly but informal