Evening journal., 1896-06-12

III JOSEPH IT, MANLEY.
" nearly like the diplomatic utterance
& the platform first adopted in Tennessee,
81 popularity known as the Indiana plank.
3 rther than this they have made up
ir minds that New York under no cir
u instances shall have the vice presidency,
& that it shall be given to- some man
4 10 fought Mckinley early and got on
handwagon, like Hobart of New
'sey, who is now the favorite.
Mr.. Manley who, as stated in these dis
iches conceded the nomination of Gov
or Ackipley, has now given out the
lowing statement:
The action OF the national committee,
1wing clearly their intention Of placing
the temporary roll delegates favorable
Governor Mckinley, which in the end
Riuld mean 100 additional votes, caused
to make the statement that / did. /
: as earnestly for Mr.. Reed as ever and
a. with his friends, doing everything
ssible to bring about his nomination,
d urge upon his supporters through
{ the cdhntry to make still greater
orts in his behalf.
Of -. II. 1iANLEY. F."
Mr.. Mapley said that it appeared in
ne quarters that his previous statement
IS misunderstood. and he made today's
.ltement in order that there might be no
stake as to what was his position.
The SuffraGists In Evidence.
Mrs Whitney. chairman of the Equal
ffrage club of St. Louis, Mrs. Clara G.
lltz and delegation of woman suffrag-
called on 4. Il. Byrnes sergeant-at-
ms r.f hn
ur's time in the convention to make an
gument before the delegates in behalf
a woman suffrage plank in the plat
en-
They also asked for 90 seats in the hall.
lie Devereux Blake will present the
Sc OF the Equal suffragists to the COM
ittee on resolutions.
The convention hall has been formally
speoted by DankGman Adler of Chicago
cbitect, for the national committee.
iter thoroughly looking over the big
he said that all the requirements
ID been fulfilled The acoustic proper
IS, the platform and seating arrange
ents were all first class and he so in
rmed the national committee. Colonel
aao Taylor of this city, the architect of
Q building, and several members of the
ltional committee accompanied Mr.. Ad-
! on his tour of inspection.
General Henderson and General Dodge
Iowa, managers for Senator Allison,
We arrived and expressed surprise that
r. Manley had given up the fight There
IS a rumor that Mr.. Platts arrival had
fIened up the opposition to further ef-
IT'S against Mckinley, but those who |
We been on the efound for the last two |
three days said they could not see it in |
at light
AZ TO the Platform.
There are hundreds Of forms OF finan- |
Il planks for the Republican national |
ltform at the Mckinley headquarters in |
Louis and in the hands Of McKinley's |
ends, VITO will largely determine what |
Q platform shnll be. More than a week |
0 there were sent out TO the papers vari. |
S forms of a financial plank and intima- |
ms made that 1t was a form of deolara- |
N which was wanted. This was done
the purpose OF securing views and /
anclal planks from all sections and /
IN people interested in the character Of /
financial resolution. The result has
sn as anticipated, and platforms have
On coming IN by letter and by telegraph
IN eNeIy parJ OF the country. The Nc i
nley managers havo not only been able
obtain forms for financial planks, but
" have' also been able to secure the
ws of men all over the country whose
MONS are worth having.
The moro the matter is considered the
re probable il appears that tie national
tiorm Will conform very closely TO that
the Indiana convention, with ali refer
% to a ratio stricken out. The Indiana
tform declares against the free and un-
lited coinage of silver at ratio Of is
/. 1t is proposed to cut Off the sentence
1ted and end with straight declara-
n against free coinage
Position of Gold Men.
L is asserted by the gold men that II
declaration is against free coinage Eat
alto of IS 20 1pit.will give opportunity
say that there Is 20 declaration against
3 to or 1612 to 1, or to any other
20 than that Designated IN the platform.
Q insistencs Is sstrong that there shall
no chance to declare the platform Is a
ch, or that it means anything more