The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-18

St Louis, June 1.-THE Cosorado 1ale-
CATION lad . nesting tonight and decided
Ia positive terms 20 leave the convention
az = body upon the saopit01 81 tas paa1-
form containing a declaration for a gos1
Standard IL has been frequently an
Eoancezi that they would pcrs2e this
course, but there has really been more
o. less doubt up TO tou3gas that thsy
UoAi3. enc or tEo n@Gn@rs % the dele
gzllCu being IL doubt as 70 the wisdom
o. 1Es course Senator Teller Eas pres
eaG and told the other Members ef the
Delegation that be appreciated - the ~
zsssx ths gravity Of TIRE step. ard tnsAt.
notwithstanding their Instructions 70 DC
governed oy nIs opinion. as fest that ina
occasion was DEe n which every nan
should be guided lAxgsly ~ his ozn 0pan-
aon- The decision 70 60 out ot the con
vsntsoa WRs UNANIMOUS
Tns Idaho delegation IS a body, the ma
3orfty Of the Utah ard %exada aelega-
,sons. and part ef the Montana and
North Carolina dszegaGioEs vii 90 cut
with the Colorado men
When the silver delegates waIk ost ot
the convention tomorrow. & Is thsEr pur-
pose 70 hold meeting OF thsIr oEn. AZ
watch they viii probably place senator
Teller IN the field as 8 Candidate for the
presidency on free silver platform A
number o. PoPulist leaders. including
Chairman T6ubeneck and Tom Patterson
q DeayeT, are In ihe city, and II l. IN
derstoo1 they VIII tniorse the selection
or oshaI oE that party. IN = pubic ad
dress The only obstacle standing n the
Nay CT this course Is The fact that Mr..
Teller has not set given his assent.
II was thought there would De violent
recraHszna lions and Wild words q denGn-
eiztloa when the final announcement q
the break came in the committee. bat IN
stead II was the parting OF old friends in
sorTox. not IN anger TIE silver men felt
themselves swept On by an irresistible
fate. and with protestatIons CT regret they
cast the die Speeches were made by SEN
atnr T.lIer. who joined the Republican
party AZ its conception. who was an az
dent supporter OF lincoln and zho for
twenty years has repreSe atsd his state III
The senate af the United States as 4 Re-
publican. save for Two years 81 IRE c&bs-
ret OF President Arthur: hy Sen&tor UF1-
boss. the handsome. staiwzrt. young seus-
tor from Idaho. whose father WIS n0r1i-
nated for secretary % stzte of Illinois by
Abraham Lincoln. b Young Senator Can
non. OF Utah. whose father was president
c< the Mormon church ard BY Eepresen-
tative Hartman the young and vigorous
congressman from Montana. Lennon, Of
California: Mott. OF North Carolina. ths
son cg Or. Mott the secretary q the sii-
yer party. and the delegates from New
Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma asd voted
with them tn the committee. ard they. too.
made speeches. but did not announce their
purpose 10 Nithorax.
The scene was = most affecting one The
gold nsen on the committee were filed
N1th comps ssioE. and there wa& not 3 dry
ere n the room whils Senator Teller spoke.
Senator Dubois, Senator Cannon ard Del
egsts Mott broke down completely and
wept like children.
Senator Lodge. who replied. spoke words
C tender sympathy. as & re occssson
were some great personal Bereavement
He sulogized Senator Teler and MS col-
le2gneS. bat declared that the representa-
tlves % his party could Goi falssr on th2t
sccogn; O. the money GaestSoz-
When The platform whiea Is - he pre-
s@nte3 ton0rrow ant wacA wzs sens out
IL al IS essential 5stziis by The AsSocia tel
Press lzSt n-ghf. s pTessnsss 10 The eoss-
vent8on thers xii - 20 disposition 20 cut
CT re boaters. They are hc1oTess an1 re-
speete1 n1eu- whose service g the eauss
of Eha party has been iozg an1 faltAful.
an1 th@v wsn BE given araple ttHae 70 make
their signal protest. h@fore theY s1xs rher
departure from rHe party w.sa af5ea thsy
have 50 long been allied j. Is not probs-
hIe that there wGI ee Shy reply % ths
sllver men. a. ls2sI not al extsu3e4 ore
y Senator Lodge can have rs Say. 70
bitterness wiA Se sngsn3ere1