Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-11
LASTED ONE HOUR.
First Session Of Republican
National Committee.
Mr.. Manley Of Maine Says Co|ored
Delegates to Convention
Will Be Used Well at Southern Hotel-Com-
mitteeman Clarkson III.

of the Republican national committee
lasted an hour. Chairman Carter
called the members to order at 12,15
in the club room of the South
ern. Secretary Marley called the roll.
Indian Territory alone failed to re-
spond.
Senator Gear IA proxy for James S.
Clarkson of Iowa, from whom a tele-
gram was received saying he had beer
taken i'll at Philadelphia, while en- route,
and might not be able TO get here at
any stage of the proceedings.
The list Of contests was read. Al
this stage r. c.. Kerens of this city,
submitted a resolution providing fol
the presence at secret meetings OF
committees OF representatives of each
Of the VI press associations. This
was an infringement of established
precedent of the body. Delegate Isaac
Trumbo of Salt Lake supported it in a
few vigorous remarks and it went
through unanimously.
The motion to TAX up the question
of territorial representation was ruled
out by the hair on the ground that
territories must be reached in proper
order and it was then decided to take
up the contest. beginning with Ala
bama. This afternoon. a recess was
taken until 2 P. NJ.
AS the committeeman were dispers-
ing. Mr.. Manley announced that he
had received a large number OF dis
patches from different parts of the
country urging on account of the lack
of courtesy accorded colored delegates.
the convention be held elsewhere. He
added hat while he could not speak
for the other hotels, he WAS authori-
zed by the manager of the Southern,
to say he would carry u his contract
by receiving and entertaining every
delegate who mad reserved accommo-
dations in h house; no matter what
his color. This was received with APP
plause. No other reference to the
trouble was made.
Each member of the national com
mittee and leading delegate on the
ground was furnished. this afternoon,
with a suggested monetary plank for
the platform drawn up by r. c. Kerens.
1t reads: We believe our money
most enlightened nations of the earth,
we 0it uiidltti dhiS OpIoStu 20 EVERY
scheme hat threatens to debase or
depreciate u present monetary stand
ard. We favor the reasonable use OF
silver as currency and that such use
should be to extent only and under
such ~well-defined regulations that its
parity with gold as currency can be
easily and efficiently maintained.
A consistent bi-metallists. we are
opposed to the free coinage of silver at
a ratio of is to /. as a measure fraught
with certain disaster to all commercial
interests, destructive to the interest Of
the wage Garner and in the absence Of
international agreement is sure to
lead to silver mono-metallism."
BY a vote of 3S to 6 the national COM
mittee seated the Buckley or "Mckin-
ley delegation at large from Alabama
as against the delegation headed by
delegation were: Connecticut. Louis
lana. Iowa, Massachusetts, New York
and District of Columbia.
Secretly Manley afterwards said he
should be recorded as voting with the
minority. which would make the re-
suit 3S to Z. Powell Clayton made a
motion seating Buckley delegates and
the result was a victory for the Me
kinley element. The contesting dele
CATION of the sixth Alabama district
announced that they withdrew their
protest. This allows the Mckinley
delegates, Daniel Cooper and Isaac
Dawson. seats without a protest.
Mark Hanna is already takinga hand
in the financial fight and has set on
foot a strong movement for a COM
promise. This afternoon, he sem for
a number of the Southern delegates
known to be friendly to Mckinley and
urged them not to push their demands
a gold plank. He fears a big de-
lection in the West and the whole
power of h Ohio organization will be
used from this time on to prevent an
absolute overriding of free coinage
Westerners.
In calling for the vote on the con
tested delegation from Alabama. BY
some oversight the secretary failed to
call the state of Maine, the majority
was so overwhelmingly. Mr.. Marley
did not call attention to the omission,
although he said afterwards he would
have voted for the contestants.
Many prominent politicians who form
the advance guard of the convention
We're present at the ceremonies. to-
night.
w. r. Allen, president of the South
ern hotel Co. states he is authorized
to say the Southern hotel. st. Nicholas
hotel, Lindell hotel. Laclede hotel. will
live up to the promise made by the
Business Mems League regarding the
accommodations for colored delegates
and will grant all delegates to the Re-
publican convention equal rights and
The magnificent auditorium in which
the convention will be held was formally
with enthusiastic ceremonies.
The interior of the building was
brilliantly Illuminated and over 1000 per-
sons were in attendance. Speeches were
made by Mayor Walbridge on behalf of
the city. President Samuel Kennard of
the Business Mems League. and ex-Gov.
/. Stanard. An elaborate programme
of instrumental music was carried out.
at the conclusion of which the entire
audience joined in singing the Red.
and Blue
The occasion Thoroughly tested the
properties of the Auditorium and
were pronounced perfect. The hall
seats "a. 125 persons and chairs are so ar
ranged as to give every occupant an UNI