The Portland daily press., 1896-06-16

place of delegate-at-large to oppose Gov.
Morton. He din not approve of Mr..
Miller's course. Mr.. Miller might regard
it as an exhibition of courage. In his
( Raynses') opinion it was an exhibition
of down right foolhardiness. Advancing
a step towards Miller and addressing his
remarks to that gentleman, he inquired
when 1t was that Mr.. Platt bad said Nc
Kinley WAS unfit and incompetent for the
Office of President He challenged the
correctness of the statement and asserted,
while the Platt men cheered him to the
echo, that Mr.. Miller had misrepreseLted
their leader. What the gentleman did
say was that the gentleman who Espired
to the presidency should announce his
position on the money question.
In one part of the country he was
quoted as holding certain views, in an
other part of the country he was quoted
as holding opposite views. What Nj.
Platt wanted was d definition of McKin-
ley's financial principles. He charged
Miller with being faithless in everything
and faithful in nothing. He was again
loudly eheered when he declared in con-
clusion that whoever might be nomi-
mated, whether is was Mckinley or any
other gentleman he would have the
united support of all the loyal Repu bill
cans of New York including, he hoped,
even Warner Miller.
Mr.. Reynes' remarks so cleared the at
mosphere and SO satisfied Mr.. Platt's
friends that they were willing at this
point to vote on the question of the
chairmanship.
Mr.. Miller apparently had nothing
further to say and the clerk began to call
the roll. MI. Depew was loudly oheered
when he announced his choice of Mr.
Platt. The latter's friends expressed
further manifestations of approval when
similar vote was cast by Thomas j.
Bradley, who some weeks ago announced
he would support Mckinley for Presi-
ent, and by Dewitt G. Middleton.
OF ffe 70 votes cast Mr.. Platt received
63 and Miller, II. The Platt men heartily
cheered the announcement.
A motion to make Mr.. Platt's election
unanimous was opposed by Mr..
Matthews. Mr.. Bliss offered the follow
ing resolution: Resolved that the New
York delegation favor and heartily sup
port the strongest statement that can be
devised recognizing the present gold
standard Of value and condemning the
free coinage of silver. After some dis
cussion the following substitute was
offred by Mr.. Quigg and was adopted
withonE division: Whereas the New
York delegation favors and heartily
supports the strongest statement that can
be devised recognizing the imperative
necessity Of maintaining the present gold
standard Of value, and condemns the free
coinage of silver,
Resolved that the representatives Of
this delegation upon the committee on
resolutions be instructed to present that
committee the following rs the sense Of
the delegation and urge it's adoption:
Resolved that Eve favor the mainte-
nance of the present gold standard and
are opposed to the free coinage Of silver
except by International agreement for
bimetalism, with the leading commercial
nations of the world.
The delegates next considered the reso-
luton offered by Abraham Gruber de-
claring that the New Workers reaffirm
their allegiance to Gov. Morton and on
this proposition the roll was again called
resulting i'll 56 ayes, 13 nays, three men,
bers not voting. On motion of Mr..
Quigg, Frederick Gibbs was elected the
New York member of the national COM
mittee; Edward Lauterbaoh, member
of the committee on resolutions: William
A. Sutherland, as member on creden-
tials committees: John T. Mott, as New
Yof ks vice president in the convention;
W illiam L. Proctor, as member of the
committee on rules.
Mr.. Quigg urged that the delegation
use it's influence in insu-ing the inser-
tion of plank in the platform calling
for good roads. Then the meeting ad-
journed sine die.