The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-16
Bradley of Kentucky, who dropped out
lost night. The names OF
THE OTHER CANDIDATES

Indeed, the Reed men today nave "a
bored aSsiduously to rally the follow
ers of the Maine man. They have aT1-
pealed to his friends to go down with
colors flying. So, too, with the follow
eTs of Norton Allison and Quay Bun
no one ventures to suggest the possa-
bility of McKinley's defeat. The real
struggle that is going on is over the
financial plank in the platform Be-
yond the disputes in the various dele
cations over the supremacy OF men
and factions, it is almost the sole OBJ
ject of plot and counter plots. 1t Is
the real battle ground. Upon the tar
iff, upon all other questions there is
substantial unity, but the differences
upon it are as wide as the continent
Free silver and gold are as
IRRCONCILABLE AS THE POLES,
and the radical silver men are pre-
pared to stake their all upon the is
sue. Knowing they cannot succeed,
tR1Sy are even now formulating the
manifesto that will sever their alleg1-
ance to the Republican party. But
these radical silver men are largely
outnumbered. Headed by Senator Tel
Ter of Colorado, they have only muster
ed five states and perhaps one terri
tory-less than fifty delegates in all,
out of total Of over 900
The real struggle is between those
who favor a bold declaration for the
maintenance of a gold standard ex-
cept through an international agree
ment, and those whose fTlendlineSS to
silver, although opposed to free coin
age, makes them seek to avoid a
specific declaration for the gold stand
| ard. The meetings of the state dele
I cations today demonstrated emphati-
n
dodge the issue or equivocate in Ian
guage. Twenty-eight states, COM
prising the territory east of the Mis-
SiSSippi and almost the entire south
elected members of the resolutions
committee and instructed them to vote
for
A GOLD DECLARATION.
Wisconsin. Minnesota. Nebraska.
Oregon and Washington also took
strong grounds for gold. In Indiana
General Lew Wallace was chosen a
member Of the resolutions committee
| after he had declared he would not
stand on the Indiana plank and the
utterance in favor of the gold stand
ard could not be made too strong for
him. Minnesota, with her eighteen
votes, instructed Ex-Governor Merriam
to insist upon a declaration for the
gold standard. Michigan and several
!
siSSippi and Louisiana, announced
their opposition to free coinage, but
did not favor a too radical declare
! ton in favor of the gold standard.
Iowa was
PARTICULARLY SOLICITOUS
and feared it might carry the north
west into the Democratic camp in case
the Chicago convention pronounced
later for silver The eastern delegates
are overjoyed at the outcome and be-
lieve the result of today's action re-
moved the last uncertainty as to the
character of the financial plank. The
exact language of the plank has not
yet been drawn.
Mark Hanna, to whom all eyes are
turned and to whom all are agread
belongs the distinction of being the
i dominating power in the convention
has had many planks presented to
him but all mean practically the
same thing, the maintenance. of the
gold standard until an international
agreement can be reached and un
alterable opposition TO free coinage.
Coupled with these declarations viii
be undoubtedly declaration in favor
of such use of silver as the needs Of
commerce demands, but not beyond
the point where the
! j
would be endangered. Senator-elec
Foraker of Ohio, who is to be chair
man u the committee on resolutions
has prepared a rough draft of a plat
form covering most of the subjects t
be presented and this will furnish tn,
basis for the work of constructing tn.
platform. The selection by the vari
Gus state delegations today Of thei
membership on the committees wa
J not marked by sensational incident
save in New York and Missouri. II
New York all the smouldering bitter
ness between the Platt and anti-Plat
factions broke forth and eX-Senato
Warner Miller the head of the anti
Plat faction, threw down the gage o
defiance to the New York leader. H
made a ringing speech in which h
spurned the leadership of a man VIII
had declared that Mckinley was un
fit for the presidency and moved t
5 depose him by making Chauncey NJ
Depew chairman of the delegation
? There were hot words on both sides
Thurlow Weed Barnes denounced tn
Rerkimer statesman. who had bee
D instructed for Morton, as a traitor
The anti-Platt faction polled seventee
1 out of the seventy votes in the delega
ton voting and Mr.. Plat was re
1 elected chairman.
In the Missouri delegation, Chaunce
l. Filley, who for many years had bee
the Missouri representative on the na
ticnal committee was defeated in hi
ambition TO again be a national CON
m3tteeman and Richard Kerens wa
= elected This is the outcome of a Ion
struggle for supremacy The situatio
f AS TO THE vICE-PRESIDENCY
e continues indefinite. Opinion does nc
s seem 10 crystalize. The talk of HI
;. bart of New Jersey, Lippett of Rhod
Island, and Evans of Tennessee goe
on, but does not seem TO be regarde
:; seriously. There was a strong belle
: early in the day that perhaps the Ne
g York delegation could agree on SON
one who would be satisfactory to bot
factions, and there was a renewed di
) cussion of Governor Morton and e,
q Secretary Of the Navy Tracey, bl
: when the factions declared war to II
hilt all idea of New York furnishin
the tail of the ticket was abandone
Although the Maine delegation is NJ
r, advertising the fact. ii is almost &c
tain they Will present the name of e.
: Governor Cleaves. RepresantatiN
Dingley of Maine, who was spoken c
5, does not covet the honor. There
! still a lingering hope among a va
number of the delegates that Speak
Gus outburst in the convention. If
d is, it is not believed he could declil
:, any more than Logan could in 1884.
:. Hendricks and Thurman could wht
they were placed on the Democrat
!. ticket in 1884 and 1888 respectively.
:, Tonight the streets were brilliant
illuminated and a monster McKink
demonstration was made.
= FIR ST RIPPLE.