The Portland daily press., 1896-06-17
GOLD suREyENouaH.

Sub Committee Appointed to Draft Plat
form Contains Only One Free Silver Man.
q st. Louis, June 16.-The committee on
resolutions, when the convention ad-
journed, proceeded at once to the Lindell
hotel, and organized. Senator Lodge Of
Massachus etts called the committee to Or
der and nominated Mr.. Foraker of Ohio
as chairman. Mr.. Teller of Colorado
placed Mr.. Dubois in nom nation. Forty
one persons answered to their names.
Gov. Foraker was elected, So votes being
cast for him to four for Dubois. Those
who voted for Dubois were the members
from Colorado, Montana, North Carolina
and Utah. Neither Foraker nor Dubois
voted.
Mr.. Merriam of Minnesota moved that
| suD-comm ittee be appointed TO draft
platform and present it tonight to the
full committee This suggestion was op-
posed by Messrs. Teller and Dubois, the
leaders of the silver movement on the
ground that it was better to discuss the
| financial plank in full committee. II
| its consideration were left first to sub
committee, they oontended, The argu-
ments against the gold standard plank,
which they understood was to be adopted
| wonld have to be made twice. Mr.. Mer-
| riam's motion WAS carried and the cnalr
appointed a subcommittee consisting OF
| Messrs. Foraker of Ohio, chairman ex'
off1cio. Lodge of Massachusetts,. Fessen-
den of Connecticut, Teller of Colorado,
| Warmoth OF Louisiana and Patterson OF
| Illinois.
| Mr.. Burleigh of Washington, entered "a
strong plea in favor of giving the Pacl-
| fic slope representation in the sub-com-
mittee. Mr.. Darlington of Pennsylvania.
declared that the two great eastern states,
| New York and Pennsylvania, which rep
| resented in the aggregate one-fourth OF
| the population of the country, were not
| represented on the subcommittee. He
thought, for that reason, the Pacific slope
could also remain unrepresented. After
some discussion, the committee was in
creased By the addition of Mr.. Burleigh
of Washington and Mr.. Lauterbach of
New York.
| A motion to adjourn until s this even
| ing. was carried, the understanding be-
| ing that the subcommittee would meet
at and begin at that time the formula
tion of platform. II they should not
conclude at 8, then they could at least
report progress.
The silevr members of tho committee
were displeased at the meagre represent
alton given them. They complained also
that several members Of the committee,
whom they regarded at bi-metallists,
had "fallen down" and joined the ranks
of the gold men. The subcommittee
was appointed by the chairman after a
conference with Senator Lodge. 1t con-
/ nists OF seven gold men, one sound money
man and one silver man. An analysis
of the personnel Of this subcommittee
shows it was carefully-seleoted and for
| a specific purpose. Gov. Merriam of Min
nesota Is the author of one Of the
staunohes gold planks offered for the con-
| sideration of the committee.
The standing of Senator Lodge, Mr..
Fessenden, Mr.. Lauterbach and Mr.. Pat
| terson is II nequivocal. Mr.. Burleigh of
| among the last to pass the gold resolu-
| tiOns. Mr.. Foraker, although preferring
the omission of the word "Gold," ao-
cepts the situation and will vote for that
standard. Ex-Gov. Yarmouth Of Louis
lana will fall into line, leaving Mr.. Tel
| Ter the solitary silver man on the SUBJ
committee.
A few minutes after the members of
the committee again gathered in the
ladies' ordinary of the Lyndall, but the
SUBJ committee did not put in an ap-
pearanoe. At $40 Gov. Yarmouth of
Louisiana came over and said that the
| subcommittee was still in session and
! requested adjournmsnt until tomorrow
at 10. This was done and the members
present were informally addressed by a
delegation of ladies favoring the inser-
tion in the platform of womau's suf-
frage plank. The subcommittee on res
olutions resolved to recommend to the
com mlttee on resolutions the following
financial plank:
(The plank is word for word that
given ons yesterday forenoon and which
appears elsewhere
The adoption of the above plank was
not conourred in, until four different
propositions, submitted by Teller were
voted down. Teller proposed a straight
out plank for free coinage at Is TO /.
This was followed by proposition to
coin the American product, although
MIR. Teller confessed that he did not
endorse this proposition, but would take
it if it was possible TO get it. The third
proposition was resolution declaring
for free coinage accompanied by reasons
which set forth the fact that the protec-
tive tariff could not be maintained on a
gold standard basis. The fourth propo-
sition was resolution submitted at the
request of Mr.. Fowler Of Wyoming. 1t
provided for the coinage of the Ameri-
can product ami q tariff on all silver
and all silver ores imported into the
United States. Mr.. Teller having been
ucl6ftUeu oil hlOuB tlio llucs htolu NO WdS
willing TO leave the construction of the
rest of the platform to the rest Of the
committee and started for his rooms for
the purpose of getting a good nights
sleep. 1t was at Mr.. TelleI's request
that the committee decided to make pub
lie the financial plank upon which it had
agreed.
The subcommittee completed the con-
str uotion of the platform tonight shortly
before 10. Every member was placed
under injunctions of secrecy and the
text Of the committee will not be given
out until after the full committee has
acted upon it tomorrow morning. The
preamble and arraignment of the Demo-
cratic party was written by Charles
Emory Smith. The tariff plank is
based upon the statement made by Mr..
Mckinley in the opening of tine Ohio
campaign. An effort was made to secure
the insertion of a plank restoring the
bounties on sugar. This was defeated.
The plank relating to foreign affairs : is
especially strong. 1t endorses the Munroe
doctrine oommends the policy OF the
Harrison administration in affairs per-
tanning to Hawaii, and declare in favor
OF the recognition of the Cuban insur-
gents as beligerent. There is strong PEN
sion plank in which the Democratic ad-
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