Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-17

draft alsomakess specific the demand that
an international agreement to be bind
ing must be with "the leading CONNER
cial nations of the world" which quail
fcation was omitted from the original
draft.
The subcommittee convened prompt
ly at O'Clock in Governor Foraker's
room at the st. Nicholas Hotel, all the
members being present. They decided
TO grant no hearings, but announced
their willingness to receive suggestions
in the shape of prepared resolutions.
Several of these were sent. in addition
to those which had been offered at the
meeting of the full committee to-day.
Among these was the following, as rep
resenting the expressions they desired
to secure in regard to sugar:
I'VE condemn the present administra-
tion for not keeping faith with the
sugar producers of this country. The
Republican party favors such measures
of encouragement and protection as will
speedily lead to the production on
American soil of all the sugar which
the American people use and for which
they pay TO other countries more than
$100,000,000 annually"
The following is the financial plank
adopted by the subcommittee:
THE subcommittee on resolutions
resolve to recommend to the committee
on resolutions the financial plank:
"The Republican party is unreserv-
edly for sound money. 1t caused the
enactment of the law providing for the
resumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold
I'VE are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our coun-
try. We are, therefore, opposed to the
free coinage Of silver, except by inter-
national agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world, which
we pledge ourselves to promote, and
until such agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be pre-
served. All our silver and paper cur
rency now in circulation must be main
tanned at parity with gold and we favor
all measures designed to maintain in
violate the obligations Of the United
States and all our money, whether coin
or paper, at the present standard, the
standard of toe most enlightened ma
tions of the world"
Senator Teller offered a free silver
resolution as substitute, which was
voted down.
This Will go to the full committee to-
morrow
Mr.. Teller will submit a minority
platform on the money plank, but not
upon any other fSature of the platform
The Colorado Senator says that the
subcommittee was made up unfairly;
that the silver men should have had
more than one man on the sub-commit-
tee, as their representation entitled
them to it. Mr.. Teller will carry his
fight to the full committee tomorrow,
but he has little hope of success.
1t is stated by the m&jority Of the
subcommittee that they did not in
tend to imply that the resolution will
be adopted by the committee. but give
it out as a result of their own conclu-
sions which they will submit to-mor-
row.
At the request of Senator Foraker,
James Creelman prepared the following
suggestion for use in constructing the
Cuban plank in the platform:
The government Of Spain having
lost control of Cuba, and being unable
10 protect the property or lives of res
ident American citizens or to comply
with its treaty obligations. We demand
thatthe armed force Of the United States
shall be promptly interposed to to re-
store peace in the island. We hold it
to benecessary toour national peace and
prosperity that the people of Cuba shall
achieve political independence and we
pledge to them our sympathy in their
noble struggle against the corrupt and
barbarous Spanish monarchy"
Mr.. Creelman, in a conversation with
Senator Lodge, who Is drafting that
part of the platform which relates to
foreign affairs, said it was a mistake
to look at the question from the Cuban
standpoint and the convention ought to
regard it from purely an American one
The recognition of Cuban belligerency
might be questionable but no one
could deny the right of the United
States to intervene in behalf Of their
own interest.