The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-16

the ticket.
Speaking of the mention Of his own
name in connection with that. office, he
said, mo, Il am not candidate. Ny
brother. Colonel Fred Grant, is my candi-
cate for the Presidency"
He has been quoted as saying that
you are a candidate.
Yes, I know but he will be a candi-
date. and he is my candidate You know.
this Vice Presidential question is never
properly brought up until the President
has been named. The second place is a
Fred WI be a CANDIDATE and, I think
should be nominated.
His candidacy" added Mr. Grant, will
am a1 pTo1a dSoffa of the h faes sns ta he IS
brother I think that the soldiers who
were under my father, and their sons
will support him. out his own record de-
fathers record" -
Speaker Reeds Maine friends do NOT
attach any special significance to the
petition which was sent him from Bos-s
ton. urging his acceptance Of the second
place on the ticket Mr. Reed is very
popular in MASSACHUSETTS,. The politi-
clans from thai State say that he rs their
natural choice for the Presidency, put
would like at least that he should accept
the Vice Presidency, feeling that It wouid;
greatly strengthen the ticket
Mr.. Amos L. Allen who Is one OF the
delegates at large from Maine. and wno
is also Mr.. Reeds private secretary, said
to a United Press reporter this morning
that under no circumstances would the
Speaker accept nomination for second
we are here to nom,nats Mr., B Rssd ed
ing him in any other connection He -
on on the ticket. He underst ands and We
understand, that the Vice-Presideney Is
merely a niche which may ps MEG
Usually us lily from eaTlso doubtful Stale Who may
ba selected as a matter of expediency. IN
his present office as Speaker, or in any
osnsa oeranf aRaGl rs tban mr he eoud be IN
that nothing would induce him to &C, ;aa
hou should II nominate him and adjourn, he
would certainly decline it,
Notwithstanding the fact that Chairman 2
Taubeneck declares that no meetlng ne o.
the National Committee Of the PopulisI
party has yet besn called, members OF
that body continue to arrive in the cry,
de gcsspnsn to ps smi IL the sa9e conf mn
nittee, says there is no foundation for
the rumor of Free Silver Populist CON
ference Nevertheless. one Of the silver
s.rhere is a movement on foot to unite
tne free silver Democrats. free Silver
Republicans and Populists. The Popunsls
here waiting to see what is done by the
free silver Republicans in convention II
is probable some acton looking TO 4
union OF the Tree SllF6i SiSiAiSiAeo -
SO Some ue Of aft1aa the New England men were
much excited last night over statements IS
which they professed sna to dn navs fh desd
square, that the Mckinley men We're all
going to pieces over the financial Issue
ard that break was inam,neni s;an of he Maine Mir
oseasIo g diseiose any good foundation for these
authorizations and Speaker Reed more
cautious friends placed no conllcencs =
There is unaestionahy a good deal Of
local enthusiasm for Reed, and tn's Ieel-
me led. to rather warm sk'rmish ias'
night x.o, MA.
night the hostile factions that were
shouting and cheerng- one for Reed ana
the other for Mckinley. pushed ana
crushed up and down the wide stone
staircase of the Southern Hotel and hnal-
" came into. COLI sion in the lobby
Banners of the rival candidates, IN the
hands Of strong and excited men, faunt-
ed defiance at each other and finally
invited reciprocal attacks. in which they
received hard usage and We're. some oI
them. torn and demolished. In these
ssrushes'' a couple of electric light globes
were broken and the hostilities became
SO active that, finally, they had to be
suppressed by platoon OF police sum
moned for the purpose Several 1nclpl-
ent fights were stopped. with no more
bloody noses. Some of the obstreperous
individuals were expelled from the lobby
by the police, but this had little effect
on the noisy, surging, vociferous crowa
lhtely in the matter and sejected, from
the hotel, all the banner bearers, and as
the club men followed these the factions
separated, the crowds dispersed and com
parative quiet was restored.
There Is some talk this morning OF ar
ranging the work of the convention SO as
to have a final adjournment by Thursday
and it i understood that several Erida spsdiai
morning with that object in view.
Mark Hanna the business manager OF
the Mckinley branch Of the convention
(if not Of the entire AFFAIR.", is credited
with the programme by which this Is to
be carried out
The conl1nittees on Credentials and Re-
solutions are to pc appoln5ea aoaay ;arl,t aHst
until they are prepared to report. Tne re-
port of the Committee on Credentials Is
to be adopted by the convention in the e
then the way will be clear fer the pre-
sentation Of the platform, which the Com
mittee on Resolutions is expected to have
one day is supposed by Mr.. Hanna to
be sufficient time for discussion and
action on the platform, and then only
a few matters of minor Importance will
remain to be disposed of. In confirmation
it is, stated that the special car in which
ex-senator Platt came to St. Louis has
been ordered to be in readiness for
leaving here by Thursday night or
Friday morning and also that Mr.. Hanna
has stated confidentially that he ex-
poets to leave by Friday evening But,
of course more desires and intentions
avail little against serious obstacles and
the obstacles in this case viii come from
two opposing forces, the advocates OF
the gold" standard and the men who
will be satisfied with nothing less than
a declaration in favor of free silver
The text of the financial plank Of the
conferencelAbeld after breakfast BY
Sena tor LODGE 1t is as folIows:-
tsThe Republican party is unreservadly
for sound money 1t caused the enactment
Of the law providing for the resumption
OF specie payments In 1879. since then
every dctlar has been Ss good as gold.
aWe are unaterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debaSe our currency
or impair the credit of our. country. We
are therefore, opposed to free coinage OF
silver, except by international agreement
tanned the existing gold standard must
bs preserved. All our silver and paper now
in circulation as currency must be main
tanned at parity with gold. and we favor
all measures t5 maintain inyiolably the
Obligations of the United States, and all
present standard the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the earth.
As Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Lodge separat-
ed. Mr.. Hanna smiled and remarked to
Mr.. Lodge. Really. Mr.. Lodge. you are
the most persistent individual with whom
/ have ever come in contact" And with
touch OF sarcasm continued: .Of
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