The Portland daily press., 1896-06-18

that he had gone into the campaign for
mckinley, believing that that gentleman
was friendly to silver. He failed to find
any utterance of McKinley's to the con-
trary. Ii Mr.. Mckinley was unfaVorable
to silver, there was nothing in his record
to show it, Before q vote was taken on
Mr.. Teller's Is to 1 substitute, Mr..
Darlington Of Pennsylvania replied
specifically to Senator Teller's declara-
tion that the Republican party had fallen
under the domination Of Lombard and
Wall streets
Mr.. Dubois of Idaho announced that
ne would follow his associates, Messrs.
Teller and Cannon, in leaving the party,
although he regretted that necessity
compelled him to take this step. [ He
spoke at some length of the loyalty of
the tn {: extreme Western states to the Re-
publican party. Each had now two Re-
publioans in the Senate, and the same
could not be said of many Eastern states
whose representatives were adopting the
course that was driving the silver men
from their party associates. He showed
that New York was represented in the
senate by two Democrats. Indiana had
TWO, ONO and Illinois one each. If this
go ld plank was adopted the Republican
party Wo3ld, he said, lose control of the
senate ana not regain it In quarter of
q century.
Mr.. Brewer of Michigan expressed his
regret that the silver men should feel
compelled to take the course they had
Indicated
He for one, felt the parting of the roads
between Senator Dubois, his associates
and their constituents on the one hand,
ana the Republican party ON the other
hand been reached when the five Repub-
lloan silver senator's took the ground in
the United States Senate that no meas
ure for the relief of the revenues of the
government and protection of our indus
trles should be permitted to be considered
and passed while they were members Of
the Senate, unless such measure carried
a provision for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver. If there was any one
thing the American people demanded it
was sufficient revenue with which to sup
port the government. The government
could not be starved, no matter what
party was in power. If there was any
one principle that the Republican party
maintained must be held inviolate, it
was the principle upon which a proteo-
tive tariff was founded, and when the
Republican senators refused to endorse
that principle, it mattered little whether
the states were represented in the Senate
by Republicans or Democrats At the
same time Mr. Brewer expressed sympa-
thy with Mr.. Dubois and his colleagues.
and said he regretted deeply the line Of
action upon which they agreed. Mr..
Brewer intended to have offered an
amendment striking out the word 'gold,'
but in view OF what the silver men had
said, 1t was useless to offer it. Mr.. Hart
man of Montana boldly announced that
he could not and would not support q
candidate standing on this platform.
The Republican platform of 1892 had
declared for gold and silver as standard
money. This platform contained a de-
olaratlon for goid only, and the silver
stood by the party principles, and until
suoh times as the party might return to
the double standard, they could not sup
port its candidate.
Mr.. Mckinley was an honest man and
would honestly interpret the platform.
The silver men were not antagonizing
men, but principles. In this struggle. in
this campaign. Mckinley would stand
for gold.
Mr.. Fesssnden of Connections ex-
planned why 1T was necessary to adopt a
gold plank and expressed his regret at
this difference Iof opinion within the
party. The vote was taken on the Teller
substitute. 1t was defeated-ayes 10:
nays Al. Those voting in the affirmative
were the delegates from Colorado, Cali
forn1a, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona.
Nevada, North Carolina and New Mex
leo.
Before the sense of the committee was
taken on the gold plank, Mr.. LaFollette
of Wisconsin arose to make a personal
explanation. He directed attention to
q statement made by Mr., Teller that
himself and Mr.. Gear of Iowa, had per-
formed the principal work in the prepa-
ration of the tariff law of 1890, which
had been popularly at tributed to M KinIey
and said that while the members of the
committee discharged the duties entrust-
ed to them faithfully, it was not true
that any one man on earth had sprepared
as much OF the measure as Mr. McKin-
ley, but his idea and spirit dominated
everything in connection with the bill,
when the sub-committees were prepari ng
the schedules and before they were SUBJ
mltted to Mr. Mckinley, who led in all
discussions with the same rare ability
which enabled him, also when it was
taken into the House to aass it through
that body without amendment, such
statements as Senator Teller's, Mr.. La
Follett continued, were an injustice to
Mr.. Mckinley. Mr.. LaFollette then
moved to amend the last section of the
now in circulation" so it should read
that all our silver and paper currency
must be maintained at a parity with
gold," eto. Mr.. LaFollette argued that
wrong construction might be placed
upon the plank as it stood. He feared it
might be construed as pledge to con-
tract the circulating medium SO no more
silver should be coined, or paper currency
Issued. 1t would hurt the Republican
party in the states where 1t would be
hard pressed, although it would make
no difference in his own state of Wiscon-
sin.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts, opposed
the amendment. He did not wish to be
placed il the position of encouraging
any further coinage Of silver by the gov
ernment.
Arguments in a similar strain were
made by Mr.. Merriam of Minnesota and
Mr.. Pattison of Illinois.