Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-06-12
VERY HARD TASK
Republican Politicians Now Engaged
in the Work of Building
q Platform
THAT IS LEAST OBJECTIONABLE
All Talk of a Defiant Single Gold
Standard Declaration Has
Departed.

ST.. Louis, June 11.-There are hun
dreds of forms of financial planks for the
republican national platform at McKin-
ley headquarters in st. Louis and in the
bands of McKinleys friends, who will
largely determine what the platform
shall be. More than a week ago there
we're sent out to the papers various forms
Of financial planks and intimatione made
that that was the form of declaration
which was wanted. This was dcne for
the purpose Of securing views and tinan-
cal planks from all sections and from
people interested in the character of the
financial resolutions The result has
been as anticipated and platforms have
been coming in by letter and telegraph
from every part of the country. The
Mckinley managers have been able to
secure the views of men all over the
country, whose opinions are worth hav-
ing The more the matter is considered
national platform will conform closely
to that of the Indiana convention, with
all reference to ratio stricken out. The
Indiana platform declares against the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver "at
the ratio Of lG to L.
1t is proposed to shut off the ecntence
quoted and end with straight dcclara-
tion against free coinage. 1t is asserted
by the gold men that if the declaration
Is against free coinage "at the ratio Of
- to II it will give an opportunity to
cay that there is no declaration against
1J'i or 1Gl2 to l, or any other ratio not
designated in the platform. The insist
euce is strong that there shall be no
chance to declare the platform is
catch or it means anything more than it
s2ys, that it can be construed in one
part Of the country for silver and in an
other section against silver. IT is quite
apparent that there is a determination
ID make the platform for a single gold
standard, but there is desire to avoid
L declaration emphatic in these words,
as il is believed it would be offensive to
some sections Of the country and par
licuarly to several states in the Mssis
sippi valley. All expectancy Of forming
II financial plank which would be salts
factory TO Teller and his followers from
The silver producing states has been lorg
abandoned. Silver men TO pronounced
AZ these have also abandoned any idea,
Il they ever had one, that straddle Of
any kind could be framed which they
could cOnstrue for any possible use
against the straight lG to declaration
of the democratic convention.
Other features Of the platform are
also under discussion, especially the
tariff plank. While declaring for the
American system Of protection, it is
luite probable that the Ohio platform
will be closely followed, At least, that
has been the talk among the Mckinley
leaders whenever the tariff plank hes
been mentioned,
The deficiency in the revenues will be
declared attributable to the inefficient
turiT and, it is SAID, the financial diff
culties, ucceseitating the issuance of
bonds, will be declared due to the fail
ure of the democratic party to provide
sufficient revenue TO meet the current ex-
pensea Of the government. 1t is also ex-
pected that the platform on This sub
iect will review at some length the con
ditions of the country, the depression,
tnancial disturbances, and everything
OF that character will be attributed to
democratic control of the country.
1t is understood to be a part of the
program TO have the leaders of the vari-
GUS delegations confer and agree upon
platform, SO that the committee on reso-
lutions may be collected, which will re-
port platform that will not precipitate
Il fight on the floor Of the convention be
tween those who favor the anti-slver dec
laration. A fight from the silver men can
not apparently be well avoided, The
other portions of the platform will
largely follow the past declarations of
the party. The main interest centcrs
upon the currency plank, aud next in
order of importance is the tariff, and |
these are the only themes that have thus
far been discussed,
Platt on Deck.
ST. Louis. June 1l.-Outeido Of the