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took the same position and tears came re-
peatcdly into his eyes while he was speak
! Ing
Mr.. Dubois Of idaho also announced that
he would follow his associates, MesSrs
Teller and Cannon, IN leaving the party
| although he regretted that necessity com
| pellcd him to take this step. He spoke at
| some length OF the loyalty of the eNtrcme
Western States to the republican party.
| Each had now two republicans in the
| Senate but the same could not be said of
many of the eastern States whose ropres, n
| tatlvcs were adopting "A course that was
| driving the silver men from their party
associates, lie showed that New York
was represented in the Senate by two
| democrats: that Indiana had two and
Ohio and Illinois each two. If this gold
plank WAS adopted the republican party
| would, he said. lose control of the Senate
and not regain it in quarter of cen
| tury.
Mr.. Brewer Of Michigan followed Mr.. Du-
! bois expressing his regret that the silver
men should feel compelled to take the
course thoy had indicated. However. he
! for one. felt that the parting Of the roads
between Senator Dubois and his associates
and their constituents on the one hand.
and the republican party on the other.
had been reached when the five repub-
can silver senators took the ground i'm the
| nited states Senate that no measure for
the relief of the revenues of the govern
ment and the protection of our indus
tries should los permitted to be considered
and passed while they were members OF
the Senate unless such measures carried
with them provision for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. II there WAS
one thing the American people demanded
II was sufficient revenue upon which to
| support the government. If there
was any one prncicple that the republi-
can party must be held involate II was
the principle on which protection tariff
was founded. and when republican sena-
| tors refused to endorse that principle il
| mattered little whether the States were
represented in the Senate by republicans
or democrats. AT the same time Mr.
Brewer expressed his sympathy with Mr.
| Dubois and. his colleagues, and said he
| regretted deeply the line of action upon
which they had agreed upon. Mr.. Brewer
intended to have offered an amendment
striking out the world gold" but in view
of what the silver men had said it was
| useless to offer II.
Mr. Hartman OF Montana boldly an
nounced that he could not ana would not
| support candidate standing on this plat
form. The republican platform OF 1892 had
declared for gold and silver as the stand
ard money. THIS platform contained d
| declaration for gold only and the silver
men demand both. The silver men stood
by the party principles and until such time
as the party might return to the double
standard they could not support it's can
didate. Mckinley was an honest man and
| would honestly interpret the platform.
The silver men were not antagonzing
men but principles in this struggle and in
this campaign Mckinley would stand for
gold.
Mr. Fessenden of Connecticut explained
why 1t was necessary to adopt gold plank
and expressed his regret a this difference
of opinion within the party.
The vote was then taken on the Teller
substitute and was defeated ayes, 10, noes,
Al. The voting in the affirmative were the
members from Colorado, California, Utah,
Montana. Idaho. Wyoming, Arizona. Ne
vada, North Carolina and New Mexico.
WAS M'KINLEY'S OWN BILL.
Before the sense of the committee was
taken on the gold plank, Mr.. La Toilette
of Wisconsin arose to a personal eXplana-
tion. He directed attention TO a statement
made by Mr.. Teller, that himself and Mr..
Gear of Iowa had performed the principal
work in the preparation OF the tariff LAY
of 1890 which had been popularity credited
to Mr.. Mckinley, and said tina, while the
members of the committee discharged the
duties entrusted 10 them faithfully, 1t vas
not true that any one man on earth had
prepared as much of the measure as Mr..
Mckinley, but that his ideas and spirit
dominated everything In connection with
the bill when the sub-commttecs were
, preparing the schedules and before they
were submitted to Mr. Mckinley who led
all the discussion with the same rare abil-
ity which enabled him also, when it was
taken into the House. TO pass 1t through
+, that body without amendment. Such
statements as Senator Teller made, Mr..
La Follctt continued. were an injustice 10
Mr.. Mckinley. They had been contnu-
ally repeated, and it was time now that
the country should be acquainted with the
real facts connected with the formulation
of the bill which bore Major Mckinley 5
name.
Mr.. La Toilette then, addressing himself
specifically y the money plank, moved 10
amend the Vast section by striking out
the words Now In circulation" so that II
should read "Al our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity with
gold" etc
Mr.. LaFollette argued in support Of his
, ! amendment that a wrong construction
might be placed upon the plank as 1t
stood. He feared that II might be con-
structed as pledge 10 contract the cir
culating medium so that no more silver
should be coined or paper currency be is
sued 1t would hurt the republican party
In States where II would be hard pressed,
although 1t would make no difference in
his own Safe OF Wisconsin. x
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts, opposed the
amendment. He did not wish to be placed
In the position of encouraging any further
coinage of silver by the government,
GOLD PLANK ADOPTED.
Arguments in similar train were made
by Mr. Marian of Minnesota and Mr.,
Patterson of Illinois. Mr.. Gear of Iowa
and Mr.. Brewer of Michigan supported
the amendment, The chairman, Mr. For
, aker of Ohio, agreed with Mr. LaFollette
that the words should be stricken out
and this was accordingly done. The vote
on the adoption of the gold plank as
amended was then ordered and 1t passed
Yeas 40; nays II. The negative vote was
cast by the silver men who favored the
Teller substitute with the addition OF the
member from Oklahoma. The discussion
Baby's L,fe saved.