Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-16
THOMAS c. PLATT.

THOMAS C. PLATT.
We are, therefore, opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver except by in
tcrnatiOnal agreement, which we favor,
and until such agreement can be obteined
the existing gold standard should be pre-
served.
I'VE favor the use of silver a. currency,
but to the extent only that it's parity with
gold can be maintained, and we favor oil
measures designed to maintain inviOlably
the money of the United States, whether
coin or paper, at the standard Of the most
enlightened nations of the earth"
A Victory for the Middle West.
The plank above given il a victory for
the middle west, but is perfectly satisfac-
tory to the extreme east The New Eng
land contingent, headed by Senator Lodge,
Of Massachusetts,, and backed by the Platt
and Quay forces in New York and Penn.
sylvania, urged the adoption of short,
emphatic declaration, and their plank was
finally formulated at the conference held
Monday night. That plank was:
1--WE favor a maintenance of the exist
ing gold standard, and are opposed to the
free coinage Of silver except by interna-
tiOnal agreement for bimetallism with the
other leading commercial nations of the
world
This was to be the offer of the eastern
men, and upon it they were to stand The
leaders in the middle west states, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Nebraska, were equally strong in
their insistence upon q declaration that
would not be open to the charge of equivo.
cation.
Plank Proposed by Iowa.
Michigan, Iowa and South Dakota,
three of these tiers of states, stood out
against o declaration favoring in terms
the present gold standard. They rather
favored something distinctively friendly to
silver, while affirming their opposition to
free coinage under existing circumstances.
The plank agreed upon by the Iowa dele
cation after four-hour struggle and
which is understood to have the indorse.
ment of Senator Allison fully sets forth
this idea. That plank was as follows:
I'VE favor the use Of gold, silver and
paper as the money Of the United States,
all to be kept on parity of value, and the
enactment Of necessary laws to accom-
plish the purpose.
Unwise to Adopt Free Coinage Now.
I'VE also favor the use Of silver as inter
national money, either through interna-
ttOnal agreement to secure a common ratio
with free coinage at such ratio by the
agreeing nations, or by concurrent legis.
lation Of the leading nations toaccomplish
the same purpose. That pending such an
arrangement, which should be prompted
by the power Of the United States, It ID
unwise and inexpedient for the United
States alone to adopt free coinage of
silver ct the ratio of 16 to and therefore
We oppose such free coinage Of silver"
Accepted by the Eastern Men.
The leaders in the middle west offered
the plank agreed upon and which heads
this dispatch. This plank was submitted
to Senator Lodge and other eastern men
rs substitute for the plank prepared by
satisfactory. Thus It Is believed ends the
long fight over the financial plank.
The CoAmittee ON Resolutions.
As Ear as elected the committee on rcso.
lutions has large majority for gold in the
PAsShOAAAA. 4AAC AoAIOWfuG ot0ACS ~ AZ ~ tOIG
when the test comes, according 70 the
declarations made by members Of the dele
cations and by the committeeman them
selves: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Illinois, Indians, Indian Territory, Ken
lucky, LOuisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mass
achu6etts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Yofk, New Jersey,
North Dakota, Ohio. Oregon, Pennsyl.
wanna, Virginia, Vermont, Washingtou.
Wisconsin-total, ..
envER HKN STILL IN THE RlGHE.
uavs 1Asir RrssrsaDs NsRped OFT and
Are . Cnse n 0sas1nent.
/ To the Asnociated Press Senator Dubois
made the following statement Over HID
oWn signature:
The silver mcn have in no sense aban-
doned their Eight. snd those who supposu
/ they knve viii ind themselves very much
lnistakm- We hass psEfect und9.
slAmnlng aznong uur1navsa, and our p1anl
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