The Indianapolis journal., 1896-06-14


eral Wallace and asked him IL he would
consent to serve on the committee on reso-
lutions from Indiana
II can entertain no offer of this kind
coming from you gentlemen" General
Wallace is quoted as saying. II do not
understand how you have any authority
or how it comes within your province to
offer this TO me. / thought IL was a mat
ter the Indiana delegation should decide
for itself. These gentlemen sent here by
the Republicans of Indiana certainly have
the right to express their choice without
interference from outsiders. Besides, Nh.
Gowdy. L think you will have all you can
look after attending to the duties of State
chairman Of the Indiana committee"
Mr.. Gowdy was asked about this breezy
interview this morning. Said he: "Mr.
Watson and I called on General Wallace
at his rooms last night. / told him that
the national committee at the Minneapolis
convention had asked me to name MEM
bers OF the resolutions and credentials
committees before the delegates arrived.
If 1 remember rightly, l named Hiram
Brownlee on the credentials committee and
Charles F. Griffin on the resolutions COM
mittee. ] cited this incident of the Mime
apolis convention and told General Wal
lace that IL the committee asked me to
name members of these two committees at
this convention I wished to present his
name from Indiana for the committee on
resolutions. / did not make this offer with
any but the best of motives, intending it
as an honor to General Wallace. He did
not seem to take kindly to what j said.
although / prefaced my remarks by re-
calling the procedure at Minneapolis. 1 did
not assume to act for the Indiana deega-
ton, but had in mind solely the possibility
of the national committee calling on me
to name the men, as was the case at the
Minneapolis convention. General Wallace
grew very warm and said that the national
committee had no right to delegate any
such authority. If the Indiana delegates
wanted him to go on the resolutions COM
mittee he would be glad to serve. but he
didn't propose to accept such appoint
ment from the national committee or from
any delegated authority other than the In
dianians themselves. Wasn't that about
what he said?" and Mr.. Gowdy turned to
Representative Watson. who had accom-
panied him in the call on General Wal
lace.
Yes replied Mr.. Watson, ''only he
made it much stronger and was very hot
him the plank which was agreed on at the
conference held yesterday afternoon, but
went away without doing so AS far as 1
am concerned. don't think he ever will
see it. 1t was in the most kindly spirit that
we went to General Wallace"
1t is not probable that Mr. Gowdy will
lend any of his influence now towards the
selection of General Wallace as the In
diana member of this important committee,
not so much on account of the unpleasant
interview as the pronounced stand taken by
General Wallace for a gold standard. Mr..
Gowdy wants the Indiana plank.
"Will you favor placing General Wallace
on this committee now?" was asked Mr..
Gowdy.
We'll" replied the chairman, Indiana
wants q sound-money plank, but she
doesn't want one that talks about gold
standard. 1 hear that General Wallace is
for the gold standard. so 1 suppose there
will be some opposition to having the State
represented on that committee by any one
who goes to that extreme
Mr.. Gowdy said he had no assurances
that the national committee would call on
him for members of the convention COM
! mittees, but he wanted to be prepared in
case such a call came. He didn't know who
he might recommend for the credentials
committee in such contingency. The
| threat to carry a number of the contests
| from New York and the Southern States to
the floor of the convention makes this cre-
| dep.ials committee loom up more impor-
tant than at any time since the delegates
began gathering.
The Terre Haute friends of Mr.. McKeen
| expected the assistance of General Wal
| lace in making the protest before the ma
| tional committee this afternoon against
| Mr.. Fairbanks's selection. 1t was known
| that he had expressed opinions which CO.
| incided with those of the Terre Haute
party. To Journal reporter this morning
| General Wallace said: II am taking no
part whatever in this affair and have no
| intention of appearing before the national
| committee in regard to it."
| About o'clock Messrs. Early. Henry.
Royse, Allen, Overstreet and Higgins, of
Terre Haute, met at the Southern Hotel
| and held a conference, preparatory to MAX
ing a call on General Wallace and asking
| him to espouse their cause. Some of the
gentlemen were dubious as to the advis-
ability at this late day of carrying the
protest further. G.. L. i.