The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-18

mittee afterwards say that they Would
all stand by Senator Teller, ana u itney
were defeated In the conventinn 5tnsty
would declare themselves out o. the
party and do the best they coulq ioE
the people hereafter.
Rtluer Men shed Tear.
Members OF the committee who came
out Of the rooms said they had pegs.t
Witnessed such touching scenes IN pole
tics Some Of the silver men shed tears
while speaking. Senator Cannon Wept.
CRYING aloud as he plead for Utah. NO
funeral could be 20 sad 10 him. fnsy
loved the party that was about % 9lllte
them and cast them out senator Du-
bots was the most vehement N hif VI.
ternnces as TO the result. lie showed
no emotion but was firmly defiant sem
ator Teller was cool throughout tnf de-
bate.
After the vote on the Teller amend
ment was defeated In the committee by
a vote Of ten ayes to fGrty-one pays,
the financial PLANK OF the majority vas
tnken up and the discussion was re-
gunoed. the gold men having the lioor.
The silver members said that they
felt that they were In the Eaa ouEN
OF a partisan dissolution, but that itney
would proceed as cOurteously ma 1egu-
larry as possible and not formally lelve
the party till they had appealed q tne
court OF the last resort-the eonVe1 Yen, ,ll
They Justified their course by saying
the party had left them and that ithey
were nat leaving the party. They SAID
that Secretary Carlisle, CcpreHqntlnB
the Cleveland administration, ~ his
Nashville speech, was the first 70 come
out for the single gold standard ana
TINT the Republican party had come
10 the Democratic administrator 10 ltg
new departure. Mcssrs, Cannon and
Dubois severely criticised the igcon-
sIstency OF the indictment agltnst
President Cleveland. while adopting
the cardinal principles OF the Cleveland
administration.
The states voting for the 4eller
amendment were as follows:
CalifOrnia-Allen II. Lennon.
Cntnrado-H. VI. Teller.
Idaho-Fred T. Dubois.
Montuna-ChRrlcs Hartman.
Nevuda--A. c. Cleveland.
North Cnroiinn-M. l.. Mott,
CtRh-F Il. Cannon
WyomlnE-B. F. Fowler.
Also the members from the tprtitor-
fes Of Arizona and New Mexico.
Senator Teller spoke four times dur.
Ing the discussion. each time on dlnef-
ent propositions and all Of the oliver
men expressed themselves Senator
Teller first spoke on his iG to pfopo-
sitlnn, then on the proposition t0r the
free coinage OF the Amcricnn output
and other propositions which dt4ered
only in the wording, There wete no
tillAtory measures Tesnrted to. M mo-
tIono to lay on the table or any hing
else. With intense feeling cHrtfiaii
on the part Of the silver mon. ~ the
amendments offered wcrr voted down.
Il to 10.
In one OF his speeches Senator Teller
said M wanted II understood therd was
nothing personal In his action against
the nominee or Major MeiIl1ley's
friends. but that II was matter OF
principle alone with him.
Congressman Hartman. Of Montana,
was emphatic on the point. He stated
that he regarded Mckinley as an,hpncst
man. who would faithfully carry out
any platform on which lie ran. The Re
plhllcans Of his state. nc said, cannot
support n presidential candidate on the
single gold platform. They do not want
Il understood that they arc declaring
themselves out OF the party. They arc
simply unable 10 support the prf,sent
Republican national ticket on account
Of its platform. and will bc RcpubllcanH
IN every other sense on state, district
and local tickets.
Tho OrRIory dll not cease WITH the
taking ~ the vote on tho Teller sub
RtItutc. but continued on the main prop
Oaitlon to nd0pt the gold standard
plank
Among those who spoke at this time
were AiCsSrg Fcsscndvn. Of Coniieeti-
cut. and Hrcwer OF Michigan. Both
EXPRESSED their regrets that tho silver
men should find Il necessary 10 take
tho course which they had decided tipon.
Governor Yarmouth, Of f,OutEiana,
and r. NJ. Ia Toilette, Of wiAcdnaln,
while fRvOrinE more conservative
plank than the single gold standard one
reported. gave their REASONS Tor stand
Ing by the majority report, Both had
amendments 20 M tu prevent thf re-
tirrment NJ paper currency, but nad
waived their OBJECTIONS and supported
the majority report
HchuhSs AsPtrsl0ns on MrlNiAley'
Mr. In FnllritcB speech was brought
out by remark made by Senator Tel.