The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-13
FIRST OR NOTHING.
Levi P. Morton Will Not Ae.
eept a Vice Presidential
Nomination.

ST. LOUIS. MO. THE UNITED PRESS
HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN Ho-
TEL, june Is. 1sss.-The city IS beginning
TO I'LL with notables, but the rush will
scarcely commence before tomorrow
Nineteen special trains are slated to arrive
during Sunday bearing the Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and
New Hampshire delegations. The New
York State Mckinley clubs, the Reed
Club from Portland, Me-; the Union Re
publican Club. of Philadelphia; the Wis
ceris'in State Republican Committees and
special parties invited by Senator Sewell
of New Jersey; Hamilton Fish of New
York land A. K. Mcclure of Philadel-
phia- Many of New Yorks we'll known
politicians came in last night Among
them were Cornelius N. Bliss, Horace Por-
ter. c. H. 7. Coils, General Anson G.
McCook, Henry G. Tremaine and s. v. R.
Cruger.
Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania
and his party are due today There con-
tinued to be much. gossip respecting the
adoption of a gold standard plank by the
Mckinley men without any subsequent
basis of fact beyond the incident mem
toned in these dispatches yesterday of
Mr.. Hanna's taking under consideration,
Indian platform.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa-
cnusetts. who. it IL thought, may be made
Chairman Of the Committee on Resolu-
tions, is expected to reach here today,
and upon his arrival 1t is possible that
something more definite than trle prevail
ing rumors may be arrived at as to the
probable financial trend of the platform.
Tne discussion of the matter in Mr..
Hanna's rooms which lasted all yesterday
afternoon. was renewed at night after the
arrival of Ex-Governor Charles Foster, Of
Ohio. whose experience as Secretary of
the Treasury under Harrison. gave weight
to his views. The silver men are wait
iug for the arrival Of Senator Teller witn
considerable irnpatierce despatch was
received yesterday stating that Mr. Teller
he'd just left Washington. This will
bring nm to St. Louis tonight. A. cau-
ci5s of silver men will be held as soon as
SeEater Teller arrives and a course of
action will be decided upon They will
go into the convention and make a
stand for silver plank but further than
this nothing has been determined upon
ard VII not be until Senator Teller ar
rives and a conference with him IS held.
S5me cf the extremists say tnat if they
cannot carry a resolution in favor OF free
coirage at 16 to 1, they would be in
favor of voting with the gold men in fa-
vcr of a pronounced declaration I'M favor
of a single gold standard SO as. to have
a clear crt issue and thus avoid the
ambiguity Of a stradle.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who arrived
in ST. Louis this morning, makes pubic
the following telegram from Governor
Morton declining in advance the nornira-
t.oa for the Vice Presidency:
Rhznec.iYe. n. r., June 3.
Please announce that stated TO yo2
before you left New York that | would
not under any circumstances accept a
nomination for Vice President.
LEVI P. MORTON.
1t was stated autheritat.vely at Mr..
Hanna's headquarters that no agreement
on the financial plank had been reached
and that Mr.. Hanna Id neither given
proposition submitted The statement
that Major McFS.nsev's ma naGe.s had ac-
cepted the god plank pure and simple
was positively denied.
& Ex-(Toy ernor Foster of Ohio, discussing >
the question. said
There shGElc be no vab';fszas in tn s
matter. Tbs financial plank is a question
Of great importance, and expect 10 SEC
tion as viii sffecsuatly dispose os the
idea that It even w.slkg at the free Coin
age ef silver. My own notion s that The
Indiana plaf1z. III aingle mod flea tioza,
s would be good park tor olr Natl "a a.
point ard model ii q iaes art of ccndens-
ing much Ia a few ~ 5rtls.
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