The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-15

wire the governor Immediately about it.
Mr.. Hackett did so. He received a re-
ply stating that the governor had trav-
Rhinebeck to Poughkeepsie on Fri
day last, and that he had then in
formed Mr.. Depew that he would not
allow his name to go before the conven-
ton for vice presidential honOrs. Since
then, he added, he had had no further
communication with Mr.. Depew. This
raised at once question OF Veracity be-
tween the two gentlemen In other
words Mr.. Depew had a telegram which
purported to come from Gov. Morton
saying that he did not want the vice pres
ldency- Ills telegram TO Mr.. Hackett
stated that he had no communication
with Mr. DepeW except of an oral nature.
ThereupOn Mr.. Platt telegraphed the
governor requesting an explanation. The
reply was that the telegram to MIR. De-
pew was authentic.
The Platt men cannot understand why
Gov Morton, II he desired that his
wishes in regard to the vice presidency
should be made known, did not acquaimt
tne people who are managing his CAM
paign with the fact. They are irritated
that he should have chosen Mr.. Depew,
VINO, although he viii make the speech
placing Gov. Morton in nomination, has
not been as actively identified with his
canvass as have Mr.. Platt and other gem
temen. They make no secret of their
dlspieasure at the governors lack OF tact,
The supporters of the vice presidential
aspirations of II. Clay Evans of Tennessee
noon. Every newly arrived delegate was
taken in tow Immediately after register
ing and piled with arguments concerning
the eXpedlency of placing distinct rep
resentative of the south upon the ticket
Particular attention was paid to those
| delegates who had been previously ap-
preached in the interests of Gen. Hobart
or New Jersey, and TO these the argu-
ment was directed that New Jersey was
safe for Mckinley without any special
inducements being offered to secure It's
support; that New York was in the same
position; while that, on the other hand
the nomination Of Col. Evans would in
sure the vote Of Tennessee in the electoral
college for the republicans and possibly
| that OF Alabama also. Friends or the
tennessee candidate claimed this after
noon that they were making very salts
| factory progress.
| eDelegates from the various silver-pro-
/ ducing states are beginning to arrive
| Among them are Senators Cannon and
| Brown of Utah. Senator Dubois of Idaho
| arrived this evening. Senator Mantle OF
| Montana has been here for two days. With
the exception of Senator Brown, the four
senators named, together with Chairman
Carter of the national committee, comprise
| the five free silver senators who refused to
vote to take up the tariff bill in the last
| session of congress. All Of these gentle
men will meet Mr.. Teller at an early
| hour tomorrow morning when the pro-
| gramme of the silver wing Of the party
will be formulated.
Mr. Platt still insists that the word
gold must appear in the financial plank
| of the platform. Nothing else, he says,
/ will satisfy the east.
| "Will the east not be satisfied with a
| declaration to maintain the present stan
| dard' and against free coinage or silver
/ al any ratio?' Mr.. Platt was asked.
! That is not strong enough" responded
| Mr.. Platt.ss''We must have gold, gold in
the platform. There must be no mistak-
ing the party's position on the money
| question:
Mr. Platt has been in conference all
day with representative men-not McKin-
| ley men, however He was careful to eX-
1 plain, with reference to the financial
/ plank. He found a gratifying responsive
/ ness to his insistence that the platform
| should declare for the single gold stand
| ard. They are here from the Dakotas,
| Indiana, Illinois and other western
states, which are known to be saturated
| with silver sentiment. These conferences
! encouraged him to believe that a majority
| of the convention will not only favor the
| gold standard, but will urge a declaration
for it.
The anti-dcKinley men at the Illinois
| headquarters are greatly exercised over
| the report that the eighteen uninstructed
| delegates from that state are likely to
| join their associates and vote as unit
| for Mckinley. Fourteen of these gentle
men were known to be opposed to the
! Ohio candidate, but were not hampered
| by their district conventions with in
| structiOns. 1t now appears that the Nc
Kinley sentiment in their localities is so
| strong that not only have they nothing
| to gain by opposing 1t, but everything to
| lose. This is the intelligence which a
| prominent local republican brought
| to St. Louis to-day.
1--WE favor the maintenance of the ex-
| isting gold standard and are opposed to
I the free coinage of silver, except by in
! ternational agreement for bimetallism
/ with the leading commercial nations of the
| world"
This is the text of the financial plank
| upon which Mr.. Platt and his friends
| agreed al a conference which adjourned
| late tonight, and which was attended by
! leading eastern men and a number from
the middle western states. 1t was decid-
| ed that the fight should be kept up for
| this plank in the platform and Mr.. Platt
| stated he believed it would be inserted,
| and that the so-called Sound money"
| men would abandon their position of in
| sisting upon a plank that meant gold,
| but which did not say so in positive terms.
| Besides the New England states, which
| were represented at the conference, chiefly
! by Senator Lodge, delegates were present
| Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and
| Tennessee, each of whom demanded that
| there should De no equlVocation in the
| platform, but that gold should be men
| toned in such a way that there could be
| no miSinterpretatiOn OF the purport of the
! platform. Among those present were a
| number of delegates from other states
| who favored Mr.. Platts proposition, but
were without authority to act for their
/ states.
After the above plank had been agreed
/ to, its text was wired to the moneyed
| interests of New York, and especially
to Mr.. J. Pierrepont Morgan. The re-
/
| factory.
This has not been a day of rest for
| Mr.. Hanna and his associates, who are
managing the campaign for Maj Nc
! Kinley. More effective work in the mat
! ter of constructing a platform. has been
| accomplished to-day than in any twen-
| ty-four hours up to date. Mr.. Hanna,
since coming to St. Louis, has received
/ letters and kilograms from all parts of the
| country from representative men giving
| him, frequently in detail, their ideas as
| to what the financial plank should be
and how it should be expressed. These
/ have been collated and are arranged.
The various platforms adopted by re-
/ publican state conventions have also
been carefully analyzed and considered.
| Since the arrival of the prominent lead
ers AIr. Hanna has availed himself Of
! the opportunity of personal conversa-
tion with them on this important sub
! ject.
The result of all this is that early to-
! day Mr.. Hanna prepared a rough draught
/ of the platform. which he has submitted
to almost every prominent politician in
/ st. Louis, except the free silver men, and
/ Mr.. Platt and those connected with him
/ in his fight against Mr. Mckinney. This
/ platform, so far as the financial plank is
| concerned, is a combination Of the senti-
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