New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
ONLY GHOSTS OF BOOMS.
THE SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.
VAIN EFFORTS TO GALVAN1ZE INTO AC-
TIVITY DEAD CANDIDATES..
PREPOsTEROUs TALK OF A BEATEN AND HuMiLi-
ATED BOss-PAPER CONTESTS FROM THE
COTTON STATES cRusHED-rALK OF
THE MONEY PLANK-PLANS
OF THE SILVER REP
RESENTATIVES.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.l


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
ST. Louis June 12-St. Louis Is beginning to
I'll up with delegates to the next weeks con-
vention. who come to find the fight OF the Presi-
Dental nomination finished and all the real
sparkle and excitement OF the pre-conVehton
canvass gone Among these belated arrivals are
the custodans OF two three once-hopeful
Presidential boom, whose exploitation two
months ago might have been justifiahe, but Is
pure anachronism now. Ex-senator Thomas u
Patt. the originator and patron Of Governor
Morton's candidacy reached this city last night
and began to arrange for a continuation or MS
last ditch" fight to control the Convention ana
prevent the nomination OF Major Mckinley. Sen
ator Quay, Of Pennsylvania, with party or roi-
levers arrived this afternoon and announced
that his canvass for the Presidential nomination
would be pushed with az much spirit as ever
until the rollcall IN the convention was begun
Representative Henderson, OF Iowa. the spoKes-
man OF Senator Allison, also appeared III 'he
field during the day and opened Allisons mead
quarters at the Southern Hotel. declaring thar
Iowa's favorite son still seriously In the
Presidential race.
| OPPOSITION BEYOND HOPE OF RECOVERY.
The arrival of these three conspicuous repre-
sentatives Of the interests of the minor candi-
dates naturally led to feeble efforts to eaivanze
into life the dead corpse OF the opposition 70
Major McKinley's nomination. Mr fatt' Win
his usual industry. went about spreading glowing
reports Of ha purpose "to bring the Nauonai
| Committee to its senses" and to repair IN the
! Committee on Credentials the "wrongs' done by
/ tho National Committee to his preposterous
| paper contestants from the cotton States. In
signed statement published in local newspaper
| he also declared with his usual sweeping con-
ndenco. that he was hopeful that the Convention
will recoenize tho wisdom Of making Governor
Morton our Presidential candidate
! General Henderson while not exuberantly
and rashly sanguine still maintained that Sena-
tor Alllson'n name would be presented to the
| Convention and that his friends would support
! him steadfastly to the end. Mr.. Quays candl-
dacy is. Of course. only nominal and sompn-
mentary one and his friends ara contentins
themselves with distributing Quay buttons and
ribbons, and getting ready TO swing over 20
Major McKinleys support when the time coi''es
10 make his nomination unanimous
The little spark Of animation put into the anti
/ Mckinney movement by the simultaneous ap-
! nearance here Of the booms OF these minor can
/ aidates coupled with the efforts OF Mr.. Manley
70 rehabilitate the Reed canvass fatally crippled
nv his frank but incautious confession OF failure
| last Wednesday. has had the effect OF momen-
tarily reviving the broken spirit or the anti
Mckinley managers.
A DEFEATED AND DISTRIBUTED BOSS.
But this spasmodic nuttering will deceive no.
hodv II IS too late for Mr. Platt and his anti
Mckinley associates to think OF anything except
/ the possble terms on which they may be allowed
to surrender The New-York boss's eleventh
hour appearance here argues in fact, the nope
lessness Of his programme OF opposition Hav-
ing staked his whole prospect Of power and IN
I nuence in next weeks Convention on the ability
/ NJ hts fellow-"hosses' in the National Commit
tee-Clarkson Fessenden and the rest-to ma
I nipullte the preliminary roll so as To load IL
down with paper contestants from the South he
/ ,ircsred I'm New-York while The only real strug
rlo ~ the Convention was being fought out in
the National Committee last Wednesday. charg-
ing his personal representative on the commit
TOO Mr. Sutherland with the difficult and un-
familiar task OF sustaining the claims of the
spurious anti Mckinley delegates from the Gulf
States Mr. Sutherland indeed. has since COM
plairod bitterly that he left without briefs
or trustworthy information OF an" sort TO make
good cases OF contests which, on their very face.
/ vers stanvcd as frivolous and without merit.
r aten in tie committee N test vote by 3S 10 .,
Mr. Platt IS elaborate programme OF capturing
the Convention through manufactured contests
fell ~ the ground and hts last hope Of wrestling
IN. nomination from Majo. Mckinley vanished
absolutely. That be should expect now to raise
am further illusions by means OF interviews,
/ eirnsd statements. and new campaign OF
,hrnats a nd buster seems almost incredible. Dele
/ gates and others who remember Mr. Platt
/ signed declaration at Minneapolis. the day the
! Convention OF 1892 met, that President Harrisons
| ronino, lion was an fmposs bty are not inclined
| n take the New-York boss's predictions serious
/ ~ or TO show any great interest IN Ms projects
and purposes.
AN INFLUENCE FOR EVIL.
Mr. Platt's unpopuarity in the St Louis Con-
vention will be more than pronounced. and II
10 already evident that his sinister advocacy OF
AN out-and-out gold plank in the platform has
done as much as any other one cause to stimulate
tho dlsinclinat!on of the Republican delegates
From, the Mississippi Valley States to accept
radical gold resolution. Some Of Mr.. Platts
thusastic followers have gone 80 far as TO spread
,be ,rnnresslon that the ex-senator Will attempt
a holt from the Convention, II both the National
| Committee and Committee on Credentials refuse
! 10 admit the Plat contestants who claim seats
! IN tho Convention from the disputed NewYork
! Cytv Congress Districts. Mr.. Platt formally
! nudates the idea OF leading bolt, although he
! declines to say what he Will do in case the Ma
| t,onal Committee the Committee on Credentials
and the Convention itself break with him. II he
should decide to bolt il Is not likely that he would
carry a dozen New-York delegates with him
Talk about the wording Of the money plank
NJ the platform stlll continues active. No
definite declaration Is likely to be written until
! after the Committee Resolutions Is chosen,
! although perhaps. half dozen experimental
resolutions taken carefully from the various
! State Platforms are belns passed along for
crttic,sn The only real question at issue Is
whether a declaration for the maintenance 81
the existing money standard. which is gold
standard and against the tree coinage OF silver.
,yii NOT he lust as satisfactory actual an
nouncement that all Government obligations are
| IN he measured hereafter specifically by gold
| probably majority OF the delegates from the
! NissIss,npi Valley States favor resolution
which does not mention the gold standard spe-
! cidcally while the Eastern and Southern dele
! gates are pronounced in their desire to obtain
On out-and-out declaration for gold.
| nnocn ANAIE OLE, The SILVER EXTREMISTS