Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-16
CONVENTION GOSSIP.
Financial Plank Engrosses Greatest
Attention from All Delegates.
Reed, Being a Sound Money Mca. May Ye'
Receive Nomination.

st. Louis, une Eth morning pe-
fore the meeting of the convention
opened with the leading <opic in the
minds of the delegates. not the seiec-
ton of candidates but the nature OF
the financial plank to be adopted.
1t seems clearly settled that the fight
over this question will be carried from
the committee on resolutions to the
floor of the convention.
The committee, under the leader
ship of its chairamn, e~x-Governor
Foraker will Sustain the ohio idea
of declaring in favor of the existing
standard but not specifying what that
standard is. The Eastern members,
under the leadership Of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, will insist upon defining
the existing standard as a gold stand
ard.
This proposition being voted down
in the committee. as it probably will
he, Lodge and ex-senator Plat Will
take the matter into the convention
and demand a rell call vote so as to
place each delegation distinctly on
record.
Massachusetts, Maine. Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York. Pennsyl-
vania. Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota
and Tennessee ave given in their ad-
Iesion in advance to the Lodge-Platt
programme.
When the convention is thus brought
face to face on the question of de-
claring for or against the free coinage
of silver, then will occur Senator Tel
ler's opportunity.
IIa hos canaa faj1x- lar1a rod that M
effort on his part or thai of his friends
will be wanting to force the conven-
ton to d plain, honest declaration.
Better a gold plank" he said. than
an cquivocaI declaration which means
gold may be taken to mean something
else"
1t is intimated that when the o II
vention shall have declared its hos
tility to silver coinage. Senator Teller
will make a speech which will take the
form of a valedictory to the Re-
can party and will retire to his home
in Colorado to await events.
There is really little warmth OF EAR
nestness in the canvass being made for
the Vice Presidency. All candidates
await a sign from the prophet from
Ohio, Mark Hanna. and Mr.. Hanna, ii
is said. intimates &c at least one prom
inent aspirant that it is not his pur-
pose to make any sign until alters the
nomination of Major Mckinley She
comes an assured fact. ft5
The malcontents in the MasTanhp-
sets delegation, after a good nights
rest. returned to camp, this morning,
very willing t5sart in harmony with
the entire Delegations In fact. NJ. V. B.
Jefferson. who s4gkted the revolt when
it was attemptedssslas night. to make
George Lyman ~ Boston. the member
of the national committee. was the
first on his feet. this morning, to'make
the motion hat Mr.. Lyman be elSNtal.
This was lone by the solid vote of
the delegates and from that time on
every action was unanimous. Senator
Lodge was placed in nomination for
position of member of the committee
on resolutions.
One of the incidents of this morning
the report that when the committee
on credentials assembled immedir+o'-
after the opening an effort would be
made to secure the adoption en- bloc
of the temporary roll prepared by the
national committee as the permanent
roll of regular elected delegates to the
convention. This statement is dis
quoting to those delegates whose
claims had been rejected by the ma
tiOral committee and who were san
guine of reversal of that verdict at
the hands of the credentials commit
tee or convention itself.
The Colorado delegation, today, de-
cided to act as a unit and to be guided
in all things by the advice of Senator
Teller.
I'VE have won the fight. Gold is the
victor. the committee on resolutions will
declare for a gold standard and that
declaration will he adopted by the CON
vention.' Such was the statement made
at O'Clock. this afternoon. by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts.
He continued: SIM the conference
we held. last night. we had returns from
many states that have elected members
OF the committee on resolutions. and We
now know exactly where we stand. The
states that have elected members of the
committee on resolutions. pledged to Il
gold standard. are as follows: Maine.
New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachu-
solid New England; New York. New Jer-
sey. Pennsylvania. Maryland, Delaware,
West Virginia. Wisconsin. Minnesota.
North Dakota. Oregon. Washington. Ten
nesiee. Kentucky. Nebraska, Illinois and
the District of Columbia.
This makes % states. and when it
comes to the voting, Ohio. Indiana and
certain other of the middle West states
favoring a gold standard. Thus 1t will be
seen that we have carried the day and
the republican party will be saved from
committing itself to a straddle. The vote
will come first on a minority report for a
free coinage plank. which will be voted
and the gold plank substituted.