New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
DEVEL LOPMENTS OF THE DAY.


National Convention. which opened It's session
here to-day. bids fair TO be at the briefest |
and most placid in the partys recent history.
For six weeks past the C0nventon's choice OF |
Presidential candidate has been accepted as a
foregone conclusion. and the delegates have as |
sembled here to find practically nothing more |
consequential to fight than the precise shad-
ings Of expression to be employed In the con- |
struction OF the planks Of the National PLATFORM |
No mere contest the Vlce-Presdency can
hold National Convention together against the
personal convenience OF its members. and the
prospect that the only noteworthy differences
which have developed over the phraseology of
the financial declaration on which the party Is
go before the people will be easily and readily
composed In the Committee Resoutiors holds
out every announcement that the Convention
Will finish its work before Thursdey night. II
the smoothness and tameness OF to-days session
are 10 be accepted an accurate reflection OF
the temper Of the Convention. an adjournment
sine die tomorrow evening should not be put
beyond the pale Of reasonable probability. Ger
tainiy no National Convention for many years
has approached It's quadrennial task In such an
assured and unvexed spirit or with 50 deeply
grounded confidence in the political programme
which 1t has been delegated to accomplish. n
the Convention OF 1896 is notable FOR anything
It is for the lack OF all latent elements Of friction
or disturbance.
POWER OF THE BOSSES DESTROYED.
The complete and overwhelming triumph Of
Major McKinley's canvass before the Republican
voters has annihl.atcd for the time being the
personal power of the bosses whose burrowing
and manoeuvrirg have honeycombci ether con-
ventions with suspicion and uncertainty. Here
the "bosses'' impotent t. disturb or greatly
! d.sarrange the programme to which the great
majority of the delegates are pledged and their
lively realization of this fact is plainly showr
in the perfunctory and placid manner In which
tho Convention haa far run It's course.
To-day's session was Of course. briet and
wholly formal in character. The delegates put
upon the preliminary roll IN the National Com
mitee met and organized. approving the Ma
tonAl Committees choice Of Mr.. Fairbanks for
,emporarv chairman OF the ConN cntior and ap-
nolntiug committees 10 arrange q further perma-
nent organlzaton After little more than an
hours work an adjournment was taken until to-
morrow AT IL a. m. Tho Committees on Rules.
Permanent Organlzlti1n. Credentials and Reso-
rtions have been lndustriOusly employed this
afternoon and evening and It is expected that
they VIII be able to report to the Convention
some time tomorrow
As has been repeatedly explained the only issue
on which serious differences OF opinion have devel-
opel among the delegates turns on the phrase
ologv To- be used in the moncy plank OF the plat
form Twenty eight hours ago it looked as II a
! clash could no, be avoided In the Convention be-
| tween those sound money men who advocated
! an out-anG-out declaration for the single gold
| standard and those who favored a more guarded
resolution plcdging the party 10 the maintenance
! Of the pre4cnt standard without expressly using
! tho word "gold' The strength Of the radical
| gold men was strikingly disclosed, however
| /, tho ,a,cuses held Yesterday for the election
n members II the Resolution COMMITTEES that the
,oss aggressive sound money element from the
N,ssissippl Valley States saw promptly the nope
l,ssnoss Of insisting on their contention for a
guarded platform. and to-day they practcaIy
gave up the FIGHT OF the forty members
~, the committee elected yesterday and to-day
tvcnty-seven. a clear majority. were found to
favor an out-and-out declaration for gold. while
,,.lve favored a declaration for the existing
standard simply and nine were advocates Of the
fro. coinage of silver at the ratio OF III to J.
Tho Sou,hern and Western sound money men
ho,.ire, heon shown 10 be In a decided minority
~ ,ho RESOLUTIONS Committee. 1t was found easy
To anon negot,atlons for the preparation outside
tho Convention OF a money plank which should
command on n tesi vote with the free-siIVer
mon the support Of both elements in the sound
money and gold ranks
SUGGESTED MONEY PLANK
,ybo, the Resolutions Committee met this
o,,or,,o n money plank put forward by
! ,,e.srs Foraker Iaiterbach and Merriam. rep
,o,,atives of Ohio New-York and Minnesota,
uhicb u was thought would serve as a basis for
the on.l resolution to be presented ny the com
,,,,,,oo 70 the Convention This plank reads as
follows
r.. pe,uhlIcan party Is unreserveiiy for sound
ev dne II caused the enactment Of the law proyld-
ing FOR Inc eyery dollar has been as good as gold.
W are unalteraby opposed TO evrry nlcisure ~, =,
W. ~ -, deh1sc our currency or impair the credit OF
lated 10 We are therefore opposed to the free
coinage OF silver except oy ns1ions OF the
orid witch we pledge ourselves 70 promote.
and rntl nard snTm M must he preserved All sill
hs ga en noner currency now In circulation must De
msintaned nrra a, raa'i 5 mSinan nvioably the obga-
lions of IN. United states and All our mVnry ,S
ytnndard OK the most enlightened nations of the
earth.
u WAS said by the proposers OF the above
declaration. who had acted AZ Subcommittee
for the out-and-out gold membership OF the full
committee that their plank might be subjected
N some trinlng notifications after full DEBATE
and discussion. but that 1t embodied suo''ah-
tally what the majority OF the committee ue-
sired I'm the way OF declaration and would PROP
ably be reported as 1t stood 10 the Convention.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE AT WORK
At the preliminary meeting OF the Resolutions
Committee held this afternoon, Senator-eiec'
Foraker was chosen chairman by an almost
unanimous vote Senator Teller put Senator D"-
hois Of Idaho forward the free-conage cam
dda,e for the place. but the l6-to-l managers
could muster only four or five supporters Oh tue
committee A subcommittee OF nine 10 suggest
a platform was then chosen. the men put III
charge OF this important task being seha'of-