Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-11
THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
Senator 1hurston Advocating Hobart o
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Associated Press Dispatcn rs SpeciGl Wires.
st. Louis, June 10. Senator Thurs
ton, member of the National Republi
can Committee from Nebraska and
delegate to the convention, WAS among
the early arrivals to-day. He appeared
at the breakfast table wearing the
first continuation Presidential and
Vice Presidential badge which has
been displayed by any OF the Republi-
can leaders. 1t bore the faces of Me-
Kinley and Hobart, the latter of New
jersey. lit is pretty well understood
said the Senator, THAT l am for Me-
Kinley for the first place. With his
nomination., assured as il il, !" the
Senator continued, ''waswant AN East
ern man as his running mate and
believe Hobart to be the available man.
He meets the requirements of the situa-
tion in all respects. We want to keep
New Jersey in the Republican ranks
now that we have her there. More.
over. Hobart is strong in New York,
where he is personally well known and
much esteemed. y
Asked what course he thought will
be adopted by the convention upon the
financial question Senator Thurston re-
piled that he believed the Indiana
declaration upon that subject will form
the model upon which the money dec
laratidn will be based 1t is, y he
said, brief and explicit and very skill
fully avoids reference by terms to any
of the mooted questions. II is unmis-
takably sound money utterance. At
the same time it avoids all mention of
the gold standard, reference to which
by name would drive votes away from
the ticket in some of the States. 1t
is better than tine Ohio platform. which
while, when analysed, Is just Ms clearly
for sound money, makes too promi-
nent by name the silver question.
Tho Indiana form of expression will be
more acceptable in the East than
would that of the Ohio Republicans.
The Senator expressed the opinion
that tho Indiana platform will be salts
factory TO all the Western States. ex-
cept the five silver producing States,
Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho and
Nevada, and possibly Wyoming, but,
he said, as they have all told only 10
votes in the electoral college the party
can afford to lose them. Mr.. Thurston
said, in reply to question, that he
had no doubt that some Of the dele
gates from the Eastern seaboard will
make strong contention for more pro-
nounced and explicit declaration for
gold, but that it will not be wise to
concede their extreme demands. "They
will in the end be satisfied with a con
servatiye pronouncement, he said.
and they will be glad enough to take
it in preference TO the unequivocal free
silver declaration the Chicago conven-
tiop will give out. y
Referring to other questions of which
the platform will treat he said he
thought first place will be given to the
tariff, as that is and has been dis
tinctive issue of the Republican party.
He thought there will be declaration
demanding in strong terms a dis
tinctively American policy, but he was
of tho opinion that the A. r. A. ques-
tion will not figure in the convention.
CONVENTION AUDITORIUM DEDICATIoNs
The convention auditorium will be
dedicated to night and notable gather
ing of prominent men will be present.
A programme consisting of instru-
mental and vocal music, interspersed
with addresses, has been provided and
Manager Durant of the Bell Telephone
Go. has promised the dedication com
mittee that it shall have telephone con-
nections with many leading cities Of
the East. Thirty long-distance tele-
phones have been placed in tho com
mite rooms for the use of those VINO
attend to-night's exercises.
The understanding between the Bell
Telephone Co. and the dedication com
mittee is that the former shall provide
music and speech making at the other
end of the connecting line. If pos
sible, this agreement will be carried
out. A test of the acoustic properties
of the vast hall was made to-day and
it showed that an ordinary speaker can
be heard plainly in all parts Of the
auditorium.
Nicholas NJ. Bell, who has acted as
reading secretary at nearly every Demo
cratic National Convention, except the
last since 1876, spoke. from different
parts of the hall and declared: 1.-THE
acoustic properties of this hall could
not be better. To-day it is what we
call dead hall. That is it's empti-
ness creates an acoustic effect different
from that exercised by an auditorium
filled with people. The moisture
breathed and exhaled by several thou
sand people liquifies the atmosphere
to sufficient extent to accentuate the
sound waves, as well as to accelerate
and render them more resonant. "
THE DELAWARE CONTEST.
Special Dispatch to Gazette and Journal.
ST. Louis, June 10. The Republican
National Committee net this morning
and began the consideration of the
various contests. Delaware is third
upon the list, but may not be reached
to-day. None of the contestants have
put in an appearance at headquarters