Evening star., 1896-06-24
H.rE."rs A SILVER PLANK.
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chicago In Force.

chicago in Force.
S,-.'' r.-n'i'u to The Evening Star
BAi.TlM MORE, Md, June 24.-State Sena-
tor crotharS of Cecil county who was seen
by Tn. Siar correspondent at the Carroll
'ph this m"rning. in commenting on the
si'rstion confronting the democratic party.
said:
II t.a.- little hope that the efforts of Mr.
Whitney sni the other eastern leaders at
'hi"ss1 sill check the free coinage move
,n-nt. and nave no doubt that the conven-
ton viii stnpt an out-and-out silver plank
While ! believe the majority Of Maryland
@-po'''sts "fll regret to see such a step
taken. | doubt if many will decline to vote
tn regular ticket on this account. In fact.
think il is to be questioned whether Nc
kihi-y "sh poll more than 500 democratic
>"r-s i" this state, especially If, in the
paif> congressional nominations strong
Sott men put up
MIR. crDrtiars said that he believed in
'h- event of the national convention de-
"ta iing FOR silver, the local democratic cam
i'si4n shcnld be run with the platform
,d"pI @d 81 the recent state convention as a
'as's. lie believes that the Maryland demo-
,.a'e can readily elect four of the six Con-
er@a>men 10 be chosen next fall, and have q
-toi iishting chance in the fifth district If
'he i-prbii,snS nominate Speaker Mudd
CONGRESSMAN Harry Weiles Rusk, chair
''dn oi ihe democratic city committee said
today that Maryland will be strongly rep
resented at the Chicago convention. The
Calumet 'lrb, the largest party organiza-
ton III til. eity, will attend, as usual and
the other political clubs will be well repre-
St.i|': IL has always been source of
pr'de - Narylanders that, next to New
York u" state has been as well represented
at nationa democratic conventions and
This year promises to prove no exception.
SHC"H'>snP IRELAND'S INFLUENCE.
Ne Ta"nr,ed the A. r. A. Plans at
st. Louis.
81. LOUIS. June 24.-It was stated last
n'saI ,hot il was through the influence of
Archbishop Ireland that plank proposed
by The American Protective Association
vas aot adopted as part Of the platform
of the r-""nt republican national conven-
ti..u this stty.
The @ord given out that Col. E. H.
Sellers. president Of the national council of
patriotic associations of the United States.
vfas at Hotk to get plank into the plat
form indor,ing the A. P. A. On the very
day he s-n, a copy of what he wanted en-
b.died in the platform to Mr.. Foraker.
chairman ii the committee on resolutions
The following telegram was received by
.!'homss ~. arter, chairman of the repub-
Hrsn national committee, from Archbishop
r.lanJ
ST PAUL. Mimi, June II, 1906
10 Hon. Thomas E. Carter, national COM
mitiesnsn, st. Louis.
The clause in the proposed platform op-
tossing he of public money for sec
i"Iisn purposes and union of church and
,ta.- is UNNECESSARY and uncalled for. 1t Is
Urged b? t,e A. p. A. Its adoption will be
;akan concession to them, will awaken
rel sions anmosity in the country and will
10 much harm. The republican party
should hot Rwer itself to recognize directly
u indirectly the A. p. A. l hope the clause
% an! !tnins ike 1t will not be adopted.
JOHN IRELAND.
Colonel Sellers. in an interview, said that
NJ gave copy Of the platform to the
patriotic societies. to Mr. Foraker and also
10 Ssnsior Gear Of Iowa He was told by
tl,e latter that the paragraph declaring
assinst the appropriation of money from
the United States treasury for sectarian
purposes sould be Incorporated, and that
the comn,iir lee had taken favorable action
upon II. La er in the day "wednesday he
S,s surprised to learn from a member of
the committee that its action had been re-
considered and that there would be moth
ing in :he platform in that regard All
ihsi is row explained by the telegram
from ih- archbishop at st. Paul. The dis
patch was referred to by Chairman Carter
TO Edward Lauterbach of New York, one
ut the big four from that state, and he,
with National Committeeman r. c. Kerens
',f this city. went before the committee and
succeeded In knocking out all reference to
Ia church.