The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-24
THE ONO pYMocgATs-
VIII A6ops . silver Platform ~ n
Overwhelming Majority

VIII A6op< . silver Platform y e1
Overwhelming Majority
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70 Chicago. wasz the ds81zAsss are Al
chosen. p7sl preaznsy Stand = 20 for
sr@s silver. zIt-osxn tEs silver ra@1
cIasss &c - & sssEa t1e1r large u2tor1fy
fr thas coaFenst9z. TIA silver r2s1 tntex1
tcuorrc~ 20 lszEsrzct TIE Ohio csaegA1scn
fer free silver eosazgs ard 20 vote "a .
vnft 50 fhz8 tfse foSzr gold ci&srsc~s'
which szels6e tie esEtes q Dagton. E&ss-
Atom. Iosezs and c8eFeAazc. VIE % sn1t
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Hhae sse trrsrsscrlor* On free silver VII
h. ircn-esa6- gsssre xAl be nc Instructions
fer sreez<szf M9s1 q IKE county coz
Fs/2OEs rad fEsoTs@1 sI-Sox. Cs-nros2i
for pEessx@1t before tne ss2&l save Tor
silver "a u. and 1es me silver DeIneFs
cain tat C4TnDf,ea . too eonesryatfvs
On he sraneaal question Meantime. John
W Bookzzlser. AZ original free silver
man. WHO zAs tke Democrats canGl1Ats
for governor against Charles Foster q
ISL Eza Noxks4 20 qszsts a sS2ti11ez< q
g24Or sf ks snSDsSsfEe5t for Drsxt1e1E
cauyben ard his fr1sz1z openly cppose
Esoes.s z1Ear. TIE aght between them vas
ssoppes To-Day ~ tie frsen1s of John AZ
Nef.eAn who xA fEsy would S-pcse
= fa.sr sngtxagssoxzs or tie sn5orssros1r Ct
xsy ere for rsex.31a;- X Is Understood
that fnss RIGS eEn@E- II II rhe interest OF
MeI>ean for the national ticket
Wills ssre.s, Mclean ard Books&4-
icy have ta4ssr respective EollOwlngs as ire
Cnso fayo-sfe. CD. J. r. Hickey. Of Ms
tsrest CT Band for prezs1srt- President
4. J. Warner, o. the American
Bs-rnstzIias League, Is also hsre taking
az aesiEs part - the interest OF fusion OF
All tbs ssiEer Interests. The silver saats
includes John r Milan. John ". Book
waiter. Allen ". Thurman sad l.. l. Hoa-
den tos dessxates~af-lsrge- Very Attls IN
fexezt ~ being taken n the state ticket
The leading candidates Tor secretary OF
state. The asad 81 the ticket, are: A A.
Brown. Of Cincinnati. and exS-ongrssz-
naan Todsr. - LANA
me Democratic central committee sons
Eaonths ago selected ex--cngressn25 John
A Mcmahon. g Dayton. a gold mar 20
deliver the keynote speech When Mana
hsn learned that the convention would be
controlled ~ TIE zilEsr men he csclinee
70 serve.
Tie state central committee rsef to-day.
y vas selected q year ago. when Senator
Brlcs ard ex-ffov. Campbell controlled tns
convention. and had q gold majority.
Aboat half the members were absent from
the meeting to-day. ara we're represented
By Eiiver men. 10 ~hom the golt men had
given proxies THE silver men supported
W. A. Taylor. o. Columbus. the gold men
). A. Norton. Of TEan. for temporary
chairman. Taylor was elected. receiving
~ votes 20 J for Merton. Taylor IS one of
The most raG~aI silver men IA the state.
Gen. a J. Warner. Of Marietta. WAS Sc
lecte9 By he committee for permanent
chairman. He has not been cooperating
zifh the party. ewing 20 Clsgelzu6s pol
icy against silver. and his selection was
made 70 Intensity the silver sentiment OF
tie ceBr sntt9n- Gen Warner served three
terms IA congress. and got free coinage
bill through a Republican house IN 1873.
bat & was beaten Il the senate.
A. ] o'clock tonight. after discussing
tire resoi gtions over FIVE hours. the reso-
buttons COMMITTEES decided 70 cover only
two topieE-ths urit rule and free silver.
A subcommittee vas appointed. with in
strucfions 20 draft only two resolutions.
one for the uuif rule and the other for
the unlimited ard Independent free coin
age u silver. This platform wlii be re-
porfes % fhs faIi committee a. 9.29 to-
unogroE, ard then TO the convention.