The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17

tered throughout the pit were others
no less renowned in the councils of the
party; Governor Bradley, of Kentucky,
who seconded Grants nomination in
1880 and who, like Senator Wellington
of Maryland who SAT opposite, sue
ceeded last fall in wrestling their states
from Democratic rule; General Dave"
Henderson, the brilliant Iowa orator,
and his colleagues, Senator Gear and
Colonel Hepburn, who took charge OF
the Allison boom; Ex-Governor Mer-
RAM of Minnesota, the champion OF
gold the venerable wlfite-haired Dick
Thompson of Indiana, who has figured
so conspicuously in the history of his
party, now 81 years old, but SEEM
ingly with many years of life and vfgor
yet before him; General Walker of
Virginia, who succeeded to "Stonewalf'
Jackson's command; Powell Clayton,
the old Republican warhorse of Ar
kansas:
THE GENIAL HOBART
of New Jersey and Evans of Tennessee.
both aspirants for the presidential
nomination.; William Pitt Kellogg of
Louisiana, who was governor of his
state in the wild days of the Hayes
Tilden returning board; General Rus
sell A. Aiger of Michigan, who was an
dCDlIdII
bitter struggle of 1888; Kerens, Patter-
son. Tanner, Buckley and a host of
others. Altogether it was magntfi-
cent body of men, but many of the
notable figures of the past were sadly
missed. Conkling, Frye and Hale,
Cameron, picturesque "Billy' Malone,
IngeTsoli, Harlan, Plumb, Garfield,
were not there.
Ex-senator ingalls, was not in the
pir but ON the platform reserved fo1.
the newspaper men, reporting the con-
vention along with such old journal
istic veterans as Field Marshal Hal
stead, Joe Howard and others as brill
liant, but of the younger generation.
The
Only SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRA-
TION
came today when c. W. Fairbanks,
the temporary chairman, outlined the
position the party should take on the
| financial issue, which now, as at aid
times since the delegates began to ar
rive, has been the question about which
the whirlpool of speculation and i'm
terest whirled. The out and out gold
men and conservative silver men made
/ counter demonstrations, but the radi-
cal silver men sat silent and glum.
The sentiment regarding the vice
| presidential nomination rapidly cryS-
talized today, when 1T became definitely
known that Governor Morton of New
York was willing to accep. if the nomi-
nation came to him with any sort of
unanimity. 1t seems almost as reason
ably certain now that the ticket will
| be Mckinley and Morton as that the
| platform will be a, conservative but
unequivocal declaration in favor of the
maintenance of the gold standard as
long as the present conditions prevail.
/ The committees were hard at work
| as soon as the convention adjourned.
The
SHOCK OF BATTLE
which took place in the committee
rooms will thunder on the floor of the
convention tomorrow The action of
the committee on credentials in decid-
| ing in favor Of the findings of the ma
+ tioual committee save in two instances,
it is believed, will make the convention
| brief and many now believe a final
adjournment will be reached Thurs
day. The indications are that the
sensational climax will come toTloT-
row when the report of the resolutions
committee is presented. The adoption
of the platform is assured by a large
! ma jority, but the radical silver men
are expected to carry the fight to the
]
! last ditch.
| Despite the general feeling that the
| ticket will be Mckinley and Morton.
Ex-Governor Morton's name will not
go on the ticket without the most
vehement protests of the anti-Platt
| faction in New York state. Headed by
Warner Miller they are bending their
energies to prevent Mortons noTli-
nation for vice-president. The breach
! in the New York delegation between
the Plat and Miller factions
WAS INTENSIFIED TODAY
when the telegram from Morton to
| Plat was received signifying his &C
! ceptance of the ce-presidential
standard if he failed in the presiden-
tial race.
Levi P. Morton cannot go on the
| ticket with William Mckinley" said
/ Warner Miller, the leader of the anti
! Plat faction tonight. I'VE will invoke
the aid of the Mckinley managers to
assist us against this Injection of ma
! tional politics into our state fight, y
and his followers added their yes to
the statement. 1t was nearly O'Clock
this afternoon when the men in the
Miller camp heard from good author
| ity that Mr.. Plat had received Mr..
! Morton's consent to use his name for
the second place. At O'Clock they had
| gathered their forces to consult over
the matter and in a short time
A WARFARE WAS PROJECTED.
BY o'clock a petition was finding
its way through the New York dele
CATION reading: In the interest of
| the Republican party, we, delegates
from the state of New York to the
rational Republican convention protest
against dragging the party struggles
| in our own state into the national
canvass; and record ourselves as I'M
alterably opposed to placing any of our
fellow citizens upon the ticket as the
candidate for ce-president.
When the Mckinley league from the
state Of New York met. T. c. Camp
| bell. of New York, presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
The Mckinley league of the state
] of New York. the custodian at st.
Louis of the signatures of $4,000 Re
publicans of the Empire state, who
desire the nomination of William Nc
Kinley for president of the United
States. having heard that it is the in
tention of
THE BOSSES COMBINE
working in connection with certain
| treacherous friends of Mckinley, to
force Levi P. Morton on the Republi-
can national ticket as a candidate for
vice-president, does hereby protest
against such conspiracy for these rea-
sons:
'First-That its purpose is to dis
credit the candidacy of Mckinley and
to weaken 1T before the people.
'Second-That it is an insult to the
friends Of Major Mckinley in New
York state, whose Indignation at the
outrageous attacks of Governor Nor
toms manager on Mckinley has COM