The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-17
FIGHT AGAINST MoRToS

Attempt to Work on Prejudice of Colored
Voters to Defeat Him for Vice Presi-
dency.
st. Louis, June 16.-T. G. Platt said
this afternoon: "Mr. Morton is still a
candidate for first place on the ticket. -
When asked if he had received telegram
from Morton today expressing his will
llngness to accept nomination as vice
president MIR. Platt said 81 can positive
ly deny having received any such tele-
gram. repeat Mr.. Morton is still in the
lead for the presidency
From another source it is learned that
many of the leading uianipulators think
it practically decided that Mi. Morton
will be nominated for Vice President
after Mckinley is placed at the head of
the ticket and assurances have been re-
ceived that Morton will accept.
The Mckinley league Of the state of
New York held meeting this evening
to protest against attempt to force upon
the convention the nomination of Gov.
Morton for the vice presidency. Resolu-
tions to that effect were offered by John
+. Milholland and which he said were
dpPhoNoA Wy NOAiul6y tFlouUS mere
were adopted. The grounds for the oppo-
sition wero that the purpose of the move
ment was to discredit the candidacy of
Mckinley and weaken him before the
convention; that it would drag into
national politics the faotional fight of
New YORK and it was an insult to the
friends of Mckinley in New York. They
therefore asked all the friends of Mo-
kinley to join the opposing attempt to
| M0rtny, nv 9th
Yorker for second place on the ticket.
Dodger reading as follows were subse-
quently scattered all over the city !:
"Colored Repu blicans can you afford to
support for Vice President man who
while occupying that office resigned his
place as presiding officer to Democrat
when the Lodge election bill came up be-
fore the United States Senate? No Of
course NOT.
Then you cannot entertain the idea
for moment Of giving the second place
on the ticket to Levi 2. Morton of New
York. The Lodge election bill had it be-
come law would have given 100000
of oolored Republicans of the South the
right of franchise. guaranteed by the
to the treachery of dough-faoed leader
ship of such Republicans as Thomas G.
Platt's candidate for vice President d
The above is signed by q committee
representing the metropolitan district of
associated churches representing over 1000
such Republicans of New York.
1t was state d this evening that Platt
was in receipt of a dispatch from Morton
which says that as far as the vice presi-
dency was concerned he was in the hands
of his friends. Tonight @. M. Depew
elegraphed Morton asking if this was
so. Depew received the following ex-
plicit reply, "Stories circulated are IN.
founded. Have rescinded nothing
l.. P. MORTON.
Gov. Morton being out of the way the
contest for the vice presidency narrows
down to Mr.. Hobart of New Jersey and
MIR. Evans Of Tennessee.
Senator Teller tonight admitted that
the committee on resolutions would ad ont
the financial plank Of the subcommittee
and the convention would ratify that
action by large majority.
1t is not impossible, the Mckinley men
say, to adopt the platform and nominate
both candidates tomorrow.