New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
GATHERING IN ST. LOUIS.
GOLD AND SILVER MEN THERE
MANY PROMINENT REPUBLICANS IN THE
CONVENTION CITY.


CONVENTION CITY.
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO MEET TO-DAY
DISCUSSING THE FINANCIAL PLANK OF THE
PLATFORM-sILvER MEN BEGINNING TO
GIVE wAY-NO BOLT FROM UTAH
OR CALIFORNIA PROBABLE.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNEl
st. Louis, June 9-Thc meeting of the Republi
can National Committee called for tomorrow at
the Southern Hotel seems to have plunged st.
Louis. six days ahead of time. into all the excite
ments OF convention week. Not that the gather
ing of National Committeeman tomorrow will be
attended with anything like the outward demon
straiions OF popular enthusiasm. the noise the
crowd and clamor and the spectacular interest
which will be excited by the actual assembling Of
the National delegates week from to-day. Yet,
In a political sense, the committee meeting has
been very generally taken to equal the convention
In significance and Importance and the public in
terest has centred as keeny. perhaps. on the work
which the committee haze laid out for itself in the
preparation OF the preliminary roll Of the conven
tion as on anything Of a foregone-concusion
character which the convention itself is now likely
to do.
Six weeks ago it looked. indeed. as II the real
struggle for the control of the convention would
be fought out at the meeting Of the committee
which is to be held Tomorrow To-day there
to be no more prospect of very serious
conflict In the body than the other. Yet If
any life remains Of the fororn-fope campaign
OF the opponento OF Major McKinleys nomna-
tion. it's force and value can be more readily de-
tccted in tho decision OF the committee than It
can In any later stage OF the fight for the Pres-
dental nomination
COMMITTEEMEN ALL ON HAND.
Nearly all the members OF the National Com
mittee have arrived here or are expected on
early morning trains. Senator Carter the
chairman OF the committee. and Joseph H. Man
ley the secretary, have already established
kea dquartere at the Southern. and tonight the
lobbes Of the big hotels alive with politicians
from all the States OF the Union Powell Clay
ton Of Arkansas: NJ. II. De Young. OF Cali
fornia: Senator Shoup. of Idaho; Long. OF Flor
ida: Hill. Of Mississippi; Webste- Of South
Carolina; Quincy. OF Texas; Cleveland. Of Ne
vada: Hill OF Tennessee; Cyrus Leland. jr, Of
Kansas: salisbury. OF Utah. and y B. Scott Of
West Virginia We're among the early comers
to-day. and tonight other arrivals were noted.
There will probably bc full representation in
the committee meeting tomorrow
Talk here to-day takes the turn chiefly Of
speculation as 70 tn, money plank OF the plat
form 10 be adopted by the convention next week.
Some Interesting Views were expressed ny COM
initteemen from widely scattered States. Gen
e-al Clayton OF Arkansas, strongly favors an
unequivocal sound money plank. He said: Il
am FOR the single standard. In my opinion the
convention should declare for the single standard
with a limited use ~ silver"
How about the ratio?"
There should be no mention of the ratio We
cannot AFFORD 10 have In the platform anything
but an unequlyocal declaration for the single
standard II IS settled now that tho Democrats
National Convention at Chicago will declare
plainly for free silver at lG 10 / The Republican
party cannot let the tail wag the dog
Suppose the silv,r men walk on, ~ tho con-
vention2"
'oh. we'll" said General clayton. with shrug
of tho shoulders we Will have TO let them go.
SOUND. MONEY TALK FROM KANSAS
CYRUS Leland. jr O, Kansas state which
adopted no money resolution, Il for sound money
and says the candidate and platform VIII be- alike
pronounced against the free coinage ana cheap
money He says what the country kno~s Nc
Kinley to he as high protective man. II VIII ma
him to be on the financial question lie is FOR
sound money-gold. II you please. and whatever
silver that is needed He ,s as much opposed 10
this 18 10 here's as he is to free trade
Then there VIII be no concession made to the
silver mon from the Wes such as Senator'S Du-
bos. Teller and the chairman II your National
Committee Senator Carter dcmand?'
None whatever Those fellows will take what
We give them and II they don't like II they can
bolt that is all there ia to It. In fact | expect
10 see some ~ them bot--and what If they do'
II won't affect the SUCCESS OF our ticket In the
least We can easily do without them with
New-York and New-Jcrscy. and we've got a
'clnch' on those states. and Connecticut, too.
The Republican party is fer gold because gold
means a stable currency that carries with 1t our
commercial integrity to the uttermost regions
Of the earth"
DO you take any stock in the hopes still ex-
pressed by Mr. Platt. OF New-York and other
anti-McKinley men that the nomination or the
Ohloan can yet be defeated"
THE man who talks now OF defeating Mckln-
ley's nomination is nothing less than a lunatic,
and he should be in an asylum instead Of in
political convention"
CALIFORNIA WILL BE LOYAL
Samuel NJ Shortridge Is OF Californlas
delegates to the convention. and Is at the South
ern He lives In san Francisco. Is lawyer
and writes many of the brainy editorials when
appear in his brothers paper The san frah-
cisco Call" He belongs to the younger political
generation. but Is a man OF fine presence ana
a most impressive talker. He VIII be heard
from in the convention Mr. Shortridge Is one
OF the eighteen delegates from the state. which
has placed its representatives in the embar-
RAISING position OF a most pronounced straddle
Their instructions are, first. for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at Is to l. and, sec
ond for William Mckinley as the Presidential
nominee Now that the Sphinx Of Canton Is
becoming generally considered gold man, who
OF nominated will stand on an unequivocal gold
platform. this position IS most invid!ous one
From the sentiments expressed this morning