Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-20
EAST AND MIDDLE WEST AGREE
UPON a DECLARATION
uosor uimctuIIism when other Ma
lions Accept 1t; Until 1heh
Gold Basis.

tho nIatform has been agreed upon. IL
is a victory for the middle west puL 10
nerfectly satisfactory to the extreme
aaet The New England contingent
headed by Senator Lodge Of Massachu-
setts. and backed by the Plat ana quay
forces in New York and Pennsylvania
urged the adoption of a short emphatic
declaration, and their plank was hnaIiy
formulated at the conference heid last
night. The plank reads;
1--WE favor a maintenance OF the eA-
listing gold standard, ana are opposed E"
the free coinage of silver, except by IN
tcrnational agreement for Dlhelaii9HI
with the leading commercial natlohs u
the world
This was to be the offer Of the east,
ana upon it they were to stand. me
leaders in the middle west states, ono
Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
aid Ne braska were equally SlfohS III
their insistence upon a declaration thaI
would not be open to the charge of equiv
orat.on Michigan. Iowa and South pa
kofa three of these tiers of states, STOOD
out against a declaration faVorlng IN
terms the present gold standard. Ihey
rather favored something distinctly
friendly to silver, while Affirming 'heH
opposition to free coinage unuef ensuing
circumstances.
The plank agreed upon by the Iowa
DELEGATION this afternoon ana which Is
understood to have the endorsement oil
Senator Allison, fully sets forth THIS ldea.
That plank was as follows:
I'VE favor the use of gold, silver ana
paper as the money of the United States,
all to be kept on a parity of value, and
the enactment of necessary laws to ac-
compHsh the purpose
I'VE also favor the use Of silver as
international money, either through an
international agreement to secure
common ratio, with free coinage at such
ratio by the agreeing nations, or ny con-
current legislation of the leading nations
to accomplish the same purpose.
THAT, pending such an arrangement
which should be promoted by the power
of the United States it is unwise and
inexpedient for the United States alone
to adopt free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l, and therefore we oppose
such free coinage of silver.
The leaders in the middle west onered
the plank which follows, and which was
submitted to Senator Lodge and other
eastern men today, as a substitute TO
the plank prepared by them yesterday
and has been accepted by them as Corl-
pletely satisfactory. This, Z is believed,
ends the long fight over the financial
plank.
Senator-elect Foraker who is to be the
chairman of the resolutions committee,
will present it to the committee. rms
Is the resolution:
1.-The republican party is unreSerNedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payment in 1879; since
then every dollar has been as good as
gold We are unalterably opposed to eV-
cry measure calculated to debase our
currency or impair the credit or our couh-
try. We are, therefore, opposed TO the
free and unlimited coinage of silver eX-
cept by international agreement, which
we favor, and until such agreement can
be obtained, the existing gold standard
should be preserved. We favor the use
of silver as currency, but to the extent
only that it's parity with gold can be
maintained and we favor all measures
designed to maintain inViolable the mon
ay Of the United States, whether coin or
paper, at the standard of the most en-
1ightened nations of the earth"
Foraker will unquestiOnably be mem
Der of the committee on resolutions, ana
probably chairman of the committee. lie
has drafted a platform covering annost
ALI subjects to be treated Of and SHOWN
If TO intimate friends. 1t expressed III
distinct terms the republican policy to De
maintained of the present gold slanu-
ard" using these words. 1t is thought tne
platform, as outlined by Foraker, VIII
not be greatly modified in committee
The trend toward the adoption out ane
out of a gold plank is very marked. one
by one the delegates regarded as doupt
full, such as those of Indiana, NepraSkS
and Ohio have dropped into line. In Ne
hraska Thurston favored something
milder than declaration for the goi
standard, and the delegation elected Pete
Jensen a member of the committee o
resolutions. He is in favor of mos
ultra declaration on the subject. 1t
evident the gold plank will be very eH
plicit.