Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-22
Mark Hanna's Visit to Governor
Mckinley.
COMMITTEE PROGRAM NOT FORMED
Henry Clay Evans Says There Was
No Surrender on the Gold Plank.
G 0 NJ M I T T e E n A M E S
.ial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND, June 22.-Mark Hanna
left here. this morning for Canton, to call
on Maj. Mckinley. He will make the first
official report to the major of the contest
as it was waged at ST. Louis. Before Mr..
Hanna left H. Clay Evans of Tennessee
called to see him briefly Mr.. Evans was
asked if he thought the financial plank as
adopted at st. Louis was strong and hon
est, and whether it was true that it did not
meet with the approval of Mr.. Hanna.
1.-The gold plank was not thrust upon Mr..
Hanna" said Mr.. Evans. He wanted it,
and his men drew it on the Saturday be-
fore any of the eastern men arrived. l saw
the plank on the financial question, and
have rough draft of 1t, written in lead
pencil, which l copied at that time. No,
the plank was not dictated by the east. 1t
Cleveland.
Doesn't Want Anything.
Mr.. Evans denied that he had any
thoughts ambitions for cabinet position,
and declared that he was in town merely as
the guest of his friend, Dudley Baldwin.
Mr.. Evans was asked If he thought the
democratic convention would result in a
bolt at Chicago, and he replied: II have
thought. and do think now, that If the gold
men predomlnate, the silver men will bolt
If, however, the gold men are in the mi
nor1ty l do not believe they will bolt. The
party will undoubtedly declare for free sill
ver but l do not look for any fusion with
the populists. At least. that is what l am
informed now. l have heard some talk of
Teller either being an Independent candi-
date OF running as Vice President on the
democratic ticket.
II do not believe such thing is posi-
BILE. Teller himself said that in every par
suited him except the financial plank. He
would have only that one thing in common
with the democrats. To run as an inde-
pendent candidate appears to me to be still
more impossible.
II admire Teller as a strong man, but do
not approve Of his action. Suppose all of
should do as he did, bolt. because the
platform or one plank did not suit u.s.
How many do you think would have been
left in the hall? The platform did not suit
me in one or two respects, but l believe
the republican party represents more than
one idea. Teller said SO, too: he announced
that he believed the party is one of many
Ideas
Executive Committee Plans.
Mr.. Hanna was asked this morning If
the republican headquarters would be
changed from New York to the west, and
declared that the matter would have to be
settled by the committee. Speaking of the
financial plank in the platform, he said
that the timber suited him fully, and he
thought it did every one else excepting the
betting silver men. The nine members of
the executive committee which Mr. Hanna
will name as his assistants in the cam
paign, it is understood, will contain the
names of at least three Ohioans. One of
these, 1t is said, will be William NJ Hahn
who was deprived of his seat in the COM
mittee by the election of Charles Kurtz.
Col. Myron T. Herrick and Mr. Sylvester
oil for