The San Francisco call., 1896-05-08
Financial Plank in the Mime
apolis Platform Given an
Endorsement.
DEPEws WARNING IN VAIN
TeIis the Convention the Party Must
Declare for "Sound" Money
or Fall.


gan Republican State Convention to-day
elected four delegates at large and alter
mates TO the Republican National Conven-
ton, two Presidential electors at large,
Presidential electors representing the
twelve Congressional districts of the State
and a new chairman of the State Central
Committee, Hon. D. NJ. Ferry of Detroit.
The convention instructed its delegates at
large to vote for Mckinley so long as his
name should remain before the St. Louis
convention.
The features of the convention were the
address OF Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who
dropped in on the delegates unexpectedly
and made ringing speech, and the vic
tory OF the silver men in forcing the adop-
ton of the financial plank of the Mime.
apoiis convention of 1892. The "hard-
money" men had control of the commit
tee on resolutions, there being but two ad-
vocates of the white metal in it. The mi
nority, however, brought the fight which
they had been unable to settle in commit
tee into the convention. They declared
that the convention should at least reaf-
firm the plank of the last National Repub-
hcan Convention, and on this basis they
won their fight after battling for an hour.
When Chairman A. w. Smith OF the
State Central Committee called the con-
vention to order ar 1890 o'clock this after
noon, he announced that he had sur
prise in store for the delegates, and pro-
ceeded to introduce Hon. Chauneey NJ.
-Depew of New York, who had been in
duced to stop off while passing through
the city with his party and make an adj
dress to the convention.
Mr.. Depew was received with wild en-.
thusiasm by the delegates and spectators,
and made a speech which kept the aud
fence laughing and cheering alternately
for half an hour. He said that he had
travelled through the so-called silver
States and talked with many persons on
the issues of the day, and everywhere the
statement was made that they must have
free coinage Of silver at ratio of 16to l.
but with it they must have protection or
they could not live.
He declared that if the Republican Ma
tional Convention did not declare for
sound money unequivocally, the great
States of New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey and Massachusetts, which are all
now as soundly Republican as Michigan,
viii be put by that act in the doubtful
column.
He referred to the statesmen whose
names are now before the public. As he
mentioned Allison, Morton and Reed in
turn there was moderate applause. As
McKinley'S name fell from the speaker S
lips there was spontaneous rising of the
delegates in burst of wild applause
which lasted a couple of minutes
As the tumult died away one of the dele
gates shouted, "How do you like that, Mr..
Depew?"
when it comes to the vote, Michigan
will have but thirty-two," was the ready
response.
At the close OF Depews address he was
given three rousing cheers
The platform adopted to-day favors the
"a re.enactment of the Mckinley bill and the
restoration of reciprocity. The Mckinley
and money planks read as follows:
We are united in favor OF the nomination of
William Mckinley OF Ohio by the Republican
party for the office of the President of the
United States, and hereby instruct the dele
gates selected at this convention to use ALI
honorable means to seeure his nomination so
long as his name is before the National Con-
vention.
We are unyielding and uncompromfsine in
our demand for sound money We are in
e favor of the use OF gold, silver and paper dol
lars in our currency, all maintained at a paritv
IS TO purchasing and debt paying power. We
are opposed 10 any proposition that involves
the depreciation of any portion of our eur
rency, and therefore are opposed TO the free
and unlimited coinage of silver by this coun-
. try alone under present conditions, believing
that such coinage would destroy the parity
and depreciate and contract the currency
S. W. Hopkins, on behalf of the minor
ity of the committee on resolutions, said
that the Republican National Convention
in 1892 had stood for bimetallism and de-
elared that the financial plank in the
majority report just presented put the
party hack to Clevelandism and bond ism.
He said this country must not bow to the
powers across the ocean, and if this con-
vention favored the policy of gold and
bonds we have no place in the Republican
party. Referring to that part of the ad-
dress of Hon. Chauncey NJ Depew in
which that distinguished gentleman said
that if the Republican party did not de-
clare for gold New York, Massachusetts,,
New Jersey and Connecticut would be
found in the doubtful column, the speaker
asked:
fShall we bow TO threats like that?"
There were cries of '.No, no,'' from all
over the ball. .g
COntlbuihS' WI AAophInS Sdlu III the
delegates would stand by the rights of the
people, the Republican party need not fear
the loss Of these States, ard moved the
substitution OF the following financial
plank for that in the majority report:
The American people, from tradition and in
terest favor biInetallism, and the Republican
party demands the use of both gold and silver
as standard money, demands that ali dollars,
neither of gold. silver or paper shall be OF full