New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-19
M'KINLEY HOBART NAMED.
Continued from first page.

Keptuckv and New-York. Major McKinley's VIC
tory has been distinctly one of the rank ana HE
If the marty over its too self-centred and pre-
srmntuous leaders. Though the lesson has been
a hard one for the average politician us sai"-
tarv effect will doubtless be apparent In many
National campaigns to come
PLAIN TALK TRIUMPHANT
The Convention Just ended will also be note
worthy for ia plain and unmistakable declara-
ton for a gold standard and its UNCONVENTIONAL
repudiotion Of the Juggling phrases when nave
,o-o.,fore hecn used TO smooth over irrecon-
cilable differences OF opinion WITHIN party '''V'
Tho oo-di,l avowal by so representative a party
.,o,, 90 ito devotion to the existing gold
standard and its purpose 10 maintain 'h''
standard at any cost has had the erect OF an
milling absolutely the ambiguous WORDS vi '"e
MINNEAPOLIS platform and asserting the party
doctrine on money beyond the poss'o"s VI "'
understanding or equivocation'
The frank acceptance Of the issue raised oy '"e
free-sver coinage delegates and the rei"sai Vi
the sound-money majority to make any co'''e'
sons whatever 10 the so-caled silver interest ieu
.oo - tho FIRST organized bolt from Republican
National Convention since M The ireee"Ne'
,rreconcilables who had been placated III o'"e'
wears by some ambiguous trick or phraSeo'os'
found themselves forced at last to SURRENDER -
~. will Of the vest majority OF the party or
,esvs the Convention to seek more cohge'''a'
nolitical associations elsewhere.
CONSISTENT WITH THEIR RECORDS
ruertv-two delegates in all took part In the
holt eight of them having entered the 'oh'e"-
.ior fran Colorado. six from Idaho. three from
Nevada. tbre, from Utah and one each from
Montana and South Dakota. or these seceuer7
sour were United states Senators-TeHer OF
Colorado: Dubois. of IDAHO Cannon OF ''an'
ond pettjgrew. of South Dakota. Messrs Ieher'
,,,,u,,s On, Cannon had already practically READ
themselves out Of the Republican party by voting
against the Dingley Emergency Revenue oil! al
WASHINGTON last winter. and announcing '''a'
chow would hereafter use their power In the SEN
o.o 20 .ho,d M am and all tariff legislation
.r .ho,- b,ghwavman-lke demands for some
material recognition Of silver as standard money
sho,,,d no met by the Republican plurality IN
the Senate.
Ar Teller Mr.. Dubois and Mr.. Cannon have
,.,ooa boAr Republicans In little more than
name since the beginning Of the LlNth congress-
and their open secession now Will leave '"e
marty organization in Congress no weaker Una"
:. T. AZ nresent and will have, besides the ad-
,.or,ooo - d,sembarrassing Republican coun-
ollie IN the "deliberative branch" OF at least Two
osgress,ve and persistent fomenters OF ds'9"u
along almost every line OF party policy.
Mr. petterew. the fourth seeding Senator mas
not acted outside the party organization 50 punt
| aa,v or with such frequency as nave HIS "''o
c,ates IN to-day's bolt Yet he voted against ''''
Mckinley bill In 1889. and has been an ACTIVE
member Of the Democratic. Popuiisuc' 1ree-S'lNei
| combination which for some years mas co'''''
| the policy Of the Senate. His secession 'o-uds
was absolutely without excuse. as ne op'hihe" an
| o,oo,,o, as deIegate-at-large from South Dakota
| only on the promise that he would support
| Major McKinley's candidacy on a sound-inoheE
| platform
| Representatives Hartman OF Montana anu
| Allen OF Utah were also among the poiters' lher
| secession however. will have little or no erect on
the partisan complexion Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives. with It's safe present and prospective
| Republican majority
| THE SECESSION FELL FLAT.
To cav that the boilers were grievousy disap-
| nointed at the insignificance OF the secession
| movement UNDERSTANDS the case In fact the
| threats Of the partisans of silver came near de-
genera ting from the dramatic into tho RIDICULOUS
Mr. Teller PLAYED his role with undoubted serious
tba m anr %
minor actors wac neither forcibe nor pathetic.
Tho Convention thought the farewell ceremony
rather lingering and overdrawn, and was I'M
nat,ent 70 have II over while the decision OF more
| than half of the delegates. even from the most
RI hid Of the free-cOinage States, to remain In the
| Convention robbed the bolt Of oil important
moral or political Significance There was only
one seceder from Montana: three Nevada deIc-
| gates remained Utahs delegation ept In haIi.'
three holding their seats and then completing the
| delegation by allowing three alterDates TO sit.
| Idaho and Colorado alone made their protest cf-
| fective by going out with solid delegations. ana
taking no part whatever in the nomination ~
Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates
| That to-day'e bolt will not prove a material
factor In the approaching Presidential canvass
| nor disturb party relations In the far Western
| States to any appreciate extent is the judgment
of the most knowing politicians here tonight.
No elaborate analysis OF the vote on the adop-
ton OF the gold plank OF the platform Is required
On the final division the opponents OF the gold
standard could muster only 11O1i votes. or
these 50 came from California and the Rocky
Mountain States. 2S1a from the Southern States.
1G from the Territories. and IA from the West
ern and Northwestern States; Illinois. 2; Ne
braska. 3; Kansas, 5; Michigan. 3; South Da-
kota l. Only % Of the 1l0h free-silver voters
could be Induced to bolt the Convention.
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
The vote the Presidential nomination fol-
lowed closely the calculations Of Major McKn-
leys strength made in advance in these dis
patches and elsewhere In The Tribune tables