The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-22
CODl EufION " AS SOGGY
Out West They Call the Ticket
I" Mckinley and What's
His-Name."

WASHINGTON, June q, fS96.-The sog-
giness of the convention that has just
adjourned at ST. Louis has not been ex-
aggerated by the reports that appeared
in the East. 1t is true that the demon
stration which marked the mention of
McKinley's name in Foraker's speech was
nething like the enthusiasm CT an old
time convention but otherwise the dead
ness was something which appalled, the
Republican leaders.
This lack of interest and the complete
and absolute domination of Mark Hanna
over everything were the features of the
gathering. Hanna occupied a suite of
rooms in the corner of the parlor floor
and one little room was the sanctum
sanctorum where Hanna ruled supreme
The question was not what the Republic
can party wanted. OR what was best for it
10 do, but what Hanna wanted, and
what Hanna said seemed % guide the
delegates. They had apparently Deen pur-
chased with his money and he could do
with them as he pleased. 1t was his
word that made the nomination of Hobart
possible If Hanna had said at any time
that Hanna was to be selected or Abe
slupsky, even, the delegation would have
. followed his command. 1t is true that
he seemed to have yielded to the East
in the matter of allowing the gold
standard to go in the platform, but even
in this he played a trick upon the Eastern
delegates. In the plank as it was orig
inally drawn by Senator Lodge and the
ether gold men the silver and paper cur
rency NOW in circulation" was to be
maintained on the gold basis. The West
ern men secured the striking out of the
f7e~-
Gear, of Iowa, said to me that in the
Western States the farmers would be told
that the door was still open to more pur-
chases Of silver, more Bland-Allson acts
and an increase of the currency generally.
Mr.. Hanna's opposition to the mention
OF the gold standard was purely political
He was afraid that 1t would not be safe
to rub the gold standard in upon the
prairie States. He finally assented to the
use of the word and then directed his
Western friends to make the change al
ready ,iEdicated SO that both the East
and the West would have platform sat
isfactorv to them
The trip home of the Vice Presidential
nominee was one OF great interest Mr.
idspart ~ never got sucn attention in his
His train was the second section of the
u. Louis express and the third section
the correspondents met at several sta.
tlons along the line. AT Terre Haure
Where the train stopped for some time,
Mr.. Hobart was asked to step out on the
platform in order that he might be the
ob]ect gat which a dozen cameras were
leveled Out In the sunlight stood Mr.
photographers
20, Mr.. Hobart" one of the men would
say, and Mr. Hobart would glance around
amusement. He was SO thoroughly good
natured and seemed to enjoy the fun So
ch that + ne s would have stlll been being
pulled away and left the New JERSEY
party to follow behind.
There We're three cars for the New Jer-
sey people, one of them labeled s.Ohio
and New Jersey" Another with plat
form, Protection and Sound Money,
m and q third bearing the words Mckinley
men Loudenslager, fMcEwan, Parker and
Fowler and large number of other Jer-
seyites, whose names have already been
nentloned They We're al in gleeful mood,
especially Congressman Fowler, who IS
thoroughly convinced that the financial
plank IS planned after his own sugges-
tions and who can actually point out Sew Sew
eral Of his suggestions which were adop't
cd. This Is all very. pleasant for Mr.. Fowl
er to dream over, but as a matter of fact
the platform was prepared by men who do
not even know OF Mr.. Fowler's existence
Mr Hobart was asked if he would be
at his New Jersey home an the summer.
Yes" he replied, my plans are row
all changed | suppose I win have to be
where l can be reached at all times hui
exactly what my programme will be /
cannot tell
A funny incident happened on the way
back from St Louis. AT one of the. little
Illinois towns where the engine stopped
to get water I asked man leaning
vote for. =
MCKINLEY and What'e-H Name,
said the man, and everybody laughed.
!, 4 told this story to Mr.. Hobart when
the two trains met at Terra Haute.s
We'll. !" said he, 80 long as he votes ali
right 1t don't make any difference
whether he knows me or not, but /
hope" adG,ad Mr.. Hobart. "that the coyn
try will get to know me better by next
November,