The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-12

Democratic Sound Money club We
pledge ourselves that at the coming
general election we will not vote for
any candidate for president or member
of congress who is not known to be OPP
posed to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to /, under
the present conditions and regardless
of the commercial value of silver. Such
a silver policy if adopted would reduce
our currency at once to the single silver
standard and involve the business of
the country in general disaster. No
party considerations whatever can in
duce us to support it."
The pledge will be circulated not only
in Iowa, but in other western states.
MASS MEETING OF COLORED MEN
Chicago, June IA mass meeting of
the negroes was held here last night
for the purpose of protesting against
the alleged insult to the negro race of
fered by the hotel keepers and other
citizens of St Louis.
About 1000 negroes We're present.
Resolutions were passed addressed to
the republican national committee de-
handing the call for a convention at
convention be called to be held at some
other place where the colored people
will not be subjected to insult and hui
initiation" A copy of the resolution
will be at once transmitted to Chairman
Carter of the national committee.
THE TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIP
Terre Haute, Ind, June LEX Sec
rotary of the Navy Thompson, who is
one of the delegates at large to the St.
Louis convention, expressed surprise at
statement in an Indianapolis paper
yesterday to the effect that Mark Han
ma, when passing through that city on
Tuesday night, said that c. w. Fair
banks, one of the Indiana delegates at
large, had been selected for temporary
chairman of the st. Louis convention.
He said:
Il do not believe that Mr. Mckinley
has authorized this selection to be made
or any other ! do not believe he would
interfere in the senatorial contest in
this state so as to take the part of one
of the ontestants-against all the
others. This preference of Mr.. Fair
banks would place him precisely in that
position, inaSmuch as he is an avOWed
candidate for senator. l repeat, [ do
not believe Mckinley would be party
to any such bargaining before or after
the convention"
HEARING OF THE CONTESTS.
st. Louis, June 1.-THE members of
the national committee were prompt in
getting together in the club room of
the Southern hotel at 10 o'clock this
morning for the purpose of resuming
consideration of the numerous con-
tests. A disposition to hasten this
branch of its work was manifested by
the body. several members expressing
the fear that, if the unabridged debates
and discussions that marked the session
of yesterday were to continue, the tenn
porary roll would still be in allegiance
when the convention was ready for bus
mess on Tuesday morning. According
ly, when Congressman Hillburn of Cali
fornia asked for the poStpOnement of
the contest from the Third district of
that state in consequence of the nom
arrival of some of the men and papers
| concerned, numerous objections were
raised and the Pacific coast represen-
tative got the option of going ahead or
letting the case of his friends go by
default. He chose the former a1terna-
tive and made d ten minute speech in
support of the claims of C. NJ. Belshaw
and W. B. Parker, whose seats are con-
tested by Eli S. Denison and A. A.
Hockheimer. Presidential procliYities