The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-15

ticut headquarters at HWsts
More effective work in the matter of
constructing a platform was accom-
plished to-day than in any twenty -four
hours up to date, Mr., Hanna has re-
ceived letters and kilograms from all
parts of the country from representa-
tive business men giving him their ideas
as to what the financial plank should
be, These have been arranged. These
various platforms adopted by republi
can state conventions have been care
fully considered. Since the arrival of
prominent leaders Mir. Hanna has con-
Versed with them on this subject. The
result of this is that early to-day Mr..
Hanna prepared u rough draft of the
platform, which he has submitted to al
most every prominent politician in st.
Louis, except the free silver men, Mr..
Platt and those connected with him in
his fight against Mckinley, This plat
form so far as the financial plank is
concerned is a combination of the SEN
timent expressed in the platforms of
the New York and Indiana state con-
ventiOns, but so framed as TO omit the
words gold standard"
1t will declare for the existing stan
dard," and will strongly condemn the
free coinage of silver. This financial
plank will be preceded Gf Mr., Hannas S
program goes through by a strong and
vigorous declaration for a protective
tariff and reciprocity, coupled with a
brief history of tariff legislation and
the disastrous effects upon the country
of the Wilson bill with attending deple-
ton of the revenue and its constantly
growing deficit Mr. Fairbanks of In
diana, who will be the temporary chair
man of the convention, was with Mr..
Hanna the greater part of the day and
among his visitors were Messrs. Bliss
and Depew of New York, Mr.. Quay of
Pennsylvania, and Mr Lodge of Massa-
chusetts. OF all the prominent leaders
in st. Louis Mr.. Platt alone was ab-
sent, but 1t is understood he was made
cognizant of the purport of the proposed
financial plank by others who discussed
it with Mr.. Hanna.
While many of the eastern delegates
preferred a declaration outright for
gold, not one criticised the proposition
submitted to them as being straddle
or considered it other than as Il gold
standard platform, automatically eX-
pressed One well known New Yorker,
who is identified with the moneyed in
terests of that city. stated to Mr.. Han
ma that the plank was strong, even if it
did omit the word gold" He argued
that the words gold standard" would
be misleading to the people at large.
They might imagine it to be something
capable of a construction more than
the one they placed on it. To declare
for the present standard, he continued,
so plain a representation of the case
that no one could misunderstood what
the party intended to do If II should
come into power. 1t is Also understood
that Chaunccy NJ. Depew endorsed the
plank as submitted by Mr.. Hanna as
being very strong and thoroughly sat
isfaCtory to the east
The Connecticut delegation organized
tonight with ex- Governor Bulkeley as
chairman and c. M Jarvis secretary
and treasurer. Samuel Fessenden was
again chosen member of the national
committee and appointed member of
the committee on resolutions. The
other committee app0intees were: }.
w. Cheney, committee on permanent
organization; Hubert Williams, Creden-
tials; ]. NJ. Douglass, rules; George
Sykes, to notify presidential nominee;
Edwin O. Keeler, to notify vice presi-
Dental nominee, and r. II. Allen, as
sistant secretary. The meeting lasted
two hours. Most of this time is said
to have been spent in an effort to agree
on presenting a solid front on the first
ballot for president. Mr.. Jarvis after
wards said that Mr.. Fessenden alone
held out for Reed. The other members
of the delegation are all pronounced
for Mckinley, and in his opinion they
will vote for him on the first ballot.
Committeeman who have served in
that capacity for the past twenty years
admit that the debates upon the New
York contest cases exceeded in bitter
ness and display Of personal feeling
anything they had witnessed before.
Interchanges of opinion We're INDUCED
in that, had they been uttered on the
floor of the convention, would have pro-
voked a tumult There We're crimina-
tions and recriminations, assertions
and denials, denunciatiOns and apollo
gies. The press representatives were
pledged to secrecy and even the Off
cial stenographer refrained from taking
notes.
The sensational scenes and incidents
that occurred this morning in the clos
ing moments of the session of the ma
tional committee furnished an album
dant topic Of discussion this afternoon
and tonight Very few of the mem
bers of the committee We're seen around
their hotels until late in the day, for
they were exhausted when the session
closed.
The episode that brought about an
allusion q the Hebrew descent of Mr..
Lauterbach, chairman of the New
York county committee, was one of the
fruitful sources of comment to-day.
While Mr. Lauterbach was leaving the
room after concluding his argument in
one oG the contests on MIR. E,agan of
New York, who had been admitted to
the room, made a coarse remark which
he coupled With an allustion to Mr.. Lau-
terbach's race. When the next contest
was called and Mr.. Lauterbach was
again admitted Committeeman Yerkers
of Louisville called attention to Eagan's
and Indignantly protested
against the sessions being disgraced in
such manner. Chairman Carter insist
ed upon the name of the offender being
made public, and when this was done
called it three times. no response came,
and General Collins, after scanning the
vouched for the fact that
the offender was not in the room. Mr..