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financial plank. They realize that they
arc in q hopeless minority and they
have carefully laid their plans to walk
out OF the convention. The programme
they have arranged will probably fur
nish the most dramatic and sensational
Incident OF the convention.
As one OF these said tonight: III the
Republican convention be right we Will
force II to be honest. Better gold
declaration for all concerned than an
eQulv0cal plank that wears gold"
The fight will then be carried TO the
floor OF the convention under the leader
ship OF Senator Teller.
The silver men expect to carry nt
leaa, five states out OF the convention
with them, Colorado. Idaho. Utah, Ne
vada and Montana, and they nre very
hopeful that the Democratic con-
venIIon at Chicago will nominate the
man who leads the bolt here.
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~ sILYER coNTENeENr
III the Convention while Small will he
Compact Some May Holt.


ST. LOUIS. Mo. juno 1.-THE or
rival of Senator's Trl''or md Mantle has
had the effect II ryvIvlng Interest IN
the programme o' the silver men In tho
national convention. The silver Cou-
tlugcRt viii be small. hut compact it ~
believed. under quito Perfect discipline.
II viii De- composed principally NJ The
delegates lu tHr states NJ Colorado.
Montana. Utah, Idaho, and Ncyadu,
and possibly gone ~ the ;rrrritgrins
Tho delegations fIum the Nr1t funr
rtairs uamrd are headed By tie Fonu-
tors who by thoIr votes refused tn allow
iHr Dnrl"y tariff b.il 90 plas the rUaln
unless coupled with q provision fIy th"
n n ,ululrn OK silver.
Tursr delegates VIII GcmnHl h"nlr-
fHtIug by tho convention IU fnvnr NJ irnc
pu.ul.r undur Tho conditions prevailing
u.ur ~ 1913. and IN rar" %. lNIlur' 20
,,rurr ,Iis gumr, " not all uf ih"uL af'
,a-rc'cI 10 thereafter cruH" - net with
tho convention. II has hn"n uu open
.srrri sDr goyyrgl wnntr lint this would
lr tn,rr line ur lriInG hui 70 ~ not yet
lmuwn nhnthry rU the dri'r'ln" ;tpm
Tho atat,s viii mrtIeIusbo IN th,s
movement II II believed there. viii be
exceptions, but who they VIII be, II
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Reed with all possible spirit. A large
painting OF Mr.. Reed has been placed In
the Reed headquarters. which Rre the
rooms lately occupied by the national
committee while considering the con-
tested election cases.
The Massachusetts, delegation held n
meeting and a count OF the delegates
shows that Reed was the fRvorlte. SEN
at0r Lodge announced after the meet
Ing that there were so solid delegates
for Reed. The delegations from Maine
and Massachusetts are not talking OF
any second choice for President, nor OF
n candidate for vice president
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oliver than the present laws give, eE-
ccpt upon International agreement but
without mentioning in terms the gold
standard and with Few words OF en-
C1uraEcment to the friends OF silver.
The contest will be principally be-
tween the advocates OF the first and the
second propositions, and. as Il now APP
pears, the outcome will be II comprO-
mise between these, which means OF
course that the platform VIII be almost
all that the gold people will demand.
silver EItTcmIsts.
The advocates OF an extreme declar-
alton for silver are confined largely to
The delegations from the lnter-moun-
tain states, with some support from the
Pacific coast and possibly a few scat
tering delegates from other sections.
Their representation in the committee
will be larger than in the convention,
but In neither sufficient to obtain more
than a respectful hearing. They are ex-
pected to announce that no compromise
whatever will be acceptable to them
and 10 thus practically eliminate TO them
selves from the work Of preparing the
platform. with this feature Of the sll-
yer question removed from the deliber-
atIons OF the committee 1t IS not be-
lleved that lts deliberations Will be
greatly prolonged.
one Important question remaining
unsettled il that OF the selection OF
vice presidential candidate. Next to the
financial plank the filling OF this place
on the ticket has engaged the greatest
share OF speculative attention during
the week, but apparently opinion has
not been 50 we'll crystailZed on this
subject "A upon others The names OF
many candidates have been suggested.
Including those OF Mr.. Hobart. Of New
Jersey, Governor Morton and General
Tracy. OF New York: Governor Bulkc-
ley and Senator Hawlcy. OF Connectl-
cut: Governor Hastings, Of Pennsylva-
mia: Representative DlnElcy. OF Maine;
Hon. II. Clay Evans. Of Tennessee. ana
Hon. NJ. II. De Young, OF California.
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HARTFORD. Conn. jun 1.-THE
famous collection dr vioIins, owned by
the late r, d. Hnwlcy, Of this city, has
tacn anld to Ralph Granger OF san
p'egu, Cal The price paid is said to be
=, m, nclchbarhGod Of $4,000. The col
lection consists OF twelve instruments,
and includes the fnmous King Joseph
violin, said to be the finest In existence.
Thr sale was made by Judge llurlburt
White, administrator OF the estate OF
t,r Int. Tnura HawlCy.
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elaIly declares opposition to the free
and independent coinage Of silver at
the ratio Of 10 20 ]. =,
Al MrEInIey's headquarters there -
stII Tn, fullest confidence IN the favor
ne having G33 votes ON the first ballot
ont OF total " siS, but there ia not
any 6.ol slate f1r tho nomination Tor
VICE President. or any ulumatum on the
rIIrrnnaN nllnIL.
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spscIal nlspa,ch TO the Inielllgcnccr
PIEDMONT. W. Va. lure li.-At the
Republican primary election held h'"
fast evening aeiagataa werr elected nnd
instructed for Atkinson FOR governor,
La Toilette for auditor, Dayton for
Congress.
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OPEN QUESTION.
Vice Presidency the Only Thing
Not Settled.
THE MKINLEY FORCES REFUSE
To Take Any Hand in Settling the
Matter.
SCHEME OF THE EASY BOSS

In Presenting MortOn's Name for First
pl.r. Is Co Make the Delegates from that
state show Their HAnds-PIAtt'S Knock
Down Mean, a Gain for the Party tn tho
Emplrs stAto-Ths Platform will be as
sound As a ROok-wsst YirEinln show.
ing Up Tn Great shAps-CommIttsemNn
scott. Coup In Nominating RABBIT Sale
:, chaplain of the Convention unlv'r.
sally Commanded.
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ST. LOUIS. June 1I.-Governor Brad
ley wlthdraws. Delegate Yerkes, Of
Kentucky, received a telegram from
Governor Bradley announcing that his
name would not be presented to the con-
vention. This has been in the COVER
nur's mind for some time. Governor
Bradley will arrive here tomorrow
morning to engage actively in the con-
test in behalf OF platform declaration
for q gold standard.
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THE CONVENTION HALL.

Some Very Pretty ConeoitI in the DSeOrn-
tlon Of the Interior.
ST. LOUIS, No, June 1.-THE hall
in which the convention viii be held Is
ready for use tonight, II It were need
ed. The decorations are complete, and
all that remains to be done Is the locat-
Ing OF the various state delegations
which will be attended to tomorrow.
The convention hall erected especially
for this occasion, Is plain rectaRgH-
lar building 1872 by zoe feet, with an au-
dltorium 100 by 200 feet for the use OF
the delegates and Rltcrnates, and sur
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UP TO DATE.
The Situation ut St. Louis Focused
by the Associated Press.
EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS
For the Convcning OF the Republic
can National Convention.
TIE LONG LIST OF CONTESTS

Has Been Concluded by the National
Committee, and the Commlttso on Gre.
dsntIaIs Is Likely to Accept the Results
Arrived at with tho Exception ofArl'
1onn nnd DsIawnrs-A short ConVsn.
ton PrsdIrtsd-The Only Matter that
will Likely Delay the DslIbsrn'IOn, will
be the Work OF the Committee on Hr'O'
tions and the selection OfA Vice Prs'i.
Dental Candidate.
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West Virginia IS beginning to show
Up. The headquarters at the Planters
Is attractive with It's handsome decora-
tons. over the door OF one OF the par
lors in big black letters Is
West Virginia"
Beneath that, surrounded by SILK fags
IS the coat OF arms OF the state on
shield. silk fiags ornament the room
There has been n steady stream Of visi-
tors to-day and Tonight Five dele
gates are here. Hardmnn. Gould.
Schmulbach, Houston and Boughner,
The three first named are men OF more
than ordinary stature and attract attcn-
tlon. The others OF the delegation will
nrrive by Baltimore e. Ohio in the morn
ING from Parksrsburg. They VIII all
h. comfortably lodged. They have the
whole OF one house and half Of another.
In addition TO the deleEata1 herr are
Messra. Myers. Morgan. Bailey and Col
llor, OF Wheeling. Not enough delegates
are on the ground 70 forecast the dlStri.
button Of the honors In The matter OF
convention appointments. West Wiz
ginls.has secured four times as many as
at any previous convention.
Mr. scott's Great Coup.
The selection Of Rabbi Sale. Of this
city. as chaplain Of the convention.
wns the thought Of West VlsEinia's
national commltteeman,'w who has been
much. commended for IT, There was
likely 10 b. some contention over the
matter. growing out Of the disposition
10 c0mplicate the party with se2tarinn
side issusS. II occurred To Mr. scott
:hat Il would contribute 20 tn" smooth
running Of things and hJncr i1Tge
body of Americans who have never
been thus hOnorea. and who arc turn
Ing more and more to the Republican
rarty. II Jewish minister was chosen.
Rabbi Sale IL n learned n1u em'n'nt
um1ug his co-rclIElong. lie was chns-
IN without q 4isscatinR voice,
Tonight the Rtad-Nortun and quay
hradquartcrs are blazing IN glory, Just
"a though there was n cgnt"St on. Peo-
pie admire tn beauty. smile. aud pass
on,
sIr. Scott was not wsll Inst night,
and Delegate Could. u Tucker county,
had his proxy and sai all night until )
clock this morning. During this time
the New York cases were on, thr most
important OF the whole batch Of con-
tests. and the most ably and stub
burnly fought Mr. SrDtt's ailmcnt was
but TEMPORARY and he looked much
frrsh"r this morning than bis proxy
did after tra all night i1b The following
additional West Nirgin'aus came In to-
night: Hon. ". S. Edwards. Thomas
Skies. j. L. Crawford. sam Dixon. ~
Fiye;t" county. T. Il. Campbell. Of
CIbrll county. !. Il. Cary, ~ Summers
county. ". Ballard. ut Monroe county,
nrd William Gideon, OF ClhCll county,
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For West Virginia; warmer. fair; vnria-
For Western Pennsylvania ami ono;
fern.rally fair, with possibly i,Ehl inySS'
Local Temperature.
Tho temperature Saturday az observed
I'M l.. SchncpI, druggist. corner fGat-
.Gcntb and Market streets. was as Io''
lows az
"A. NIECE, & 70 u. m.r...,.,,s'''' ". W
Co., m-...rr,s.r...r 30, ' msrr, ,....''''''
SUNDAY,
IN ut.....,,.....,.. G. 7p m.-....sr+fs'''' - -
"A n, ...,.,... igl u. mH-.s.. ..Hs'''' "
1g m..',.,,,....... igWCathcr-FUln
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spccinl Dispatch to the Intelligeneer.
ST, Louis, June 1t.-,T have seen some
convention cities with the big meet. but
never one that showed so few'ot the pre-
Donitory symptoms as this city at this
time, Delegations have been coming in
to-day, but smaller than In other years.
and with less brass music. There are
oIso fewer campaign emblems, anu
scarcely any OF the defiant campaign
cries that are heard when the Issue Is In
doubt II Is the element OF uncertainty
that gives zeGt to these things, and this
clement is wanting this time.
Much Is being said about the vice
presidency. and the one truthful thing
that Is to be said Is that thlN Is as yet an
open question. At the Mckinley head
charters Tnere Is a fiat refusal to take a
hand in the determining OF this question,
The contrary IL asserted, but give the
truth Morton's nat refusal Is part OF
the Platt plan Of campaign.
PIAtt's Motive
From that point OF view Morton is still
In the fIeld for drst place. This means
that PIatt intends to have the New York
delegates show their hands go that he
may know who stands with him In the
face OF the landslide. Platt Is looking
10 his home affairs. He thinks he can
stand the loss OF national prestige u he
must, II only he can mafntnin himself ut
home. HIS lleutenantse here are saying
that New York Is u doubtful state and
cannot be carried with the anti-Platt
Republicans In control. The folks on
the other side say Platts knock down
means an Immense gain for the party In
the Empire State.
Every hour adds TO the certainty that
the money plank OF the platform Will be
Us sound az any reasonable sound mon
~ man could ask. II Will be sound as 4
rock. and IL will be broad enough for all
sound money men 30 stand on. No
handful Of men will be allowed to dc
tate IL. It will represent the whole great
party, with the free coinage men left
The advocate., 1896-07-01
MOFrlll's Campaign Plan.

The following dispatch from st. Louis
on the day after the convention contains
some information Of interest in regard to
the conduct Of the last Republican cam
psign in this State:
After the adjournment Of the conven'
tion yesterday afternoon, number OF
Ksnssns were congregated in one OF the
rooms Of the Sunhower State head
quarters. They were talking OF the
finance issue.
Judge J. V. Beekman had just finished
a very entertaining talk on silver when
Boss Leland entered the room.
"Cy," said Beekmsn, "if you make
any arrangements for me to do any cam
psign work this year, I want you to send
me to some Eastern State, or somewhere
where my views on silver are not 30
we'll known. The Resolutions commit
tee is sure to report in favor Of the
existing gold standard and l can't
stand on that in Kansas"
"You can do what Morrill, did two
years ago." replied Leland. "You can
straddle the question, or speak both
sides Of it. OF course you remember his
first speech in the campaign Of that
year. 1t was strongly fayoring the free
coinage Of silver at q ratio Of 16 to l.
Well, l called the old man down on that,
and when saw him, told him he must
not talk free coinage. Well, said
Morrill,, If you think 1t best, Mr.. Leland,
IN change, 90 the next speech hs made
The advocate., 1896-07-01

was dismetricslly opposed to his previous
one, 30 far as finance was concerned, and
any Eastern gold-bug would have been
more than satisfied.
"But in less than two weeks, the old
man had fallen down, and was talking
free silver. Then he kept see-sawing
around the rest Of the campaign, first on
one side, then on another. / asked him
one day why he persisted in doing this
and he said: Why don't you see, Mr..
Leland, then Ill catch 'em coming and
going-get both Sides This was the
old mans idea of policy.
"Now | WONDER" said Boss Leland
"what he'll do this year, provided he il
nominated. But" Leland added quickly
''he will not be nominated"
"Who willY" asked listener.
"Oh, 1 don't know" said the boss.
"Some good man will run up agains
him in the State convention and TAX,
that nomination"
The advocate., 1896-07-01

law which attaches personal penalties to
its infractiOn.
In short, it has been found impracti-
cable to enforce the law. In the last
(S05) report Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, on the first page thereof
and in the fourth paragraph; appear
these words:
"The experience and observations of
the past year, in which the progress Of
regulation under the act has not been
entirely satisfactory, warrant the con-
clusion that with the official proceedings
and transactions Of the year relating to
the operations Of the law, we should re-
port as q matter Of first Importance and
recommend the additional legislation
deemed indispensable to give effect to
the act in accordance with its purposes,
as declared in the first three sections
thereof"
In the first paragraph of the matter
proposing amendments to the law, the
commission set out by saying:
"The Importance Of amending the
present law cannot be stated with too
much emphasis. The subject has been
repeatedly brought to the attention OF
Congress, but for one reason and another
the measures heretofore recommended
have failed Of adoption. ."-[See page lO.l
On page IL the commission say:
"The special weakness of the law as it
now stands is the want Of finality and
binding force to the decisions Of the
commission, though made upon facts
ascertained after notice to the carriers
and full opportunity for all interested
parties to be heard"
Judging by experience, there is no rea'
son to expect that our railway companies
will or can ever pay the principal OF their
indebtedness, because they will never be
allowed to charge toll high enough for
that. Every year Of the gold standard
will make such payment more difficult
Indeed, the bondholders do not want the
principal as long as the interest is paid
They want tho investment" to remain
fixed as long as the interest payments
are promptly made. This entails per
petual double charge on the people, and
that alone is enough to justify change
But when to this is added the continu-
GUS failure to enforce equal ,and fair
treatment, the demand for change ii
Rmply supported,
The advocate., 1896-07-01
The River and HarbOr Bill.

The River and HarbOF Bill.
The river and harbor bill has been
passed over the Presidents veto in the
House by a vote Of 22O to go, and on the
following day it was similarly passed in
the Senate by a vote Of Sc to 5, the vote
in the House being taken without any
debate, that OF the Senate being pre-
ceded by debate Of four hours. There
is one important feature Of the bill that
has now become law which will commend
itself to all engineers who have had any
practical experience In river and harbOr
improvements: we refer to the provision
which it makes for the letting Of the
whole Of a contemplated scheme OF inn
provement by contract, and the suthori-
zation Of the expenditure OF the whole
sum necessary to carry it out.
It is safe to say that there is no de-
partment Of public works in which the
old system Of executing work by piece
meal has proved more extrsvagant and
wssteful than in this. In river and
harbor improvement the exigencies OF
the case generally demand that the work
shall be pushed through with dispatch.
To place a certain sum Of money at the
engineers disposal, and tell him to go
ahead and do as much as he can with it,
is in some cases to invite disaster. This
has been proved time and again in the
construction Of jetties, training walls,
revetments, etc., whore the construction
of the trestle, mattress, or other prelimi-
nary and more or less unstable structure
has necessarily to precede and keep we'll
ahead of the stone riprsp and ballRsting
which is subsequently added to give it
stability. 1t has been q common thing
for the harbor jetty, which has been
built in the summer, and left without
rock ballast because the years sppropria-
tion had run out, to be swept away by
the winters gales. Moreover, the inter
mittent system Of work involves the
idleness and depreciation Of q vast
amount of valuable plant, which under
the present arrangement will be kept
continuously at work.
It is unfortunate that the annual re-
port Of the engineers in charge OF this
branch Of work, or at least brief
digest Of it, is not more widely read by
the public at large. The mere recital
Of the vast improvements which have
been made in both harbor and river
navigation would make the large sums
annually asked for this work appear
more reasonable and less extravagant
than they are popularity supposed to be.
A few feet more depth Of water on an
ocean bar, or as many inches gained on
the gravel bar Of an inland river, will
mean many thousands Of tons increased
capacity for the channel or river in
question, and an enormous advacne In the
trade Of the districts which are served
thereby. Scientific American,
The advocate., 1896-07-01
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
OF RAILROADS.
No. l..

First-Why change from the present
system of railway management is desir-
able.
Second-What benefits would prob
ably result from the change.
Third-What authority exists for max
ing the change.
Fourth-Whst is the best mode Of Sc
curing government ownership.
First, then, as to the reasons for a
change.
1t may be said, to begin with, that
public transportation is the exercise OF a
public function, and that therefore it
ought to be carried on in a manner to be
absolutely just and fair to all the people
and at the lowest reasonable rate OF cost.
The constitution OF the United States
empowers Congress to regulate COM
merce among the several States" and
the courts have uniformly held that this
power is plensry, that it is full and COM
plete and that no body or tribunal other
than Congress has such power or any
power over the subject. And this is not
disputed by anybody. Under this au-
thority we got the interstate commerce
law after long struggle. The object OF
that enactment is to secure an honest
administration of the common law of
carriers-good service to the public, fair
and impartial treatment of patrons, and
reasonable charges for carriage
Taking the last of these three items
first-that Of reasonable charges, we find
the entire railway system of the country
capitalized at fully two times the present
actual values Of the different properties
The aggregate shares Of capital stock Of
all the roads amounted to $5,027, ,6O4, ,7l5
in 1894, and at the same time the funded
debt was s5,6O5, ,775, ,764, making total
investment of $ll,O16,3OS,315.
Conceding, for sake of the argument,
that the shares of stock represent the
actual value Of the roads, reasonable
compensation to the owners ought to be
based on that value and on nothing else.
That would be fair. But the companies
are all in debt, the aggregate indebted
ness being, as the figures show, greater
in amount than the shares owned by the
stockholders. This immense burden Of
debt is in the form Of bonds drawing in
terest at an average rate Of not less than
6 per cent, payable semi-annuaily. The
people ought not to be charged with this
debt or any part Of it, but they are 30
charged. The bonds Of the bondholders,
who do not own the roads at all, are put
in with the stock Of the stockholders,
who do own the roads, and they are
taken together as the capitalization OF
the companies, and the courts permit
the companies to charge their patrons
enough to pay good interest on the
entire amount In other words, by rea-
son of this double capitalization, the
people are compelled to pay for carriage
twice as much as it ought to cost them
even under private management.
As to fair and impartial treatment Of
patrons, that has not been accorded by
the carriers in the past, it is not done
now, there is no ground for expecting
that it will ever be done as long as pri.
vate interests alone are to be served in
railway business. Two years ago, when
tho nrAaidanta and managers of the