The record-union., 1896-06-18

him.
The tariff plank was agreed to unani-
mously, and a strong declaration was
made for a protective duty on woods and
woolens. The protection of American
ship building and the development Of
American commerce was also demand
ed.
All of Teller's amendments to the
financial plank were voted down.
There was a pathetic scene when the
financial plank was reached and Senator
Teller presented his minority report. 1t
took the form of a substitute, and de-
clared in general terms for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of
Is to /. Senator Teller spoke for thirty
minutes. His utteranceS were followed
with deep interest and all present real
lied that the hour had come when one
of the founders of the Republican party,
a man who has been conspicuous in Re-
publican councils for a third of a CEN
tury, was taking step that would sep
arate him from his party friends.
Mr. Teller spoke with deep emotion,
and the sincerity of his purpose was SO
manifest that his words produced deep
impression. He spoke of his connection
party of his young manhood; the party
OF his choice; it was the party with
which he had been affiliated for thirty
five years; it was party that had given
him great honors, and he had served it
loyalty. But" he exclaimed in a voice
of deep earnestness, the time has come
when | shall be obliged to leave it if it
declares for the single gold standard y
He explained in conclusion that he
had not originally intended to speak
at such length, but that he was carried
away by the Importance of his subject.
1t was purely a matter of conscience
and principle. There was no question
'oi Harsonal ambition involved He
inight be wrong; he believed not Time
alone could tell whether he or the
trainers of this plank were right.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts ex-
planned that no choice was left to the
committee but to adopt the plank in
question. He expressed his high appre-
citation Of Mr.. Teller, and stated his
belief that he was acting from consci-
entious motives, but that the Republi-
cans had come to the parting of the
ways, and in that way parted from Mr..
Teller.
Mr.. Cleveland of Nevada asserted
that with such plank his State could
not be kept in the Republican column.
Lennon of California said the West
eTn men had come here under the be-
lief that the committee would be friend
ly to silver. He explained his cOnnec-
tion with the last three Republican
campaigns lin California; that they
lad done what they could to keep the
State i'm line, but the effect of this ac-
ton would be to wipe out Republican
ma ajority of 10000 and make the State
Democratic.
Cannon of Utah, like Teller, created
a profound sensation by the earnest
Less of his remarks. Several times his
voice was choked with emotion, and
he proceeded with great difficulty. He
pictured out that Utah had been com
verted from a Democratic Territory
into Republican State, but that it
would be irretrievably lost if the party
were committed to the gold standard.
He bitterly deplored the necessity
which compelled him to leave the party
of his choice, butt existing circumr
stances left him no alternative.
Mott of North Carolina asserted that
he had gone into this campaign for
Mckinley, believing that that gentle
man was friendly to silver. He had
failed to find any utterances of Nc
kinley's to the contrary. If Mckinley
was unfavorable to silver there was
rothing in his record to show it.
Before a vote was taken on Teller's
is to / substitute Darlington of Penn
sylvania arouse and replied specifically
to Senator Teller's declaration that the
Republican party had fallen under the
domination Of Lombard and Wall
street"
Dubois of Idaho also announced that
he would follow his associates, Teller
and Cannon, in leaving the party, all
though he regretted that necessity
compelled him to take this step. He
spoke at some length of the loyalty of
the extreme Western States to the
Republican party. Each has now two
Republicans i'm the Senate, but the
same could not be said of many Of the
Eastern States, whose representatives
were adopting a course that was dr1V-
inc the silver men from their party
associates. He showed that New York
was represented in the Senate by two
Democrats; that Indiana has two, and
Ohio and Illinois one each. If this gold
blank was adopted the Republican
party would, he said, lose control of
the Senate and not regain it in a quar-
ter of a century.
Brown of Michigan, following Du-
bois, expressed his regret that the sill
yer men should feel compelled to take
the course they had indicated. How
ever. he. for one, felt that the parting
Of the roads between Senator Dubois,
his associates and their constituents on
the one hand, and the Republican party
on the other. had been reached when
the five Republican silver Senators
took the ground in the Senate that no
measure for the relief OF the revenues
of the Government and the protection
of our industries should be permitted to
be considered and passed while they
were members of the Senate, unless
such measure carried with it a pro-
vision for the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver If there was any one
thing the American people demanded it
was sufficiency of revenue with which
to support the Government. The Gov
ernment could ont be starved, no mat
ter what party was in power If there
was one principle of the Republican
party that must be sustained, it was
the principle of protection.
Hartman of Montana boldly an
nounced that he could not and would
not support a candidate on this plat
form. The platform of 1892 had de-
clared for gold and silver as the stand
ard money This platform contained a
plank for gold only, and the silver men
stood by the party principles. and until
such time as the party might return to
the double standard they could not sup
port its candidates. Mckinley was an