The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-16
STATE DELEGATIONS.
VARIOUS MEMBERS ASSIGNED
THEIR PLACES YESTERDAY.
AS a Rule Most of the Elections Ran
smoothly Enough, But There Was
Some Little Friction.

ST. LOUIS, June 15.-The Indiana
delegation, with scarcely any opposi-
ton, declared against the use of the
word gold in the proposed platform
and in favor of the adoption of the
money plank of the Indiana platform,
with reference to the ratio of 16 to 1
omitted. W. T. Durbin, president of
the Bank of Orson. was chosen men,
Der of the national committee to sue
coed eX-United States Treasurer John
Huston.
At the meeting. of the Minnesota
delegation. resolution introduced by
l.. P. Hunt for reference to the ma
tional committee, on resolutions, was
unanimously adopted as follows:
With full desire to carry out what
we firmly believe to be the wishes of
our people, we earnestly petition the
committee on platform to declare bod
lily and unhesitatingiy for the existing
gold standard of money, and unequi-
vocally oppose the free and unlimited
coinage of silver"
Representative C. o. Towne is in
furiated over the action of the dele
cation and openly declares in case
gold plank is placed in the platform
he viii sTump the state for silver. The
following selections were made: Ma
tional committeeman, Ex-Governor L.
Ho'bbard; resolutions, Ex-Governor R.
w. Morrian; chairman of the delega-
ton, Charles Pilsbury.
The Alabama delegation elected C.
w. Buckler, chairman; C. Caster,
member of the platform committee; A.
H. Alexander, member of credentials
committee. Colonel William Young
blood was unanimously reelected ma
tlonal committeeman. Caster Is unTe-
servedly in favor of a platform de-
claring for sound money.
North Carolina delegates selected
Senator j. G. Pritchard chairman.
Michigan delegation selected the fol-
lowing: Resolutions, Mark Brewer;
rational committeeman, George L.
Maltz; chairman of the delegation, R.
A. Alger.
The Massachusetts delegation Sc
iected the following: National COM
mitteeman, G. H. Lyman, Boston; res
olutions, Senator Lodge
The Rhode Island delegation elect
ed as national committeeman, General
Charles r. Brayton. of Providence:
resolutions, W. A. Reed, of Glouces-
ter.
The Maryland delegation elected as
member of the national committee,
George Wellington; member committee
on resolutions, James A. Garry.
The Florida delegation elected J. G.
Long national commit teeman and l..
L. Purcell, member platform commit
tee. Purcell announces himself as for
a sound money declaration in the plat
form
The Missouri delegation organized
with Major Warner as chairman. The
following selections were then made:
National committeeman Richard
Kerens; platform committee, f. G.
Neidringhaus; credentials, John L.
Billinger; permanent organization, Col
Samuel Jordan.
The West Virginia delegation declar-
ed for gold standard and elected its
list of representatives on the conven-
ton committees, but tied itself into
a deadlock over the office of national
committeeman. Two candidates for
this position were prcsented-A. b..
Scott, Of Wheeling, the present mem
Der, and William Seymour Edwards.
OF Charleston, ex-speaker of the state
house of representatives. Another
meeting will be held tomorrow.
The Addicks delegation from Della