The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-11
THERE ARE TROUBLES
IN AND AROUND THE HEAD.
QUARTERS OF M'KINLEY,
Where Somber Shadows Fall-Tbey
Fear Not That He HASN'T the Dele
gates, But That the Financial
Question will Make a Split.

gates, But That the Financial
Question will Make a Split.
COLUMBUS, o., June 8.-[Special1 -
News from the inside or very close to
the inside, at McKinley's headquarters
in the offices Of Millionaire Hanna at
Cleveland, indicate that there are rapid
and fuctuating changes in the POLITICAL
barometer.
To be or not to be-on one side or the
other aye, there's the rub whether tits
safer to listen to the pleadings of the
single gold standard, or strike out for a
magnificent straddle. That is what
threatens calamity for the future.
The object of the visit of Senator
Quay to Governor Mckinley is gradu-
ally leaking out. He called on him to
insist that now being in the lead for
the presidential nomination he ought to
definitely declare on one side or the
other OF the financial question, and
thus put it out of the way so that the
tariff issue would come to the front and
absorb the entire attention Of the public.
Perhaps Q~ay was fishing for suckers.
II is said that Mckinley firmly believes
that he was. He asked Mr.. Quay to
kindly advise him as to the course he
should pursue, and the declaration, If
any, he should make on the issue.
Mr.. Quay would not presume to ad-
wise so great a man as Governor McKin-
ley on so important matter. He must
make up his mind for himself. Being
| kl,nrNua,l,1x, ,,,e ekak nd ha
ing absolutely master Of the perplexing
problem of finance, the only thing for
him to do was to decide for himself
without any outside advice.
While this fattered Governor McKin-
ley it troubled him nevertheless, for do
what he would he couldn't find out how
MI. Quay stood on the question-wheth-
er he was for the single gold standard
or for bimetallism.
The upshot of the visit was that Quay
didn't find out how Mckinley stood and
Mckinley didn't find out how Quay
stood. 1t was regular know nothing
meeting - or probably, more properly
speaking,a learn nothing meeting. Quay
went home without string Of suckers,
and Mckinley congratulated himself on
his ability to keep his mouth shut.
1t has been quietly arranged that
General g. ri. Grosvenor is to be on the
platform committee from Ohio. No
sooner was this given ont than storm
center was formed and the winds began
to blow from all quarters in upon the
kitchen cabinet at Cleveland.
How is Grosvenor ON the money
question?
This came from all directions--east,
west, north and south.
Governor Mckinley had nothing to
say.
Joe p Smith ditto.
William M. Hahn the same.
Mark Hanna passed
The truth of the matter is that Gros-
venor was elected on free silver plat
form two years ago and was fierce in his
attacks on the gold bugs" as he called
them in letters "a foot high.
Here is the exact plank adopted by the
convention of the Eleventh district
which nominated Grosvenor in 1894,
and on which he was elected to his pres
ent term in congress:
"Wesreaffirm the declaration Of prin-
? ciples adopted by the last Republican
national convention, and demand the
n adoption of such legislation as will
guarantee bimetallism and an enlarge
ment of the currency to at least $40 pei
capita"
than the Republican national platform
In this, that it demanded the raising OF
the per capita circulation By the coin.
age Of silver to $40. To do this would
require the immediage coinage of all the
silver in this country, and the importa'
tion of several ship loads from abroad
1t called for the coinage Of $l5 III silver
for each of the 70,00),000 population il
addition to the silver already coined
That is it called for the coinage of 81,
050, 100000.
This demand was not made thought
lessly and on the spur Of the moment
but upon careful consideration. TIL,
resolution was drafted by Hon. Q. E. M
Jennings, the veteran editor of tn,
Athens Messenger, the Republican or
gan in Athens county, and free silvel
advocate Of 20 years standing.
General Grosvenor was either in favo
H Of or opposed to the resolution and tn,
declaration it made. He certainly wa
not opposed to it, inasmuch as he ap
proved of it before it was offerd in con
veption for adoption.
In his speech of acceptance he com
planned, in his bitter way, that the Dem
! ocratic party had done nothing for sill
yer since the repeal of the Sherman
|, purchasing act.
r In the course Of his remarks the gen
eral went on to say that he believed tina
IL all dollars, gold, silver and paper, shoul,
be equal in value. so that the dollar o
the workingman should be the same a
that Of the banker In other words, tn
congressman said that he did not wan
the gold, or the bankers dollar, to b
worth more than that paid to the farm
or or laborer. There has been no recor
of General Grosvenor doing anything I
- increase the per capita possession @
money to $40. nor has he done us muc
as the Democratic party for silver, bii
ter though his complaint was in June
1894.
As O member of the platform CON
mittee what will General Grosvenor dc
Will he insist ON the $40 per capitap
Will he call fer the coinage OF bi
lion dollars of silver?
a There is good deal of speculation Q
TO whether he will 20 for the straigl