The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-15

nnanclal disturbar'seE aud IN widespread pros
tration OF trade.
We demand such a revision Of the tariff as
shall revive and perpetuate the prosperous
influence of discriminating protection to
American manufacturers and American work.
ingmen as shall re-establish the principle OF
trade reciprocity with foreign nations and
shall provide the Government with sufficient
revenues for current expenditures, for the
maintenance of its credit at home and abro ad
and for an adequate reserve at all times for
the redemption OF all outstanding obligations
Pending an international agreement for the
restoration of silver as primary money, to
which action on the part OF this Government
we pledge our earnest support, we favor, as a
further guarantee of a sound currency which
equally and vitality concerns all classes of our
population, the maintenance of the existing
gold standard, with such revision of our cur
rency laws as shall provide sufficient volume
of money for the legitimate demands of trade,
but under such conditions and regulations
only as shall render at all times every dollar
whether OF gold, silver or paper-of equal and
system which conforms fundamentally to the
civilization of the age, and are therefore op-
posed, under existing conditions, to the free,
unlimited and independent coinage of silver.
The Connecticut delegation organized
tonight with Ex-Governor Morgan T.
Bulkeley as chairman and G. NJ. Jarvis as
secretary. S. M. Fessenden was again
chosen to act as member of the National
Committee and appointed member of
the committee on resolutions. The meet
ing lasted over two hours. Most of the
time is said to have been consumed in an
effort to agree on presenting solid front
on the first ballot for President. G. M.
Jarvis afterwards said that the member OF
the National Committee, Mr.. Fessenden,
alone held out for Reed. The other men,
bers of the delegation are all pronounced
for Mckinley, and in his opinion they will
vote for him on the first ballot.
The Utah delegation tonight chose W.
s. Mccormick chairman and Thomas
Kerens secretary, and appointed the fol-
lowing members of the conventio com.
mittees: Credentials, G. E. Allen; resolu-
tions, Frank ]. Cannon; member of the
National Committee, O.J. Salisbury. The
motto of the delegation is "Free Silver OF
Bust"
1--WE favor the maintenance of the ex-
listing gold standard, and are opposed to
the free coinage of silver, except by inter-
national agreement for bimetallism with
the leading nations of the world"
This is the text of the financial plank
upon which Mr.. Platt and his friend 8
agreed at conference which adjourned
late tonight, and which was attended bv
leading Eastern men and a number from
the Middle Western States. 1t was de-
cided that the fight should be kept up for
this plank in the platform, and Mr.. Platt
stated that he believed such a plank
would be inserted, and that the So called
sound money" men would abandon their
position of insisting upon a plank that
meant gold, but which did not say so in
positive terms.
Besides the New England States, which
were represented at this conference chiefly
by Senator lodge OF Massachusetts. dele
gates were present from New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
Washington and Tennessee, all of whom
demanded that there should be no eouiyo-
cation in the platform, but that gold
should be mentioned in such a wav that
there could be no misinterpretation of its
purport. Among those present were a
number of delegates from other States.
who favored Mr.. Platt's proposition but
were without authority to act for their
States.
After the above plank had been agreed
to, its text was wired to the moneyed in
terests of New York and especially to ]. P.
Morgan. The replies from these gentle
men were satisfactory. They commended