The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-06
LOOKING 10 ST. LOUIS.
None of the Republican Leaders Yet on
the Ground.

| None OF the Republican Leaders Yet on
the Ground.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June Gas yet none
OF the leaders who are TO take part in
the Republican national convention
have arrived. Local politicians say
that Marcus a. Hanna, the leader OF the
Mckinley forces. will reach here next
Tuesday, and that Thomas q. Platt,
who has charge OF Levi =. MOrton's
campaign will come two days later. The
only out OF town men who viii play
any prominent part in the convention
who have as yet arrived ore T.C,Byrnes,
sergeant-nt-arms OF the convention. and
Colonel Swords, sergcant-at-arms OF the
national committee.
Perry Heath. formerly managing cdi-
tor OF the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, whu will be the chief Mckinley
spokesman. until the arrival Of Hanna,
Tuesday evening, has come and Is keep
ing the special correspondents supplied
with Mckinley news.
The Republic in the morning will print
lengthy interview with Mr.. Heath. In
which he gives what he purports to be
Mr.. McKinley's position on the financial
question. II will read as follows:
mfr. Heath did not attempt tn deny
that the Mckinley programme was TO
force the tariff Issue 20 the front In 1896.
wall street" said Mr. Heath, has
attempted to run every national cOnven-
tion held since / have known anything
about national conventions. II will try
tn run the Republican convention this
year and 1t will, as usual fail. Major
Mckinley Is one OF those men who does
not believe his judgment should be ta-
ken against the combined wisdom or his
party, Nobody has spoken for him au-
thnritatIvely on the currency plank, and
nobody will be able TO do so because he
Is willing to trust the convention and
stand by its decision. The best Judg-
ment OF the whole party must prevail
In this matter,
There are not to exceed four states
which will insist on an uneQulvOcal dec
laratlon for the gold standard. These
states ure New York Maine, Massachu-
sets and probably New Jersey. In the
same way there are about half dozen
silver states which will demand l6 to
declaration. In a majority Of states the
one issue In the campaign IS protection.
You cannot talk the currency question
to Republicans In Ohio, Indiana or llli-
nols. This is the great Issue, and what
ever the Republican convention adopts
as It's platform, will be the Mckinley
platform"
Having disposed OF the Mckinley cur
rency attitude, Mr.. Heath. at the re-
quest OF the reporters, addressed him
self for n few moments to Thomas c.
Plntt, with the following result:
Eyes; Mr. Plat is preparing some
kind Of coup. am Informed It Ia 10
be sprung. either before the national
committee. or on the floor OF the con-
ventlon. He has served notice repeated
ly during the past few days that he
would not give up his fight until the
nomination was announced, and there
was no longer any opportunity TO enter
his protest against the Ohio candidate.
Just what he intends to do is not clear
" manifest at this time. but have let
trrS from at least one member OF the
national committee to whom Mr.. Plat
has written, In which one of his moves
Is named. He intends, II possible, to con-
troll the preliminary roll In the conyen-
tlnn. and to use the advantage he might
obtain by that success against Nc
Kinley."