Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-16

w,v Grow StrOnger-Southern
western States Declare Tor
2 cod Standard, but Do Not
--.r- silver Condemned Vice
9aedent Still in Doubt.
rs. Mo. June 15.-On the eve
..~rta National convention Of the
party st. Louis resembles a
csed for the coming Of her liege
iings flame with buntings,
L.vs are adorned with pictures
various candidates, the air beats
rulsaung of martial music as
clubs go sweeping by, the
surge with people borne along in
s streams while the hotel cor
.boked with a jOstling, push
1t humanity.
.imated that $4,000 strangers
ia Town tonight.
Tho southern and Planters hotels,
ls headquarters of the principal
ions are located, were thronged
doors an day.
as played i'm the rOtundaS and kept
crowds that pushed their way up
tu the broad marble Staircases
.fey seemed 10 creak under their
ms. I'm a good humOr, while delega-
na. and leaders conferred behind
doors as 10 the final details.
most remarkable feature about
ren-i0a so far has been the alb
bad blood among the partiSans
,0r0us candidates. The triumph
Mckinley has been so complete thus
. his friends can afford 20 be
--ar.m3us aad his opponents can do
1E bUt acquiesce in the aScertained
F,1 o. The majority.
rarisans of Reed. Quay, Norton
Allison
STILL WEAR THEIR BUTTONS
M are as staunch as ever in their
i s.-v. but they realize the hopeless
1t making shrieking or offensive
o1sra-ions in favor of their cham
and the managers Of the anti
Mckinley candidates have practically
Htci -leir swords. This does not
mean t5- they have abandoned the
Wi-l the exception Of Governor
lI O. Kentucky. who dropped out
The names Of the other candidates
~tl bs rc eu.-d and voted for and will
probably q0'l their fuI strength. In
deed. ,he Reed men -O-day have labOred
slu1ls'v To- rally their followers 10
.e 's. man, They have appealed 10
friends 90 so down with cOlOrs fly
so .oo win the followers Of Morton,
Alison and Quay
h mo- one ventures to suggest the
o-sia.H-y O., McKinley's defeat.
aa real struggle that is going on is
-he financial plank in the plat
'u Around it. all interest centres.
sl the disputes in the various
cations over the supremacy Of men
actions, it is almost the sole sub
r pleas and cOunter-pleas. IL is
ral battle ground. In phrase and
is an important. Upon tariff.
IS substantial unity. but the diff
upon money are as wide as
continent. Free silver and gold
raCOnCiliable as the poles. and
l.cl, silver men are prepared to
70 upon the issue.
moving they cannot succeed they
60 now formulating the manifesto
t.-L. SEVER THEIR ALLEGIANCE
0 Republican party. But these
silver men are largely outnum-
Headed by Senator Teller, OF
1 they have only mustered five
and perhaps one territory, less
-..y delegates in all. out of total
.r.. g'1. The real struggle is be-
hose in favor af a declaration
i0teaance of a gold standard,
through an International agree
and those whose frisndiiness to
lhough opposed to free coinage,
chem seek 10 avoid a specific en-
-- Of The god standard.
.. result Of tae meeting OF the vari-
SAFE delegations to-day demon
uDhs-ically that the cOnven-
4 ro- dodge the issue nor equiv
1 language. Twenty-eight
'npr sing the territory east of
PIP. and almost all the south,
members of the resolutions
and instructed them TO vote
E'I declaration.
'-s.1, Minnesota. Nebraska Ore
a Washington also took strong
Tor sold Tn Indiana. Gen. Lew
was chosen a member of the re-
committee. after he had de-
- he would not stand on the
plank and that the utterances
ma.n,elance of the gold stand
It'd NOT BE MADE TOO STRONG
Minnesota, with her Is votes,
..ed Ex-Governor Merriam TO in
'a declaration Of the gold stan
'1igan and several OF the
western States. notably Iowa and
and several Of the Southern
'rsia. Mississippi and Louis
aaonced their opposition TO free
ouJ did not favor a too radi-
.--ion in favor of the gold stan
"3s particularly SOlicitouS and
nat 1t might carry the North
the Democratic camp in case
go convention pronounced Ia
SILVER. The Eastern delegates
loved at the outcome and be-
i ~, The result of tO-day's ac-
i moves The last uncertainty as 10
i ter of the financial plank.
@ language Of the plank has not
j r,,- drawn. Mark Hanna. 10
j eyes are turned. and TO whom
4 as-eed belongs the distinction of