The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-06-24
MCKINLEY AND HOBART.
THE STANDARD BEARERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Their Kingdom Is Divided by the GoIdbug
Wedge, and Teller and Dubois
Walk Off With the SILVER End
of the Party.
of the Party,

Walk Off With the SILVER End
of the Party.
After ten hours session in torrid
heat and distressing noise, the eleventh
republican convention nominated tick
ct pre-ordaned from the first by the
Ohio political managers, who practically
controlled the gathering, and named
A. Hobart, of New jersey, for president
and vice-presdent, respectively, of the
United States. The first and only vote
for a candidate for the presidency result
ed as follows:
Mckinley, 6613; Reed, 49,; Quay, 81;
Morton, So; Alison, 25.
On motion of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. seconded by Governor Hastings.
of Pennsylvania, Plat, of New York and
a prominent Iowan, McKinley's nomina-
ton was made unanimous.
HOBART FOR VICE-PREsIDRNT.
There was but one vote needed to
nominate candidate for vice-president.
When it was learned that Morton had
positively declined to allow the use of
his name, sentiment rapidly turned to
Garrett A. Hobart, of New Jersey.
The friends of H. Clay Evans, of Ten
nessee, made strong fight for their IA
vorite, but the New Jersey man was an
easy leader when the voting occurred, as
the following figures show:
Hobart, 5333; Evans, 2804; Buckley, 80;
Walker, "a.
The nomination of Mr.. Hobart was
made unanimous.
A GOLD STANDARD PLATFORM.
The committee on resolutions made
it's report through Chairman Foraker.
The financial plank reads:
"The republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments In 1879:
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold. We are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase our
currency or impair the credit of our
country. We are therefore opposed to
to the free coinage of silver, except by
international agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world, " hich
we pledge ourselves to promote, and I'M
til such agreement can be obtained the
existing gold standard must be preser,-
ed. All our silver and paper currency
must be maintained at parity with gold,
and We favor all measures designed to
maintain inyiolably the obligations of
the United States and all our money
whether coin or paper, at the present
standard, the standard of the most en-
lightened nations of the earth.''
A DRAMATIC SCENE.
Senator Teller opposed the adoption
of the platform as reported by the COM
mittee, with the gold standard plank,
and offered substitute for it which rec
ogniAed the rights of silver as a money
metal. AS Senator Teller spoke in favor
of the substitute the scene was an i'm
pressive one. All knew that the parting
of the ways had come, and many eyes
were dImmed with tears as one of their
long and trustee leaders spoke the words
shat severed him and his party. Senator
Teller's voice betrayed the deep emotion
he felt. He told of his deep love for the
party which he had helped to found and
in whose interest he had labOred faith
fully. He told of the early days of the
party when it stood for principle. He
denied that his advocacy OF free coinage
was in any manner controlled by the fact
that he represents a state which pro-
duces silver. He commended for it be-
cause he believed that no count try could
| prosper without it, and because he be-
| lieved thatit was the great weight which
was now weighing down the country.
He believed the morality, the civiliza-
ti0n-nay, the very religion-of this
country were at stake in this contest,
Men in distress were neither patriots nor
brave. This was what made him a re-
publican, because he believed it's prnci-
Piles were calculated to build up and sus-
tain the unfortunate and distressed He
did not believe this could be done on the
gold standard With this solemn con-
viction upon him he must sever his con-
necton with the political organization
with which he had been 50 long con-
nccted. Before the republican party
was organized he stood for the doctrine
of free silver, free homes and equal
rights. There were few men in the par
! ty who had been more sincerely attached
to its principles than he,and he could not
go out Oft without heart-burning and
regret "If go out of the republican
party" he said, 81 care not what the
consequences may be, whether it takes
me out of political life or not Igo out
with feeling at least that l maintain
my consistency, and manhood approves
the sacrifice"
LAID ON THE TABLE.
On motion of Mr.. Foraker, Senator
| Tellers silver substitute was laid on the
table.
! A western delegate asked for a sepa-
rate vote on the financial plank, but no
| separate vote was taken.
| The platform was then adopted as re =
| ported by the committee.
Senator Cannon, of Utah. denounced