The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-25

Mas IN ardent supporter OF LIN
coin, and Who for twenty yeafs.
has represented his state In the
senate :of the United safes Ne
. Republican. save for tvo years IN
the Cabinet OF President Arthur; SEN
Young senator from idaho. whose
father was nominated for Secretary OF
state OF Illinois by Abraham Lincoln
young senator Cannon. Of tab. who~e
father Was President Of the Mormon
Church. and Representative Hartman
the young and vigorous ConGressm 40 /
from Montana; Lennon OF California;
Mott, Of North Carolina, the ron vi
DIR. Mott, the Secretary of the silver
party and the delegates from the New i
Mexico, and Arizona, and Oklahoma |
Territories, who had voted with them |
in committee. and they, too, made
speeches, but did not announce their
purpose TO withdraw.
The scene WAS . most affecting one.
There was not dry eye in the room
while Senator Teller spoke. senator
Dubois. Senator Cannon. and Delegate
Mott broke down completely and wept
like children.
At noon senator Teller offered sew
eral silver substitutes, which were uni
fOrmly voted down, Al TO 10, the states
voting with him being California,
Idaho. Montana, Nevada, North Caro-
| lima, Utah, Wyoming, and the Terri
| tories Of Arizona and New Mexico.
Then q long discussion ensued upon
the majority report, after which the
| silver men retired for Q conference,
and the platform as . whole, was
adopted by . viva vOce vote.
| The fight was transferred TO the
convention on Thursday when the
platform as given above was reported.
| Senator Teller Was then recognized
to present the minority report, which
was read by the Secretary as follows:
We the Undersigned members OF
the committee on resolutions, being
unable to agree with q portion Of the
majority, which treats on the subject
of coinage and finance, respectfully
submit the following paragraph As
substitute therefor:
THE Republican party authorizes
the use of both gold and silver rs
equal standard money, and pledges its
power to secure the free and unlim-
tied coinage of gold and silver at our
mints, at the ratio of sixteen parts Of
silver to one of gold"
This document was signed by Sena-
tors Teller, of Colorado; Dubois, Of
Idaho and Cannon of Utah; Con-
gresham Hartman, of Montana, and
Mr.. Cleveland, of Nevada, as the rep
resentatives of their respective Sta ties
on the committee on resolutions.
Senator Teller made a ringing, elo-
} quent speech which thrilled the many
thousands of people who listened time
! and again, and in which he declared
that if the convention adopted a gold
standard platfOrmihe must, as an hon
est man, sever his connection with the
Republican party.
The minority report was rejected by
. q vote of Sls% To 1857. The North
Carolina delegation gave ~ votes in
favor of the report and l4i4 against it.
The majority report was then adopted
Senator Teller then arose to leave the
, convention. The eight men in the
colorado delegation had already arisen
!. and were waiting to fall in behind
! Mr.. Teller as he came down the aisle
e The Nevada men, near by, were
q also ready to depart. Mr.. Hartman, OF
J Montana, and one of his colleagues
joined the procession, and were mel
q by Senator Dubois and the entire
4 Idaho delegation. Senator Pettigrew
: of South Dakota, and three member.
of the Utah delegation Joined the pro-
!, cessiOn, and these twenty-five mel
:. walked out of the convention hall, sew.
: ering their connection with the Re
s publican party.
e At first the scene was intensely af
= fecting and dramatic. Silence prevail
8 in the immense thrOng of people
b Then a man in the gallery shouted
e Ego and be id" This broke the ten
8 sion and in a moment the vast Grove
N q
hooting and disgruntled spectators
q Some fellow sang out "GOOd-Bye, M,
l. Lover, Goodbye" and caused an up
It roar. When the noise had subsidized
Chairman ThurstOn facetiOusly re
i marked that enough delegates scenes
j. to be left to transact business, an,
e brought out roar of laughter.
Fl NOMINATIONS.
% The moment of supreme interes
II was now reached. The time had ar
rived for the nomination of candi
dates. This was accompanied by in
- describable demonstrations among tn
= supporters of the various men who's
"a names were presented.
: JnO. n. Baldwin nominated william
70 B. Allison, of Iowa.
Senator Lodge nominated ThOma
!. B. Reed, of Maine.
Chauncey NJ. Depew presented tn
20 name Of Levi p. Morton, of New Y orl
20 Senator Foraker nominated WilliaI
" Mckinley, of Ohio.
IA of Pennsylvania.
= ton, and the first ballot resulted as fol
# lows:
20 Mckinley, 6611s.
- Reed, S41a.
,aI Morton, So.
Allison, 351a.
Quay, 611a.
Chairman ThurstOn announced ths
10 Mckinley had received 661 votes, bu
!. he was not allowed to finish the ser
ns tence. The crowd once more took tn
N words out of his mouth with thei
a. cheers.
The nomination was then mad
m unanimous on motion of Senate
It Lodge.
$ The Times Independent Republ
:, cam says: "The ticket nominate
IA IA by the Republican National CONVEX
is ton at st. Leuis will prove q stron
one in the manufacturing section
as of the East, and in all localitie
e. where the financial question is nj
ar understood. 1t is essentially Ii
ne rich mans ticket. 1t nowhere wi
al have strong hold on the masses {
w the people,"
en- We have been hearing a few r,
~ marks to the effect that Mr.. McKil
OH ley was favorable to silver. But r
lie marks are cheap. We are now hea
I'd ing some remarks to the effect tn,
CHI the Democratic party favors silve