The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-16
ST. LOUIS IS
In GALA ATTIRE
Seyenty-five Thousand Strangers In
the City, Which Is Pnlsating
With Martial Music.
STRONG GOLD DECLARATIONS
Heed Men Wake Strong Rally. bat the rlum
Is Conceded 10 Mckinley Three Cor
hefed Fight 10 New Tork
Delegation.

81. Louis. June l5.--On the eve Of the
tenth national convention Of the Re
publican party. 81. Louis resembles a
bride decked for the coming Of her
liege lord. Buildings fame with bunt-
Ing. windows are adorned with pictures
OF various candidates, the air beats
with the pulsating OF martial music. as
the paradlng clubs go by. the streets
surge with people borne along In re-
sistless streams. while the hotel cor
ridors are choked with a Jostling. push
ing mass OF humanity. II is estimated
that 5000 strangers are the guests Of
St Louis tonight.
The most remarkable feature about
the convention 80 far has been the alb
sence Of bad blood among the partisans
OF the various candidates. The triumph
OF Mckinley has been so complete thus
far that his friends can afford to be
magnanimOus. and his opponents can
do nothing but acqulesce in the ascer-
tained wish OF the majority. The par
tisans OF Reed. Quay Morton and ALI
son still wear their buttons and are
as staunch as ever in their loyalty
but they realize the hopelessness OF
making shrieking or offensive demon
strations in favor OF their champions,
and the managers Of the anti-McKinley
candidates have practically sheathed
their swords. This does not mean that
they have abandoned the field. With
the exception Of Gov. Bradley. Of Ken
lucky, who dropped out last night. the
names OF the other candidates will be
presented and voted for and will prob
ably poll their full strength. Indeed.
the Reed men have today labored as
siduously TO rally their followers of
the Maine man, but no one ventures TO
suggest the possibility OF McKinley's
defeat.
The real struggle that is going on is
over the financial plank Of the plat
form. Free silver and gold are as ir-
reconeleable as the poles. and the sill
yer men are prepared TO stake their all
upon the issue. Knowing they cannot
succeed. they are even now formulating
a manifesto that will sever their allie
s,iapna 20 tha Uan,bIfcar marty R,,t
these radical silver men are largely out
numbered. Headed by Senator Teller.
OF Colorado, they have only mustered
five states and perhaps one territory.
less than fifty delegates in all. out Of
a total Of over 900. The greatest con-
test is between those who favor bold
declaration for the maintenance Of the
gold standard, except through inter
national agreement, and those whose
friendliness to silver, although opposed
TO free coinage, makes them seek to
avoid a specific declaration for gold
standard. The meetings Of the state
delegations today demonstrated EN-
rhatically that the convention will not
dodge the issue or equivocate in Ian
guage. Twenty-eight states, compris-
ing the territory east Of the Mississippi
and almost the entire South, elected
members Of the resolutions COMMITTEES
and instructed them to vote for a gold
declaration. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Or
egon, and Washington also took strong
grounds for gold,
Gen. Lew Wallace, as a member Of the
resolutions committee from Indiana.
after he had declared he would not
stand on the Indiana plank, said the
utterance in favor of a gold standard
could not be made too strong for him.
Minnesota, with her eighteen votes,
instructed Ex-Governor Merriam to in
sist upon a declaration for the gold
standard. Michigan. and several north
western and Southern states. no.
tably Iowa, Mississippi and Ala
bama, announced their opposition
" AANN StAhoSSi hul NAu AON lSl-
vor too radical a declaration in fa-
vor of the gold standard. Iowa was
particularly solicltous and feared it
might carry the northwest into the
Democratic camp in case the Chicago
convention pronounced later for silver,
The eastern delegates are overjoyed
over the outcome and believe the re
suit of today's action removes the last
uncertainty as to the character of the
financial plank. The exact language of
the plank has not yet been drawn.
St. Louis, June 15.-The contest in
the New York delegation for chairman
of the delegation ended this afternoon
in the selection of t, c. Plat and the
defeat of Warner Miller. Depew made
statement He said;
Il have no desire to occupy any other
place in this body, or to have any other
honor, except that Of presenting the
name of Governor Morton My friend
Mr.. Miller has made mistake in mis-
constituting my answer to his remarks
made to me about being chairman of
the meeting. viii not stand for chair
man unless my election is unanimous"