Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-06-19


notify vice presidential nominee. c.: C.
i Junlsin; on permanent organization
Il. G. Roach; onrules, w. II. Macomber
chairman Of delegation, d. y. Hender
son; vice-chairman, Banks Wilson
secretary, George G. Call.
It is announced that the following
financial plank has been agreed upon
4 The republican party is unreseryedly fol
sound money.
| II caused the enactment of the law pro
viding for the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1879: since then every dollar has
been as good as gold.
| We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated TO dehase our currency
or impair the credit Of our country.
We are, therefore, opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver except by III
ternational agreement, which we favor,
and until such an agreement can be OBJ.
| tanned the existing gold standard should be
preserved.
We favor the use of silver as currency,
| but to the extent only that it's parity with
| gold can be maintained, and we favor all
| measures designed to maintain inviolably
the money Of the United States, whether
coin or paper, at the present standard-the
standard of tho most enlightened nations
of the earth
ST. LOUIS, June 16.--At 1915 p. IN.
Chairman Carter of the national COM
mittee called the repu blican convention
TO order and Rabbi Sayles, of ST. Louis,
offered prayer. Secretary Manley, Of
Maine, then read the call, after which
g. w. Fairbanks, of Indiana, was
introduced as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Fairbanks spoke for thirty
minutes, eulogizing the republican
and assailing the democratic manage
ment of the tariff, finance and foreign
affairs, and pleading for strong
declaration for gold, protection and
reciprocity. A resolution was adopted
providing that all resolutions in
respect to the platform sha / be
referred to the committee without
debate. The states were then called
for their selection of delegates as
members of the several committees.
At AZ the convention took recess
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
There is lots of talk of placing Gov.
Morton on the ticket with Mckinley,
who it is generally conceded will be
nominated for president.
ST. Louis, June 17.-Temporary
Chairman Fairbanks called the con-
vention to order at 10:46. Committee
on permanent organization reported in
favor of Senator John NJ. Thurston, of
Nebraska, for chairman and that the
other temporary officers be made
permanent, and the report was
adopted. Senator Thurston took the
chair and after speech lasting but
few minutes asked the pleasure of the
convention. The committee on
credentials announced that it was not
ready to report, and the convention
took an adjournment until 2 p. m.
In the afternoon the committee on
credentials reported. The majority
report was in favor of the Higgins
delegates from Delaware and the
Grant delegates from Texas being
seated. Hepburn presented u minority
report opposing the seating of these
delegates and favoring the contestants.
The majority report was adopted.
The report of the committee on rules
was then presented and adopted, after
which the convention adjourned.
AT a meeting of the committee on
resolutions, Teller, in offering a
resolution for bi-metallism announced
that he could not stand upon a gold
standard platform and would leave the
party if one was adopted. Duboies, of
Idaho; Cannon, of Utah, and Mott. OF
North Carolina, spoke in a similar
strain, but the resolution was voted |
down by a vote of Al to 10.