The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-16
GOING TO DECLARE FOR GOLD.
SENATOR LODGE PREDICTS DE-
FEAT FOR THE sTRADDLERs.


Three of the Wavering Members
of the Committee VIII he Brought
Around to the Gold Standard.
st. Louis, Mo, June 1--we have won
the fight. Gold is the victor. The COM
mittee on resolutions will declare for
q gold standard and that declaration will
be adopted by the convention"
Such was the statement made at I
o'clock this afternoon by Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts. He continued: Since
the conference we held last night we
have had returns from many Of the
states that have elected their members
of the committee on resolutions, and we
now know exactly where we stand. The
states that have elected members of the
committee on resolutions pledged to a gold
standard are as follows: Maine,
New Hampshire. Vermont Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, a solid New England;
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.
Oregon, Washington, Tennessee. Ken
lucky, Nebraska, Illinois and District
Of Columbia. This makes twenty-five
states, and when it comes to the vOtins
Ohio and Indiana and certain other OF
the middle western states will be COM
PEELED to go on record as favoring a gold
standard.
'Thus, it will be seen that we have
carried the day, and the republican party
will be saved from committing itself to
a straddle The vote viii come first on a
minority report for a free coinage plank,
which will be voted down and the gold
e.
silver states cannot be counted upon,
but we have saved New York, ana the
vote of that state amounts TO more than
the combined vote of all the silver pro-
ducing states, should they, at the cleo
lion, repudiate the republican ticket. 1t
IS my nrm belief that the adoption Of
gold plank will be the salvation of the
republican party, and cause the friends
of honest money 10 rally around its
standard the whole country over"
Senator Lodge had a conference again
this morning with Mr.. Hanna with ref
erence to the financial plank, and ar
gued In favor of the Massachusetts idea
with such energy thar Mr.. Hanna was
compelled to declare that he was the
most persistent person with whom he had
come i'm contact since reaching st. Louis
Mr.. Lodge replied that the Importance
of the cause demanded that he should be
persistent, and he concluded the inter-
view with the statement that Ohio would
be compelled to get into line and vote
for the adoption of this plank; The per
sonal efforts Of Mr.. Lodge have done
much in moulding public sentiment, and
should the plank of which Mr.. Lodge
is the author be adopted, much of the
credit win be due TO him and those asso-
ciated with him.
Other Ohio men somewhat reluctantly
recognized that Mr.. Lodge was speaking
by the card. George A. Robertson, editor
of the Cleveland (O.) Recorder, who made
a speciality of fashiOning the views OF
the Ohio leaders in this matter saw eX-
Secretary Foster and asked him if he
did not know that the people all through
Northern Ohio were for silver He re-
piled: "The people of Ohio are republi-
cans, and they will stand by sound re-
publican doctrine. Free silver is here
sy, and they do not want it,"
During the morning roundup OF the
colored delegates favorable to the gold
standard was made in the rooms of the
Massachusetts delegation. The colored
men of the south to the number of 45,
We're gathered there and adopted resolu-
tions pledging themselves to work for the
adoption of this plank. They were at once
Gus colored delegates from the south.
This meeting, however, was not permit
ted to pass without protest. DR.. s.
d. Redmond, a delegate from Mississippi,
says that while only fOrty-five We're pres
ent at this meeting, there are in reality
about 200 colored delegates and alter
mates attending the convention. Inc
statement that the colored delegates and
alternates attending the convention nave
declared for gold standard, said Dr.
Redmond, docs us an injustice. l do not
say that the delegates will not indOrse
such action, but the fact / desire to
bring out is that only a small portion Of
those entitled to vote were present. i
consider the meeting simply movement
to brace up the Massachusetts delegation
in it's demand for gold"
Senator Lodges declaration that the
committee on resolutions Will adopt
gold plank is practically confirmed at the
Mckinley headquarters. The pressure
from the eastern states has been so strong
that it is tacitly admitted that the Nc
Kinley managers will not arbitrarily op-
pose it, Notwithstanding their personal
Congressman Taft of Cincinnati is one
of the Mckinley men who regards it as
unWise to leave the word gold out Of
the platform. The republican party" he
said, has always been fearless in main
tanning its principles. The money ques-
tion is a great question. Ihe democrats
will declare for the free coinage of silver.
We must meet the issue squarely and
without equivocation. There must be no
Juggling of words no confusion of terms.
We must declare for the maintenance Of
the present gold standard and on that is
sue and protection make our Ignt.
Gen. Grosvenor, who Is regarded al
most as the mouthpiece of Mckinley
said 1.-The platform viii be all right
There will be no occasion for the east
to complain on that score. It will be dis
cussed a good deal more, but it is really
settled just the same that the declara-
ton will be for gold"
And even Mark Hanna could not dis
pute the fact that the gold standard plank
was in the ASCENDANT A. IS somewhat
singular that Illinois, which turned the
scale in favor of Mckinley by instructing
for him instead of for Cuilom, took a
leading part in shaping the course of
the western states to-day, by adopting
a gold plank by the decisive vote OF 42
to 6.
The action of the Idaho state delega-
tion may perhaps be significant of an in
tent to bolt. 1t selected all of the usual
officers appointed by state delegations,
except some one to wait upon the nom
inee for President and Vice President.
Beyond this and the exceedingly sort
money plank adopted by the Iowa dele
cation, who favored gold, silver and
of laws 10 accomplish IT, there were no
very significant financial features in the
meetings of the state delegations which
have occupied so much Of the day.
In the selection of national committee
men next year however, many men OF
national repute were turned down. Will
lam H. Hahn so long a potent factor in
Ohio politics disappears from the list, as
does also the equally well-known Gen.
James S. ClagksOn of Iowa, and eX-Presi-
dent Harrison's friend, j. n. Huston of
Indiana.
Chauncey l. Ffley of Missouri sustain
ed another defeat at the hands of his old
opponent, Mr.. Kerens, and Col. W. NJ.
Lamb. chairman of the republican state
c1r,,r,frta,a of VIRGINIA and leader the