Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-16
GOLD AND PROTECTION.
MCKINLEY, SCARCE MONEY AND
HIGH TAXES.
That is the Republican Program at st
Lous--Czsr Reed For vice-President
--The Convention Meets To-day.

st. Louis, Mo-, June l5.-The
nomination of Mckinley being an as
sured fact and the adoption of a
gold-standard Platform being almost
equally certain, interest is beginning
to center largely on the vice presi-
dency. The Mckinley managers are
backing and filling" on the platform
but they will have to come to the
gold. standard eventually and the an
nouncement in these dispatches last
night of the hard money agreement
entered into by the Mckinley politi-
cal household will in the end prove
to have been absolutely true, although
it is now being vehenently denied by
Grosvenor and others speaking for
Soon" Hanna.
The reason for this weakening on
the part of the Mckinley commander
in-chief is due to the fact that badly
frightened Republicans from Michi-
gan, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas and
other States came wild-eyed to him
with the declaration that if the "gold"
plank was adopted they would lose
the States In November. Neverthe-
less sentiment and good politics be-
ing strongly in favor of gold Hanna
will have to come to it ultimately,
abandoning his preference for a
"straddle." Therefore, for all prac-
teal purposes it may be assured that
the convention will declare for a
gold-standard and speculation on the
vice presidency is in order.
The desire of the Mckinley mana
gers is divided between Speaker
Reed and Gov. Morton. On some ac-
counts they would prefer the latter,
particularly as it would appear that
he is the man best qualified to har-
monte the warning elements in the
organization in New York, as the
State whose electoral votes will be
very badly needed in November, and
besides. Gov. Morton is very re-
spectacle individual and his person
atty would be guarantee of large
contributions to the campaign cash
box. But then there are more and
weighty reasons why Reed should be
the nominee. Reed is as sound as
Morton on the money question, and
he has the additional qualification of
being the ideal presiding officer to
compel the abandonment of the moss
back rules that have for many years
been disgrace to the upper branch
of the National Legislature, retard
ing business and bringing the Senate
into disrepute. a
Next to the two gentlemen whose
names are prominently discussed
above, b. Clay Evans, of Tennessee,
is probably in rank for the nomina-
ton, though he is really booked for
the next Postmaster General. He is
quite favorite in the speculation, for
the several reasons that he is strik-
ing and picturesque character, that
he lives in a section of the country
which has long been left out of pres,
idential calculations, and is now ripe
for readmission into fellowship with
the rest of the country, and because
of his advantageous geographical To-
cation for reasons other than senti-
mental. The argument in favor of
Mr.. Evans which appeals most
strongly to delegates is that inasmuch
as the East and the middle West
have the platform and the President,
it would be the decent thing to give
the Vice. President to the South. Elk
cept the name of Mr.. M. H. De Young,
of San Francisco, no strong candi- |
date is presented west of the Missou-
ri. Mr.. De Yodng is objected to on
the ground that he is a Hebrew. Mr..
Evans appears to be the only really
available quantity in the West and
South.
This brings us back again to the
East, and thorough canvass of the |
situation leads to the conclusion that
the chances favor candidate from |
that section. New Jersey presents
Hobart, Maryland has Gov. Lowndes;
Pennsylvania is making a bluff at of |
fering Gov. Hastings, while New
York has whole brood of ambitious
aspirarts, among them ex-senator
Warner Miller, Gen. Tracy, Cornelius
Bliss, millionaire lawyer and CAPT
talist, who,hasslong been treasurer of [
the National Committee; Gen. Meal
pin, j. Sloat Fassett aud Chauncey
NJ. Depew. Each and everyone of
these light-weights is trying to make
the country believe that Morton and
Reed are in deadly earnest in their
determination not to allow themselves
10 be forced to accept vice presiden-
;ial nomination. They, however, do
not even deceive themselves.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
st. Louis, June 15.-The National
has decided on the follow
~ tan,rorarv or0anizatiOn.