The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-11


states except Colorado. Utah. Mon
tana. Idaho. Nevada. and. possibly.
Wyoming; but. he said. as they have
all told. only 10 votes In the electoral
college. the party could AFFORD to lose
them.
Marcus A. Hanna and w. A. Hahn
OF Ohio. arrived to-day. Mckinley
headquarters at once became the busy
portion Of the Southern hotel Hanna
said reports received, indicated the
friends Of Mckinley had not In the
least overestimated his popularity. As
surances had been received from
friends Of other candidates that little
or no contest would be made. Hahn
said the financial plank would be such
as every republican could stand upon
who wanted the national credit sus-
tained.
The national committee of the re-
publican party. which begins its meet
ings to-day for the purpose OF decid-
ing. tentatively at least. the various
contests for seats In the convention.
expects to go thoroughly into the mer-
its Of all cases presented. The MEM
bers are of the opinion that the inter-
ests Of the party will be promoted by
careful analysis Of the testimony and
q decision Of all cases upon their mer-
Its. regardless Of personal presidential
preferences or prejudices OF contestants
upon the financial question. Their de-
cision In favor of any delegation will
have only the effect OF seating Its
members for the temporary organiza-
tion. and their work will necessarily be
superseded by the committee on Gre
dentials, but they hope to perform the
task so thoroughly as to leave compar-
atively little for that committee to do.
The national committee will probably
be engaged upon the contests the
greater part Of the week.
The Mckinley men have decided upon
c. w. Fairbanks of Indiana. for tenn
porary chairman, but many members
OF the national committee are urging
Samuel Fessenden Of Connecticut. Fes-
senden will not be satisfactory to the
Mckinley leaders. and IL the national
committee should name him II might
precipitate q contest In the convention.
1t is possible. however. everything wh
be adjusted In the committee.
The trouble about colored delegates
seems unsettled. Chairman Cartsf
received numerous kilograms from al
over the country calling for the remov-
al of the convention " the colored men
do not receive fair treatment. The
matter will be brought up In the COM
mittee to-day. and Chairman Kennard
OF the local committee. will give assur-
ances that the colored delegates will be
taken care Of.
A careful analysis Of the situation
seems to Indicate that straddle on
the financial question will not be popu-
l.. .t~ 10 kAl no ctI ~
states, the leaders say, would lose New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut, in
case a gold democrat was In the fleld.
The silver men claim that no straddle
the republicans could adopt would hold
Colorado and such states against the
nominee of democrats and republicans
on free silver platform. Figuring on
the basis of the electoral college, II is
declared that the only logical and can
did way will be to condemn free coin
age and declare in unmistakable terms
for the present standard.
The following was given out to-day
by Richard C. Kerens. member OF the
national committee from Missouri.
More importance Is attached to 1t than
to the various proposed planks. on ac-
count of Kerens' visit to Major McKin-
ley at Canton, although Kerens would
not have Ut understood the proposed
plank had the sanction of Mckinley,
and gave no intimation to that effect.
I'VE believe our money should not be
inferior to the money of the most en-
lightened nations Of the earth, and are
unalterably opposed to every scheme
that threatens to debase or depreciate
our present monetary standard. We
favor the reasonable use Of silver as
currency, but such use should be to the
extent only and under such well-defined
regulations that hts parity with gold
as currency can be easily and effective
ly maintained. As consistent bimetal-
lists, we are opposed to the independ-
ent free coinage of silver at a ratio OF
16 to 1 as a measure fraught with GER
tain disaster to all commercial inter-
ests. destructive to the interests OF the
wage Garner. and. In the absence OF In
ternational agreement, sure to lead to
silver recommendation"