The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17
FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
SELECTION OF 4SUB COMMITTEE ON
 THE ST. LOUIS RESOL UTIONS.

There Are Seven Gold Men, One Sound
 Money Man and One Silver Man-Gov-
 Staunchest Gold Planks Ever Presented
 MT. Foraker Accepts the Situation-Ex-
 Governor Yarmouth Will Accept tho
 situation.
 St. Louis, June 16.-The committee on resolutions when the convention ad- journed proceeded at once to the Lin dell hotel and organized. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts called the com mittee to order and nominated MT. Foraker of Ohio as chairman, MT. Tel Ter of Colorado placed MT. Dubois in nomination.. Forty-one persons ans wered to their names. Governor For aker was elected, thirty-fve votes be- ing cast for him and four for Dubois. Those who voted for Dubois were the members from Colorado, Montana, North Carolina and Utah. Neither Foraker nor Dubois voted.
 MT. Merriam of Minnesota moved that subcommittee be appointed to draft platform and present it tonight
 
 ton was opposed by Messrs. Teller and Dubois the leaders of the silver move ment, on the ground that it was better to discuss the financial plank in full committee. If it's consideration were left first to a subcommittee they con- tend, the arguments against a gold standard plank, which they understood was to be adopted, would have to be M +i,N,,. s1- carried and the chair appointed sub committee consisting of Messrs For aker of Ohio chairman ex-officiO, Lodge of Massachusetts, Merriam of Mime sota, Fessenden of Connecticut, Teller of Colorado, Yarmouth of Louisiana, and Patterson of Illinois.
 MT. Burleigh of Washington entered strong plea in favor of giving the Pacific slope a representation on the subcommittee.
 MT. Burlington of Pennsylvania de- clared that the two great eastern states, New York and Pennsylvania, which represented in the aggregate, one fourth of the population of the country were not represented on the sub-com- mittee, and he thought for that reason that the Pacific slope could also remain unrepresented. After some discussion, however the committee was increased by the addition of MT. Burleigh of Washington and MT. Lauterbach of New York.
 A motion to adjourn until o'clock this evening was carried, the under standing being that the subcommittee would meet at o'clock and begin at the time the formulation of the plat form. If they should not conclude at s o'clock then they could at least re- port progress. The silver members were displeased at the meagre repre- sentation given them. They complain ed also that several members of the committee whom they had regarded as bmetallists had fallen down" and joined the ranks of the gold men.
 The subcommittee was appointed by the chairman after conference with Senato Lodge. Ii consists of seven gold men, one sound money man and one silver man. An analysis of the personnel of this subcommittee shows that it was carefully selected and for a specific purpose. Governor Merriam of Minnesota is the author of one of the staunchest gold blanks offered for the consideration of the committee. The tsanding of Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, MT. Fessenden of Connecticut, MT Lauterbach of New York and MT. Patterson of Illinois is unequivocal. MT Burleigh of Washington represents the state that was among the last to pass gold resolutions MT. Foraker, all though preferring the omission of the word "gold" accepts the situation and will vote for that standard. EX-GOV- ernor Yarmouth of Louisiana will fall into line thus leaving MT. Teller the solitary silver man on the sub-comrnit- tee.
 Hon. Joseph B. Foraker's name was sent up as the representative of the state of Ohio on the committee on reso- Iutions and when it was read at the clerks desk it was hailed with cheers
 A few minutes after 8 o'clock the members gathered in the ladies ordi- nary of the Lindell, but the sub-com- mittee did not put in an appearance. At $40 Governor Yarmouth of LouiSi- ana came over and said that the sub committee was still in session and re- quested an adjournment until to-mor- row morning at 10 o'clock. This was done and the members present were  gation of ladies favoring the insertion in the platform of a woman's suffrage ! plank.
 ! Later the subcommittee on resolu- 8 tions resolved to recommend to the committee on resolutions the following ] financial plank:
 ''The republican party is unreserved- x 1y for sound money. It caused the en- actment of the law providing for the E resumption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dollar has been as good as gold.
 We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our cur l rency or impair the credit of our coun- | try. We are, therefore, opposed to the q free coinage of silver, except by inter- national agreement with the leading nations of the world, which Ifwe pledge ourselves to promote, and |luntil such agreement can be obtained |fthe existing gold standard must be pre- Isseryed. All our silver and paper cur i9rency now in circulation must be main tained at parity with gold, and we fla I fyor all measures designed to maintain | |sinyiolably the obligations of the United ! Estates and all our money, whether coin ! tor paper, at the present standard, the 3gstandard of the most enlightened ma