The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-14

HI the evening Will probably be inter-
spersed with oratory.
On Tuesday the report of the commit
tee on. permanent organization and or
der of business will probably be pre-
scented and acted upon and the pesTna-
nent officers VIII take charge of the
convention.
THE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
will be Hon. John M. Thurston OF Ne
braska, and the temporary Chairman
viii, on taxing up the gavel, undertake
TO deliver the speech of his life.
III is SAFE 10 say that pending re-
ceiDts of the report of the committee
on credentials the sessions of Wednes-
day ana Thursday and possibly Fri
DAY VIII be devoted TO general con-
Ventlon business. infersperseG with
oratorical efforts by famous orators of
the republican party in attendance.
Al all Of the sessions it is probable
that resolutions will be received and
Ieterreu TO the committee on resolu-
liohs with or without reading or de-
Date as the convention may direct.
Nhether the important money question
VIII De precipitated before the report
Is received from the committee on
resolutions. is questionable, but regard
less OF any rule which may be adopted.
the tension on this question is so
great that the discussion is liable to be
preclpltaIed at any time, and is
threatened by some silver men.
~ IS hardly to be expected that the
report OF the committee On credentials
can De prepared and presented to the
convention before Thursday night or
friday morning if the contests are
considered as thoroughly as by the
natlonal committee. There are
16S CONTESTS
and it is doubtful if the committee on
creaentials can pass upon the ques-
Cons, giving any reasonable attention
10 the facts. short of three days and
three nights unless the rule of the ma
tlonal committee should be adopted.
The report of the committee is liable
10 precipitate the most lively conven-
ton scene Witnessed in recent years.
Next will probably come the report
OF the committee on resolutions This
committee viii have clear sailing until
the currency question is reached. On
that question in the committee and
later IN the convention interest will
be intense and the oratorical efforts
pronounced
A member of the national committee
discussing Che probable length of the
convention said;
Considering the whole situation, it
rs difficult to see how the reports of
committee on resolutions can be dis
posed of before midnight on Friday
by the convention; therefore, according
60 the natural. order of things, the
presentation of candidates will not oc-
cur until Saturday mo1ning. Owing to
the interest taken in
THE MONEY QUESTION
the convention will scarcely defer ac-
ton on the platform until after the
nomination OF candidates. 1t is we'll
known that when the nomination of
candidate takes place the convention
rapidly disintegrates and the gold
standard men, who seem to predomi-
nate in the convention, will not take
chances on leaving the silver men in
possession when the platform is to be
passed upon. This result might obtain.
or indeed any result might be expect
ed, if the adoption of the platform
should be deferred until after the
nomination of the candidate. No one
can predict what the platform would
be in such an event.
The Michigan delegation was the
first to hold session and elect off
GERS. General Russell Alger was chos-
en- chairman of the delegation for the
session and Hon. Mark Brewer was Sc
lected for member of the committee on
resolutions. A resolution was passed
directing Mr.. Brewer to use every eff
fort to prevent the adoption of res
olution in the platform declaring for
the free coinage of silver.
1t does not take much of an effort IN
launch
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL BOOMS
these days, and new names are sprung
every day. Congressman Nelson Ding
ley Of Maine IS among the latest men
toned and the New England men who
are for Mckinley have been throwing
out feeleTs tc see how he was suited.
Nh Marley, who was asked If the
movement would receive support in the
Maine delegation, said that he had
heard nothing of it and did not believe
anything would come of the sugges-
ton.
Messrs. Foraker, Bushnell, Groswenor
snd Hanna, the delegates at large
from Ohio, had a conference today
with several Of the district delegates
from Ohio. The principal feature Of
the conference was the discussion of
the resolutions. especially the chair
manShip of the committee on resolu-
tons. AT the Ohio state Republican
convention last March it was agreed
that Senator-elect Foraker should be
the Ohio member of the committee on
resolutions: Charles L. Kurt. the
Ohio member Of the national commit
tee; Judge Thompson. the Ohio mem
Der of the committee on credentials
and that Senator-elect Foraker should
present the name of Mckinley to the
convention.
Mark Hanna, representing Mckinley
insisted on this agreement being car
ried out TO the letter, Accordingly
Judge Thompson had appeared
IN THE CONTEST CASES
before the national committee this
week so as to be better prepared for
his work next week as a member of
the, committee which passes finally on
the contests. But there is one thing
wanted by the Ohio delegation that
does not come under their previous
compacrs, and that is the chairman
ship of the committee On resolutions
OvertuTeS have been received! from
the east TO make Senator Lodge chair
man of the committee on resolutions
and the Mckinley men want Foraker
Tor that position. The principal result
of the conference was the decision of
the Mckinley managers to press Fora
ker 9or chairman of the committee on
resolutions. Mr.. Hanna said he did not
want to dictate anything that was in
the province of the convention, but as
a delegat e he wanted and would favor
Foraker for chairman Of the committee
on resolutions. Mr.. Hanna said he
wanted 1t understood he was not trying
co frame the resolutions or name a
candidate for vice-president, or do
anything that comes within the prov
ince Of the convention. So far as
THE NOMINATION OF MKINLEY
is concerned, he said that was already
done by the expressed preferences of
a large majority of the delegates.
General Grosvenor was more emphat-