The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-18
HAVE WON GREAT VICTORY
EASTERN MEN FORCE THE C0NVEN- TION TO ACCEPT COLD ST4NDARD.

Mr. Manley Says That Some of the Western
 States as Also Those of the East Carried
 Their Point That the Matter Should be
 Fairly Presented to the People The Big
 Mckinley Parade Held Despite Heavy
 Storm-Small Chance for Governor Nor
 ton.
 St. Louis, June 1.-The big Me Kinley parade tonight, though delayed by thunder storm, came off eventual ly. There was a very large number of clubs in the line, and the display was as effective as abundance of red fire good music, numerous banners, McKin- ley pictures, cheers and general enthu- siasm could make it. A new march, composed for the occasion, was played with success.
 J. H. Manley made the following statement tonight:
 "The eastern republicans have won great victory in forcing the convention lO dCCcJl dHu uCIIulS 1OI NiAS A'tNNAAANN nance of the gold standard. The del egates from the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and 1t should be said to their credit, from some of the extreme northwestern states demanded that the money ques- tion should be met squarely and the is sue presented fairly and honestly to the people. They insisted that the resolu- tions should explicitly declare against the free coinage of silver except by in- ternational agreement with the leading nations; that the present gold standard should be maintained They did not care what else was said provided the convention was emphatic in it's expres- sions upon these two main points.
 MT. Lodge led the fight with his usual earnestness, and he is entitled to great credit for the able manner in which he handled the contests. The party has taken a stand for the right, no matter what the result may be, but in this case to be right will be popu lar"
 There was an informal conference of leading members of the Nebraska dele gation tonight to consider the desira- Dlllly OL llOlUlllS CCtuSuS Oll tliS NlNC presidential nomination. The decision reached was that each delegate should be permitted to air his own preferences in convention. John L. Webster chair man of the delegat tion, said later:
 T do not think that Governor Nor ton will get a single vote from Nebras- lza. Some of our people are for Gen eral Hobart and others for Henry Clay Evans. The latter, ] think, is the fa- vorite."
 It was reported about the hotels to- night that word had gone out from Mckinley headquarters that General Hobart had been definitely agreed upon as the Ohio mans running mate. While people close to MT. Hanna denied that this was fact it was noticeable that many of the Mckinley people in differ ent delegations, notably Illinois, who had hitherto been reticent concerning the second place on the ticket, were ad vocating the New Jerseys mans claims. Friends of H. Clay Evans were em- phatic in their declarations that the Mckinley managers would express no preference. An eastern politician who has guaged the pulse of many of the delegations said at 10 o'clock: ''It looks to me as if Hobart is as far away as Morton. think it will be a free for all race tomorrow"
 It is probable that on the first ballot the twenty-four votes of Virginia will be cast solidly for General James A. Walker as a compliment to that hero of the Confederacy. After that has been done it is claimed the vote will be unanimous for Morton. With Mor- ton nor a candidate Hobart is expected to get about twenty out of the twenty four votes. The Ohio delegation has held no caucus on the presidential ques ton and none will be held. Each mem- Der will be permitted to vote as he pleases. Mr. Hanna has no wish in the matter and positively declines to inti- mat he would like to see done. It was given out at the Ohio headquarters to- night that MT. Hanna considered every pledge kept and every instruction obeyed when every vote was cast for Mckinley. Efforts have been made to secure some intimation from Hanna as to what his ideas are with respect to the nomination of running mate, but to all corners MT. Hanna is discreetly silent It is admitted at the Ohio head quarters that eighteen or twenty Of the forty-six votes of that state will be cast for Morton for the vice presidency. The remainder will probably be divided eouallv between MT. Hobart and MT. Evans.
 Senator Carter of Montana this after noon notified the silver delegates that if they bolted and left the convention and the republican party they must do so without him.
 Senator Mantle has not yet notified his silver associates to the same effect, but will probably do so in the morn inc Members of the committee on res olutions expressed much indignation tonight that in a garbled account of the platform published this morning they should have been represented as declaring war against Spain by pledg- ing the republican nominee to armed intervention in Cuba. They state that the language employed in the platform simply pledges the good offices of the United States to bring about peaceLlu settlement.
 The Illinois delegation caucuSsed to- night to consider the vice presidential nominations Many of the members expressed themselves as favoring Gen eral Hobart Henry Clay Evans was F. close second, while eX-Governor Bulk eley of Connecticut had several friends. It was decided to appoint d