Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-16
PERSPIRING REPUBLICANS.
Meeting of the Republican National
Convention at st. Louis
To-day.
MONEY METAL PROBLEM AT The FRONT
Desperate Efforts of Eastern Delegates
to Force Distinct Yellow Declara-
tion-P1oposed New York Plank
-California's Brave Stand.

ob' LouS, June 16.-Ihe day for the
formal opening of the convention opened
as bright and cool as could be desired.
Early this morning the delegates at the
Southern, Planters and Lindell hotels
were up and at business.
Senator Quay put in an appearance be-
fore o'clock at the Pennsylvania head
quarters. He expressed himself as en-
tirely satisfied with the financial plank
agreed upon yesterday and sent out by
the Associated Press last night.
Mark Hanna was brimming over with
confidence in the ultimate success of Nc.
kinley. This belief is not shared by the
Massachusetts, men, who are very deter
mined in their support Of Reed. Such of
them rs we're around the state headquar-
ters early this morning we're certain that
there would be no nomination at all this
week and that Mckinley would not be
in shouting distance of the coveted honor.
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE GOLD PLANK.
About 10 O'Clock it was announced by
Aauterbach, New York's member of the
committee on resolutions, that he was not
satisfied with the gold plank. This an
nouncement was surprising in view of the
taot that Platt practically declared him
self perfectly satisfied after the confer.
ence last night with Foraker, Merriam
and Lodge. But after the exclusive re-
port of the Associated Press, containing
the plank, reached the east, Platt was de-
luged with kilograms from eastern finan-
clers. The part objected to reads: ssWe
favor the use of silver as currency, but to
the extent only that its parity with gold
can be maintained"
1t was understood that the change de-
manded involved the striking out Of the
word silver. Lauterbach prepared an
amendment reading: "We believe that
all obligations, either in currency or
paper, issued by the government, should
be payable in gold coin.
BUSY WORKERS FOR GOLD.
On the floor of the conve ntion Lodge
and his aides betook themselves among
the doubtful delegates and poured argu-
ments into their ears. They have de.
tailed list of men, whose conversion is
possible, and are training their guns on
these wavering people.
To DR.. Courtney, young negro Har-
ward graduate, has been delegated the
duty of whipping into line uncertain
negroes and he is doing his work while
the convention is forming.
Formal Meeting Of the Convention.
St. Louis, June 16.-The Higgins. .Ad-
dicks contesting delegations from Della
ware were among the first to arrive at the
convention hail. There was some dis.
pute as to which crowd should have seats.
They settled the matter temporarily
among themselves, taking the first chairs
at hand with Addicks occupying the place
of chairman.
ergeant-at-Arms Byrnes ordered the
doors opened to the public at IL O'clock.
At 1l:2O, Senator Carter, chairman of
the national committee, who was to call
the convention to order, arrived and gave
his final instructions to the secretaries
and reading clerks.
The 480 seats reserved for the press
were filed with busy newspaper men and
the click of the telegraph instruments had
already begun to carry the music of the
to the world at large. !
CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN CARTER, {
The hands of the clock were at 1890 I.
when Chairman Carter, unwaistcoated and ;
displaying sea of shirt bosom, gave ;;
three sharp cracks of the gavel in pre- K.
|iminary effort to restore order. Mr.. Car :
ter then announced the prayer by Rabbi
Sale.
The assembled thousands struggled up !
10 their fest when they caught the signifi-
cance of the rabb1's out-stretched hands,
and stood for three minutes with bowed
heads. As the invocation concluded,
faint applause rippled over the vast audi
enoe, which was promptly checked by
Chairman Carter.
Secretary Manley then read the call.
The first real demonstration came when
Chairman Carter named 9. W. Fairbanks,
Of Indiana, as temporary chairman.
William H. Sutherland, of New York,
seconded the nomination and the selec-
lion was Endorsed by the unanimous vote
Of the convention.
As Mr.. Fairbanks stepped forward a I
waive of applause ran around the gal l
cries. {