The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-16

But Not in Favor of a Specific
Gold Declaration. Appear to
Pa Doyyned.

Pa DoWned.
ST. Louis, June 1.-THE past 81
hours nave been full of platform agita.
tlon. The three cornercd fight has
drawn the lines very sharply. The
men from the East who are demanding
gold III the platform are very deter
mined and such men as Lodge, Platt
and other opponents of Mckinley. seem
TO feed that they are placing Mckinley
Ill a hole by insisting that an emphatic
gold declaration shall be made. Their
programme is to force the fight in the
committee on resolutions, and if they
cannon win in the committee carry it to
the floor of the convention. Lodge, the
Reed manager, is to lead the forces for q
gold declaration. If it is not granted, he
and his friends and other Reed men
have "A faint hope that the refusal to put
gold III the platform will solidify the
gold vote on Reed. But the fact that
so many Mckinley men are for gold
gives rise to the hope that the gold men
may be successful.
Wanted to Avoid a Fight.
II has been the effort Of the friends Of
Mckinley to avoid a fight on the 1OOr
of the convention between the two fac
tions favOring the single standard and
against free coinage. The has been IA
drift toward a moderate expression in
favor of gold. and there is quite a
rrpSSlra from several Sf1tnS for a doc
laratiOn against free coinage, and not to
have the word gold used in the plat
form at all. Senator Lodge, who has
drafted a gold declaration, and secured
its endorsement by representatives of a
number of states. has been pressing his
plank with a great deal of persistency,
II has irritated some of those who
would prefer Il milder declaration.
VIII Get What They Want.
General Grosvenor of Ohio said We
know that there is beinga great effort
made to force il certain form of declara-
ton. The probabilities are that no one
will know what the financial plank will
be until the committee on resolutions
report. 1t may be that the fight as to
the form of the resolution will be car
ried to the convention. The financial
plank will be what we want and that is
all there is to it,
Not Quite SO Enthusiastic
The silver men We're at first disposed
to aid the ultra gold men in securing
the straightest kind of a declaration, but
there is All indication that they are not
,,,it, GU arrh,iactI -, thof j,rn,%;n,, ,,
at first. There are some who seem
anxious to make a dramatic exit from
the convention hall, but a count up to
date finds a number of waverers. and
the probability that there would be rep
resentatives of all delegations left OH
the floor make the proposed grand stand
play seem a little doubtful as to the
effect. There is a disposition toward
moderation among some very prominent
silver men, which may make a bolt of
less pretension than advertised.
An Estimate on Financial Planks.
With many of the members of the
committee on resolutions not yet ap-
pointed. II has not been DOS
sible to get ali absolutely faithful
record of the present standing upon the
issue. A poll by the Associated Press
shows that there are three standards
for which votes can be counted, and
the states with their number Of dele.
gates are polled under the four head
lngs: For a gold standard, with the
word gold in the plank New York
~, Tennessee "a. Connecticut ~. Della.
ware 6, Iowa 26, Maine ~. MARYLAND
IS, Massachusetts 30. Minnesota IS.
New Hampshire 8, New jersey 90,
Pennsylvania "a, Rhode Island S, Yer.
mont s. Total 3l4.
For silver free coinage: Colorado s,
Idaho 6, Montana 6. Nevada s, North
Dakota 6, South Dakota s. Utah 6, Wv.
oming 6, Arizona 6, New Mexico 6. Ok.
lahoma &, Indian Territory ,. Total,
72 votes.
Against free coinage of silver, with
out mentioning the word gold - Ala
bama 22, California IS. Georgia 26, Hi.
nois As. Indiana 30, kHnsas 20, Ken.
tucky 26, Louisiana Is, Michigan 2s,
Mississippi IS, Nebraska is. Ohio as.
Oregon s, South Carolina Is. Arkansas
!6, Texas 80, West Virginia IL. Total
S9S.
Doubtful states, not vet decided {:
North Carolina 22. probably silver Dis
trict Of Columbia ,, probably gold Wis.
cOnsin "a. probably straddle Alaska 2.
probably gold. Total 90.
Necessary to the adoption of a plank,
400 votes.
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Lodge
claimed that so many states had come
into line during the day that there was
no longer amy doubt that the platform
would contain an unequivocal DECLARE.
ton for a gold standard.
The Mckinley Contention.
1t is understood that while the Nc
Kinley managers nave not accepted the
gold plank offered by the leaders of the
East, they are not adverse to it, but do
not believe that, in view of the situa-
, ton, the East should be allowed to die.