The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-13
PLATTs BLUFF.
ria Talk About IIoItIng the Convention Is
Very ThInIy DlEgRIscd.

hl4 ! ulA ~ u0Wt hoAtAhE tAC NuhNNHhNo" -
Very ThInIy Disguised.
ST. LOUIS. June l2.-TO-day there
was in circulation report that Thomas
c. Platt has declared his intention OF
boltIng or walking out of the conven-
ton II the six contestants from New
York should be seated. 1t is learned
from members OF the national commit
tee that In all probability the six Platt
mon Will be thrown ont, and the other
men placed on the temporary roll. The
report OF what Plat had said was re-
ported to Mr.. Hanna to-day, and he
declined to discuss the matter In any
way. Il shall not get excited over this.
even II Mr.. Plat said it, Mr.. Hanna
remarked, and when assured that Plat
had made the remark he was not dis
tuTbed.
other friends OF Mckinley who heard
the talk said that Platt was putting
UP q grand bluff and that no one was
10 be alarmed over what he might sny.
From the manner In which the re-
port OF Platt's Intention TO bolt has
been circulated by his friends quite
freely, one OF them stated emphntically
that the position Of Mr.. Plat was that
In casc six regularly elected delegates
In New York should be unsehtcd, there
would be sixty more delgates who
would walk out Of the convention. This
view Is controverted by some OF the
Delegates from New York on the ground
that there are from twenty-five to
thirty DELEGATES from New York who
are ardent Mckinley men and cannot
be expected TO follow Plntt in any such
move.
think the talk OF New York bolt Is
Wholly for the purpose OF the influence
II mny have on the decision Of con-
tests yet 10 be decided.
To an Associated Press reporter TO-
day Mr.. Plntt said that he had not
sp6ken particularly OF The New YORK
Lelegntes which wore contested, but
upOn the whole proceeding in IN" conf
mittac. They arr riding rough shod
over eyerythlnE." he said. THE pucs-
tinn OF n mans title 10 a scat i3 not
considered on its merits, but as 10 his
posItiOu on presidential candidates, ME-
Hahn the member OC the cOmmttte"
frnm Ohio. has declared that the only
question Involved In these contests ~
whether or not the man Is Tor NC
ISInlcv. and that line OF policy Is what
New York objects to.
Mr. llntt reiterated lHtt l' IlI' W,
tinuaify declared that Mr. Mdrton'S
name viii he presented and voted for.
When asked what he had to say
aboui AIanley'g manifesto. he said nc
iii not think Il had made any npprccin-
I,lr IITorcnCc in the situation. II" was
sorry that Mr.. Maulcy had made the
statement. and was Mt loss to explain
II cXcrpt that the Maine committeeman
,rugt have become dcmornllzcd when
there waR no necessity for II. Mt l'latt
baq received dispatch from Mr.. Reed
vino sayp that Mr. Mnnlcy's uttornnce
yng wholly unauthorized and cSprcsscI
Lis ns,oniahmcnt that Mnni"y had
tnkcn such course
Mr., Plat Is Interested in having a
rGid standard. plank In the plntofrm::
"ITrom all I have heard he said, !
think the convention will take that
course. There seems 10 be n demand
thnt cannot be unlt"h In favor OF a
Grrn declaration Tor the gold standard
The silver men viii not bc sallsnen
with any Kind Of slrnddlc that may
he prepared. and thurc gh0uld b" no
atinmpt 10 have anything but Strnight
gold declaration,