The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
THE CONVENTIONS WORK
EXCIIING SCENES AT ST. LOUIS
 YESTERD1Y.

The Adoption of the Platform m--Senator
 Teuer's Blast for Free Silver-The Vote
 on the. Money Questionable Silverites
 Depart and the Band Plays-Silvor Mems
 Plans Not Formulated.
 St. Louis. Mo-, June 1S.--It was in- tensely hot here to-day, weather and alL and people perspired accordingly. At 10 o'clock the hour set for the con- vention to meet. the hall was not half full, The delegates had just begun to come in, and the officers of the conven- tion were not in evidence.
 No prominent politicians received ap- plause this morning. The audience was too hot and wilted to even clap hands when Chairman Thurston ap- peared on the platform at 10:15 o'clock. The army of assistant sergeants-at- arms and ushers to-day kept up their record of blocking the aisies and add ing 50 per cent. to the confusion.
 At 10:30 o'clock a quartet of young men in linen coats advanced to the front of the platform and sang a song which nobody heard on account of the noise and confusion in all parts of the hall.
 The convention was called to order at 10:S0 o'clock.
 The Rev. John R. Scott, a colored man, of Florida, offered prayer.
 Then the report of the committee on resolutions was called for and the re- port was read.
 Chairman Foraker, who read the re- port, was loudly applauded. most of the delegates rising to their feat The reading of the platform aroused no enthusiasm until the money plank was reached. Then there was consid- erable cheering, but the delegates were too hot too keep 1t up long. The foreign policy plank got consid- erable applause.
 The Cuban resolution was well re- ceived and the flag of free Cuba was waved in many places throughout the hall
 Before the reading of the platform was concluded the big hall was well filled. The crowd had braved the heat to hear the nominating speeches.
 It was 10:50 o'clock when Chairman | FOraker concluded the reading of the resolutions and moved their adoption. Teller Objects to the Adoption of the
 Platform. | Senator Teller was on his feet in a
 moment and was recognized by the chair. He was vigorously applauded by | the silver men as he asCended the plat
 form MT. Teller offered as a substitu-
 tion for the money plank the free silver
 resolution signed by himself and the
 other free silver men on the commit | tee.
 Only the silver men applauded the re9di g of this. Senator Teller address,
 ed the convention in support of his | substitute
 The voice of the senator was not | strong, and only the delegates directly
 in front of the platform could hear all
 that he said
 The audience soon began to grow
 restless. Teller and the humidity com 1 bined were too much for them l The delegates who could hear the
 speech listened with respect They
 seemed disposed to treat the leader of
 the silverites as an erring brother who | must be heard and then allowed to go | in peace.
 In the course of his speech Senator l Teller said that the issue of the civil
 war was not greater than the financial issue which now confronted the coun-
 try, that the mapority financial plank
 would lower the price of farm products,
 that protective tariff could not be | maintained on a gold standard, that
 the progress of the country depended upon the recognition of silver, that he | believed that large majority of peo- pie in the country favored silver, and | that if the gold plank was adopted he must sever his connection with the party.
 | When Teller announced that he would leave the party if the gold standard was adopted, cheers and misses were | mingled in about equal proportions. Teller finished at II 43 o'clock. Mir Foraker arose to reply, and was again | loudly applauded.
 Vote on the Money Question. There was delay in getting the roll call started to allow the delegations to confer and agree on their vote. The l vote of Alabama showed an unexpected l Dttdh cis5 dilISt SllNtl. Ilt uGleSdliOI voted 15 to table Tellers substitute and | [ against it.
 Arkansas voted 15 yeas, 1 nay. California voted 3 yeas, 15 nays. The vote of Illinois was challenged and the delegates called by name. The vote down to and including h. diana was: To table, 1S3; opposed, 43 Iowa voted yeas 26. Kansas voted yeas 15 nays ,. Indiana voted yeas 30 The vote down to and including Mis- souri was: Ayes, 379; noes, 49. New York voted 72 ayes. Maine voted 12 ayes, Maryland If ayes, Massachusetts 90 ayes, Michigan 2 ayes, no; Minnesota IS ayes, Mis- sissippi IS ayes, Kentucky 26 ayes, Louisiana 16 ayes, Nebraska 16 ayes, Nevada noes, New Hampshire ayes, New Jersey 20 ayes, Montana noes. The vote to and including New York was: To table, 495; against, 61. The votes down to and including Yer mont stood 7091a to S415. North Dakota voted yeas; North Carolina, 7la yeas, 141A noes; Ohio, 46 yeas; Oregon, 8 yeas; Pennsylvania, GA yeas; Rhode Island, 8 yeas; South Caro- | lima, IS yeas; South Dakota, yeas, 2 noes; Tennessee. P yeas, 2 noes Tennessee voted 23 ayes, no; Utah $ | q