The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-12
IT IS SETTLED
HON. CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS WILL
BE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN,
And Senator Thurston, Of Nebraska,
VIII Be Permanent Presiding ON
Ger of the ST. Louis Convention.
NO HEED TO THE PROTESTS
OBJECTION OF MIR. THOMPSON TO
FAIRBANKS UNAvAILING.
Jacob ID. Early's Personal Appeal to
Mark Hanna, McKfnIey's Manager,
Yesterday, Also for Naught.
MORTON FOR VICE PRESIDENT
SOME M'TxINLEY MEN WILLING TO
MANLEY SEVERELY CRITICISED
REEDS FRIENDS INDIGNANT AT JO-
sEPHs STATEMENT WEDNESDAY.
The Maine Committeeman Bitter in
DenOuncing the Action of His Col
leagues as to Contesting Delegates.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ST. LOUIS June u-National Commit
teeman Hahn said to the Journal COR
respondent tonight that the selection
of the temporary officers of rhe
vention would be made as soon as the
contest cases disposed of~to-morrow
or Saturday morning. Messrs. Clayton,
Hobart Long. Manley and other members
of the national committee have reached an
understanding with the full committee
whereby Charles w. Fairbanks will be
made temporary chairman. and John NJ.
Thurston permanent chairman. of the con-
vention. These appointments are fixed. and
Mr.. Fairbanks has been notified of his APP
pointment in order that he may prepare his
speech. Mr.. Thurston's speech has been
ready for weeks
II. Clay Evans, who had been selected
last night for permanent chairman when
Senator Proctor found that he could not
accept the place, fatty refused to serve
when the subject was mentioned to him
this morning. Mr.. Evans wants to be Vice
President, and will not be side-tracked.
He has opened headquarters and his
friends are distributing buttons. He recog-
nizes plainly just how slender are the
Evans prospects. but he proposes to go
down into history in the among -the-oth-
ers" list, and so the Mckinley managers
abandoned him. Mr.. Thurston is an eager
speaker, He has prepared a powerful ad-
dress seconding the nomination of Major
Mckinley, and is aware of the obvious i'm
propriety OF the permanent chairman of a
convention leaving the chair TO second
the nomination of one of the candidates.
But it seems he has decided TO do so.
The arrival Of Mr.. Platt was one of the
events OF this evening. 1t is expected that
he will discuss with Mr.. Hanna tomorrow
an interesting rumor that reached St. Louis
this afternoon. According to the rumor
Mrs. Morton. the wife of New York's Gov
ernor, declared recently that her stay in
Washington when Mr.. Morton was Vice
President was one of the pieasantest per-
iods of her life and that she would very
cheerfuly return. Mr. Hanna will very
gladly discuss with Mr.. Platt this wish of
Mrs. Morton. The Mckinley men now
want Mr.. Hobart, of New Jersey, as Mr..
McKinley's running mate, but if the sec
ond place on> the ticket Is acceptable to
Mr.. Morton and his nomination will plac-
ate Mr.. Platt, Mr.. Hobart will be imme
diately abandoned and the ticket will read
Mckinley and Morton. They confess part
ly that nothing would suit them better
than this combination, for MIR. Morton's
name on the ticket would obviate all
necessity for more explicit declaration on
the money question than is carried in the
Indiana platform.
The enormous accessions to the Mckinley
ranks through the action Of the Mckin-
ley contingent of the national committee
in seating nearly every contestant who
owes fealty to the Ohio candidate created
an air Of supreme content in Mr.. Hanna's
bosom. He states his belief that the con-
yention will be harmonious" and that its
work will be accomplished with great dis
aatch. II expect that the work will all
be completed by Thursday. Indeed, 1t is
possible that by ho4uing a night session.
we can wind up the work by Wednesday
midnight"
The citizens of ST. Louis, who have put
up enormous money for the convention,
protest energetically at such unnecessary
haste" They hope TO see the convention
spend at least the week here There is
good reason TO suspect that the Mound
City, when 1t strikes it's balance, on the
departure of the convention. will find sit-
self on the wrong side of the book. The
convention crowd will not approach the
vast numbers on which the hotel men fig
ured when they doubled and trebled the
prices OF their accommodations ana some
of the naughty landlords, who peremptor-
lily refused 10 accommodate negroes in
the early days Of this week, are now ex-
tending the glad hand of welcome for other
reasons than mere philanthropy.
An Associated Press dispatch says: 1rhe
national committee decided tonight to pro-
ceed 10 the selection of temporary officers
for the national convention. including a
chairman, at o'clock on Saturday. The
motion was made by Mr.. Payne. of Wis
consin. who first named 10 o'clock to-mor-
row as the hour. Ex-senator Carey, of
Wyoming. objected 10 this time on the
ground that there had been no opportunity
afforded TO the committeeman to canvass
the question and that there was no occa-
sion for haste. IL has been practically de-
eided by a majority of the committee that
Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks shall be given
the place OF temporary chairman. and a
telegram has been sent him notifying him
OF the probability of his selection. 1t has
also been suggested to Mr.. Fairbanks that
he deal almost exclusively with the finan-
ciai question in his opening speech. 1t is