The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-15

lag eesfiy aS6lr TINS morning. At 5
nis i.ioHus and lfeutenants began max
ing tneir way to his rooms. He was
ID consultation with these during the
forenoon. Mr.. Platt declined to express
an opinion with referen oe to the national
com ml1tees' action. Some gentlemen
VINO called upon him and who may be
falrlY supposed to express his views. were
not SO retlcent. One said: "We shall
acqulsce In the oommittee's conclusion,
ZOE we nave won practical victory, but
men seated"
All talk of bolt of New York men
from Ghe convention is now at an end.
Mr. Flats will not press the matter any
fartner. II the convention shall approve
tins national committee s action. 1t real
ly represents loss to Gov. Morton of
only Tour votes out of possible IL.
Gen. Anson MoCook, seated in the 18th
New York district, will, it is said, vote
for Gov. Morton. 1t is estimated at Mr..
will secure 80 of New York's n votes,
the Other l3 going to Mckinley.
Ihere was open expressed dissatisfied
tion among the Platt men this morning
that Gov. Morton should have chosen
Chaunoey M. Depew as the medium by
whom to announce his determination
not to accept the nomination for the
Vice Presidency.
Mr.. Platt this afternoon received an
answer al G to the telegram OF inquiry he sent
to GOV. Morton, asking if 1t was true
that he notified Mr.. Depew that he would
not accept the Vice Presidency. Mr..
Morton answered that it was true.
The Platt men deny that any concerted
action will be taken by them looking to
the nomination Of Gen. Benjamin +.
Tracy Uf Brooklyn for the Vice Presi-
dency. 1t would appear from expressions
which fell from the lips of number of
lar with them. They say that If the con-
vention should develop strong senti-
ment for Gen. Tracy, they would not op-
pose it.
They are disposed to believe, from re-
ports which reach them through the
Ohio men, that Mr.. Hobart of New Jer
sey will be the candidate OF the Mckinley
men, in which case his success Is practt-
cally assured. The friends of the other
candidates will not concede this. They
insist that many of MoKinley's staunch-
est supporters are equally favorable to
Dingley of Maine, Evans of Tennessee
and other. gentlemen whose names have
been sugg 5sted for second place.
Ex-Judge j. Franklin Foultz, the
New Jersey delegate, who has been So
ileoted to present Hobart's name to tbs
convention, said: ''New Jersey wants
Mr.. Hobart nomination. 1t would do
wonders for us politically. For the past
three years we have carried our state,
and with Mr.. Hobart on the ticket we
will be lifted out of the doubtful ool-
umn. Whom the party can transfer US
into the Republican ranks for all time,
we ask consideration. Mr.. Hobart will
be an ideal candidate; as we see it, Mr..
Hobart is sure to be nominated. There
is sentiment for him and for the reoog
milton of New Jersey that will carry the
convention unless all signs fail"
The supporters of the Vice Presidential
aspirations Of Henry Clay Evans of Ten
nessee, resumed thir efforts today. Every
newly arrived delegate was placed and
given arguments concerning the expedi-
enoy of placing the district representa-
tiyes of the South upon the ticket. Par
ticular attention was paid to these dele
gates previously approached in the in
terest of Mr.. Hobart. To these the argu-
ment was directed that New Jersey was
safe for Mckinley without special in
.ducements being offered to secure It's sup
port, a nd New York was in the same
position, which the combination of
Col. Evans should insure the vote of Ten
nessee for the Republicans and posi- oily
that Of Alabama.
The friends OF Evans this afternoon
claimed they were making satisfactory
progress. Several members of the Mis-
souri, delegation are known to favor Gen.
Edwin A. MoAlpin of Now York for
Vice President Gen. MoAlpin's candi-
dacy is not viewed altogether with favor
by some of the New York delegation.
Mr.. Depew said this afternoon that
every vote asked for McAlpine was equiv
alent to one vote taken away from Nor
ton.
Senator Teller of Colorado, the leader
of the silver men at the Republican con-
vention, spent the day at the residence
of friend in the suburbs. The Senator
will have conference with the colored
delegates. Afterwards he will meet and
discuss the general situation with the
silver delegates from ali states ''It
would be Dresumptuous on my part, -
said Mr.. Teller today, ''to make any
statement as to what |, or those who
believe as do. would do in the event of
declaring for that which we believe to
be right, and absolutely essential to the
best interests of the country. I stand
just where stood when Iwrote the let
ter to the chairman of our state COM
mittee and upon the same grounds taken
in my speeches in the Senate. I see by
the papers that indications point to a
platform for the existing standard. The
S0u6rd1 OplulUu 6pp6hFS VI UG Uu0 WORN
gold Is to he omitted. TO omit the word
gold and declare for this existing stan
aard, would be nothing else than de-
claration for the gold standard. 1t is
mere Juggling with words. and the silver
men would have very much more respect
for the gold men if they came out for
gold instead of meaning that and refus-
ing to say SO. Nothing will satisfy the
silver men but clear cut declaration
for free coinage Of silver at a ratio of
l6 to L.
The Massachusetts contingent 112
strong, arrived this morning. Senator
Lodge will represent the state on the
committee on resolutions. Curtis Guild,
Jr., one of the delegates at large from
Massachusetts,, when asked today for a
statement of the attitude of the Mass L.
chusetts delegation regarding the finan-
cial plank of the Republican platform,
said: Massachusetts, will simply de-
mand that we tell the truth in our plat
form. Our circulating medium Is gold
silver and paper our standard of value
is and has been gold. This is no time for
glittering genera lities. Let us be honest
with the friends of both silver and gold,
and say exactly what we mean. Free
coinage of silver would prevent bimet-
alllsm. 1t means silver recommendation.
Massachusetts can never endorse a pol
Icy that would reduce by one half the