The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-20
SECOND DAY AT ST. LOUIS.
Hanna Wants to Hurry the Nomination
His Plans Will be Frustrated.
SPECIAL to Trxrs.MouxrA1srrR:

aAuua WanCs TO tine NOMINATION.
His Plans Will be Frustrated.
"a SPECIAL to T1MEs.DfouNrA1NEER:
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE convention
of ball filled rapidly at an early hour this
.r morning, and when Chairman Fair
3, banks called the convention to order
s. at lO:l5, there were few vacant seats in
C the space reserved for delegates. The
e sentiment of the New York delegation
Y with reference to Mckinley was in
n dicated by the hearty cheer that went
2 up from the space occupied by the
New Yorkers when Mark Hanna en-.
o tered the hail.
The silver men, though convinced
q. that their chances of getting the white
/. metal recognized, are hopeless. are
energetic and are waging a battle
, royal for their cause.
, At 1O:45 the chairman of the COM
mmittee on platform reported that the
committee was stillin session and they
were given until this afternoon TO re-
port.
Thurston was called to the chair at
IL o'clock and deafening applause
went up when he took up the gavel.
It is now plain to beseen that Hanna
will attempt to rush the nomination of
Mckinley and close the session today,
but In this he will fail, for there will
be a holly contested fight on the
report of the committee on credentials
and upon the financial plank of the
platform.
1t is new almost assured that Gov.
Moron. of New York, will be given |
the nomination for vice-president. c. |
W. Fairbanks will place Gov. Nor
toms name before the convention.
Senator Thurston gained the recog-
milton of the chair at 1I:l0 and from
then until the hour of recess enter
! tanned the convention with rousing
speech touching upon the policies to
be adopted by the republican party.
He advocated vi rorols foreign
policy, a liberal interpretation and
rigid enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine, the extinguishment of the
national debt, rehabilitation of our
merchant marine, the maintenance of a
currency. whether gold, silver or paper,
at a par with the money of the world.
He also lauded the principles of pro.
lection and reciprocity, and insisted
that the powers of corporations should
be curtailed.
On the re.assembling of the conven.
tion at 2:45 this afternoon, the chair
man of the committee on credentials
submitted report recommending
the seating of the Higgin delegation
Texas. The roll call prepared by {
the national committee says the
cases of 160 contestants have
been examined, and recommends that |
contestants have hearing, and urges {
the hearing of these contests in open I
convention. Hepburn, of Iowa, SUBJ {
mitted minority report.
The credentials committee refused ,
to accept the national committees re- t
port, whereupon roll call was de- '
manded, and the vote resulted, ayes, t
SOS; Loes 329. a
ST. LOUIS, June, 1S.-There was no +
night session of thetconvention, and
little was transacted during the late t
afternoon session yesterday. "
The convention was called to order n
at 1920 this morHg by r.
Chairman John NJ. Thurston, and the b
hall was comfortably packed. The d
first order of business was the hearing
,f the report of the platform commit u
Zee. The platform as reported declares G.
'or gold standard; opposes the free b
coinage of silver; favors protection to "
Ill American industries; opposes the
of public money for
purposes; favors liberal +
appropriations for pensions; the inter-
position of the United States for peace
n Cuba; the resurrection of immigra- Al
ion to those who cannot read or write. "
When the platform had been read, cs
Senator Teller, as the leader of the sc
liver wing in the convention, an n,
lounced that he had heen forced out of q,
he republican party by the gold as
tandard, and that he might never
gain address arepublican convention. at
The belief is rife that when the plat. ga
orm is adopted, Teller with major, til
ty of the radical silver men will retire or
rom the convention, and will take no til
urther part in its deliberations. oc
A new fase has been put on the con- ar
est for vice-president by the Illinois tn
elegation having pledged their sup P,
ort to Hobart, of New Jersy, but the in
riends Of Mckinley and Morton are pl
that their fayorites will be ba
ominated. It is now generally con- tn
eded that the ticket will be William of
1cKinley and Levi P. Morton. A
Ballotting for president has begun. r.
he names before the convention are n,
IcKinley, Reed and Quay. Colorado la
nd Idaho refuse to vote. At this hour W
1cKinley leads the other two candi-
ates.
Mckinley nominated on first ballot.
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