The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-06
Mr.. Heath Talks About the Ohioan's
Position ON the Financial Question,
but Reveals Little.
HE CONDEMNS WALL STREET
AND SAYS 1T CANNOT RUN THE COM
ING NATIONAL CONVECTION.
Protection, Mr.. Heath Thinks, Will
asm Is to BE Uncorked.

ST. LOUIS. June 5.-As yet none OF the
leaders who are to take part in the Repub-
lican national convention have arrived. Lo-
cal politicians say that Marcus A. Hanna
the leader Of the Mckinley forces, will reach
here next Tuesday. and that Thomas G.
Platt. who has charge of Levi p. Morton's
campaign, will come two days later. The
only out-of-town men who will play any
prominent part in The convention who have
as yet arrived are T. C. Byrnes. sergeant-at-
arms OF the convention. and Colonel Swords,
sergeant-at-arms of the national committee
Perry S. Heath, formerly managing editor
of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who
will be the chief Mckinley spokesman until
the arrival of Hanna Tuesday evening, has
come and is keeping the special correspond
ents supplied with Mckinley news. The
Republic. in the morning, will print lengthy
interview with Mr.. Heath in which he gives
what he purports to be Mr.. MinKln.eys posi-
ton on the financial question. 1t will read
as follows:
''Mr. Heath did not attempt to deny that
the Mckinley programme was TO force the
tariff issue to the front in 1896. Wall street,
said Mr.. Heath. has attempted to run every
national convention held since have known
anything about national conventions. 1t
will try to run the Republican convention
this year, end 1t will. as usual, fail Major
Mckinley = one of those men who does not
believe his Judgment should be taken against
the combined wisdom of his party. Nobody
has spoken for him authoritativeiy on the
currency plank, and nobody will be able ITO
do so. because he is willing to trust the cok-
vention and stand by its decision. The best
judgment of the whole party must prevail
in this matter.
There are not to exceed four States
which will insist on an unequovocal dec,a-
ration for the gold standard. These States
are New York, Maine Massachusetts, and
probably New Jersey. In the same way
there are about a half dozen silver States
which will demand 16-to-1 declaration. In
a great majority of the States. the one is
sue in the campaign is protection. You can
not talk the currency question to Repub-
licans in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. This is
the great issue. and whatever the Repub-
lican convention adopts as its platform will
be the Mckinley platform.
Having disposed of McKinley's cur
re1gy ATTITUDE. MIR. Health at the request
OF the reporter addressed himself for few
moments to Thomas C. Platt. with the fol-
lowing result: Yes, Mr. Platt is preparing
some kind OF coup. 1 am informed it is
TO be sprung either before the national COM
mittee or on the floor of the convention. He
has served notice repeatedly during the past
few days that he would not give UP his fight
until the nomination was announced and
there was no longer any opportunity 10 en-
ter his protest against the Ohio candidate
Just what he intends to do is not clearly
manifest at this time, but have letters
from at least one member of the national
committee. TO whom Mr.. Platt has written,
In which one of his moves is named. He in
tends, II possible, to control the preliminary
roll in the convention and to use the ad-
vantage he might obtain by that success
against Mckinley"