The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-13
The Delegates to st. Louis In
structed to Vote for Him.
PLATFORM FOR SOUND MONEY
Addieks Carries the Delaware Con.
vention and Higgins Bolts.
me Higgins Men Elected Confessing
DeiexAse>. who Are Instructed for
Mckinley-Gov. Matthews Would
Compromise With Silver, but Not
ssStraddle.o

St Joseph. No. May i.-The Republican
state convention was alucs. turned into
q riot this morning befnre the delegates
were admitted to the hall At 70 O'Clock
S@ people were in front Of the Crawford
opera house. clamoring for admitfance.
FIaey. a. chairman OF the state
committee. Issued tickets to his delegates
before leaving St Louis. kerens was
present with a contestirg delegation TIE
local conA.aIttee on arralg gements. rsccg-
nix.ng kerens as boss. also issued tickets
TO the convention. and. having obtained
possession Of the keys Of the opera house.
kerens refused to admit aEy one until
FiiIey would conser, TO a compromise.
For over TWO hours the delegates stood in
the hot sun. cursirg Filley ard kerens. At
G O'Clock a crowd OF men wearing Flliey
hats corgregatet IN the rear Of the thea
ter. and attempted to smash in the door
with q battcring ram. The seryeant-at-
arms teiephoned for the police. and pa
troi Wagon fun of officers was sent
Finally an agreement was reached. by
which the doors were opened The Filley-
ties claimed the victory However. the
kerens delegates were allowed 10 enter
the building. At l o'clock after a delay
Of three hours. Chairman Fflley called the
convention 10 order He predicted success
for the Republicans of Missouri this year.
Temporary Chairman Richard Bar,hosd
addressed the convention al length.
When Temporary Chairman Barthoidt
refused TO entertain motion except 10
adjourn the anti-FIliey followers held
caucus after adjournment and attempted
TO arrange matters 50 that they might
seat the contesting delegations in the
Eleve1dh, Twelfth and Thirteenth dis
tricts.
A hot fight was waged in the creden-
tails committee rooms. aad the Filley men
refused TO entertain a proposition for a
cempronnse. The Filiey men demanded
all In sight, which the kerens faction was
not disposed to concede. At go the Gre
dentia.s committee were not YET ready TO
report. and the delegates and spectators
who filled the convention hall amused
themselves by listening to speeches from
Fire Alarm flanagan Webster Davis.
Maj William Warner and others Ii Was
nearly II O'Clock before the conn
nittee on credentials was ready
to mako their report, and when
they came in the delegates were tirel
and cross. Majority and minority reports
were submitted, but the Filiey men showed
their hand when they voted down the mi
norfty report. which would have unSeased
the Filley delegates in the Tenth. Eleventh
and Twelfth districts by a decisive vote.
From this time on the convention was prae-
t.caily In control OF the F'iIiey people. The
temporary organization was made perma-
nent. and the only disappointment with
which the Fiifey men met was the losing
OF one OF tie state committeeman at large.
The selection Of chairman OF the state GEN.
tral committee was awarded to Mr. FflIey
by accla nation and, TO crown his victory,
at 1.D a m. he was elected delegate at
large to the national convention. The re-
port OF the committee on platform was
submitted and adopted.
In the platform the doctrine OF protec-
tion and reciprocity is dealt with at some
length. The platform concludes as fol-
lows:
We are firm and emphatic in our de-
niand for honest money. We believe that
our money should not be inferior to the
money OF the most enlightened nation OF
the earth We are unalterably opposed
to any scheme that threatens to debase
or depreciate our currency. We favor the
use Of silver as currency, but to the extent
only and under such regulations that Its
parity with the present gold standard can
be maintained. and In consequence We are
opposed TO the free. unlimited and ind--
pendent coinage OF silver at ratio Of Is
to !.
We denounce the present admlnistra-
ton for its hostility to the interests of
the Union solifer. and we pledge anew TO
the veterans Of the republic a watchfal
care and recognition of their Just claims
upon grateful people
We recognize Hon William Mckinley
as the champion of the doctrine of pro-
lection. gallant soldier and an able
statesman. and a true and loyal Arneri-
can. and the delegates elected by this con-
rentfon are directed to cast their votes for
william Mckinley for president Of the
United States"