Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-06-26
THE CONVENTION.

last week the result OF the convention
had not reached town. Below is given
an account 70 that which is Of most
local interest:
The FIRST Important occurrence was
in the committee on resolutions.
The subcommittee reported the fol-
lowing financial plank;
The republican party is unreserved.
ly for sound money. 1t caused the
enactment OF the law providing for
the resumption Of specie payments in
1879, aud since then every dollar has
been as good as gold. We are unalter-
ably opposed TO every measure calcu-
lated to debase our currency or to i'm
pair the credit Of our country. We
are, therefore, opposed to the free
coinage Of silver except by interna-
tional agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world,
which we pledge ourselves to promote.
Until such agreement a be obtained
the existing gold standard must be
preserved. All our silver and paper
currency must be maintained at a par
ity with gold. We favor all measures
designed to maintain invloleble the
obligations of the United States, and
all our money, whether coin or paper,
at the present standard-the stand
ard of the most enlightened nations
Of the earth.
Senator Teller moved to substitute
the following:
The republican party authorizes the
use Of both gold and silver as equal
standard money, and pledges its pow
er to secure the free and unlimited
coinage of gold aud silver at our minis
at the ratio of 16 parts of silver to l
part of gold.
Mr.. Teller and others argued in IA
vor Of this, claiming the gold plank
was a distinct change in the policy of
the republican party and that the
western people would not follow the
party into these new paths.
In the vote in the committee there
were ten votes In favor of silver,
among which were Sol Luna of New
Mexico and Col. Zabriski of Arizona.
In the convention when the plat
form was read Senator Teller again
offered his substitute and it was voted
down by 1854 to 1857. The Arizona
delegation voted solid for silver. The
New Mexico delegation divided, Luna,
Llewellyn and Burns voting for silver
and Clark, Morrison and Perea voting
against it.
Then came the vote on adopting the
gold plank. Arizona voted solidly
against it. Perea Topped and with
Llewellyn, Luna and Burns voted
against the gold plank while Morrison
and Clark voted for it. The vote
stood 1924 10 1l0i.
Then Senator Teller and his silver
friends left the convention.
The names of the candidates were
presented to the convention. The
ballot stood: Mckinley 6614, Reed
S4a, Morton So, Quay 6l4, Allison 354,
Cameron l. Arizona voted solidly for
Mckinley. New Mexico cast five votes
for Mckinley and one for Allison,
which was cast by Major Llewellyn.
The vote for vice president stood:
Hobart 1891, Evans 2SOt, Brown 80,
Lippert 8, Walker "a, Grant 2, Depew
3, Morton /, Thurston 2. Here for
the first time the Arizona delegation
split, four voted for Hobart, n for
Evans and one for Brewn. The magic
name of Hobart, however, settled all
differences in the New Mexico delega-
ton and for the first time since their
arrival at st. Louis they all voted to-
gether, and that vote was, of course,
for Evans.
Sol Luna was selected as the New
Mexico member of the national COM
mittee.