The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-25
VIEWS OF SENATOR PLATT
NEW YORK,S LEADER COMES oUTIN
Il FLAT FOOTED STATEMENT.

He Says That the Delegation From New
York to st. Louis viii Loyalty Support
Governor Morton and a. Plain Gold
Standard-Win Oppose the Nomination
of Major Mckinley on the Ground That
He is Dangerous Man Because He Has
No Settled Convictions on the Money
Question.
New York. May 24.-Ex- Senator
sPlatt said this evening:
1T is plain that the Mckinley men
propose to continue their plan of claim
ling everything and conceding nothing
without regard for facts. Their lieu
tenants here are equally determined to
laid them just as persistently for ends
aand purposes with which Major Mckln-
Hey and his managers have no concern
awhatever and without the slightest con-
8sideration for anyone but themselves
land without thought for the welfare OF
athe business interests of the nation.
q The business men, however, may rely
laupon it that their views will be ex-
Apressed at st. Louis convention, both
Jas to the maintenance of the gold stand
lard and as to the nomination of
Scandidate who can appropriately stand
ION gold platform. New York will
apresent such a candidate and the vote
Aof this state will be cast for him almost
All this Mckinley hal
alabaloo in New York is simply so much
aempty sound. 1t will not effect the
zvote at st. Louis Of a single New York
Delegate 1t proceeds from the same old
acrowd of antis who have been per-
forming In this way for many years.
aIf the regular organization were ad
avocating Mckinley all these people
Swould be denouncing Mckinley. They
do not care fig about Mckinley. They
3simply make use of his name and posi-
stion to aid the conspiracy for the
@Overthrow of the republican organiza-
Stion"
Referring to the charge by the "antis"
that he and his friends are preparing
Ito bolt the Mckinley ticket Mr.. Platt
reinarked my friends and I have no
great rsputation as boilers. In the his
tory of the party it is they (antis) not
I'VE, who have had monopoly of the
sbolting. They and their allies have
@bolted, or stabbed the party in the back,
more than once and more than twice,
esince their chief newspaper bOlter be-
gan his boIting career. The regular or
%anization will make in the approaching
campaign the stoutest fight it has ever
Enade Cor the republican ticket and
|without requiring either the advice or
Hhe assistance of the guerillas."
81 Meanwhile the republican organiza-
Zion of New York will Loyalty support
The nomination of Morton and the adop-
Zion at st. Louis of a plain, unequivo-
Pal, direct pledge to the people that the
gold standard shall be maintained and
bur currency system reformed on that
basis. 1t will oppose the nomination of
Major Mckinley on the ground that he
'as dangerous and misleading candi-
I@late whose votes and speeches show
4hat he has no settled convictions on
The money question. The regular or
ganization believes that the money
Question is the most important issue in
The campaign.
If the opponents of the regular or
Aganization think they can make more
Eorogress in their effort to smash things
by belittling this question than they
have made during the last year by as
Esailing the republican legislature, de-
bouncing the wise administration of
Governor Morton and opposing their
|oarty and its work for no other pur-
bose than to seize control of the or
Eganization and to down Platt' why let
|them go ahead
We for our part, are fighting for
principle than which there is none so
important to the people in their daily
|Struggle for life and we are. entirely
content to take our chances as against
II group of grotesque politicians who
ban find no more inspiring battle cry
Ehan get on the band wagon"