The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-16


giving up the Reed ship as one of the
head rather than Of the heart and viii
Keep him IN his committee membership.
4O-days proceedings seem not only TO
have settled the financial plank hut the
tarlm plank, also of the next republican
national platform. a sketch OF the pro-
was either drawn up by Maj Mckinley
himself, or was submitted 10 MIN for aD-
pToval, prosposes an increase Of duties all
alohS the line SUFFICIENT for the needs of
the treasury and the re-impositi0u Of pro-
leetlVe duties on wool and sugar.
The first four paragraphs of the plat
FORM are devoted 10 a denunciatiOn OF the
democratic policy, to which Is ascrlbed
the commercial and Industrial depres-
sion that has prevailed during the past
three years and a laudatiOn of the repub-
ican policy Of protection which had pre-
vailed for thirty years previously. There
IS a strong recommendation for the re-
neWal Of the reciprocity agreements.
There is also a recommendation for the
imposition of 10 per cent duty on imports
IN foreign bottoms, as fOreshadOWed I'm
morning
ed as forceful, alliterative and fun OF
catchy phrases, such as are calculated to
bring down the house"
All the talk among the advanced silver
men tonight is of boiling after their mi-
nority free silver report from the commit
tee on resolutions is voted down as, OF
The gold men are steadily increasing
tneir strength among the northwestern
IaVorable 10 bimetallic standard. Proof
of this was shown tonight in a financial
plank, which was drafted by Gov Mer-
rlam Of Minnesota and submitted to Mr..
Platt of New York, as embOdying the
views of the western Mckinley men. This
plank is identical with the resolution
adopted by the New York delegation to-
day, which declares for the maintenance
OF the present gold standard and con-
demns the free coinage of silver, except
by international agreement. il contains
an additional provision, however, that the
silver now in circulation shall be main
tanned at parity with gold. This is un-
derstood to have been inserted with a
view to satisfying the friends of silver
tnat no attempt VIII be made i'm the event
of republican success next November to
degrade the silver money now in circula-
tion.
Mr.. Platt sent for Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts,, and Messrs. Quigg ana
Lauterbach of New York, and other gem
temen during the course of the evening,
and consulted with them regarding Gov
Merriam's proposition There was an
unanimity of expression among those
who were consulted that the parity clause
should be eliminated and this being done,
II was returned to Gov. Merriam for his
the Ohio managers Of Mckinley deny
all knowledge of Gov Merriams plank
and say that it is one of the many ten
tative propositions which have been al
Vanced, and which must be referred to
the committee on resolutions. They
themselves have acquainted Gov. Forak-
er with their wishes and he will be pre-
pared to represent them when the COM
mittee meets. 1t is an open secret at
the Ohio headquarters that they do not
wish the word gold" to appear so prom
inently In Che platform as has been
suggested IN some quarters. They will
agree to a declaration that the money
of the country shall be as sound as gold
or some similar expression but they are
not disposed to make the statement
broader.
Therei is a manifest purpose on the part
or the anti-Mchinley men to delay the
whispered about the Southern hotel at
times that some of these gentlemen en-
tertain the hope that by prolOnging tho
contest better opportunity will be ar
forded OF presenting a stronger front
to the Mckinley forces.
One of Mr.. Platts Heutenants a mid
night said that they would stubbornIy
oppose the formation of the committee
on resolutions until the committee on Gre
denttals had made its report, and it had
been acted upon by the convention. Their
contention is that until the convention
has taken cOgnizance of the cOtestants
it would be manifestly improper TO in,
Their programme is to devote the first
days session to the temporary Organi-
zation and the formation of the creden-
tials committee.
The second day they desire that the
! convention shall consider the committees
an adjournment is to be taken in order
that the third day may be devoted to the
platform, thus carrying the nominations
over until Friday. The Mckinley men
say, in answer to this, that, represent
ing a large majority of the convention
selves without submitting to the dicta-
tiOn of the minority.