The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-06-19
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other candidates that little or no con-
test would be made.
Hahn, asked what the financial
plank of the platform would be, said
that it would be such as every Repub-
lican could stand upon who wanted
the national credit sustained.
There is something Of a contest over
the selection OF temporary chairman.
The Mckinley men have decided
upon G. w. Fairbanks of Indiana, but
many members of the national com
mlttee are urging Samuel Fessenden
OF Connecticut. The friends of the
latter say hat he is we'll acquainted
with Republicans everywhere aud has
been attending national conventions
SO long that he knows everybody of
prominence, and is also familiar with
the management Of large conventions.
But Fessenden will not be satisfactory
to the Mckinley leaders and if the
national committee should name him
it might precipitate a contest in the
convention. 1t is possible, however.
that everything will be adjusted in
committee.
The trouble about the colored dele
cations seems to be settled. Chairman
Carter has received kilograms from
all over the country calling for the
emo OF the convention if the COL
ored men do not receive fair treat
inent. The matter will be brought up
IN the committee to-day and Chairman
kennard Of the local committee will
give assurances that the colored dele
gates will be taken care of. A colored
delegation called on Mr.. Hanna TODAY
and assured him that they were very
comfortably CHARTERED.
THE AUDITORIUM ALI READY.
The convention auditorium was
dedicated tonight and a notable
gathering a present. A test of the
acoustic properties of the hall showed
that an ordinary speaker could be
heard plainly in all parts of the audi
forum. Nicholas M. Bell, who has
acted as reading secretary at nearly
every Democratic convention except
the last, since 1873, spoke from differ.
ent parts of the hall, and declared:
1.-The acoustic properties of the hall
could not be better"
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Mr.. Thurston said IN reply to a
question that he had 90 doubt that
some Of the delegates from the East
ern seaboard would make a strong
contention for q more pronounced and
explicit declaration for gold, but it
would not be wise to concede their ex-
treme demands They will in the
end be satisfied with a conservative
pronouncement," he said. '.and they
will be glad enough to take it in pref
erence to the unequivocal free silver
declaration the Chicago convention
will give out"
Referring to other questions of
which the platform would treat, the
Senator said he thought first place
would be given to the tariff, as that
was and has been a distinctive feature
Of the Republican party's issue. He
thought there would be a declaration
demanding in strong terms a distinct
lively American policy, but he was of
the opinion that the A. P. A. question
would not figure in the convention.
washington will not bolt the con
vention, no matter what the platform
Wash, a delegate-at-large. "We have
two distinct feelings on the non
question there caused by geographical
conditions. In the eastern part Of the
State the sentiment is largely for the
free coinage of silver. In the western
part the reverse is true. Our delega-
ton comes to st. Louis uninstructed
on this point. but at the State conven-
ton q resolution was passed advocat.
ing sound money, and recommending
that some International arrangement
be made whereby silver might be
made ono of the standard money
mediums Of the world. While I, nv
self, am friendly to silver, / am con-
fdent that II the convention adopts a
: radical gold standard platform, that