Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-13
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From ST. LouiS,

rush will scarcely commence before to-
morrow. There continues to be much
gossip respecting the adoption of gold
standard plank by the Mckinley men
without any substantial basis OF TACT be-
yond the incident mentioned yesterday
of Mr.. Hanna's taking under consider
alton the suggested Kohlsaat modihca-
ton of the Indiana platform. A caucus
of silvermen will be held as soon as
Senator Teller arrives tonight, and a
course of action will be decided upon.
Some of the extremists say If they
cannot carry resolution in favor OF
free coinage at 16 to /, they would be
in favor of voting with the gold men IN
favor of single gold standard, 80 as 10
avoid the ambiguity of a straddle. Inc
sergeant-at-arms has been requested to
provide seats in the republican national
convention for fifty women suffraglsts.
They wish to hear Col. Isaac Trumoo,
of Utah, when he urges the convention
to incorporate in the party platform a
woman's suffrage plank. Yesterday q
large number of woman sutfraglsts TOOK
their stands in the Southern Hotel
and lobbied theoretically for the Two
mans plank" as it is called. Next
Wednesday night about Ii, 900 members
of Mckinley marching clubs will pa
rade the street, and several thousand
pounds of red fire will cast deep
crimson over the business portion OF the
city. "We are going to have lots OF
red fire and yelling" said General
Howe. "We intend to start the enthu-
siasm by the parade and then keep
whooping it up until the convention adj
journs."
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who ar
rived in St. Louis this morning, makes
public telegram from Governor Nor
ton declining in advance nomination
for the vice-presidency under any CIR
cumstances.
1t was stated authoritatively at Mr..
Hanna's headquarters that no agree
ment on the financial plank had been
reached and that Mr.. Hanna had neith-
err given his assent, nor his disapproval
to any proposition submitted. The state
ment that Major McKinley's manager
had accepted the gold plank pure and
simple was positively denied.
Ex-Governor Foster, OF Ohio, discus.
sing the question, said: '"The financial
plank is question of great Importance
and expect to see the republican con-
vention take such action as will effect
ually dispose of the idea that it even
winks at the free coinage of silver. My
own notion is that the Indiana plank
with a single modification would be
good plank for our national platform.
There is strong suspicion in the minds
of some people that Mr.. Harrison wrote
that platform. The resolution declared
that we favor the use of silver as cur
rency, but to the extent only and under
such regulations that its parity with
gold can be maintained, and, in conse-
quence, are opposed to the free and I'M
limited and independent coinage OF
silver at ratio of sixteen to one.' The
words at q ratio of 16 to L were added
by some one else. Leaving them off
the plank is an admirable idea and l
should like to seq it adopted.
Mr.. Depew was asked this morning If
he thought any bitterness that might be
engendered by the New York contests
would operate to the detriment of the
republican success in the State next
autumn. He replied: with gold
plank-a substantial sound money de-
claration which will satisfy our people
in the east-we can carry New York for
the republican candidate by 100000
majority"
Gov. Morton's positive refusal to
permit his name to be considered for
the vice presidency, it is said, has
greatly strengthened the chances OF
II. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, for nomi-
nation for that Office. 1t was asserted
this morning by one of the Mckinley
managers that Mr.. Evans would be
nominated by reclamation and practi-
cally without a competitor.
While the members of the national
committee were assembling this morn
ing preparatory to fourth days siege
in the matter of the contesting delega
tions, there was an informal exchange
of opinions regarding the advisability
of holding one or more sessions on Sun
day. Although the committee has been
in session for three days, scarcely more
than halfoft the contests have been acted
upon the most important remain to be
heard. Chief among them are the con-
tests from New York. When the COM
mittee went to session at 1870 all pre-
liminary business was shelved and Ten.
nessee cases we've taken up and soon
disposed of. The consideration of the
South Carolina contests was then taken
up.
In his own behalf Robert Small made
q bitter attack upon his opponents.
The lilywhites, he insisted, had no
in the State, they had no ex-
cuse for existence, and they were en-
titled to neither che recognition nor the
respect of the republicans ofthe nation.
Senator Thurston said that neither
the republican party nor the republic
can convention would ever tolerate a
system or organization that did not |
take every man to take part in all pre-
liminary proceedings.
What about the league of republican clubs,
Of which you have been president? retorted
Col Brayton.
That's another matter replied the Sena-
tor, and laugh went around the room.
The lily whites were defeated.