The record-union., 1896-06-10

Will be Defeated, in Case the Plat
form Declares for Gold Standard.
ST. LOUIS, June 9.-This city is to-
night the camping ground OF great
army on the eve of the battle. The Nc
kinley hosts, overpowering in numbers
and confident of victory, await the is
sue complacently. The outlying camps,
dedicated to favorite sons, have but the
shadow of hope that something unfor-
seen may happen to turn the tide of
battle in their favor. The Reed men,
the Allison men, and in fact all other
than Mckinley men, refuse to give a
roster of their pledged delegates and
refer vaguely to breaks on the second
, ballot. Lieutenants of the Ohioan an
swer this by saying there will be no
second ballot There was some gossip
afloat late this evening touching COM
binations to prolong the contest. but all
efforts to resolve this to certainty met
with the reply, wait until Manley
gets here
One unpleasant feature that prom
ised to embarrass the local committees
of entertainment is happily arranged
to the satisfaction of all. The negro
delegates upon their arrival will find
good quarters provided for them and
prompt and civil attention at a first
class hotel. Judge Long of Florida
and Committeeman Hill of Mississippi
received these assurances tonight,
and expressed themselves satisfied.
These gentlemen came in advance of
their delegations, and discovered that
through some misunderstanding their
colored delegates were not provided for,
but are now satisfied that the local
committees will carry out every prom
ise
The prominent arrivals to-day in
cluded Joseph H Manley of Maine
Senator Gear of Iowa. Senator Hans
brough Of North Dakota, Senator Shoup
of Idaho, Chairman Thomas H Carter
of Montana, S. NJ. Shortridge and NJ.
II. De Young of California, Colonel
Isaac Trumbo and p n Lannan of
Utah, j. S. Hammer, National Com
1nitteeman from the Indian Territory:
Wright Quincy, delegate-at-large from
Texas; J. r. Lynch, delegate t-large
from Mississippi; T. D. Riordan of
California, Powell Clayton, National
Committeeman from Arkansas; N B.
Scott of West Virginia, Isaac NJ Pot
ter of Rhode Island, w. r. Hearst of
California and A. c. Cleveland of Ne
vada
Chairman Manley was visited to-
night by scores of politicians eager to
press claims of various sorts, but Mr.
Manley pleaded fatigue from his long
journey, and retired early. Among his
callers was ex-Congressman Nathan
Frank Of st. Louis, who is a contest
ing delegate from the Twelfth Mis-
souri, District. The decision of the com
mittee in regard to the claims of the
delegates from this district will decide
the National Committeemanship of
Missouri. in ali probability The con-
testing delegations are respectively
friendly one to Chauncey I. Filley, the
other to Richard c. Kerens. There are
thirty-four delegates from Missouri
nineteen necessary to a cheice-and
Mr.. Kerens claims to have already Sc
cured the pledges of seventeen of them.
Western men are largely in evidence
tonight, and their views on the all-ab-
sorbing topics-the nominee and the
financial plank-are highly interesting
Colonel Isaac Trumbo of Salt Lake
City, delegate-at-large from Utah, said:
we of the West have become con-
WINGED that the Republican party is
controlled by the lead trust and the
Eastern manufacturers. The time has
come to put the party back in the
hands of the common peoprd For
years we have braved the heat of the
East, and have fought the battles Of
the Republicans without asking any,
thing in return. The only thing we
ever got to offstand the temperature
was when the people of the great East
gave US Harrison for President
Our fight Is plain. We are for sill
YER first, and for duty on lead and
wool. We want lead and wool for the
West and silver for the whole country
The Eastern manufacturers are no
longer sincere in their advocation of
protection. They want free wool, so
that they can buy it cheap and at the
expense of the farmer but they insist
that the manufactured product shall be
protected, so that they may secure high
prices for their goods. Our claim is
that the farmer who grows the wool is
entitled to the same degree Of protec-
tion that is given the manufacturers of
Massa chusetts.''
VIII you bolt in case a silver plank
ia not adopted?"
Ihat is matter for future consid-
Grafton. Thus far we have believed that
we could fight the matter out within
our party lines, but if we fail we may
be compelled to adopt some other
course out of self-protection."
Suppose Mckinley is nominated on
a soundmoney platform-what then?"
He would be beaten in Indiana and
Illinois, and would be given such close
rub in his own State that the result;
would be known only after the bal
lots We're counted
Gould Mckinley or any other Re-
publican be elected on a sound money
platform
mo; most emphatically no. Every
Western State, with the possible excep-
tion of Oregon, would go Democratic.
and that, combined with the vote of the
South, would sweep the Republicans to
certain defeat"
"Who will Utah support for the NOM
ination?"
IT imagine that her vote viii be cast
for Teller Nearly all the votes of the