The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-22

"a copy of the resolutions as thus
agreed upon was shown on Friday to
Hon. Joseph H. Marley of Maine and
Governor w. Murray Crane of Massa-
chusetts, who were at the conference in
the interest of Speaker Reed, and it
was also submitted to Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, and Senator Platt of
New York, who gave to it their une-
quivocal approval.
1.-THE resolution as agreed upon was
given to Myron T. Herrick of Cleve-
land, who telegraphed it in full to Can
ton for the approval of Governor Nc
Kinley, which was soon obtained, and
then copy was given to General Mer-
riam, who had been selected as men,
Der of the committee on resolutions,
and he was authorized to say to that
committee that the resolution as pre-
scented by him had been drawn by inn
mediate and responsible friends of Gov
ernor Mckinley and approved by him
and to ask that it be adopted by the
committee. HENRY c. PAYNE
II have carefully read the foregoing
account of the origin of the gold plank
as adopted by the republican conven-
ton at st. Louis in 1896 and I find it
correct. In addition to the facts
brought out in it, I wish to add that
fiuential in their advocacy of a gold
declaration, among them Robert w.
Patterson, the Illinois member of the
committee on resolutions.
m. A. HANNA"
"The foregoing statement accords
with my recollection of the facts. The
copy of the resolution referred to was
given to me and 1 submitted it to the
committee on resolutions. Previously
thereto I showed a copy of the plank to
Senator Foraker, Senator Platt of New
York and Senator Lodge Of Massachu-
sets and conferred with them about
it. w. r. MERRIAM"
II was consulted about the financial
plank of the ST. Louis platform by Mr..
Payne and others five or six days pre-
vious to the meeting of the convention
l remember the conference which took
place Friday morning in one of Mr..
Hannas rooms at the Southern hotel.
There were present Messrs. Payne, Mer-
riam, HerricS, Kohlsaat, Stone and my
self. Mr. Hanna was in and out occa-
sionally, but gave the matter little at
tention, as he was more interested in
making a president than the platform
for him to stand on. He, however, eX-
pressed himself as ready to agree to
anything we formulated and did agree
to it at the close of our work. Mr..
Kohlsaat had just arrived in town and
was very active and earnest for the
| gold standard and in his forceful insist
| ence came the opportune moment for
| settling the matter in the right way
| was surprised to find some Of the
| Western men so strong for gold. OF
| course, substantially, all Eastern re-
| publicans would favor 1t, but the credit
| of leading in the matter belongs to the
Western men I have named. 1t was
| known that Senator Foraker was to be
chairman Of the committee on resolu-
tons and the plank was shown to him
and met his full approval. 1t was sub
mitted to President Mckinley by wire
and received his approval. 1t was also
| shown to the different delegations, but
especially to those delegates who were
to be appointed on the committee on
| resolutions, and it was known very
| soon that it would meet with the ap-
prevail of a good majority of the COM
| mittee. REDFIELD PROCTOR