New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-04
THE GOLD PLANK.
IN REPUBLICAN PLATFORM OF W.
STORY OF ITS ADOPTION, WITH SOME
TIMELY OHIO PERSONALI-
TIES THROWN IN

TIES THROWN IN.
St Louis Dec. "a remarkable paper by
Senator Foraker is published here in the morn
ing by THE obe-Democrat." II Is de-
voted to giving terse and interesting
history Of the Gold Plank in the Repub-
lican National platform OF 1896 and incidental
ly to the settlement OF an old with Mr..
Kohlsaat, Of The Chicago Times-Herald." Last
June the Editor made series OF severe attacks
upon Foraker, substantially attempting to read
him out of the Republican party convict him
Of treachery to 1t. Now the Senator retorts with
a statement studiously calm and parliamentary
In tone which nevertheless amounts to a charge
that Kohsaat is jackdaw. who has been
struttlng IL stolen pumage ever since the Ma
tional Convention. and proceeds 10 strip off the
borrowed feathers
AS Governor Foraker the chairman Of
the Committee on Resolutions, he Is able to
give every guarantee OF absolute authenticity
TO his narrative, and the political history II re-
cites is sufficiently important, wholly outside
the personal flavor which gives Il peculiar
pungency to justify transmitting you the sub.
stance Of the document. In reading between tho
lines it might even be suspected that Governor
Foraker sometimes had higher game than even
Mr.. Kohlsaat in his eye. The following gives
the essential part of the Foraker statement
which appears over his signature.
In The Metropolitan, for September e an
sEtic,e bich written written by william Eugene Lewis IN
that ',Mr. Kchisaat drafted the gold plank Of
The the Republican platform Iof Hssl . MT
nd GhnS ne GSgd be 6 s by
mee and upon It's 30
the tbo IA sT 10, He placed strong political friend
the candidate than he-lf any any more intimate Tela.
tons could exist than those between the editor
ion ion that i was the part oi unHisdom to desiaST.
have "a % seem substantially % this same statemen.
ea of IT. M lewis has no
IN IN good fa beng m and in 1t the %
true. Nevertheless, it is untrue Mr.. Kohlsaat
necessarily knows this, and being the edt9s OF
but so far as l am aware, he has not done so.
II the Subject s worth and o all ss
may be misied by apparent acquescence Into the
belief that nobody knows any better, and that that
somebody
MR.. KOHLsAAT NOT HEARD FROM.
! had opportunity, to know what occurred; and
Committee on Resolutions OF the Republican Ma
OF bat
both the committee that reported the platform and
hs peed at all 'hSt s meetings. Of both S
mttee and subcommittee when the platform or
sarily knew everything that transpired. Besides,
have a complete, stenographically kept record OF
all that occurred, showing all communications 10
the committee and the subcommittee, and show
these % committees or either The OF them and what they
appeared for. There is no mention or MT. konl-
In who hs Sa ny sG o the subject
knows that he never appeared before the commit-
any purpose whatever More than that, 50 far as
GSn meow of s eeer in
with the platform or any proposition in It; There
tons on the money question sent 10 me com, ns
mittee. and brought TO the committee, ana IN one one
consideration but not identified In any
way whatever with Mr. Kohlsaat, or his name. I
m aave sI IN nd b Of e them ii;
name or any endorsement that has reference 10
part of the statement which credits Mr.. Kohlsaas
o wf the fGmmee and m Insisting it's adopon
That Mr. Kohlsaat favored some such plank as
" aaSd & fS 90 peP cent of the S Fading R
publcans OF the country outside OF the so called
time or in some manner, or for somebody elses
benefit prepared resolution OF some Hind Is prof.
he had not, for the preparation OF financial planks
R[ shortly S before and about the time OF the conyen-
tion by Republicans all over the country Suct
ent State cSnventons they were being discussed
by the newspapers and the people generally Not
y d b n9Ss business Te Gd Rs who sd
no thought Of attending any conyention, were CIV
ing expression their ideas and striving TO accept
aDE EItinns That were sent to the committee and
which | still have in my possession, show all this.
They show than this. They show that. out.
side Of the silver states among the leading hephn-
sentiment in favor OF an unequivocal declaration In
favor of maintaining the existing gold standard
and opposing the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver Almost every resolution on the 81 subject & mat
acter, though many of them were Objectionable
Of % M P5SAy ad U Such reso
luton, and presented IL 10 the committee ne would
men Of his party all over the country II is proba.
BILE, however, that he did nnd some people close
conservative with respect to such a declaration
than the Republicans Of the country generally
them was was such as to strain relations and imperil
political friendships" II so; Mr. kohlsaat should
in this regard but to enable TO Judge rightly
he ought to tell US all about H.
FIRST DRAFT OF A PLANK
To recur now to the authorship Of the plank that
t1a 9Gs Of 'fS the Gntcd States then exAoney General
IF re6G 09e Of ara PTtsdeni ae "%Rf McRne called
coming drge dS regard to the
and tariff Gnestoqs 81 re-deS TRSh MSsy en
With his approval ard which it was desired !
should take charge o. IN view e pasor,ops 3i m With
view having them ineor2orated In tas plss
from then until now. and are az follows
The Republican party is unreseredy Tor sound money
currency or disturb credit II resumed specie pay
nens in 1879 and then has made ana Kept eNsy
dollar as good gold This u viii continue 10 90 Hh
taining ali ~ the United Stater s1I
siyar with the best money of the word
ami no 20 the standard Of the most enlightened govern
, .u.o- ,,o,a
T'he Republican party favors ths use Of silver along
with gold fullest extent conssent "lth me mann
tenance Of the parity of the two metals ~ "eata % Wei, wei,
come bmetaisn based upon an International ratlo out
until tha, can be secured II Is the pain duty or the
nite1 States maintain present standard ana we
are therefore opposed under existing conditions to the
free and unlimltad coinage ~ silver al 10 10 ].
The importance all times % sound money cannot be
oversated but paramount Importance to-day Is the
Of prosperity through return 20 the Ameri-
Of our money to-day - sound. the
peope are satisfied with sountness. but they not
satisfied either with the condition ~ the country or the
coalition OF the National Treasury.
T'nmndful the lessons n experience. the present
Democratic Administration inauguTaied policy looking