The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-06
ANOTHER VERSION.
How the Virginia Report Viewed
the Convention.


vention Incorporated silver plank in
its State platform-a silver plank that
pleases nobody, neither its friends nor
its enemies All yesterday afternoon
the wrangle was over this plank. The
first intimation of this diseord was
when, Immediately after the appoint
ment of a committee on Platform and
Resolutions, Oscar Smith of Reno
moved that the convention adjourn I'M
til 10 o. clock this morning friday, as
the committee had grave and weighty
matters to consider. BY this Mr.. Smith
meant the proposed Silver plank to
which he was opposed. The e0nven-
ton, however, was anxious to get out
of Virginia before nightfall and so a
motion to recess for an hour prevailed
and Mr.. Smith was sat upon
1.-THE convention reassembled several
times during the afternoon only to ad-
ad iourn again. In the meantime the
Platform committee was having hot
time over the silver PUNK in Attorney
lv reached about 1890 p NJ, and the
platform was presented TO the eonven-
ton with the following cloudy. diifuse
and unmeaning plank:
4" We favor the largest use of silver
as "a money metal, in all manners com
Datible with the best interests of our
Governments; and we hereby pledge our
nominee for Congress in the event OF
HI al. Il H.
deavors to secure the greatest possible
use of silver beneficial to the mining
States of this Union, without endan-
gering the financial safety Of our coun-
try
Immediately after the reading of
the platform, "Sawdusta Summerfield
moved that the convention resolve it.
self into executive session. The mo-
tion prevailed and everybody was
thrown out of the hall except the dele
gates. The incident Was unparalleled
in the history of Nevada conventions.
The object OF this star-chamber pro.
eeeding is not known, but one delegate
admitted to the Report representative
that it was for the purpose Of modify
ing the milk and water silver plank by
making it even weaker than it already
was. The doors we're thrown open again
awhile after and when the public got
in there was nothing more said about
the obnoxious silver plank.
Nominations for Congressman are
now in order, announced the Chair
man. There was a deep silence for
about minute and then the program
mers began to call for Plumb. This
continued for a few minutes but no
Plumb appeared and the convention
again recessed. During this recess it
developed that the trouble with Plumb
was that harrington was dissatisfied
with the silver plank and had threat
ened to withdraw unless it was made to
mean something. Finally, it appears,
his scruples were overcome for when
the convention met again the missing
Plumb was in evidence and made a
speech placing Mr.. Harrington in nom
nation.
Harrington nomination was sec
onded by Frank Norcross of Reno, who
gave away the programme at the out
set by allnding to Mr.. harrington as
the man who is to be nominated here
tonight The Report then pro-
ceeds TO have little fun with Mr.. Nor
cross, whom Mr.. Wallace has led back
into the Republican ranks, and con-
tinues:
'Then followed the only open note of
defiance to bOss-rue sounded during
the entire proceedings of the conven-
ton. One Oscar J. Smith of Reno said
that he, in company with few others,
had objected strenuOusly to this nomi-
nation, (meaning, OF course, Mr.. Far
but in the interest of har-
mony and what seems to be the best
interests OF the Republican party, he
would acquiesce. There was a home
rule plank 10 the platform and he
wanted it to go through the campaign
clean and not have the picture of Mr..
Wallace plastered all over it. He al
uded pointedly to the suspicious of the
loyalty of Wallace to the candidate to
be nominated for Supreme Judge by the
and made yelled threat as
TO what might happen If those suspic-
ions were realized. He finally said that
Wallace should be relegated to the
humble position of a worker in the
ranks, where he belonged, and then TO
his Independence OF Wallace,
he seconded the nomination of Wall
ACE 3 candidate and sat down.
"Flanigan, the Washoe linnet, agreed
with Mr.. Smith. He favored Mcmillan,
bad believed Mcmillan TO be the logical
but found Harrington was
the mani How Harrington came TO be
the man he neglected TO state.
1.-THE nominations were then declared
closed and Mr.. Harrington assembled
the platform and made his little talk.
He denied that he was Black Walace's
man, but failed to explain the black
leaders, extraordinary interest in his
getting the nomination-without which
Mr.. Harrington would never have stood
on that platform last night. He as
sailed Mr.. Newlands and said the
charges made against him in the news
papers of being Wallace man were in
stigated by Newlands and paid for at
the rate of So column. This is I'M
founded; neither Mr.. Newlands nor
any agent Of his inspired the printed
charges against Harrington, nor was a
cent ever paid for the publication of
such articles.
HE furthermore said that Wallace
had been the political agent OF New.
lands. This was also unfounded
Newlands distrusted Wallace from the
first day that he met him and never
permitted him to act as his agent in
any capacity.
The balance OF the Reports account
OF the convention does not differ suffi-
GENTLY with the Republican version to
be of interest.