The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-03
VIEWS ON SIXTEEN TO ONE.
Platform Ideas of Some of the Del
eyations.

S5dIAOhS.
Kansas City. July 2-Representative
Francis G. Newlands was the first
member of the Nevada delegation TO
arrive The other members are expect
ed to reach here tonight or tomorrow.
Nevada will not be captious about
any part of the platform" said he. I'VE
will do that which Mr.. Bryan wants.
done. If it is his desire that plank
| specifically declaring for the free coin
| age of silver, at the ratio of Is to
/ should be inserted in the platform, 1t
| will be done | am inclined to think
| that it is a splitting of hairs to note
| difference between a simple reaft1rma-
| ton Of the Chicago financial plank and
a specific declaration for free coinage
at the ratio of 16 to 1. The one would
mean the same as the other. Hence,
! either would be satisfactory 10 Ne
vada."
! Either a simple reaffirmation of the
Chicago platform or the leaving out
altogether of the financial plank OF 1896
is favored by the Alaskan delegates
who arrived here today.
1--WE are all silver people, of course,
said L. L. Williams of Juneau, but we
| believe il is for the interests of the
party to drop that issue. Big business
men out on the coast with whom we
have talked say they will vote for
Bryan and contribute willingly to his
campaign fund if the 16 to l issue is
dropped, and we think it is good politics
to act accordingly"
Ohio is for bimetallism and against
the insertion in the platform OF plank
calling for the coinage of silver at the
ratio of 10 to l. The larger part of the
delegation from the Buckeye state ar
rived today, and took up quarters at
the Progress club on Washington
street. None of the delegates
who expressed themselves in IA
vor of bimetallism were willing
that their names should be
used in declaring their attitude of the
! state but they were a unit in saying
that Ohio did not want the 16 to plank
inserted in the platform. However, they
will not make a strong fight against it
and if the specific declaration for the
ratio of 16 to l is inserted, they viii
accept the result with cheerfulness.
On the vice presidency, the Ohio peO-
pie are in favor Of the nomination. OF
, Judge Parker of New York.
We are for 10 to l first, last and al
the time" said r. j. Lowe of Birming-
ham, Ala, when the delegation from
that state arrived today. We will sticl
for 16 to l in the platform and we vii
fight for it in the convention if il should
come TO that. We have no idea that i
, will do so, however
ION the vice presidential proposition
: / we are for Hill of New York
Governor Thomas no heads the Col
orado delegation, is for a specific men
ton of is to in the platform, but hold
to conservative views on the question
l He said:
2 Personally a reaffirmation of tn
= Chicago platform would suit me, bu
r there are many in the party who thinl
? we should be explicit. and so let it b
4 made explicit for their benefit. l an
: one who believes in principle. 1 ha
l rather see Bryan defeated on a square
. toed platform, the 16 to 1 plank bein
1 the issue, than see him elected on
S platform which may mean anything.
e am voicing him in saying So