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I GOLD CARRII8S THE DAY.
I Mr. Piatt Soores a Victory
I Over Bobs Hanna.
I NO DODGING OF THE ISSUE.
I An Unequivocal Declaration to
I Be Made in Favor of Gold.
I Itaama Htnck On la IYOr of a Htraddllnc
9 Platform VnM II Leaned that the
9 Senttmeat or. alnjorlty ofthe Delegates
fg TVaa Asalavt nim, and Then lie Capitis.
I latcd The Deasaad that Got. Morton
J Hhonld lit the Caadldate fhr Vlee-
S Preside e la Revived, bat Mr. Piatt
I 8ara tbstt Nothlnsc Hhort of the Pn.l.
Vjt deacjr Will Hatlafy Ilia JLoral Friend..
"C St' iVif, Juno 15. When the Hon. Marcus
Jb Aid tabula, llanna arrived tn this thriving town
JHt last Wednesday morning all of bis satellites
KM declared that ha was to ran the machlno wlth-
in out the slightest hindrance. Nobody was to
tn fcet 'Q n'8 wav- "c OTvnoa "''3 Convention and
Un 'he war to do as he saw fit about It. He has seen
W a now light. For Instance, to-day when Senator
Lodge willed on him to talk further about the
V niotwy plunk, w hlch the cold men will Insist
I upom nnd which Mr. Hanna has already practl-
J cal'.y screed to, Mr. Hanna looked at Lodge and
M said:
m '"Lodge, you and Piatt want to hoc this thine,
fl don't you?"
H "No, no, Mr. Hanna," replied Mr. Lodge,
H ""'Are you quite sure that you hare not been
IP trylnc to hog this thine yourself?"
Those wno have been on the ground for the,
last week will appreciate the stgnltlcauco of this
conversation. It was tho first open ovldenco
that Mr. Hanna recognized a foe-man worthy of
his steel. Hut then Mr. Hanna was tired, lie
had been up all night, worried out or his onses
because that man Piatt from Now lork
persisted in fighting hlra on the money
plank. Mr. Plait hud not made known
his movements either by bass drums or
bassoons, but he had worked effectively and
persistently, and after the conference of his
friends, which broke up shortly after mldnlcht.
he was convinced thnt lie had Mr. Ilunna
"beaten and that tho uord "cold" would be in-
icorporated in tho money plank of the Conten
tion. All of tho friends of Lodce. tjuay, nnd a
dozen other Republicans well known cost of
the Alleghany Mountains had joined Mr. Piatt
in his onslaught on Mr. Hanna.
Mr. Hanna was perfectly aware of what was
going on. and he was not In an amiable frame
of mind when he met Mr. Lodgo this morning.
He does not with the word "cold" toco Into
tho money plank. Tnc opposition to him, how
ever, has cot under such terrific headway that
he will either accept the uord or they will force
It upon him In the open Convention. It Is well
known to-nlcht that Mr. Hannn admits that he
cannot withstand the opposition, and that tho
Iword " cold" must go Into the money plank. He
has been fighting trained politicians, who, whllo
thry have a personal respect for him. believo hlra
to be verj much more of a successful merchant
than a man versed In the policies that must
direct the future of a creat party. Mr. Hanna
has certainly done excellent work in arousinc a
public sentiment for McKlnley. Hut. in the
estimation of the old-time politicians, led by
Mr. Piatt, the sentiment must be directed and
there must be some guiding force with which to
brine atout victory at the polls. Mr. Hanr-a
had not quite thoucht of that. Ho believed in
his heart that all that ho had to do was to ti m
mate McKlnley, and then hire an express train
and put him aboard of it and shoot him along
through to the White House.
To add to this complication of the situation
the silver people hare taken the warpath nnd
propose to throw their strcneth with tho East
for hard money rather than accept tho Ohio
straddle. This news was brought to Mr. Hanna
this afternoon, and heat once called tn Joseph
P.Smith and Lightning Calculator Qrostenor
of Ohio and some novices In politics to convey to
them tho Intelligence ho had revolved. For two
or three days Mr. Hanna had feared that this
news would eventually confront him. He rot
nround him, however, Pettlgrew. Prltcliard,
Ilansbrough. and other silver straddlo buss. In
tue hope that they could stave off tho lightning
when it came. There aro some honest and con
scientious sllverinen here who really bollevu In
tho white rr.elui, but they do not understand
how a -trnddle is to benefit them, and for that
leason they have Joined hands u Ith the gold
men in at: carat st effort to teach Hanna ono of
the most valuable lessons in his short tarcorln
the character of tho greatest Republican boss
tho country has ever seen.
The Committee on Resolutions Is divided Into
three part or faction. There aro hard-money
men and soft-money men and straddle bugs.
Pat Lannen of I'tah said this morning thnt he
was satisfied that tho sllter Republicans of the
West will prefer an open declaration for hard
tnoncv to astraddle. In other words, Mr. Lan
non reaffirms the recent Interview printed with
him In Tim Sir.v.
The scheme of the sliver mon Is a shrewd
one. and means more than would appear on the
I surface, lite design is to lay before the Con
vention two reports, tho majority and the mi
nority. Tho majority report will dcclaro for
gold. Of this there Is now hardly a doubt. Mr.
Piatt has been shrewd enough to land on the
Committee on Resolutions from States which
are favorable to McKlnley men who are for
gold money. Illinois is one of these, and the
member of tho Committee on Resolutions from
that Btate la Robert W. Patterson, who Is for
gold. The minority report of tho commit
tee will not bo a straddlo. it will be
a declaration for silver. Tho straddle bugs
haven't a leg to stand on beforo the Convention.
Mr. Hanna is just beginning torealUe where
he Is aL Mr. Piatt will keep the word ho sent
to Hanna by Charley Foster as good as any gold
dollar. That tho Convention will be compelled
to vote on a majority plank for gold money
cannot bo doubted, and the McKlnley people
cannot afford to advocate a straddle In this con
dition of affairs, for tho reason that they w ould
be beaten out of their boots If they attempted It,
If thoso solid old Republicans who lave
I voted for their party from the day it first saw
i the light could tea Mr. Hanna now and com
pare his present flustered condition with the
confidence and assuranco nnd knock-down and
drag-out ways of a few days ago, they would
really wonder If Mr. Hanna, after all, Is tho
great political boss that he started out to be.
t Borne people count him u nlno spot In politics,
andetoryold sledge player knows that a nlno
pot Is never hlcb, seldom low, and cannot count
for game. Mr. I'latt was an expert player of
old sledge at the time that he led the choir In
that beautiful little church In Owego, but tho
parson did not know that ha was such an adopt
at this slick old game,
Mr. Hanna at timet to-day hat been imito
' kittenish. He told tome of bit friends that he
I really had believed in gold all along. He I as
ti had the valuable aitlstanco of Senator Joseph
jV Ilensou Foraker, wno loves McKJnley like a
si brother, Mr. Furakrr said this etenlng that he
had never known n cold winter night whsu he
would not walk Uarofooted three and one-half
mllet to do a personal favor for Mr. Hanna or
Mr. McKlnley. Contemporaneous history, how
ever, records the all-Important fact that Mr.
McKJnley on hot summer's night wouldn't
-
walk three foel, barofooted or otherwise, to
do a favor for Mr, Foraker. It Is ft well,
known fact that tho prlco of Fora
ker's submission to the McKlnley nko is
tho disposition of nil tho Federal pstrouagein
Ohio and tho complcto Ignoring of John Sher
man In the matter. Hut, then, the ways of Ohio
politics are beyond all understanding. All that
It Is necessary to say hero Is that Mr. Hanna
has been forced to bow tho knoo to Mr. Piatt
and his friends and recognize that tbo word
"gold" must go Into tho money plank.
All day long Mr. Plntt has received bushels of
telegrams from the East, urging him not to re
tract a slnglo step In his demands for n cold
plank. Mr. Piatt said this evening thnt, while
he appreciated the kindness and courtesy and
tho good words expressed in many of tho telc
grams, ho never for an Instant had taken aback
ttcp. When he came hero ho was perfectly awaro
thnt Hi. Hanna must be brought to his senses.
He had no personal Quarrel with Mr. Hanna, but
he says he believes vory much more In tho Re
publican party, nnd Inasmuch ns Mr. Hnnna
started out In a wrong fashion, It was tho duty
of an ancient warrior like himself to bring him
to hit senses, and this ha bad done.
Whllo a great demonstration was going on to
nlcht In front of the Southern Hotel by the
friends of Thomas U, Heed, thero wcro Im
portant Republicans, close to Benntor Lodge,
who declared that the demand that Oov.
Levi P. Morton of New York should be
the (.andidato for Vice-President In this
Convention hnd beon rovlvcd. In fact.
It was positltoly asserted that Senators
I-odgo, Quay, and other eminent Republicans
believed that tho outcomo of this Convention
would bo tho nomination of Mr. Morton for
Vice-President. When this report was submit
ted to Thomas C. Piatt ho portrayed for tho first
time Intense anger. Ha said :
" I do not understand why these Republicans
persist In circulating these reports about Mr.
Morton. Mr. Morton Is tho candidnlo of tho
New York Republicans for President. Ho Is
our standard bearer for gold, nnd around his
name tho gold men of this Convention will con
gregate. Ho will bo presented for nomination
as President, and of thnt you may be asured,"
Mr. Piatt was nsked If tho McKlnley man
agers would accept Gov. Mortou as a candidato
for Vice-Prisldent.
"They would Jump nt tho chance." replied
Mr. Piatt. "They could no moie prevent his
nomination than they could preent n report
demanding that the word " gold ' shall bo In
corporated in tbo money plank of this Conven
tion. Rut, as I said before, Oov. Morton Is cvur
candidato for President, nnd nothing short of
his nomination for thnt cilice will satisfy his
frlonds who have fought loyally for him e er
since no announced himself to be tho candi
date." Not a slnglo one of the candidates for Vlce
Presldont would have the slightest show of tho
nomination against Mr. Morton If ho could be
Induced to accept the place. The Republicans
of the great States outsldo nf New York believe
that he is the only candidate who could bring
strcnc'li to tho McKlnley ticket, for tho reaon
that 1. known to be tho preeminent repre
sents: oaf the gold-money Republicans.
It is apparent that thero Is to ben light for
Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions,
which is to furnish the cold plank of the Con
vention. Senator Foraker.who wan slated fortho
place.Is now confronted withastrongopposition,
orcaniretl by Senator Lodgo and his friends. It
was orlgtnallr intended to make Mr. Lodge tho
Chairman of tbo committee, but ha was set
aside by Mr. Hnnna when ho believed ho was
to run everything In sight here.
Rut Lodgo Is booming ahoad again, nnd the
gold men aro boosting bim along with rapidity.
The silver men trotted out their candidnto for
Chairman of this all-Important committee to
night in the person of Senator Dubois. He has
no show whatever, but his candidacy compli
cates the Mutation somewhat.
Matthew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania
bundled out Dive Martin as National Commit
teeman for the Ke stone State, nnd has token
theplnc" himself. Him', boen a frightful day
for the nev bosses In Republican politics.
nmocKAT iir.cniiTs rnojnsEn.
Kx-tXajor llopklnn of C'lilcnco Hnya Cook
Countv Mnr Iluve 00,000,
ST. Lot'!'. June 13.-John P Hopklri". ex
Major of Chicago and a Democrat from Way
back, landed hero on Sunday nfteruoon, osten
sibly to transaet somo prlvato business Hop
kins for many years has been a conspicuous
figure In Democratic politics in Cook county.
He was elected Major of tho city, succeeding
Carter H.Harrison. Illinois is all torn up over
tho money question, tbo Stato Administration,
bended by Altgeld. having canturod the Con
vention which will be held at Peoria next week.
This will undoubted!) declare for free silver.
Hopkins was Altgcld's friend, and was made a
Colonel on Altueld's htafT.
Hopkins Is now at the head of the hard-money
movement In Illinois nmong the Democrats,
and Is organizing that faction In Cook county
and throughout thu Stito ns well. He Is tlm
recognized leader of tho gold Democrats, and a
bosom friend of William J. Whitney. To-try
ho is walking around the hotels in company
with Col. J. 'J. Prathcr. member of the National
Democratic Committee for Missouri, who. hj-tiie
way. Is a hard.monov Democrat also. 1'raClier
Is taking grrat delight ! Introducing Hopkins
to the delegates nf the Republican Convention,
telling them of his Impnrtnnco nnd standing in
tho Democratlo party tn Illinois. When nsked
as to what the Democrat aro going to-do over
there, Hopkins invariably r 'piles:
"Tho party is pretty bodlj 'orr up Itu Illinois.
Gov. Alt gold and tho Statu administration will
dominate the Democratlo Convention which
meets at Peoria next week. It will declare for
free sllvor. I'm here on private business. This
Is a Republican Convention, and I'm n Demo
crat. "I'm free to any I'm o hard-money Democrat,
and If this Con entlou will declare- for gold and
hard money the Republican national ticket will
get 00,000 Democratic votes In Cook county. I
know whereof I speak whon I say that- I am
connected with the Democratlo organization,
nnd, as I have nbove said, 00,000 Democrats
will vote for McKlnley and hard money In Chi
cago nlono bofore thoy will voto for free sllvor."
Hopkins ban been at this business all day and
has Injurlnhly found himself mrrounded by a
crowd. I!n In n tall. Ilno-loolcliig young man of
agreeable presence, ana heupcaks right out in
meeting In good old Illinois IlnglUli so every
body can understand w hat lm mean.
AO KOlfHKXHi:, HA.YH Tiuniuo.
The rillver Urn Will Vmle with the Gold
Ilea lu Prevent u Straddle.
ST. Louis, Juno 1C "What are tho silver
men going to do'" asked The Hum reporter of
IsaaoTrnmbo, the advocate of free-silver coin
age from Utah. He replied:
"They are not golnc to take any wabble or
any straddle, and you can put that In your pipe
and smoko it. They aro for free-silver coinage.
If there is a Htnuklle there will lm no square
fight on tho money issue, and we demand a
square fight. The time hut gonu by for fooling.
If this Convoiitkci dsres in attempt astraddle
the froe-silvor men "HI join Issue with the
slralcht-oui gold men and will form a gold
plunk in. That Is exactly what they will dn.
Thrrenro no straddle-bugs in our piny, mid o
are not going to permit an) to gut in."
Iluuuu In liie New York Headquarters.
hr. Lot t June 10 -Host Hanna took hit
life in his hands, according to hit way of
thinking, to-night and dropped in at thu head
quarters of tho New York delufiit.ou nu the
parlor .1 or of the Southern llu n.it unr the
door aid looked uilghty uncomfortable while
he chaaed with some uf tho membsM nf the
ilelegiiUnD with whom ho was personally ac.
iiuati.VeJ. He looked relhned when he left. His
friends walked around looking proud after llm
Inoy tent, and said.
'XMn't ho a brave man J"
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ST. LOUIS'S PASSING SHOW.
flCTVItESOVK, IV 1'Alt.MOXICAL,
BovTiimis' man light.
Slant tr or the Colored Ilrethren Undnnated
kr rarsulnu Detectives - Home Hur.
prleea of Weather, ltnricen, t-nnannce,
uad Afnasnchiisetta Food Prelcreneea.
St. Loini. Juno 10. There must bo oomo
dlfilculty lu maintaining tho posenf a digni
fied, free., and untrammelled representative, of
a sovereign Stato In n Convention to nominate
a President, and at tho enmn time bo aware of
the fact that you aro being shudowed by a de
tectlvo In tho employ of a man who Is deter
mined to seo that you do not go astray from
your pledges. Howovcr much that mny detract
from the element of dignity in their attitude. It
In no wiso lesions thu picturesqucncsB of the
colored delegates here. Thoy nto decidedly tho
most picturesque of tho parsing show on tho
streots to-day. Thoy nro so conspicuous, ton,
theso colored dolrgatas, conspicuous out of all
proportion to their number, as n score
at No. 0 shot would bo lu a handful of
w hlto seashore sand, though tho grains of sand
numbered thousand'. Thoso w hoso chlefest Joy
in n National Convention is derived from tho
cxcltetnout thereat nro in a complaining mood
because there Is a lack of u desirable pitch or
excitement In St. Louis at this time, but thero Is
no lack of tho plcturosqtto, nnd tho colored gen
tlemen from tho South, as has bean said, supply
tbo high light. If tho paradox may be allowed,
liven on sucli a day ns this was tho streets havo
been nllvo all tho tlmo with a delightfully un
conventional variety of humanity and stirring
with tho "Tramp, tramp," of tho Northern
bauds and "Away Down South in Dlxlo" of
the Southern bands. This would not bo amaz
ing undor tho circumstances, wero It not that
the circumstances Includo a variety of weather
which, it is to bo hoped, belongs to St. Louis
alone.
Usually whon Now York Is to havo a rain
storm Farmer Dunn has some Intimation of the
fact a reasonablo time In advance of the storm's
coming. Hut whoever attempts Farmer Dunn's
vocation in St. Louis must bo in a constant sur
prise. Today, without tho slightest prelimi
nary Indication which could bo read by a person
brought up on reasonablo weather reports, St.
Louis a suddenly Hooded with a rain storm
wholly unllko any other rain storm you ever
saw. Thero was no wind or preliminary fnsslng
of any kind. It Just naturally started to rain,
nnd after everything was afloat It Just naturally
stopped raining. This has been repeated with
frequent but Invariably surprising intorvnls.
When It did not rain the atmosphere was almost
mutlled up, gone Into deep mourning, as It
were, and humid just short of the point of pre
cipitation. None of theso weather conditions has
at any time nffectcd tho crowds on (ho street,
cither as to their spirits or number, unless It be
that tho colored delegates and their admiring
friends from among tho colored population
hno been rather moro in evilence when it
rained than hen it didn't. Possibly this
phenomenon Is related In some manner w Ith tho
fact that the colored brethren are just now de
nouncing Mr. Hanna for not hnlng, in their
language, "treated them well." It may bo that,
had ho treated them welt, thoy would hao
found sufficient moisture for their clay without
having gone out into the streets while It rained
to secure It. Hut that discussion suggests poli
tics, and this end of the story shall have noth
ing to do with politics It the writer Is ablo to
obey Instructions.
As was being said somewhere above, tho
streets at all times havo been charmingly pic
turesque. Tho city Is so Itself, so much nu that
it would nlmost pay any New Yorker passing
through to stop over a train ami ha o a look at
It. It is Mild tn be growing at an enormous
rate Just now. and tho march of Improvement
forced by this growth is lu Imp, skip, and Jump
order. You find tho streets built up on one side
with imposing hotels of great Height nnd In
cluding lobbies of hundreds of acres, so tho
writer has been Informed, while on theonpo-dto
sldo of tho street is a modest slngle-stor) build
ing, and unoccupied at that.
On ono side of ttie stroet to-day. at least dur
ing tho drj season, could bo seen member of
tho Mssachu-etH delegation, their high
thought domes contrasting with thu no domes
In the holy structure of well, of some oilier
delegates. Rut theru's no uso trying to get
nwny from tho nejro delegates. In the lan
guage of tho klttoiiMi creatures who git a l
acltyand color to that portion of llroadway
whero It (Inds Us sliirtlnl way through
the Tenderloin precinct, the colored delegate Is
a " dear." There ought to Imj a ruin passed to
have him at all comentfons, or why would
not a permanent exhibition of colored
delegates bo a good thing In New York I Ha
Is unlike his brethren of New York, as nn im
pressionist poster by C'heret is uullke the figure
of a squnre drawn on n slate by a school!. It
lstohlseredlttli.it the colored delegate lias a
correct and lofty ideal as to the demeanor of a
delegate to the (f . I). I'. Convention. '1 lie trouble
Is he does not always live up to his Idol When
he Is trjtng to. no appreciable quantity of wis.
dnm could make him look no wise, nnd the
pride of birth of tlie oldest Hack Kuy family Is
ns tho symbol of humility i-nmpnrcd to the
prldo of the colored delegate whet, lie Is as those
who speak In metaphor, bay, 'dead onto him.
himself,"
To-day there was no rhanro for any length of
tlmo for the colon d delegito to Ik other" Ho
than purely picturesque, as thero was not live
minutes of the day when lu tho Iclnlty of tho
Southern Hotel, u lioro all things nm to cen
tre in ht. Lo'il-i, when thero was not u band of
music playing. A marching uniform band of
music, think of III The local colored popula
tion made no pretencu not to ho In tho vi ry
lotteries of Joy when their delighted car do.
tcited the approaching band. Instantly they
made a ru-di. hwcepiug u-ldo as they did
the ullk-hatt'd delegates from Chlcngo (does
the black noil, of iholr ntmnspliuro require
Chtcagoans to ulwajs near Kilt, hats ri and the
straw-hutted delegates from Nun Vol It. Rut
tho colored delegate u.ls nil and anal' soon
after tho first rush. II is house of responsibility,
his pride of ollli e. held him togethnrlfor n min
ute or tno, whllo humad-iniio'iperntu effort to
appear not to hear the baud, lint suddenly he,
too, rushed away, tho tails of his long black
frock coat smooth and horizontal behind him.
and for a brief few minutes ho would glto him
(.elf over to the delirium of Joj produced by
musla nnd thu uniforms of the musicians,
Next to the colored deleg ties tho most preva
lent type going to make up the paiug show to
day U supplied bj tho thousands of visitors
from near-by counties of .Missouri nnd Illinois.
These nuar-by lsllors nro -'holly nnd happily
without partisan feeling thai ls.nl tills time,
Thoy muy be ready later on to light and die In
the Interest of ono candidate or another, but
thero was nonoof that feeling displayed In tho
crowds lo-daj'. '1 hey nro nere holiday making,
attesting by their presence their pride and joy
that St. 1-oiils, which in two or three years will
be tlm metro'iolls of tin' I tilted Slates, ms
,the National Convention, When n lived
band and a Reed banner nnd a score nf
Heed boomers sweep into Walnut street
from urouud tho corner of the Southern
Hotel, theso near-by visitors from tho torn
Melds whoop and jell nnd make things Jolly
until a McKlnley band utnl boomers sweep
nround from another conur. whereupon the
same crowd gluts tlio same whoops nnd jells
and continues thu rlieerf ulunss ithtiiit a iiinrk
of partisan difference. This, the nrltei is In
formed, is un evidence that there U imeidte
tnent hero. It appears that when there Is an
excitement such occiirreines as 1 have de
scribed -that Is tho appearance of npslug
bunds nnd banners nnd boomiii would au.o
part of the crowd to cheer, the other part to
hiss, and nil of It to fight. That does not seem
neatly mi nice.
In an exciting Convention the various Mittn
headquarters may have suinii proper use in con
nection with the affairs of tho I .invention. In
the preoeut Institute, however, their uses nro
wholly social. That seems to olio who does not
late for uxoilement nu nddiil reason wnyllns
Contention Is better than another kind of con
vention, for turelv tlm human animal is tnslly
more entertaining as a study w lien lie Is dep-trt-Ing
himself socially ri'her than "him lie Is
holding batiK his vote for some candidate until
an otllce nun been proml'isl htm. The Mate
headquarters range In size and Important.'
from a single back bedroom, presided
over by a perspiring "lid toatless clueii
of the lMiundless West, In churgu of n
rnrUless and hospital bottle, tn thu largo parlor
of tho great Southern Hotel, uhcro tltu New
York delegates .It and t-ny unpleasant things
about each other, but are alt and always hos
pitable to the visiting stranger. Come to think
of It, however, there is one function performed
through these Slate headquarters which is nut
purely social; that it the distribution of badges.
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The writer sat In one State hendqunrters to-day
for three-quarters of an hour, and ha solemnly
records his observation that In that time, al
though there was n slow moving Jim of people
coming and going, nut a mother's sun or daugh
ter of litem seemed to havo any othur objact In
life than tn acquire badges,
Roferetice is not made hero to badges denoting
candidates, but State badgos. Rig husky men
with nltunst as husky women hud thu ftontrt of
their costs and waists overlaid with badges
llko chain armour or scales nn a salmon's side.
Radges representing States from w liera rolls thu
Oregon to Florida, from tho homo nf thu lntu
Joseph Mauley to California. Not only dele
gates aro possessed by this droll conceit for
making thulr shirt nnd coat fronts resemble nn
artist's palate, but the visitor also. Willi
thu latter the California delegates aro
having considerable trouble. 'Iho Call,
fornlatis babadged themselves with lltllo
solid gold trinkets whlon nro anld to have cost
$'J0 each. Although n son of Migar King
Spreckels Is n member of the California dclt ca
tion, and there are othor mllllonnliuH incmburs
also. It la doubtful, if nil the wealth they repre
sent were converted Into gold nnd haiidler.it ted
into badges, they would havo a supply equal to
thu demand. This fault, how el er, does not In
any wiso modify the hopeful enthusiasm with
which delegatus crowd into thu California
headquarters. Pin a penny's worth of green or
purple ribbon on tho agitated breast at a Uolden
btnlu delegate nnd then wait tor the expected
change. Of course the exchange does not fol
low, und In -.lew of thnt fact it seems fortunate
that California has nothing to ask from the
Convention.
There Is a curious custom, which It seems
oblaius Ir. the West, of requiring thu guest of a
hotel to secura what Is called a meal ticket be
fore he can outer tho hotel dining room. Iho
object of this is not apparent, utiles', ludcod. It
relates lu some wiso to Ilia vital stnllstlcs of tho
country. Or, of course, there muy boon thu part
of hotel proprietors this sldo tho Mississippi
soma curiosity concerning the age, sects, uud
religious pteterenco of theso who eat moro
than ono break ffist, dinner, nnd supper a
day. This meal ticket resembles one of
thoso curious coupons railroad tra-ullcrs
aro presented with when thoy havo pre
viously presented a conductor money for
their passage instead of tho railroad ticket.
Thero is a ceretuouy about this ticket which
ndds to the entertainment of Iho luoker-ou In
Ylouuu, Tho clerk of tho hotel writes on this
ticket your name, tho number of juttr room,
and tho data of voir arrival; then, when jou
are beset by hunger you allow jourself to bu
drawn Into thu mroaui pouring toward the din
ing room, and, us thu stream slowly i.irrn i oit
In the vicinity of the entrance, vigorous persons
begin shouting at ou, "tlelj our tickets ready I"
Fur a moment ou nro suro to think that you
nro at Mievpshtud Raj-, for tho shouting is car
ried on much us it Is there when the raco
crowds ure densest. Just ns J oil are thinking
you will hear the odds called, you will ieiit.li
the en trance, and there twe stern-visnged men
hold jou up. Ono tnkes your tlckel fromjou,
and, discovering thnt It Is Monduj und noon,
he Inserts jour ticket between n conductor's
punch, runs tho ticket around until hu his an
accurate lm on a letter "D" beneath Iho word
"Monday," and punrhos. What "D" can
stand for In thu middle of the da), and why,
wbuluAur It stands for, tho Morn pemoti has
punched it out, aro in j stories w Iitcii remain un
explained, literals no tlmo tor explanations.
'Iho clamorous crowd behind pushes on, mid
you, being release 1 from the detention or the
man with the punch, suddenly shoot forward
until jou aro deltlv Interrupted In jour
lllght by another person, who relieves
yuu of jour hut. Presumably ho also
punches something. When hu relea-es you
jou rush on until jou nre confronted by a largo
mjuwlihan uplifted hand, who asks jou. In
accordance with soma quaint cu loin of thu
cottutrj. no doubt, "How many lou nre." You
uitttrully answer that jou aro one. aud tho up
lifted arm lowers sufficiently to point to a labia
where there Is one vacant stnt, und al Inst jou
sink down overcome, but not jet entirely hone
less. It may bo your fate lu sit ul the table
otlierwlsu occupied by delegates fiuui Massa
chusetts. So it was with the writer when he
took his midday " D" some hours ago.
how, everybody who knows nujtuing worth
knowing knows that there are clubs and
restaurants In Boston whero one may find an
excellently cooked meal, excellently sered; so
what the writer obercd regarding thu eating
of his " I) " by a Massachusetts delegalu tuuj
not lndlcnto a state of unclvlllzntlon common
to all of Massachusetts. A waiter handed to
the delegalu a printed bill of fare; the
delegate had alhigh pale forehead, woru steol
rlmtued spectacles, and tpoke In tbo admired
accent of one who graduated from the Iloston
High School. Had you asked him to discourse
on c!deiiccsor tho Intluenceot tho Lake poets
on Amerlrnn literature It Is live to four that ha
would havo answered prnmplij and with much
critical discernment. What lie -aid to tho
waller was after carefully ncnuning the bill of
fare:
" I will take somu cream of asparagus and then
some soup."
The waiter regarded him long enough to si.tis
fj himself that ho was not tha victim of a merry
Jest, and thuu responded, gravely
" Cream of asparagus is oup."
" Is It, Indeed," asked the delegate from the
Hsy State, "then I will take some cream of
asparagus."
'I hut he was served, and when the waiter In
quired "What next, sir" that delegnle gne
this exact answer, nnd this Is the uxnet answer
ho gave nssuroas there is u Howery on Man
hattan Island:
"I will huvo same lemon shcroct and chicken
salad."
He got It, and his brow crew paler and paler
as he consumed it.
It maybe utiprnlltable to thus report the pecu
liarities or Massachusetts .talesmen, jet It may
be entertaining.
If there Is no genuine political excitement
heru to.ntght. thero is a verj good Imitation of
It. Tho weather kindly consented to change
its mind, and encouraged thu efforts of the
Recti boomers atid the friends of Ctiautuey 1,
Filley tn miku n demonstration which would
work upsomuthing like a campaign jtqieel of
aflnlrs.
Thu principal front on the Southern Hotel is
ablu70 with llir word Heed in monster letters
three times repeated. The rooms looking out
on tho main portico nf the hotel arc tho Heed
headquarters, so dlscouriigliigly In shadow
last week, but to-uiglit ablazu Willi light,
crowdetl witlt Reed partisans nnd Joc.tl
with enthusiasm, and if one were to gutss
from appearances only, there Is not lacking
annttuul ray of hopo 111 those headquarters to
night. Huiedark there has been n succession
of bunds and politieul companies, coulributi d
chlitly by I'm lu Fillej, who loves Heed nonu
the less thai that loin muj In part be tho re
sult of ills hatred of Hanna.
From H until II o'clock there was n mnss meet
ing In front of thu hotel, addressed ul tltr.es tiy
speakers from thu It' ed bulcolij Mid kept mi
ll venetl between limes by n bund stationed on
the balcony and a band In Hie street below.
Shortly after II o'clock the Filley parade
swung Into tbo street from Fourth street, ami
turned out to be nn affair of surprisingly lni go
proportions. A striking feattne of tho parade,
und one which caused the greatest enthusiasm,
was a regiment of six companies of rtx footers
known hero ns tho " I'llley Sluggers," but
nuicially termed the" Fillej I Hants."
Thoy wero uniformed lu white troiiseis, bluo
prnjuckels. and gray httgar loaf ham guy with
plumes, 'i here was a business men's dele
gation that could not havo numbered less titan
a tliou-and. nogunranteo being given thai limy
were ull business men. yet thoy eavo the np
peurancu of n very sulwtatitial body of i Itlenx,
Tho companies were interspersed liberally
with hands, and ns each company (nine In the
full gluru of the Reed electricity It faced the
balrnuj crowded with enthusiastic Reed parti
suns anil gave a cheer for the big man of Maine,
'Iho redoubtable Mr. Filley himself rniuo
along in an open hurouchc. anil lie oxprctml
Ills feelings, when well illumlnntrd with Reed
incandtfcent light, by standing up In the car
riage ami leading u sitnut for Reed, which was
answered with Mich nildenee of heartiness
thnt it It weru manufactured wholly It was
skilfully done
Hut why not say what Is tho Imllef of tho great
majority of all who critically wntched the
whole demonstration? 'I hut is, that if Mr.
Hnnna has the votes Mr. Reed has tltu enthusi
asm eiery lilt nf enthusiasm that is on ills,
play In St. Louts to-night, and tho quantltj is
very Inrgo.
The scene nt one time reminded ono of tho
familiar Jam of enthusiastic citizens who pos.
sensed tlm cpneo about tho I'lflh Avenue Hotel
on election night. As tins is being written, ul
half past Id o'clock, tho crowd has in no degree
diminished.
Rhode Island has copied from Massachusetts,
mitt to-nlglil it delegation und their friends pa
raded with a bund nnd n trunsharenoj-. win mm
was lu.ci Died, " itlioilo island Is ns solid as gold
for Reetl and as solid us Reed fur gold,"
The great court nf the Miuthirti to-night was
taket possession of by the boomursnf Hulkeley
of Connecticut for VIro.prenldcnt. Thoy
marched in from ono of the sldo entrances,
lit itletl by an iitiihiliuus brass band, nnd made a
tlual of unite, hnl el so they accomplished
was not strikingly in evidence.
I'l.ATI lhh IIAIJI'V.
lie nnd lleuevt In Speak lu t'arneclo Ilnll
Two Nlchte Abend of the MrUlnlexltea,
Kx-Senutor 'IhoniasC, Plttt has agreed to lw
one of the speakers at a m.ms meeting which
will ratify tho action of thu St. Louis Conven
tion nnd whhh will be held in the Carnegie
Mush Dull on Tuesday, June Vfl, under the di
rection of tltu Republican County Committee
llr.Chnuni er ,M Itepew has mIso agreed in muko
n rperitli on that m ulon. Mr. i'latt has made
speeches before, but never before has ho an
I p-surrd as the chief oratorical attraction al a
meeting which hail northing like the political
significance of this one.
The McKlnloylte. havo arranged for a ratifi
cation meeting to I held In the same hall on
T hurstUy night foil jwtiig. This will bo known
as the Republican t-lub meeting'.
"sessjSaajBJSJBjiStBHsVsssHstasaaii
WAKNEIt MILLER UNDONE.
XlllS IIBUKIMIUI STATVSMAX tllSAT.
X'.V A Sit H,MII.IATi:i.
He Tried (o Detent l'lntt ns Chairman or
ttie Delegation, nlth Depow, tint I'nl1ei1
Then He Hlinselr Wii Named bv CJen.
McCook, nnd lt.eelved Only 17 Volea
Jlxcltlna Meeting olthe X. V. Ilcleeutlon.
St. Louib, Juno I. 1. This tiny will not toon
bo forgotten by tho RentibllcanB of tho Now
York State delegation. To tho vast majority It
w ns n dny chock full of happiness, and to others
one of chagrin nnd disappointment. At future
National Conventions of tho Republican party
tho New Yorkurs will point buck to this day
and ask ono another If they romember tho tlmo
when tho Plntt mnchlno rolled over tho Hon.
Warner Miller of Herkimer and tnado him one
of tho most ridiculous if not the most humili
ated Republicans that the Stata of New Yotk
ever sent to n National Convention.
Knrly this morning tho Xow York delegation
had n t nuctis to determine who should bo tho
Chairman or tho delegation In the St. Louis Con
vention. Hy fomo untoward accident Mr. Mil
ler was not present at this caucus. Niithcrwns
tho Hon. Chauncey M. I)epow. Mr. Miller
nnlckly learned of It, however, nnd ho cot
nround him n few spirits who ticier go to botl at
night without asking Dlvino Providence to hurl
his thunderbolts nt Thomas C. I'latt. Mr.
Miller decided to preclpltnto n tight by pro
posing Mr. Dcpeiv for Chairman of the delega
tion. There ure two stories about this matter,
and tho rcsnectlvo friends of Mr, Depoiv and
Mr. Miller will bo called upon to accept either
ono they prefer. Tho majority sentiment hero
favors Mr. Dcpeiv. Mr. Miller says that he
asked Mr. Depoiv to nllow his narao to
be presented as n cand Idnto for Chairman of the
delegation. Mr. Depew doclares unreservedly
thnt Mr. Miller never spoko tn him on the sub
ject. Tho majority of tho Republicans in the
Now York Stato delcgntlon declare that they
believe Mr. Depetv's lerslon. They believe him
boc.ittso they don't co w hat object Mr. Depew
would have In stating nnj thing but tho exact
truth. They do not wish to believo Mr. Miller
becauso of his recent nttltndo toward Gov.
Morton.
Sixty members of the Now York delegation
met at 10 o'clock this morning In the headquar
ters In the Southern Hotel, and, although Na
tional Committeeman William A.Sutherland
had tho right to preside, Mr. Miller took It upon
himself to run the meeting. Without ado he
nssutned tho Chulrmnnshlp, nnd promptly put
Mr. I lepow forward as Chairman of tho con
ference. This was agreed to by the delegation.
As tho proccodlngs went or. Mr. Miller, still
running affairs, presented Mr. Depew's nnmo us
Chairman of thu delegation In tho Convention.
1 he iroublo began right there.
Representative Lemuel Kit Qulgg moved that
Mr. Piatt's name bo substituted for that of Mr.
Depew. Mr. Dcpeiv up to that time hod been
entlroly In tho dark, and he called Frederick S.
Glbbs to him nnd demanded to know-what .Mr.
(julgg meant. For tho first time Mr. Depew was
then informed thnt at the caucus held early in
the morning It hail boen agreed to tnako Mr.
I'latt Chairman of tho delegation. Mr. De
pew found himself verj' much embarrassed.
H was In a most awkward position.
He was naturally angry to think that a caucus
had been held ami he not invited to It, He was
still more angry, however, at Mr. Miller, because
Mr. Miller knew of the result ut llio caucus nnd
yet proposed Mr. Depew as a candldMo against
Mr. Piatt, Mr. Dcpcw said that lie had suffi
cient honors In this Convention, Inasmuch
ns ho is to nomlliato Co v. Morton, und
besides, he recalled tho fact thatKho was
the unanimous choice of the delegation
for Chairman in lsvsj, und that In lnfM this dis
tinction went to Mr. Miller, llu therefore be
lleicd that It was Mr. Piatt's turn tn be Chair
man of the delegation. Hut being forced into
this einbirra-slng position there was naming
for him to do but demand a roll call, and tins
would hino hem taken hadn't Senator .lonn
Raines junipd to his fet und secured a recess
until :t o'clock in the afternoon. Imme
diately Mr. Depew and Mr. Miller hail
a long talk. What was said at that meet
ing will not Ihi known to the Republicans of
till, generation possibly. Wtieu " Iitflcr" De
pew, Mr. Depew's son. Is old enough to undir
Dlaiul ei erythitig that 1ml to to-dnjrs esenls, he
will tell what happem d between his father and
Mr, Miller this morning, He was present nil
the morning und e irly afternoon.
Mr. Miller encouraged the antl-I'latt Republi
cans lu tin' delegation to stand by htm. lie sntd
thai he would give Mr, I'latt the greatest
thrashing in his political career. For a moment
Mr. .Milter billeted thul lie was the Republican
master of New York Slate. 'I heru w.is bid
blood around. Tho Piatt men onli begged for
nn opportunity tn get nt Warner Miller. 'I hey
holleved that they saw Ilia chance to bring his
head low.
Whon the deltgitlon rensembicd at II o'clock
every otic bullet etl that extraordinary events
wero ut hand. Mr. Detic-w was still the trmpo
rur t hairinnn of the delegation, and ho
whacked on the tattle with a mice cane In
bringing thu tit legates to order, '1 he Hon, II
lltiiti A. isulburlnnd, tho Hon Addisrn It. Cut
via, und the Hon Lucius Van Allen lniltid thu
reptesentallves of the New York iicwspnpors
and olhirs to ho present. '1 be proeet-dlnks be
gun when Deic.Mte-nt-L.irge Liiuterbach
iitinouiicuetl thai he wished to bu as
cordial nnd ugreeablo ns pn'Mhlo, anil
he didn't object to tho picseneo of
those delegates who hud tacti seated bj order
of ttiuNnllonal Committee, but, nevertheless-, in
order to set the rreortl straight, he offered a
form of protest, which It tiet'cssnrv could bu pre
sfiutd to the Commute o on Credentials In thu
Convention,
lien. Anson li. McCook. In response, said that
ho wasn't there to tu'irpl any courtesj or any
chnrltj, that he had been seated by his con
stituents In New York t'oiintj, tun McCook
did not ral-o nnj brie.o bv w hut hu sulil.
Mr. Depew then urosu nuil said thnt ho he
llevetl Hint In view of the morning' events it
personal explanation was tine from him He
tlrcluretl thul lie hail been requested lu Mr.
Luiitcrbnch tn become I'halimnn. ".Mr. Lnu
terltueh has i onlrlbuted tnmy emitnrrassineiil,"
aid Mr, Depew, "for thu reason thul ho did not
sitv w hnl 1 was to be I'hnli s.u of, llu simply
toltl mo that I wns to be Clu mail. 1 cumti hetu
nnd ant beside Mr Miller, w An al ill) Instant u
moved lb. ul bonindot hulrman, I thnughlat tho
time that I was to bu Chairman of this tem
porary rmiferi lire. I ditl not know thnt Mr.
.Miller contemplated that I mis to be presented
na Clialrmnti of the delegation in the Conten
tion, When Mr. Miller presented mens caiull
Unto for Chairman nf the delegation, Mr, cjulgg
objected and substituted tin name of Mr, I'latt,
1 have no desire for further honors in this Con
vention than those already allotted In me. 1
nm tn present thu inline nf liut. Morton in thu
font utit Inn. 1 was elected Chairman nf thu
delegation ill lhWH by unanimous vote. 'Ihrio
are differences here over my selection this Unit',
and I iiiiiuot mid will nut be u tandidute for
Chairman uf thu delegation In the Convention."
Mr, Miller Hum got upon hit, feel, nnd told
how he hud calltd the morning's meeting tn
order. Hu tn n lleiilly connhoruletl what Mr,
Deputy hail sulil about thu luoiiilng's events,
but heath led.
"Aftertliu morning's meeting I went to Mr.
Depew's roam nnd asked lilm if Tie would stand
as a candidate for Chulrmnu of tho delegation In
the Convention, and hu u-suieii mo thnt hu
would. I then notified his ft lends tn bo present
this afternoon."
Mr. Millt'i then began it violent tlratlo against
Mr I'latt, although bo did nut mention .Mr,
I'lutl's inline. He went over the ground of his
recent interview. In which ho ilcclnreil that tin
one mail in the delegation count control him,
and Mr. Miller proceeded to decluru that the
utt'ieksnf this inuii in tho tlclerntlon on Win.
.Mchlnlej had been Intuitions "No single man
In this delegation," iiinieil Mr. Miller,
' can control me, and i reiterate that
when this man sals Unit Will. Mclvinlcj was
(lit ompt tent In lie i'resittelit. ,'i'itl that lis wis a
lu 'i tiling (uiitlliliite. Itts loiiduu was Infam
ous. The qui'.tlnii of Mr. I It pew's selection
here tn-d J busier) little tu tin w Ith the situa
tion, I only i egret I li.il ho will not Mutnl ns n
ciii'l tine for ( ii'uriu tn, for the leason thai he
1- to iiiesont Iho name of liov. Morton lo this
I onientlon "
In el it word thnt Mr. Miller tillered hecou
llriio what his Republican critits have re
i en sulil ulmiil blln, that hu was Utss'du Mark
II u i , it t ti Hie Mi Miiioy land w.igou nnd that
. in,, using McKliilry's nnmo in breed dis
rupt 'Hi in the Republican ranks lu New Yurk
stale
'I lie Urst Republican to answer Mr. Miller was
Tliurlfw Weed Harms, whom the Nations!
Committee ban given half a vote III the Conten
tion. Mr. Hurtles was only Induted to adept
this half tola after advising with bis friends,
for he believes that he is entitled to his seal,
Mr Rimes said:
") have always been taught tn bellovo that
every Republican had a right to bare a prefer-
enrn of candidates for nny office within tlm gift
nf tho party. I havo llsttned In what Mr. Miller
has hail to say, and hu Is perfectly ftw nro that
he Is attacking Mr. Piatt in his utterances. Mr.
I'latt as n Republican linil a right to have hi;
preferences as a Presidential candidate, nnd
ho spoko out anil declared tills prefer
ence, nnd hu was tint like Mr. Miller, who,
niter promt-lhg to support Oovernor Mor
ton, Issued thoso covert nttitiks on
the Republican (loternnr of New York State.
IChecrs. A tnlro-'Miller might to n sign from
the delegation.' In point of honor, who Is the
hotter man. Mr. Plntt, who exirclcil Ills right
as a eti nil) Republican nnd nn American citi
zen, to tell uf his objections In a sti night for
ward wai. or this umn I.Mr. Harnes wns swing
ing his tl't In Mr. Mltlir's face who cnenkid
Inin thu Republican State Com entlou In Now
Yurk illy ns ft friend of Morton's with it knlfo
lu his boot? IChnrs.1 Is this man iculy to
meet thu issue this full? Let me tell him now
to his fato that In Ids own county of Herkimer
ho will lintn thu opportunity to do so." Ring
ing cheers. 1
Mr. Qulgg then railed for tho voto on Mr.
Piatt's nomination as Chulrmnu of the delega
tion In tho Contention.
Con. McCook o lie red n substitute, nnuilng Mr.
Miller.
This brought Senator John O Rnlnesnf On
tarlo to Ills feet. He sat within four feet of Mr.
Miller, but he walked over to where Mr, Miller
sat. and, during his speech, stood dlrectlt lu
front of him nnd swung his lists in his faco.
Senator Haines sulil i
'"Inn purpose of this gentleman from Herki
mer is now disclosed. When Ills friend, Uen.
McCook put him In nomination ns Chairman of
this delegation ho put Warner Miller wheru ho
belongs und whero wu have ull known ha lias
been lor some lime, thu proposed boss of Iho
klrkers In New York Maio. I,entleiiien. this
man I' tlm one ti ho sought the place of delegate
at large tn the National Convention, nod
who was given his plure by Hot'. Morton.
'1 his mull to-da) becomts the tandidute of Unv.
Morton's enemies In this Convention. tV all
know why Mr. .Miller hns given out Ills recent
Inleillews. He in jletitl that It was tlmo In get
nlmanl thu McKlnley baud tviigon. I miming
toMr. Miller) belletc Hint jou havo glteii us
to-day an exhibition of your courage. Let ma
tell yuu, sir, that jour exhibition is
ono of downright foolhardlness. Let ma
tell you, sir. Hint utery word that you
havo uttered hare ag.iii.sl Mr. Piatt Is
a gross misrepresentation of the facts.
You are perfectly itwnie th it what I am sating
to jou Is thu absolute truth. What Mr. I'latt
chtersl did suy wus Hint he questioned thu
political wisdom of pret IpitnlliiR n cindliliite for
the Presidential nomination v. hoso friends w era
crying that he was a .nund-monej man in thu
Last and sllter man In the We-t, You, .Mr.
Miller, aro perfectly will nwaro that these are
the fuels, and I challenge jou now lu contradict
mo when 1 say jour statements ure n misrepre
sentation of the fui Is. All that Mr. I'latt asked
McKlnley to tin was lo dtcliire himself on the
sole und throbbing Issue of this riiinpulgn. '1 hu
remarks that jou hut e initio here today will
be sent on the wings of llgltultig to the utter
most parts of this country. 1 want my reply to
your remarks to follow them. 1 want It under
stood by eiery Republican In thu United Mutes
ttiat you hato been faithless In everything,
faithful In nothing, mid thnt jour remarks
hcie to-day uru absolutely misprepreseuta.
lion of the facts. 1 want every Republican
present to thoroughly understand thai no mat
ter who Is nominated in this Conic itiun, I." vl
P. Morton or William McKiulet, the Repub
licans of New York Mate will lojaltj support
him; nnd 1 hope cten vou, Mr. Miller, will sup
port the cnndldutoof jour partv,' Cheers. J
Chairman Depew tin n decided that a roll call
ho had us to the choice for Chairman of tho
delegation. Mr. Plait tins present ami did nut
vote. Mr Miller wus tno bluunttl by Raines's
onslaught to tole fur himself. When Mr. De
pew's name was called he said:
"Under thu circumstances I tote for Mr.
Piatt." Cheers
Mr. Liiuterbach of course toted for Mr. I'latt.
The following voted for .Mr. Miller: .Ioeph H.
N'ewlns nt Rlterhead: Theodore 11. Willis,
deorgu II. Roberts, Jr., Walter 1! Atlerburj',
John 1. :.Milllkcu, nuil 11 .1. Kaltenbach nf
Rrooklyn: Cornelius N llllss nnd .-. R.
Cruger, who each liato half a voto in the con
tention: l,en. McCook, William Rrookfltld,
and Roberl .1. Wright of New York county;
ex-Judge William II. Robertson nf Katnnab.
Albert story of Little Falls, i.eorge K. Matthews,
and Wesley C. Dudlet of liutTnlo: N V. V.
Frunchutt of Oleun, uud K. A. ( Urtlsof Frc
donia. who was proxy far Lester F. Stearns, of
Dunkirk.
There wosalangii when Matthews voted for
Miller, It was .Malt how e, as editor of tho Buf
falo -.'-rprf. who cot those interviews out of
.Miller denouncing Piatt, and whuthcncudgellrtl
Miller, declaring that he hud no backbone what
ever, T he Plan men had a surprise whetitul.
Thomas W. llradlej of Walden, wtio is a Mc
Klnlcj man on the f!rt billot, luted for Mr.
Plntt. The tot .1 tote cast wus 70. of which Mr.
i'latt rocelted ."t.'l nnd Ml. Miller IT.
Ktlltor Matthew s then phi) e.l a little of what Is
known ns Mllholhiud polio. He uioted that
Mr. Plait's election be made unanimous, and in
the next second ho himself objected, which, uf
csurse, mode It Impossible, to nume Mr. Piatt ns
the unanimous i hob e of the delegation.
Mr. Hlisn then attend a monei plunk, and ho
said thai he w is perfectly nw.tr. thnt the Re
publicans of New ork St He cotilti unite, at
least, on one thing, and that was their demand
for gold ioone)'. .Mr. Hliss offered tills:
"Thnt tho New York delegation favor and
heartily support the strongest statement that
can be prepared recognizing the impiratlro
necessity or maintaining tho present gold
standard of value und toudemnitig tho free
coinage nf sllter."
Mr (iqigg said thnt he had a sub-tituto to
olfer. He then lead the money plank w hlch has
been agreed to by the Piatt mm ns tho one to
force upon the Contention. This plank reads
as follows:
"We favor the maintenance of the existing
gold standard and aro opposed lo tho free coin
age of silver except bj inn motional agreement
for bimetallism wltu thu lead'ngl commercial
nations of the w arid."
den. McCook believed that Mr. Rllss's reso
lution should bo merged with the plank offered
by Mr. Cjulgg, nnd this wus done.
Coi. Abraham i ruber then ottered the follow
ing r solution, which r-ocrctnry Archlu K.
Raster lead lu vociferous tones:
"That the Republicans of the New York
State dclt gatlon lieieby renew their pledges to
support tiov. Lot I I'. Morton for President,"
Col. lirnbir demanded a roll cull. His reso
lution, ho declared, would em ike out thu oppo
sition to lute. Morton In tho dilegitlou, anil It
did. Lven Warner Miller, who has bee n chort
ling about MoKlnlej, wus thus fnricd to obey
his instructions anil ennui out for Morion,
Those who toted ugalusi thu rcboltiilon nro;
Willis, Roberts, Atlerburj', nnd C, Kultcnbaili
of Hronkljn; llllss, Cruger, Ilrooj. Held. Collls,
mid Wright of New York, Robertson of West
chester, ami Matthews, Dudlet, I'rnnchntt, ami
Curtlssnf Krlecounij. T lieru were oO jess, 1.1
uats, ami 0 not toting, Mllliken, Major Wurs
tcr's proxj-. nsked to be ociisid and tills rour
tfst was granted to It I us. When Iviiltenb.ich
asked the snnio fnvor it wns refused. John (I.
Fceiic, Judge Robertson's colleague, declared
that lie had never made mi) pledga to vote fur
itoi. Morton und he refused to vote. Col,
llnullej, Mr, Udell's rolIeiiL'tie, is a McKlnley
mini on thu first ballot uud he also refused to
tote.
Frederick Sejmour tiibbs was then mimed for
National Committeeman tusuiceeil W illiam A.
Slit iierlnnd, mid Mr Lmitutbat li was mimed ns
New York's repn seiitutito on thu Committee
on Resolutions Mr, .Sutherland is to servo on
Hie Committee on Credential", lid. llater in tn
be nne nf liie Mt'retiiries or the Contention,
.Itilin T Mott ut Oswei'tt is lo be ouii nf thu
Vlre-I'rcslilents, nnd William L. Proctor nf tig.
deusbiirc Is to bu u luemUir of the Committee on
llrginlulloti.
After a vote of thanks to Mr.jsiitharlan.il for
Ills services ns National Cnmiiiltleemiiii for tho
last four years, und to Mr lit pen lor his ner
tlees as chairman of lo tint s stormy mietlng,
all liaiids murrlietl out anil tli" friends nt Mr.
I'latt rejoiced, Mr. I'lull put hi units nround
John Raines nnd thanked him for his spcuch.
" Ollltt J.V.I , " 31'KlXlsVY mi:x.
Unlrst. They Ate Ilelecutes They tlet m
Cold Shoulder from llnnlui,
St. I.cil'lH, June 1.1 .Murk llinnu Is besieged
eterj dnj by original MrKlnley men, many of
n hum worked like beavers for thu Major, but
failed to get roctipiltlou In thu shape of cre
tlnlH ns delegates.
Tiny hung in uuud .ill day lung telling him of
the gi cat work I lie) hutedone niul of personal
hacrillt es in thu Interest of Mr. llatrn's candi
date. A tlelegiifo is ill w ids welcome at the
Hanna room, but a mutt who Isn't a delegate
mi els with a reception as told ns a chunk of
Ice, Ileneo soiiiu uf tho migliial McKlnley men
complain nf treatment they huvo received.
Illinois Is "clink it 'block "tt Ith oilglinl Mc
Klnley men, among them being Washington
Porter, a mulll-mllllonnlro banker and a
packer, nnd n lot of oilier penplo who, poll,
tlcians pure mid simple, havo nut er been ublu
lo gut any recognition ill the State.
Imn. John McN'tiltu. the ittrlicr nf the
hlskrj Trust, is one of these, anil ha walked
Into Hie McKlnley rooms tho other dai. expect,
log Mark Hanna would full upon his nick, kiss
him, cluthu him with a line gariui nt ami give him
u seut III thu lookout ch ur. Hut Mark did nothing
uf the ton. lie ditl nut known Nulla, but he
rested his ragle e)o nu it Jack-It g luitjer from
"down ill Kg) PI" nim wus smart enough in ho
elected as delegate Hence the nriglnnl lie
Klnley men in Illinois aru complainm,- uid
they nro fearful about the patronage n u e of
McKiulcy's election,
Wbul's true uf Illinois in lint regard Is true
all over the country. Tho orlg mil Mclviuley
man is a dead one unlets Itu munaguA tu squeeze,
luto the Couvcullou. '
THE GOLD MEN WILL WIN. 1
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JIOSS HAXfTA CAI'ITUr.ATZS TO Nit, ' M
1'LATI'S itr.vnvsrxTATiris. aS
M
lie Fonarl Thnt n Majority nf the Commit. Ufa
tee on ReHotiillonM nnd or the Coaveatloa ', jl-i
Itstir ruToretl a Cleun.cut field Plunk V )Jy
Credit Duo to Mr. I'lult Tor the Victory. h
St, Louis, Juno 1G. All day long tho battle .A
botween the advocates of n cold standard aud .'V
the oil locates of a financial straddlo hns pro. '-ft
grossed, with the result to-night that the gold j'&
men seo victory before them. Twenty-two .y?
States havo already arranged thcmtolvcs on the JS,
sldoo' Iho Kold.stnndnrd advocates, and If they Hi
should fail to win their fight In the Committee ' 4
on Resolutions-which, however, jt unlikely A,
they will carry It into tho Contention, where jtf
tho advocates of a straddle nre certain to he de- 'Sp?
fcated. Tho cold ball sot In motion last night Mv
by Thomas C. Piatt aud Senators Quay and SB?
Lodgo went on rolling with such forco ., K,
to-dny and gathered to Itself the sup- ,i
port of so many Slates that tho strad- , "ju
diets nro to-night confused and discouraged.- if
Mr. I'latt and Senator Lodgo say that the fight '
for cold has beon already won. and that cten ;
the Influonco of Huss Hanna cannot now keep H
the word "gold" out of the platform. Thofact k,
is, how ot or, that Mr. Hanna lias capitulated to J
Delegate yulgg of New liirlc htalo. who was " it
authorl7td by Mr. Plntt to get his views. Mr. '
Hutinu iniiile the statement that, in view of ull '
circumstances, ho hannn objections toolfer now '
to the me of the word "gold" In tho financial
I tank. Tho lluniiclnl declaration which Sen-
utors (Juay mid Lodge submitted to Boss Hnnna .?
last night and again this morning as the re-ult '
ot tho souud-money conference Is, with very 'f
slight ruotllucntlons, tho platform of tho Slnlo ,''
of Washington, whose delegates are doing such
good sertlco with tho ndtocates of thu gold (';
standard. It reads as follows: v
"We fnvor the maintenance of the existing K
gold standard and nre opposed lo thu free coin- n
age of silver, except by International agreement ;?
for bimetallism with the leading nations of the
world." ic
That declaration Is thu one about which nil J
the adtocates of n gold standard have centred
their energies to-day, and thev announce with
confidence to-night that tho financial straddlera . '
hate been routed. Tho capitulation of Hobs ,,'
Hanna means simply that ho has J lcldcd to the '?.
overwhelming sentiment of the Convention, - X
and that he fears the result of tho fight In the '
Convention on the dlroct question between a
cold und a straddling platform. Heretofore
Mr. Hanna has insisted that w hile he personally I',
favors the adoption ot a gold standard, 4
he doubted the political wisdom of inserting the
word " gold." w hlch would bo offenslvo to tho .
delegates from the States who favor sllvor or i
straddling platform. Messrs. Lodge and Quay J
plainly told Mr. Hanna that If he persisted In
his course he w ould be outvoted in the Commit- j.
tee on Resolutions, and outvoted in the Com en- .,
tlon itself. As Stato after Stato ranged itsolf :
to-day on the side of the gold standard ad vo- "J
catcs Mr. Hanna realized thnt he could not
maintain his attitude, and ho It now explaining;
thnt his apparent opposition to the gold standard V
was merely for the purpose of conciliating thoso Z
States which feared the result of the use of the
word "cold." i
The men who have for the past two days borne '',
the brunt of the sound-money battle, and who f
have kept the gold flag persistently to the front, .?
are Piatt of New York, Quay of Pennsylvania, v
Lodge and Crane of Massachusetts, Munley of S
Mnlne, Plllsburj' of Minnesota. French of Iowa, j:
Patterson of Illinois, Uurlclch of Washington, '",
and the dclogntcs from Nebraska ana Oregon. ''
Among these men Mr. Piatt has been a cnnsplo- ,
uous nnd influential leader. It was he who sent
out the Imitations for tho sound-money con- ,
fcrenca of last night, which has resulted .''
In bringing Hoss Hanna to his senses, and he '"
has not watered for a moment in impressing ',
upon eiery dclcgato who called at his rooms the v
absolute necessity of driving out tho straddlera
and puttlug tho party on record In favor of the j
existing goal standard. Ono of the Eastern ,'
business mer, who is lu St, Louis for the sole
purpose of helping tho gold cause along, said '
this morning: -
"i am a New York Republican and politically i
an anti-Plntt man, but I must say that et err
moment since his arrival lu the city Mr. Plait
has worked untiringly nmong tho delegates In ,
behalf of the adoption of a gold-standard plank.
and tho Republicans of New York and tho ;
country owu him a debt of gratitude w hlch I
am sure the) will be willing to acknowledge 1
and anxious to repay." (
The .-tales that aru most actlvo in advocating
n financial straddle, and who aro responsible j
for thu financial controversy that threatens to
disrupt the harmony of the Republican Con ven-
tioii are Ion a, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, 4
T he Mlchlgnu men seemed determined to main- '
tain tho attitude they have assumed In decld-
lug by n tote -of "1 lo 1 in favor of a plank
tt hlch omits the word " gold." The leaders of
the delegation all admit that personall) they i.
think the word "gold" should be inserted in the '
platform, but they think they would be muclt
moro ablo to explain the situation to thu toters
during the campaign if It were left out. llli- y
nols will vote In the committee with tho i,
adtocates of the gold standard as Its mem tier -
uf the commlttco will bo Robert W. Patterson s
of the Chicago inl'iiilf, who is an uul-iiud.nut J
gold man Tnere Is u wide division ot opinion
among the delegates themselves as to the nd-
ttsablllt) ot tbo use of thu word "gold," but "A
Mr Patterson will cast his tote for it, nml if r
the question should bo taken Into the Conven- .:
tioii there is every reason to suppose tli.it Hie ,
st radii lers would be defeated, Iho Indiana J
delegates feel about us tho-efioill Michigan and -.
Illinois tlo, and as yet they show no weakening
nnd declare that thoy will never consent to the ';
Insertion of thooffenslte word "geld" 111 the JJ
platform, as the) think It would bo certain to
bring about Republican defeat In the lloosjer J,
State. "
The business men of both parties who havo
been heird from nro unanimous In expressing
the opinion that tho gold standard is absolutely
demanded to maintain tho credit of the lnn em
inent aril to keep the commercial Interests from "
dthtrurtlon. An illustration of Hie feeling mi '
this point is furnished by the statement of tho
former Major of Chicago, John P, Hopkins,
who happened to bu in M, Louis to-da) llu '
toltl the Republican leaders that If they would
liate Hie good prn.e to adopt un emphutfi' gold
plulform their tltket would get the support of
.'li.Otlt) Democrats In the city of Chicago, ;
Outside thu so-cnlletl .Middle Western States
the men who are most nctlvo In udvouiuni; '
straddling financial policy am Hansbrotl; uf
North Dakota, I'cttlgrew nf South DikoV; and
l'rlti hard of North Carolina, They huvo vliltisl
delegation afior delegation to-day nnd nrUuisl i
with them nrfalnsl what thoy cull the folly uf i,
making it declaration that would endaiigir Re- .'
publlcun success In ull the states outside ot tne 4
Fast and New Knglutid. The) liato mudo little .
headway, however, and their efforts have bent J
moro than discounted by tho lotal work In be- r,
half nf the gold standard that hits bet n done by S,
the delegates from Oregon, W oshliigtnn, uud
Nebraska, '
As for the radical silver men, they are not 5
yet ready to nunoiiucu ti lint they will do With v;
Senator Teller us their pi lest and prophet, tlioy
havo peen in almost hour!) council to-day, ami .,
whllo It Is known that they will lint support a f.
platform that is iiutiigoiiislie In freo.ilvir.lt
lias not et been determined whether they will
bolt tlm Cniiw.'iitliin, Senator Teller has nt i.
btiitement to make nn thu subject jet, but the ',
mutt prominent nf Ills llutiten,intn. Senator I in 3,
Hols ot Idaho, Indicates that most all of tlm r
It legates from the so-called sllter stales will ,
Irute thu Cunt ontlun hall und ull) themselves I
with the free-silt er part). It 1 thought that i
henutor Tom Carter will not holt, ut in If hit y
eolliagllej do. llu bus l" ell woi king 111 constant, u
harmony with tho MuKlulejites, both in nuil t
out ot the National Committee until he hns jlH
come tn bulrsiketl upon asonuof Ross llai m.'a )
henchmen, and the sllter leaden themse.tes V
urn not sanguine of receiving his support et-u H.
tn their alleged determination in tutu m thu jm.
( outeiitlnn in favur of a gold money pi mk ut V
against nn proposition looking to i. straddle pB
There was it general conference uf tourist !
delegates during the day. at which tiieMuinof M
Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts. It tas, K-j
.Mississippi, North Carol. nn. " nh I ' , f
lie Tgui, Arkinsu" lctilliee Hon u "I i- H
glnluiu-re reiirrsentetl. lln-rc wen foi kh
i tile, in the mei'tlilg. uf wlili b Hr I nu-tc .-,,! H
Huston wus Chairman and C ( . W i.st-1 st . a. M
tary. Of the fnrt) -two totes nu bill imie were -B
iu.il In lavor ot ft gold standard platform. All 'K
things considered, the gold standird uilvo- F
tatcs art) absolutely cunUdeut that the "r-
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