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VOLUME LXXX.-NO. 13^
PUTT DECLARES FOR GOLD
Issues a Manifesto for Morton and a
Single Standard Plank in
the Platform.
RENEWAL OF THE STRUGGLE OF CONTESTING
DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION.
Meanwhile the McKinley Men Are Shouting
"Finance" and the Adherents of Allison,
Reed and Quay Are Quietly Working
for Their Candidates.
THE UNITED PRESS HEADQUAR
TERS. SOUTHERN HOTEL. ST. LOUIS,
Mo., June 12.— This has been a day of in
ertia in the Republican camp. Even the
arrival of Senator Quay to re-enforce the
presence of ex-Senator Platt failed to gal- j
vanize the anti-McKinley movement back
to any semblance of vigorous life. The
corridors around the room where the
National Committee went through its
monotonous routine of deciding prelim
inary contests were never uncomfortably
thronged at any period of the day. What
the decisions of the committee would be j
appeared to be taken for granted in a
majority of cases. Some eccentric depar- i
tures in the Louisiana contested cases !
from the ordinary course of rulings |
scarcely served to give zest to otherwise
tasteless proceedings.
When the New York contests are
reached to-morrow or Monday interest
may revive. Some of Mr. Platt's inti
mates continue to make veiled threats of
bolting if the New York contests are de
cided on the same principles that are
alleged to have controlled the committee
in other cases, but Mr. Piatt himself has
carefully avoided committing himself to
such a course.
Late this afternoon some very decided
indications were given as to the course
which the McKinley men would probably
take on the financial question.
Hitnerto the Platt men have shouted
"sound money" and the McKinley men
have shouted "tariff," and neither ?ide
has manifested any disposition to adopt
the war cry of the other. Now all this is
changed, and the McKinley men are
shouting finance. A suggested platform
drafted by Mr. Kohlsaat of Chicago was
submitted to Mr. H&nna and other
close friends of Major McKinley
to-day and was taken under con
sideration. The proposed financial
plank, while following in the
lines of the Indiana platform,
goes an important step farther and speci
fically declares for the "gold standard."
At The same time, however, that this J
proposition was submitted the suggestion j
was made that if this platform were I
adopted by the committee on resolutions
it should be with the distinct understand
ing that if it were reported to the conven
tion by the committee on resolutions the
chairman should entertain a motion to
RICHARD TRIGGINGTON THOMPSON OF INDIANA, WHO WILL BE THE
FATHER OF THE CONVENTION.
Mr. Thompson is the only surviving member of the Indiana Legis
lature of 1834, and the only living member of the Congress of 1841.
Beginning with Andrew Jackson, Mr. Thompson has known, more or
less intimately, all our chief magistrates. During his first term in
Congress he met Abraham Lji coin, and the acquaintance grew into a
friendship which endured until the death of the latter. He cast his
first vote for General Harrison in 1840, and nearly fifty years
afterward his loyal support materially aided the grandson in secur
ing the Presidential nomination first and the election afterward.
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strike out the words "gold standard," the
plank to be so framed that this could be
done without interfering with the context
or the sense. Such a motion being enter
tained, the proposition would be subject
to debate, and could be finally settled by
the convention on a test vote. It is under
stood to be Mr. Hanna's judgment that
the words "gold standard" ought not to
appear in the platform.
Ex-Senator Platt to-day issued over his
signature the following statement:
"Governor Morton will be placed in
nomination and cordially supported by
his friends. Speaker Reed and Senator
AUison will also receive the votes of their
supporters, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding. I am hopeful that the
convention will recognize tne wisdom of
making Governor Morton our Presidential
candidate and declaring unequivocally for
a single gold standard. He is essentially,
the gold standard candidate as his record
demonstrates.
"From a cursory observation duriny my
brief stay here I am sanguine that a ma
jority of the delegates favor the continu
ance of the existing financial system as
interposed by Republican administrations.
The New Yoric delegation will certainly
do all in Us power to put a gold plank in
the platform, for New York is for gold.
"T. C. Platt."
Senators Allison's friends, who have
hitherto remained so silent that the
impression sained ground that he had
been withdrawn from the race, are now
as3Uining an aggressive attitude and as
sert that, lie will be supported by vigor
ous oratory and many votes when the con
vention proceeds to nominations.
m
ADDICKS IS DENOUNCED.
Stinging Words Characterize the
Struggle of Rival Delegates.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 12.— "1 would not
vote for J. Edward Addick3, if his vote
were needed to make the next President of
the United States."
This declaration, uttered by Senator
Thurston of Nebraska at 10:30 o'clock to
night, as he stood in the center of his
fellow-National Committeemen, with up
lifted arm and clencned tint, was the climax
of one of the most sensational scenes ever
witnessed in a meeting of a similar body
on the eve of a National convention. For
two hours previously the comrrHtee had
been listening to the presentation of the
cases of the rival delegations from the
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1896.
THOMAS C. PLATT, THE GREAT REPUBLICAN LEADER, OF THE
GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK.
Mr. Platt is a veteran in the councils of the party. He is one of the few members of
the famous Grant phalanx that voted for the hero of Appomattox thirty-seven times in the
Convention of 1880 who will sit in the Z i LouI? Convention next week. It is an interesting
fact that Levi P. Morton, whose candidacy for the Presidential Nomination Mr. Platt is now
urging, was also one of the famous "306" in the Convention of 1880.
State of Delaware. That headed by ex-
Senator Anthony Higgins claimed to be
the regular delegation, and was instructed
for McKinley, while the six entered upon
Secretary Stanley's records as contestants
were headed by J. Edward Addicks, and
Senator Quay was given by one of their
number as their preference for the Presi
dential nomination.
Personalities were freely exchanged in
the presentation of the respective cases
between ex-Senator Higgins, State Chair
man Caleb R. Layton and Mr. Addicks
himself, but it was not until the parties in
interest had retired that the storm broke
forth. Then Senator Thurston, first gain
ing the floor, commenced an impassioned
speech. Be reviewed the evidence elicited
in the Dupont controversy before the
United States Senate and declared that it
exposed a state of affairs unprecedented
in the history of any State Republican
party in the country. Addicks, he said,
had been proved a traitor to the cause of
Republicanism. When that party had
forty-four Senators in the Capitol at
Washington and but one more was needed
to give it the majority over the Populistic-
Democratlc element it was Addicks who,
by the aid of a Democratic Governor,
brought about a deadlock and prevented
Delaware from receiving its proper repre
sentation in the Senate of the United
States.
"Talk to me of honor and decency in
politics," said the Senator. "I tell you
here and now that I would not vote for J.
Edward Addicks if his vote was needed to
make the next President of the United
States and if necessity demands I will re
peat that statement upon the floor of the
National Convention."
Two rounds of applause, the first demon
stration of the kind that had marked the
proceedings of the committee, followed the
Nebraska Senator's declaration.
When the rival delegations, headed
respectively by Higgins and Addicks,
were ushered into the committee-room
the excitement on the ' part of the com
mittecmen was intense and they moved
their chairs forward until they formed a
'semicircle about the contestants and the
presiding officer. Without preliminary
ex-Senator Higgins plunged into the case
in behalf of bimsetf and bis associates.
Mr. Addicks sat close beside him and at
times it looked as though the two men
might come into personal collision,
especially as Mr. Higgins denounced Ad
dicKs as the principal of the conspiracy
against law and honor and as a man who
regarded neither.
Mr. Higgins was followed by Washing
ton Hastings, who was equally emphatic.
Turning to Addicks, who sat with a sar
castic smile on his face, he shook his
finger under his nose and ejaculated:
"This man is governed by a base and self
ish ambition. I say it to his face as I
have said it before- His name is Addicks.
Little as he understands the language of a
gentleman, he doubtless understands
what I say."
Addicks made no response.
The principal address on the other side
was made by Caleb R. .Layton, chairman
of the convention which nominated the
Addicks delegation, who entered a pro
test against the washing of the dirty linen
of the Delaware Republicans before the
committee. He also made a bitter attack
upon the motives of ex-Senator Higgins,
wnose political fortunes, he said, had
been made by Addicks.
Then Mr. Addicks made a brief address
in his own behalf. He claimed that he
had been indorsed by the people of Dela
ware and had destroyed the worst ring
that the Republican party had ever
known.
Mr. Higgins replied. He alluded to
Addicks as "that creature," and said that
his speech showed him to be the "moral
idiot" that every one in Delaware Knew
he was.
R. C. Kerens moved that all of the Ad
dicks delegation, with the exception of
Addicks himself, be placed upon the tem
porary roll.
Senator Thurston declared that on the
floor of the convention he would speak and
vote to unseat the entire delegation.
Numerons speeches and motions were
made, all taking the ground that Addicks
was not a Republican, and should not be
recognized as such. Finally Senator
Carey of Wyoming moved that the Hig
gins delegation be plac-d on the temporary
roll. The vote was 10 ayes to 39 noes.
Then the committee, on motion of Mr.
Sutherland, voted, 41 to 9, that it was not
willing to place either delegation on the
temporary roll, and referred the entire
matter to the National Republican Con
vention.
Before the Delaware case was taken up
there was a lone: discussion on a motion by
Delegate Catron of New Mexico to the
effect that six delegates each be placea on
the roll for the Territories of New Mexico,
Arizona, Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory. It was finally adopted.
SETTLING THE CONTESTS.
National Committeemen Make
Short Work of the Disputes.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 12.— Every mem
ber of the National Committee was in his
seat or represented by proxy when the
committee reconvened at 10:30 o'clock
this morning.
Just as soon as Chairman Carter had
called his associates to order Committee
man N. B. Scott of West Virginia asked
the committee to give its serious attention
to the fact that while this was the third
day of the session only sixty contests had
so far been passed upon and 108 still
remained upon the order of business. He
moved that irom now on each side in the
contested delegations be allowed but ten
minutes for presentation of its case, and it
was carried.
Secretary Manley announced that the
contest in the Eighth Virginia District
had been withdrawn by letter and the
names of W. B. G. Shumate and H. Y.
Wayle were placed upon the temporary
roll. Both are instructed for McKinley.
Consideration of the Mississippi contests
was resumed, the Sixth being next on the
calendar. Ex-Congressman Lynch ap
peared for the contestees, J. W. Randolph
and Sam D. Young (colored) and General
Thompson of Ohio spoke for the contest
ants, C. A. Simpson and George P. Bowles
(colored). There was no debate in com
mittee and the two last named were
promptly seated, by a unanimous vote.
With equal celerity the contestants in the
Seventh Mississippi district, James M.
Matthews, Sr., and George C. Granberry
(colored) were placed on the role to the
exclusion of J. Meredith Matthews and
Thomas E. Richardson. In each of these
cases both contestees and contestants were
McKinleyites.
Next the committee toot up the case
brought from the First district of Ala
bama and which had been laid over from
Wednesday afternoon. Here the contest
ants were S. M. Murphy and D. H. Pren
tiss, both colored and favoring Reed as
first choice and the contestees, Samuel S.
Booth and John Harmon (colored) both
lor McKinley.
After the statements had been heard
Committeeman Sutherland of New York
moved that in view of the conflicting
statements the affid. 'its ip the case
be submitted to a sub-committee of five.
This was ruled out on the ground that the
committee had previously refused to refer
contests to sub-committees.
Settle of North Carolina then proposed
that both contestees and contestants be
excluded from the temporary roll, but it
was defeated.
The committee then refused to seat the
Reed delegation by a vote of 12 to 31, and
Booth and Harmon were placed upon the
temporary roll.
Senator Gear of lowa declared that this
vote "would have a bad effect upon the
country."
At the afternoon session the contest
from Delaware was called, but it was an
nounced that Mr. Addicks would not ar
rive until 3 p. m. and it was postponed for
two hours. Meanwhile the contest upon
the delegatca-at-large from Louisiana was
ta ken up. .
In this case the representatives of the
regular Republican party of the State,
comprising Wiliiam Pitt Kellogg, Albert
JI. Leonard (white Reedites), and Henry
Demas and J. Madison Vance (colored
MiKinleyite- ), claim to be entitled to be
placed upon the roll. Against them are
the nominees of the National Republican
Sugar-Planters' Convention, A. A. Mc-
Ginnis, E. N. Cornany, Anthony Doherty
and R. H. Hackney, all white McKinley
ites. In addition Leonard's seat is inde
pendently contested by Andrew Hero Jr.
The McGinnis quartet had an advantage
in a certificate from the chairman of the
State committee setting forth that it was
regular, and its proofs were presented and
argued by William Belian of New Orleans.
Without calling upon the other delega
tion to reply, the committee went into ex
ecutive session and promptly seated the
Kellogg delegates by a unanimous vote.
It was suggested, however, by several
members of the committee that this sum
mary proceeding might do injury to the
Republican cause iv Louisiana Dy alienat
ing the sugar-planters' element, and the
respective delegations having been called
back, Chairman Carter made a pacific ad
dress pointing out that the action taken
had been based upon the statement of
Belian himself that the organization he
represented was not regular, and suggest
ing that the Committes on Credentials of
the National Committee was a court of
last resort.
The contestants accepted the suggestion
and announced as they withdrew that the
case would be carried to the convention.
Although the seating of ex-Governor
Kellogg and his associates was regarded as
disposing of all the contests in the six
Louisiana Congressional districts, it was
decided to take them up seriatim and hear
arguments. Iv the First district, ex-
Governor Henry C. Warmoth and Walter
L. Cohen (colored), instructed for McKin
ley, and C. W. Boothby and G. W. Dever
zin (colored), instructed for Reed, were the
rival delegations.
Warmoth and Cohen were seated with
out a rollcall. This was a victory for the
sugar planters or National Republicans
and a practical reversal of the position
taken by the committee on the preceding
contest.
In the Second district the contestees
Continued on Second I'age,
TRUMBO ARGUES FOR SILVER
Leads the White=Metal Champions
of the West Who Are Defiant
and Aggressive.
DEMAND HADE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
BE PLACED SQUARELY ON RECORD.
Next in Importance to the Protection of American
Industries Come Questions Relating to the
Coinage of Precious Metals in
Proper Ratios.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., June 12.— Now, that
the matter of the Presidency is about set
tled and that the contest of the Vice-Presi
dency is narrowing down, the question of
protection is coming to the front and is
being discussed in the hotel lobbies to
night. It is conceded that one of the
strongest planka in the platform must "be
that of protection to American industries.
Unlike almost any other is-ue before the.
political parties to-day, the demand for
protection Is universp.. There is not a
State in the Union that does not clamor
for it. While Republicans may be divided
on matters of policy respecting finance
CHAUNCEY IVES FILLEY OF MISSOURI, ONE OF THE
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Mr. Filley is one of the notable political characters of the country,
and will be sure to attract attention on the floor of the convention.
He belongs to the old guard and has sat in every Republican National
Convention since 1864. In that year he, with other members of the
Missouri delegation, did the queer thing of voting for Grant when
every other delegation recorded itself for Abraham Lincoln. He voted
in four different National conventions for General Grant, and in 1880
cast his ballot for the great commander thirty-seven times. He is the
proud possessor of one of the " 306 " medals, and often wears it upon
his breast.
PRICE CENTS
and other issues, they are a unit in the be
lief and are unanimous in the demand
tliat American labor must be protected from
the cheap slave labor of 'Europe. This cry
for relief comes from Maine to the south
ernmost rim of Florida, from Washington
to the Mexican border, and is echoed from
all the States that lie between.
m this interest has come to St. Louis'
Henry T. Oxnard, founder and proprietor
of the beet-sugar factory in Chino, Cal.
Mr. Oxnard sees great possibilities in store
for sugar-beet culture iv California and
other States whose soil and climate may
be adapted to the produc tion of this vege