Show FKINLEYS I AND HOBART Am i The Heralds Correspondents Forecast of the Result at St Louis MR t QUAY IS QUITE MUM Platt Will Not Knuckle to McKinley Mc-Kinley Men I i Believed the McKinlcy People Would Lie to See Morton Nominated Nom-inated For Vice PresidentIf the Platform Has the Goldbug Aroma of Sufficient Strength the Gentle niaaxs Name May Be Put Befojre the Convention Special to The Herald ST LOUIS June 12The arrival of Senator Quay was the only Interesting episode of today His headquarters were son thronged with a motley crowd Politicians pressmen and curious ones were anxious to get a glimpse of the great Pennsylvania politician Senator Quay declines to make any statement for publication tonight but to a intimate friend he S CONFIDED HIS OPINION that Governor Morton would have the vicepresidency if Mr Platt would only say the word but Mr Platt will not knuckle to the McKinley men He de cares that inasmuch as Mr Morton ha been endorsed for the presidency by the greatest of all the states his name shall be presented to the convention and voted upon for president I is believed however how-ever that Mr Platt expects to make a deal whereby Governor Morton will consent con-sent to take the vicepresidential nomination nomina-tion provided the platform is for sound money on the basis of a single gold standard Of course Mr Platt realizes that any further opposition to McKinleys nomination nomina-tion is hopeless He appreciates the fact that the McKinley people would rather have Morton nominated for vicepresident than any other candidate mentioned I is believed therefore that his efforts will now be directed toward securing as strong a gold plank as he cn in the platform He would like to have it much stronger than the Indiana platformS THE WISEACRES SAY that lat will soon have It made known th at3rorton > U consent to accept the vice presidential race on a single gold standard platform Of course the platform plat-form will be adopted before the nominations nomina-tions are made and if the financial plank is strong enough to suit Mr Platt Governor Gov-ernor Mortons name will g before the convention for vice president In short Mr Platt is ready to enter his friend Governor Morton in the vice presidential race provided the financial plank of the platform declares for the gold standard but if the financial resolutions are no stronger than the Indiana platform declarations dec-larations Governor Morton will not b a candidate The free silver men will hold a caucus tomorrow upon the arrival of Senator Teller Tel-ler of Colorado o The concensus of opinion is that the financial plank will b drawn on the lines of the Indiana platform and this not being be-ing altogether acceptable to Mr Platt Governor Mortons name will not be presented pre-sented for vice president and the ticket nominated will be McKinley and Hobart |