| Show headquarters claiming votes on first ballot interview with carter st louis june 13 11 mr headquarters have been crowded all day and tonight ne J so to them was waa almost impossible talk italic hanna and ami gen grosvenor after tonch ta session of 0 the national committee said me mc rinley had MO votes as aa the contest coti lest now klaar maj charles dick who Is doing the tha tabulating as ag the committee proceed 1 with tile the temporary atlon of 0 contests contents puts the McKI nIev vote on the first ballot at with necessary to nominate the opposition la Is keeping up the light especially reed morton and quay mr platt plait Is not disposed to moke make any overtures the other leaders of the opposition are ar communicating freely with the th McK biley mon agers there Is an absence of the usual anxiety as to who Is able to carry out promises or deliver rood ewd no report reports s about combination or any action on am the part of the field against the favorite seem to causo calls any alarm on the part of the mckinley men the harmony in the ohio delegation Ls Is a feature witt ilta has not been seen at a rational national con bention for twenty years not since a a solid delegation went to the cincinnati convention in tor for it B D hayes thre thom have been many surmises asi as to what tile the silver liver men will do when silver Is knocked out by tha th bis big majority in the convention the I 1 silver liver men in the convention will fight f for or free silver in the platform committee it beaten there they will light tor for it in the convention and will oppose any platform that Is against free coinage and any man who whorls Is nominated upon such a platform IF it beaten lo in the convention ven tion as they expect to be they will take lake tho the ease case back to their people and lot thim them thi m decide what they wish to do whether they will vote the republican ticket organize a third party or stay from the polls this in the course that ii was as decided upon in the several conferences feren fere nees ces held in washington between senator teller of colorado mantle mantl of 0 Mont montana plia dubols dubois ot of idaho and cannon non of utah and representative halt finan of montana and this Is 13 tile the course which will most likely be agreed upon monday at a conference of silver men inon together with senator carter and others now in st louis MANTLE DEFINES HIS POSITION senator mantle arrived from montana today whither he vent rent epolt cpr n a hurried clip after leaving washington lie he knows 3 the sentiment of his hl con and what at he s saya may be depended upon as exar expressing ess ing their views alid those of all the sliver silver stan stall dard bearen the declaration NA which the republican party maks against the ilia tree free coinage of sill elfei at sald said lie he roust must be distasteful to the silver nn men and all talk of attempting to con villate them by oft oftering ering them duty duly on wool suid and other oilier western products product a Is vain tor for the simple reason that are am enough western senators to compel a lust just recognition of eiery ciery western interest in any protective tariff log lg Ib lation which may be hereafter proposed the simple fat fact 1 14 that the eastern interests alch have been la in the past pant and ale aie now most clamorous for a protective tariff will lit in sill all probability be entirely dependent upon the tree free bliver republican votes of the west in order to be able to secure ILI it when asked if tho th indiana platform would bo be acceptable to the sliver silver men senator mantle said it would not be by any means we do not believe in waiting for an international intel national agreement said he because c do not think such a thing Is possible will the silver meu men bolt was asked not in the tense sense that you seem to think I 1 to do not believe any silver men will walk out of the convention we are going into this convention upon the declaration decla rallon made by tho the republican party in its last platform which was the last of the utterances of the the party upon the financial question the platform declared that the republican baity front from tradition and interest was in favor of gold arid and silver as standard money he continued will you stand by the republican platform T senator mantle replied 1 I do not at believe that the delegates fr from the so called sliver silver states can under the ln in which they have bave received inte eilf for a gold plank or a goldstan gold stan dard candidate what IN III be the ilia next step after tile the convention ahon you are beaten senator we will relegate th whole matter malter bark back to the republicans Republic lins of our slot states end and new conventions conven tlona will III be called arid and the provie can say what their policy will III hr hp will senator teller walk out 1 I think ho he will the lake the caiti course se I 1 have outlined we have talked matters over in fit Wati washington hington senators teller dubols dubois cannon and hartman artman II and myself and we believe that th thin 1 t li the 11 best course to pursue we W a w will lave have another conference here monday in which aich will also lie be attended hy son senator s ter carter and other oilier sliver delegate ue legates s we NO of Coul course 90 will t ILI be governed w somewhat e by circumstances but flom arts present ent indications tills this policy will be followed |
