Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-06-14 | Page 1 | New Yorkers Confer

NEW YORKERS CONFER J I 1 platt congratulates himself la in forcing the straight gold issue SL bt loula louis june 13 mr ir platt edward lauterbach ut erbach hamilton fish state stale chairman and andl aieta l a few other oilier shinie lights of the morton boom held on an informal meeting in mr platts flaws room roohi tonight mr lauterbach presented the plank clank which he believed mould best demonstrate demon strato new yorks idea of a gold Etan standard dard and also presented one drawn by william Willi ant J arkell and which was given to mr lauterbach by john A SI amcher acher with a a request that it bo introduced in the order of a resolution the one recites voluminously for sold gold the other Is for cor gold cold tersely and without verbiage when tho the associated press reporter saw mr air platt itt at the closing of 0 the conference he was riot not inclined to be communicative oa as to his plans to a olley of questions he fie made this terse and significant reply whether we I 1 accomplish what bat we a oame came for or not we car can at least take the credit ot of carrying ono one or of our greatest points we have forced them to accept a gold standard plank there was waa a disposition at new york headquarters tonight to look with coldness upon relegate at large depew and regard him as aa not a consistent follower of sir mr morton but strange to say at headquarters an exactly opposite few ew as taken and mr dr depew was waa looked upon a IL a leader or of the new yolk yoi k delegates chairman blackett discounted dla counted sir mr state tat merit as to gov marions Mo rions declination of tha vice presidency by saying gov mortons Sito Mor tons private ix gave me file that information at the request rc quett ot of gov morton several days ago and I 1 told it to mr platt