| Show r kohey bolta I 1 thirty I 1 western Weste niMen men leme A GOLD STANDARD I 1 the platform Is I 1 in favor of it UTAH DELE DELEGATES DIVIDED DIVIDE D three still altern qin on the aloar fight before the committee on oil ileson lit lotions ions HALL st lonis june is 13 special the weather opened up clear and warm today and before the convention met it was clearly apparent it would be a warm day in more ways than oue one the tha mckinley men man weye were cathu bastic and more demonstrative thin than on any other day but bat still the in terest centered most on the foht fieh tover over the financial plank of the platform plat lorm torm and for or the position of vice presidency the impress impression mp ioa prevails ore rails that gov mort mortan on of now new york will bo be the tha candidate for the second place it was 10 SO 30 a m before president thurston began pounding the tha table for order with his heavy hardwood gave gavel when order was res restored torel the chairman said the first thing in order was ho he report of the committee on resolutions which he had been ilnorme d was wap now cow ready to report mr foraker chairman of the corn cam mitlee tee then cams came forward and read the tha platform previously sent out in the press dress reports moving lea its adoption mr teller presented a minority re ret signed by ten members of the committee favoring the adoption of a silvar plank representatives from california colo eado ado idaho montana nevada heyada north korth carolina utah wyoming arizona an d new mexico signed with mr teller leller these represent sent in all 90 96 votes on the floor door of tle conven convention on forta one members caen ibera of the ce moutte sign signed ad the majority maio rity report favoring the gold standard two hours were allowed the silver delegates to present their side senator teller dubois and cannon gave the reasons why the west could not stand by the eold plank senator cannons speech was an eloquent ef fort on motion ol of idaho the financial plank was voted on separately the anti silver plank being adopted thirty delegates from the silver states arose en an massand mass mis sand and left the on there was great grant excitement names of candidates for the presidency are now being pat before the convention no ballots vet taken 2 p m foraker is on his teet making a speech nom nominative nomi natine mckinley McK no ballot yet ST sa loun loon special Flat platform form with finan finance ciul plank armst against free silver adopted at 2 p m by a vote tote ot at to about 30 delegates from silver states slates marched majchr cd out of the convention nominating anee ches are now being made lodge presents reed and foraker presents mckinley it is ia hardly probable that mckinley mckaley will be nominated on the first ballot FIGHT IN the silvar men also fought most vigorously in the tb committee on j ion against the financial plank senators teller led irid the fight he spoke vehome batly in opposition to the standard plank declaring his bia belief that in taking this course the party was departing from ita vaunted position 0 of the defender the right of the people and patting it self in the hands bands of the bond bonde clippers lippers of lombard and arl i streets this policy he denounced as aa un american un nn pat biotic and opposed to all the best beat inter ests esta of humanity he expressed sincere regret at the resolution ad adopted opted not because it affected him personally lly but bat because it was a step that would seriously effect the welfare of the people of the entire county As for him self cell he had been a republican republic an since the anti bellum days he bad assisted in securing the no nomination mi nation of lincoln and bad Bup supported ported him in the campaign natura naturally liv therefore the step now proposed was waa regarded by him in a most serious light and honestly hoped th the e step would not be taken teller said laid if the gold stardard plank proposed was adopted he eoala consider it incur bent upon him to sever his hig connection the convention believing as he did upon this subject which was of all questions nearest his bis heart he could net consist consistently enty continue relations with a body which was so determined ta 0 antagonize his conceptions of right and duty and as aa he be believed stultify its own record darlington pennsylvania replied briefly to teller clial lening the tha senators allusion to the dictation of lombard street and saying this was a poor return for the money amounting to many millions of dollars which bad been invested in the N west nest by men of the east in railroads and other enterprises noes I 1 we have given you yon our money freely he be said and axe are surp surprised that you yon should now want to pay us in money worth only fifty cents centa on the dollar colorado responded mr teller has always paid her debts and will continue to pay them what we object to is paying two dollars for one dollar received he then proceeded briefly to show that silver had not de precia ted but it was wad cold that hadin had in creased in value lodge sooke evoke briefly but bat largely in a way personal to teller that the colorado senator was honest in his convictions and serious in ia their suppo support rt no man could doubt but that he was right did not follow he regretted they had come to the parting ot the ways but the parting was not the seeking of the gold standard men and if it could not be ba prevented it woul i have to be endured cannon utah said sad there was no use of the republican D party making an ef fort fortia in his state this year under and erthe the millstone of a single gold standard stac stan daid platform he was wa severe in his hia charges against the money convention tie he described the depressed condition of the country especially his hia state benl enl nj gave notice that he and others would stand by teller who truly represented them laa cant ous speech was wae pronounced most impressive and affecting he pictured in very fine language langua e thy hope raised in the breasts of the people of utah and of the inter mountain west by the promises of the republican party told how the state had been re deemed from the De mccratic ranks and the she overwhelming priority to overcome and all for what merely to have all the promises made in behalf ot le be re publicans public ans ruthlessly trodden in the mire mira and ignored at the time of their greatest need for a sustaining hand this course was to him a subject of amazement and deepest sorrow he had hoped up to the latest moment that this cata catastrophe should be averted but if it could not be he too deeply as 3 the course pained him must to act with the party his conscience a and nd the interest and convictions of his people demanded this course dubois dwelt especially upon the service the west had been to the republican party showing that that section bad never in the hour of the need been untrue to the party call he dwelt especially upon the strength of the west in tho the senate ana showed that thai to the votes in senate the republican party owed the maintenance ot of its protective policy and all other party policies often when their own section interests were not involved he assorted ass Arted that the inter mountain had each baan regular in supplying two senators for the support of these lines of policy while new york with not one republican senator illinois with boniv one the southern states with nothing bothin and indiana wisconsin and other northern states which had not been for years represented in the benale senale ere r re binau ur abing a coolest contest which is 13 not cot ony only raie ous oua to the west but as aa he believed to the entire country not wily oily raynous bat but unpatriotic and controy to the principles 0 of the party IQ in view of these facts be too felt constrained to announce his bia intention of latiak the convention in case of the adoption of a gold plank most of north in much the came s train strain m a the silver senators but touched uvon upon the effects of the adoption of a got gold standard upon the tha country at large aj he 0 o did artt say any in inso so many words worda that he would leave the convention but bat be left the abe impression that he would sen ben i 1 tor for came room and conferred wih the silver delegates in wai waiting tiny ile he would say nothing but bat left hia bid fr friend bend for a conference states voting for the teller amendment were as follows california allen alien B lemmon colorado Col oralo H 31 teller idaho fred T dubois montana charles hartman nevada A 0 cleveland north carolina if L mf MA utah F J cannon B F fowler also the mem members beris from arizona and new mexico members of the committee who came oat of the rooms vaid eaid they never witnessed such a touching elece cene EL ece in politico politic 4 some men shed tears teara while speaking senator cannon wept cry ing aloud as he be funeral could be so BO sad to him they loyba the party that was about to smite emite them and cast them out D dahlis abbis was wag most vehement in his ute utterance rance as aa to the result he be showed edno no emotion but bat was firmly defiant teller was cool throughout the deba debate te alter after the teller amendment was defeated by a vote of 10 to 41 the financial plank of the majority was taken up and the d discussion resumed the gold men having the floor the silver members M bers said they felt they were in the sad dissolution but they hours of partisan would proceed courte and rs gular ly as aa possible and not leave the party darty until they had appealed to the court of last resort they justita their course by saying the pa party arty had left them and they were not leaving the P principles of the party at a meeting of cf we the utah delegation cannon canno n alle alley a and at night delegates ap kearns kearce announced A that they go ai out 0 of with senator T tel el the convention ller ler tb the other three delegates senator brown and mccornick and trumbo announced that they would remain in the convention alters alter nates rogers grcen and smith were present at the meeting and announced that they would take the vacant seats and results of the convention so BO that the urah ulan delegation will be I 1 fully ally represented in any event national committeeman salisbury and judges minor sud bartch of the utah supreme court were prea dreamt tnt and strongly advised against any bolt |
