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Show THEY'RE COWARDS Republicans Dare Not Meet the Silver Issue. LEAGUES CONVENTION Shows to the World That There is no Hope for the White Metal in the Republican Re-publican Party The Gold Bug Element is Strongest in That Party by .. About 16 to 1. Cleveland, June 20. The national convention of republican clubs has had an eventful day. Its committee on resolutions consisted of fifteen silver and fifteen anti-silver men. The subcommittee sub-committee of eleven to draft resolutions resolu-tions to submit to the lull committee had only two silver men, Dubois, of Idaho, and Allen, of Utah. After this sub-committee had worked all last night on "an address to the people" with the word ' resolved" omitted therefrom, a committee of three on revision re-vision was selected and the silver men claim they were not represented at all on the revision committee. The subcommittee sub-committee adopted the report of the committee on revision this afternoon and the full committee met at 3 p. m., to consider the ''address to the ueople" that had taken two days and one night for its preparation. The feature of the "address" was that it covered every question except that of silver, which was. entirely ignored. ig-nored. After indulging in the most bitter spehes for two hours, Senator Patton of Michigan, offered the following sub stitute to the resolution for the report of the sub-committee. "Whebeas, Section 6 of the constitution consti-tution of the republican league of the United States says 'this league shall not in any manner endeavor to influence influ-ence any national, state, county or municipal convention,' the delegates of the republican league of the United States in convention assembled, do hereby renew their allegiance to the principles of the republican party, and pledge their best efforts for the success ol the candidates of that party; believ ing that this convention has no instructions instruc-tions from the republicans, of the United States or jurisdiction under our constitution to frame party platforms, plat-forms, we hereby refer all resolutions resolu-tions in relation to public questions to the republican national convention of 1896, with entire confidence that its action ac-tion will redound to the prosperity of our people and the continued glory and advancement ol the country." It was argued against the Patton substitute that the national league at its last convention at Denver, and the previous year at Louisville, and at other national conventions, had adopted adopt-ed recommendatory resolutions without with-out the constitutional objection ever being raised, and that the adoption of the substitute would be accepted as a confession of this convention's inability to meet the silver issue. Although these arrangements poured in hot and fast, and Ohairmau Robinson Robin-son of Pennsylvania, left the chair to oppose them, yet the plan of ignoring ignor-ing everything it the silver question was ignored, gained such headway that the Patton substitue was adopted at 6:30 p. m., without a dissenting vote. Aa "th? address to the people," which was ruled out by . the adoption of the Patton substitute," reaffirmed the resolutions of previous national league conventions, there was much discussion of the following adopted at DeEVer last year: " We believe in tr use of gold and silver as money metals, maintained on a perfect parity and interconvertible. We cannot believe there will be a permanent per-manent return of prosperity until the full use and highest position of silver shall be restored, and ask for such legislation as will bring about this result. Miss May I5aoVN .of this city left this afternoon for a week's visit in Sevier county with friends and relatives. |