Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 11

| THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. : 11 THE CONVENTION (on‘inued from Second Page.) continues. Now they have umbrellas raised, singing “Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue.” Cheering renewed, and flags have been waving in every part of the hall. Mantle on his chair, seeking rec- ognition. Carter sits behind him, frequently con- sulting with him. Chairman Thurston endeavors to restore order. Thurston says there seems to be enough delegates left to do business; Mantle did not £0 out, wanted recognition, caused great cheers. Calls for Mantle to come to plat- form. Quiet being restored. Mantle speak- ing; says all delegates from Montana have Senator F not felt justified ir = out: declares they cannot ap’ dorse fir 1 plank Mantle says Montana delezation divided; some will contin pate and oth- ers will remain s Montana reserves the right to refer this Platform to republicans of Montana. Man- tle concluded his speech. Utah B ins Faithful. Grosvenor demands to know if this con- vention into a democratic ceny shall beturned ion. tor Brown of Utah kas taken says the the delegation’ from Utah d and kas not bi He says three of Utah's delegation zone and three remain, and that the alternates will take the places of the dei s who are gone, and will remain loyal to the party. Senater Brown refers to the tariff and re- ceives applause. He piedges Utah to the can party. Chairman Thurston seats the alternates in place of the bolters. Burleigh of Washington is recognized. the The following dele entire delegation three; Petticrew n, Montana; ada. he audience grew weary before through, and there were cries of which were made with counter Convention. ates walked out trom Colorado, from South Dakot: Cleveland and Utah, . Hart- Strother Some of was “Time,” he H. Clay Evans. eries of encouragement to Mr. Cannon to proceed. The chairman insists upon order, and Cannon continues until he reaches the final denunciation, when he was interrupt- ed by a storm of hisses. ‘There were cries of “Put him out,” and other expressions of disapproval, and it Was some time before order was restored. The most sensational scene of the con- vention then occurred. The chairman interupted Cannon to say that the “republican party in convention need not fear any declaration.” With this the house jumped to its feet as one man and shouted and cheered for full five minutes. The Bolt. Cannon stands his ground undaunted by the overwhelming disapproval of his decta- ration, and when he is given opportunity to speak reads the names of those who are to withdraw A: b name is read there is a storm of nt and groans. Cannon steps down frcm the platform, and, with Teller and the others, starts out of the hall. The convention rises to its feet cheers as they pass down the aisle. he audierce now strikes up the chorus of “The Red, White and Blue,” and the immense kali echces with enthusiasm. Ss 6 and The insurgent silver men have disappear- ed from the hall. They have been given a reising send off. It is five minutes before the uproar sub- sides. There seems to be enough delegates left to de business,” cries Chairman Thurston. Mantle of Montana is recognized to say that a majority of the delegates from the net thought it proper to go out convention, but he wants to say that cannot indorse the financial plat- they form as adopted. He proceeds to make a silver speech, but isc Hed to order by Henderson of low tors can alw fford to be gener- ous!” cries Mantle, turning upon the Iowan. With this he continues his pretest against the platform. oO. M. New National Committe At the mention of McKinley's name by Burleigh the cheering was loud. Calls for regular order are demanded. The rel of states was then nomination of members of commitic 2:02 ~The roll call of states is ordered for oli called for the national Placing in nomination candic ates for Presi- dent. Nominations in Order. Mr. Baldwin of lewa takes the stand to nominate Senator Allison. Mr. Baldwin's Speech. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con- vention: There is one, but only one of those Whose names will be presented to this con- vention who can claim that there has been placed for him in history’s golden urn an estimate of his character and worth made by him on whom nature stamped her royai seal; God exhibited as His greatest design ef American manheod, genius, statesman- ship and patriotism; who, now in heaven, wears a crown of deathless praise, and Whose great soul is a portion of eternity it- self, James G. Blaine. ine writing to Garfield said then: then comes Allison. He is true, kind, rea- sonable, fair, nonest and good. He is methodical, industrious and intelligent, and Would be a splen-lid man to sail along with smoothly and successfully.” The Bequest of Blaine. “Complying with the request of the lowa dciegatien, i rise to propose to this conyen- tion the nomination of him to whom this heritage was bequeathed—William B. AMi- sen, and to ask you to make it on the Old and New Testam of republicanism. It takes a big man to represent the state of icwa in the Congress of the United States ier thirty-five years, but Senator Allison is upon the floor of the House and Senate been fighting for the interests of the peo- ple, carrying onward and upward the na- tion's legislative work; turning cranks out of place; unsphering ahd culminating stars | mat man. He has for thirty-five years Senator Allison. of democracy; unmaking the hidden pur- of corrupt measures, until now he the place of unsrudged supremacy in the lezisiative halls of thet most splendid of Capito Allison and e Tarif. “That which this country has lost is that hich it now seeks, ‘Protection.’ To get it people have worked hard, prayed fast, paid high, and now jet them have it. Alli- sen does not believe in a tariff for revenue . but in a tariff for protection and venue jointly. He has always insisted t the protective system is the mightiest for the development of our resources and the strongest agency ct American wealth and American Protection built the laborer, his rican home, and he never again will welcome therein democratic sirens singing the to prot labor, Ame John R. Baldwin. fiee trade songs written and composed by English bards, for having chiseled the prin- ciples of protection in his hearthstone, he wil at the noxt election defend them at his. front gate. The great and important issue Which is just now coming around the cor- her is the one of sound money, and we can ho more dedge it than wi ravitation. “In this respect th ation is easily simple, but tainly serious. A decision important question must be made Ss convention, and, remember, gentle- men, a nation listens to catch the click of its fate. For Senator Allison you cannot too strong a platform for sound and :f you place him upon it he - to it that the dry rot cf 16 to 1 does not steai through its stanch timbers. build The Making of Money. “The United States cannot any more trake good money by simply placing the symbol of sovereignty er mark of authority on any kind of metal, regardless of its mmercial value or relations to foreign . than it can extend its domain by ng a mile. He believes that American dollar should have some ns of sense as well as more of silver. ‘That there ability to our cur- y or money if we keep adopting such policies as that under them the piece may be a copper cent in on hand, or a dollar in another. He belleves that unlimited coinage weuld soon lead to unlimit “No honest neighbor a ame ¥- farmer would borrow from cent bushel of wheat and him back with a bushel and go this great govern- to keep its credit at the highest point if it borrows dollar gold and insists upen paying back with 50-cent silver, any other construction of the word ‘coin’ in any laws or any contracts to the ecntrary notwithstanding. For Sound Money. he platform of this convention must be for sound money, in clear, ringing, unmis- takable terms. On ary other construction of it the party may get into power, but the country would pe in danger of falling into the batch of bankrupt governments, and at the end of the party's administration it Would probably have no more of an estate than did Rabelais, whose will, when open- ed, read: ‘In the name of God, Amen. 1 have nothing. I owe much. I give the rest to the poor.’ ‘Ata time when nation wildly looks at ration, standing with mute lips apart,’ Al- lison did not meet with a clenched fist the proffered hand of international adjustment. However, he has stood unwaveringiy by the Monroe doctrine, and insisted that the United States should recognize any people struggling for liberty and republican insti- tutions, even if they were insurgents in Cuba. “I ask you to nominate him. If you do, the peopie from the sand-enshrouded Mex- ican line to the hve-wire that separates us from an unborn daughter on the north, will shout as in one glorious glad anthem, “The Id temple of republicanism still stands. Flock to it for If you do, every keynote of the campaign will be Kept at concert pitch. If you do, the White House will be used no jonger ‘as an experiment station. “Nominate him, and but when the strife is over his name will fall like millennial music on your ears. Nominate him, and a shrill of joy will go from the west to the east, carrying on its trembiing way the songs’ of our reapers, only to be lost in the roar of your furnaces. Nominate him, and when our corn grows gold in autumn’s time, our flocks teeming and our granges full, every spindle will be turning day and night upon the Merrimac.” Continued on Page Twelve. not now, perhaps, TELLER AS A LEADER. Representative Hartman ‘Tells Why He ix Preferred by Silver Men. rial from a Staff Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, June 18.—The early adjourn- ment yesterday and the abandonment of the contemplated night session of the conven- tion, without awaiting for the report of the platform committes,was due to the desire on the part of the managers for an oppor- tunity to plead with the silver leaders, and, failing to accomplish anything with them, to weaken their action as much as pessible by drawing off some of their fol- lowers and making arguments to have the places of the bolters taken in the con- vention by alternates. The entire night was spent in this effort to break the force of te bolt and in making up the plans for today. Every possible argument was used with the silver men, and all sorts of pres- sure was brought to bear on them. Up to this time the party managers have not adopted a pelicy of making light of the bolt or of belittling the men who partici- pate in it. They have treated the matter seriously, as have the silver men them- selves, and have assumed a tone of solemn regret, denying that the bolt would en- danger the succes@ of the party, but ex- pressing sorrow that men held in such high estcem as are the leaders in the bolt should teel compelled to leave their party. The McKinley men who have been fight- ing against the gold standard show more anxiety than do the party managers who are actually In control of the destinies of this convention. They insist that a dan- gerous situation wculd have been avoided if a more moderate course had been adopt- ed. They say that it would have been dif- ficult for Teller and Dubots to get any fol- lowing in a bolt if a moderate plank had been adopted, and add that it is at a per- sonal sacrifice that some of the bimetallists who will not bolt have decided to support the gold platform. The object of the silver men now is to secure the nomination of Teller for the presidency by the democrats and his sup- port by all silver men, whether democratic, republican or populist. There is no intertion on their part to make an independent nomination and ask indorsement. The most they will do is to issue an address, and, perhaps, meet and pass resolutions, declaring that Teller is the best man for the silver men to support, because he can get more votes than could any other. They profess to be willing to support any thoroughly good silver man the cemocrats nominate at Chicago, but Teller would be the easiest man to elect. Representative Hartman presented a very complete argument on this point this morn- ing, which fully represents the views of the test, except Teller, of course. I asked if it was the intention of the silver men who have separated from the republican party to work for the defeat of McKinley. Mr. Hartman replied that it surely was their intention, not because they did not like the nominee of the party personally, but because he was a gold man running on a gold platform. “We are fighting for silver,” he said; “we do not consider individuals, and are willing to sacrifice ourselves, if necessary, to bring success to the cause. him.” In response to an inquiry as to the proposition of urging Teller for the demo- cratic nomination he made a careful and elaborate analysis of the situation from the point of the silver bolters, which he had evidently prepared to meet just such a question when asked. “Unity of interest ought to demand and receive unity of action. After many months of careful attention to the varying phas and degrees of sentiment in support of the remonetization of silver,” he said, “as a result of caily interviews with leading bimetallists in all political parties and quite an extensive correspondence with bimetallists in all parts of the United States, 1 have come to the conclusion that there is a reasonable nope that all of the bimetallic strength of the country could be centered upon one ticket, and if so cente ed, and a judicious choice of a ticket is made, that the full bimetallic strength of the nation would be held for it. “That conclusion necessarily led up to the inquiry, Who is the most available man to head the ticket, and who will bring the greatest strength and greatest credit to our cause? “From the correspondence and interviews mentioned, containing expressions of high 1egard for the character and ‘Teller, I was led to make as best I could an analysis of the relative strength which could be brought to our ticket by the men whose names have been suggested throug! the public press as probable nominees. The publican convention declares for th straight gold standard and will nomina a goid standard man upon that platform. “I shall support any good silver man the demecratic convention nominates. But it is not a question of what I will do or w any other man will do who is thoroughly impressed with the importance of this ques- tion and is ready to make it paramount to all others. ‘The question is, what man wiil bring that ticket the greatest number of electoral votes. My judgment is that Mr. Teller, above#all others, is infinitely the strongest. man we can nominate. “And for these reasons: irst—It has been conceded by a large majority of all the democratic bimetallists both in and out of Congress with whom I have conversed (and I have talked to a very large number of them), that Mr. Te ler, by reason of his bold, courageous and patriotic stand against the ‘force bill,’ can carry every southern state with the excep- tion of Maryland and West Virginia, and with that concession I am content. Any cne of the many prominent and distinguish- ed democrats mentioned to head the ticket could do the same; therefore, thus far their strength is equal. In the West. “Now take the states lying west of the Missouri river. Any one of these democrat- ic bimetallists on a bimetallic platform can carry the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Nevada, possessing 16 elec toral votes, but he would lose California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, pos- sessing 45 electoral votes. Mr. Teller would carry all of the states west of the Missouri river, and therefore would have forty-fiv more electoral votes at this stage of the analysis than the democrats could possibly hepe to have. “Now let us take the belt of states lying between the Missouri river and the Alle- gheny mountains. The democratic bimetal- list, with all forces centered upon him, Would certainly carry Missouri, would car- ry Indiana, would stand a fair show of carrying Illinois, would stand no show of carrying Minnesota and little show to carry Michigan. “Mr. Teller, on the contrary, would carry Michigan, Indiana, Illineis, Missouri, and 1 am advised by a number of prominent bi- metallic republicans in Minnesota that he would stand more thar an equal show of carrying that state. So that, figuring on what ere as near certainties as anything in politics can be, Mr. Teller would have 14 electoral votes from Michigan, which the democratic nomiree could not get, which, added to the 45 surplus of the states west of the Missouri river, would give him a clear certain advantage of 5) electoral votes over any democratic himetallist that we could head the ticket with. With Min- nesota Mr. Teller would have 68 more ele: toral votes than any democratic bimetal- list could hope to receive, or an aggregate vote for Mr. Teller of 265 against 197, the very most that a demccrat could hope to receive. “Therefore, the question which presents itself to democratic bimetallists, if my analysis is correct, is will democrats ex- change what is practically a certainty of success for what, to say the best of it, is a strong probability of defeat? By such a union of furces the duties and responsibill- tics of the administration of the affairs of the government would raturally and prop- erly rest proportionately upon the respec- tive states and political parties participat- ing therein. “The silver democrats, actuaied, as I be- lieve they are, with a sincere desire to achieve success, cught not to hesitate to take the step which will render practically certain the repudiation of the gold stand- ard and the remcnetizat‘on of silver, by naming Henry M. Teller for President and some equally splendid patriot of their own party for Vice President. REED’S ENTHUSIASTIC FOLLOWERS His Praises Being Sung on Every Street Corner. Special From a Staff Correspondent. ST. LOUIS, June 18.—One of the features of the situxtion is the continued loyalty of Mr. Reed's followers. The fact that his nomination is hopeless does not dampen their ardor nor loyalty. They raise a whoop for Reed upon every occasion, and are sounding his name constantly in tne public ear. In fact, he is the only irember of the minority group of candidates whose praises are sung from every street corner and in every hotel lobby. Not a shout is heard for Allison, Quay or Morton. There was a wild scene in the lobby of the Southern along toward midnight last night. A number of Reed howlers took a notion to run out all the McKinley men they could find. They paraded the corri- dors, shouting for the Maine statesman vociferously, and in loud tones demanding to know “who made McKinley?” Then they would shout, “Reed made him!” and continue in that strain.until some McKin- leyite would resent the’teclaration. ‘Then there would be Fas Tush, and it was a case of “rouse mit ‘im,” for they threw the McKinleyites out 4h@,door in a hurry. They were regular foetsball rushers, and every one was rushed on of the hotel who did not agree with them» There were sev- eral fights, but they ‘fd not amount to much. If it were not fér these Reed howl- ers there would not be‘abit of life in the scenes about town. ©? N. O. M. IN THE CONVENTION HALL. Features of the Session of the Re- publican Gathering. Special “From a Staff Correspondent. CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jvne 18.—This was the eventful, as it is expected to be the final,,day of the conven- tion. It started with the report of the plat- form by Gov. Foraker, and at his appear- ance on the stage, with his deciaration of faith, which is a departure in straightfor- wardness and daring from the average run of political platforms, he was greeted with prolonged applause and cheers. The knowl- edge of what was to follow inspired the friends of the platform to as great a demon- stration as possible. Gov. Foraker was frequently interrupted during his reading by bursts of applause, and the gold platform was particularly ap- plauded. ‘chen came the speech of Teller in protest against the gold standard platform, and announcing that he would not abide by it. He was loudly applauded by his sympa- thizers, who were evidently numerous in the audience, and not a few on the floor, though too much in the minority to count in comparison with the vast assemblage. He was applauded from time to time dur- ing his speech, and at the close he received considerable applause. On the motion to table the minority re- pert of Teller there was an exciting roll call, yotes frequently being challenged by some votes heing cast differently from ex- pected. It was evident, however, from the start of the roll that the motion would carry by a very large majority. From time to time votes were loudly applauded. There was evidence of feverish excite- ment in the convention, but the best of order was maintain! : Early Scenes. The first half dozen rows of seats in Con- vention Hall look like a joint meeting of the House and Senate. There are many familiar faces, and familiar voices will be heard before the day is over. There Is Senator Quay, sphinx-like as ever, watch- ful and alert. His loud voice, however, could not move a wave of sound in the big hall sufficient to stir a feather. There's gallant ‘Dave’ Henderson of Jowa, the District's friend, whose ringing voice has awakened the echoes in the House for many years in behalf of public schools and public progress. Beside him is Hepburn, rugged as he is horest, and a fighter from the ground up. ‘There are Babcock and Odell and Curtis ef the District committee. There in the front row, serious to the point of sadness, is Senator Teller of Colo- rado, upon whom all eyes will be centered later. Near him is Senator Dubois,.cool and un- impassioned, the d.plomat of the silver dei- egation, and with himsyoung Cannon of Utah, who has barely made his debut into republican politics before he is called upon to bow his exit. Here comes e: Senator Ingalls, grave and severe as ever. He 1d6ks wistfully over the faces of the leaders in republican poli- tics, among whom he onée took front rank, and turns to resume his place among the newspaper correspondents. There is Hut- tington’s friend, Grove Johnson of Califoi- nia; handsome Tom Settte of North Caro- lina, the cynosure of opera glasses held in feminine hands in the gallery; Acheson of Penusylvania, and a”‘hymdred others. In fact, you could call the tgll of the republi- cans in Congress and.get a quorum. As you look over the tier apon tier of seais rising in ranks from the'ground floor, the eye is bewildered by the motion of thou- sands of fans that try vainly to stir the sluggish, dust-laden atmosphere. The au- dience pours into the hall rapidly. Here comes Perry Carson, who stops on his way to his seat long enough to say it is still “hoss and loss” between him and Andy Gleeson for the national committee- manship. Lach one is firmly intrenched in the impregnable fort by his own argu- ments which should be the man, and is prepared to stand a siege. The national committee is very impa- ent regarding the situation in the District delegation. The committee has troubles of its own, real troubles, and would feel re- Heved If the District could deadlock itself into a first-class case of lockjaw and be heard of no more. Half an Hour Late. We come to order half an hour late, and a colored divine invokes the blessing in a manner which causes the audience to ap- plaud him, From prayer we get into politics in one short jump. The chairman announces that the committee on platform is ready to re- port and the audience is so glad to get down to business that they begin to cheer. Foraker of Ohio Is introduced to read the Platform, and waits three or four minutes for the subsidence of the applause which his presence invokes. The cheers have a McKinley ring, for he is recognized as be- ing next to Hanna the representative of the buckeye boy. Mr. Foraker reads in a velce that penetrates every portion of the hall, while the audience listens attentively. A Striking Scene. Mr. Foraker’s references to protection and reciprocity are received with uproar- jous applause, but he gets more when he comes tc the financial plank. He reads this portion of the platform in an impres- sive merner, and when he says ‘We are opposed to fee coinage” the most striking scene of the _ convention occurs. The whole house seems to mse en ey and the draperies of the roof tremble with the vibration of the applause. Hats are twirled aloft upon canes, fars and handkerchiefs waved and for several minutes one continuous roar of approval goes up from 15,000 throats. it is a glorious indorsement of the ef- ferts of the gold standard men. Lodge of Massachusetts and Piatt.of New York are carried away by the fervor of the expres- sion of sentiment, and join in it heartily. Senators Teller and Catinon, who have now ccme upon the platform, look sadly upon the scene, but make no, comment to each other. Hawail and the Monroe doctrine come in for liberal applause, and little Cuba Las a long-sustained shovt of encouragement. Greeting to Teller. As Mr. Foraker concludes the chair rec- ognizes Senator Teller*to present the mi- nority report. It must gratify the great silver leader at the greeting which he gets. Silver still has friends in this audience, and they make their presencé known by shouts and clapping of hands it a way that raises a great volume of applause. Mr. Teller raises his hand to invoke si- lence, and a hush falls cver the place. Every one seems to realize the solemnity of this moment, when a section of the great republican party is about to detach itself from the main body. The old Coiv- rado leader is himself impressed by the occasion. He starts to speak in a tremu- lous voice, but as he warms up to his sub- ject his voice grows strorger and his man- ner -more aggressive. The whole soul and heart of the man is in the work before him. He is singing bis “Swan Song” to the re- publican party, and the notes swell and thrill into the remotest portion of the hall. When Mr. Teller has passed the zenith of his impassioned speech Ms strength fails him. His physique is not robust, and he has been under a heavy strain, which told upon him. But the audience bears with him in a tenderness which is pathetic. His pauses between sentences grow longer, but no mention of restlessress or impatience comes from the 15,000 people who await his words. In the pauses the swish of the countless fans in motion is the only sound which ts audible to those upon the stage, save the dull murmur arising from the busy stream outside the hall. When he reaches the climax of his speech the formal announcement of his re- jection of the republican party in its adop- tion of the gold standard, there is silence for a moment, and the audience responds according to its mind. There are cheers and hisses, neither very copious. The demonstration for or against Lim represents but a small proportion of the audienoe. He received abundance of applause when he supported bimetallism Garrett A. Hobart. and silver, but there are too many who cannot follow him across the threshold of the door that leads from the republi- car party, and the disproportion in the volume of applause betrays their numbers. As he conciudes his remarks Senator Teller resumes his seat upon the platform. The Vote. Now comes the voting that wil! disclose silver’s strength in the convention. It is a motion by Foraker to lay the Teller sub- stitute on the table. The first state on the roll, Alabama, shows five delegates afraid to vote and fifteen against silver. Arkan- sas has only one for silver. California has fifteen for silver and three for gold. Georgia has three silver men in her de gation of twenty-six, and Florida two for silver out cf six delegates. Colorado and Idaho, of course, stand by Teller. When Illinois is reached there is one vote for silver, and the count is challenged. The secretary calls the roll of delegates by name, and the representative from Peoria boldly anrounces his preference for silver, There is breathless silence as lowa is called. Iowa, the alleged state of bimetal- Lsts; Col. “Daye” Henderson rises to cast the vote, and his voice thrilis through the hall as he announces a solid vote of 26 against silver, and the the audience approves decision with cheering and applause. nso comes up with ouly four votes for Ver out of 2, Kentucky is solid for gold, followed rapidly by — Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Min- nesota. chigaa and Missour’ each announce one vote for silver, and the latter's vote i challenged. Upon a call of the roll Mis- souri maintains her one silver vote. Mon- Her without a break. Tom Platt casts New York’s vote for goia. Thurston holds Nebraska soiid for geld. North Carolina is challenged and presents 142 votes for sliver, out of 22. Oregon stands by gold. South Carolina is solid for eld, 15 votes. South Dakoia gives 2for silver. Tennes- see Is challenged, but retains one for sil- ver, cast by a man with the historic name of Zachary Taylor. Texas is solid for gold, and Virginia announces five for silver. Vir- ginia is challenged, but retains 5 votes for silver. Wisconsin and West Virginia stand solid for gold. New Mexico has three for gold and three for silver. Oklahoma has one for silver and five for gold. Indian territory and Alaska stand for gold. When the District of Columbia is called, Andy Gleeson casts the vote for gold. Per- ry Carson raised a laugh by asking what was the meaning of an “aye” vote. “It means to lay the motion on table;” answered the chairman. “It means to lay something on table?” repeated Perry Carson. “Then delegate voted right.” This concluded the roil cali and the re- sult as announced shows that in this con- vention gold has 815% votes and silver has 10512 votes. With this the motion of Teller is laid upon the table, and Foraker demands a vote upon the adoption of the platform. Dubois tries te get Tecognition to ask a question, but Henderson of lowa objects. The chair overrules Henderson's objection and recognizes Dubois. Dubois insists that there are those who do not favor a free coinage, nor yet do they favor the gold standard, and in their behalf he wants a separate vote. Another Roll Called. the the my The vote is first taken upon the question of adopting the financial plank as pro- posed in the platform, and the roll of states is called. While the roll call is in progress Perry Carson comes around to say that he cannot agree with Andrew Glecson upon the com- mittee chairmanship, and that he will bring the matter up in the ccnvention and settie it there. The demand for a call of states on the motion to adopt the platform chafes the audience, after the decisive vote previously taken on the financial question. The audience wants to get to the nom- inating speeches. It hasn't heard a hot speech today and there are murmurings for Depew and Foraker. The audience Senator Proctor. takes very little interest in the roll call save to impede its progress with noise and confusion. ; Col. Henderson rises to change the three dissenting votes in the Iowa delegation to aye, which makes the vote on adoption of the gold plank in the platform 812% to 110%, a loss of five gold votes. ‘The remainder of the platform is adopted without division, and a hush of expect tion falls upon the audience as Senator Tel- ler arises to a question of personal privil- Declaration of the Silver Men. He asks permission to read the declara- tion of the silver delegates. It is granted, and young Senator Cannon of Utah advances to the front to read it. Curiosity to hear the manifesto of the in- surgent silver republicans stills the audi- ence into attentiye listening, and Cannon’s voice rings through the hall. He grows dramatic as he proceeds, and stirs the sil- ver sympathizers into an uproar of ap- Plause for the bold sentiments uttered by the silver leaders on their deflance to their gcld standard brethren. THE VICE PRESIDENCY. Mr. Morton Not a Candidnte for the Nomination for Second Place. ST. LOUIS, June 18—At 12:50 Warner Miller says that Mr. Depew informs him that Mr. Morton has been withdrawn from the vice presidential race. Mr. Depew says: “I don’t think Mr. Morton will be nominated, but I have no official knowledge on the subject.” Mr. Platt said: “Mr. Morton has not been withdrawn. That is all I have to fay.” At 1 pm. Mr. Depew said to Hanna: “Mr. Morton will be presented to the con- vention for first place only. He will not be put forward as a vice presidential can- didate. The New York delegation so agree.” Mr. Platt nodded assent to this. As the hands of the clock moved about toward 12:30 it was evident from the up- pearance of the New York people that their boom for Morton was broken. Mr. Depew began to argue with Mr. Platt at lock that it was not advisable to push Mr. Mor- ton for the place, and finally, at 12:55, Mr. Depew walked up the aisle and stood in front of Mr. Hanna and said: Mr. Hanna, I shall present Gov. ton’s name to the convertion for Presi ‘That is the only office for which his name will be put before this convention.” Mr. Hanna bowed acquiescence, shook hands cordially with Mr. Depew and the brief interview was over. In the meantime Mr. Miller, the leader of the opposition to Platt, had been circulating about among the newspaper representa- tives, announcing the withdrawal of Mr. Morton's name for second place. Senators Quay and Lodge both heard the rumor and went to the back of the hall to sec Mr. Platt. At first Mr. Platt hesitated to express himself, but when pressed said: “New York will content itself with presenting to the convention the name of Governor Morton for the presiderry only.” The camp of the New Yorkers looked rather blue when this announcement went forth. Mr. Depew said: “I have always believed, and I still believe, that it would have been a serious mistake to press Governor Mor- ton for the vice presidency. I am positive that he did not want it, and I believe he would not have accepted it.” At 1:10 it seemed certain that Hobart of New Jersey would get second place. There was a vice presidential furry in the Illinois delegation today which came near to resulting in a decision to present the name of Senator Cullom to the conven- tion for second place on the ticket. The position was soon abandoned, however, at the request of Senator Cullom’s near friends, who disapproved of the movement. No District Committeeman, Fiom a Staff Correspondent. LOUIS, Mo. June 18.— ST. of delegations for naming members of the Spon the call national committee, Perry Carson staied there were but two men in his deiegauon, and they could not decide the commiitee- manship. The chair ruled that the delega- tion must settle the contest. That means a@ vacancy. N. O. M. — - RULES OF THE CONVENTION, Report of the Committee Adopted Yesterday Afternoon. The rules which governed the republican national convention at St. Louis, as re- perted from the committee yesterday, and adopted at the afternoon session, are as follows: Rule 1. This convention shall consist of a number of delegates from each state equal to double the number of its Senators and Representatives in Congress, six delegates from each of the territories of Arizona, In- dian territory, Oklahoma and New Mexico, four from Alaska, and two from the Dis trict of Columbia. Rule 2. The rules of the House of Repre- sentatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress shall be the rules of the convention so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the following rules: Rule 3. When the previous question shall be demanded by a majority of the delegates from any state and the demand seconded by two or more states and the call sustain- ed by a majority of the convention the question shall then be proceeded with and disposed of according to the rules of the House of Representatives in similar cases. Rule 4. It shall be in order to ley on the table a proposed amendment to a pending measure, and such amendment, if adopted, hall not carry with it or prejudice such Measures. Rule 5. Upon all subjects before the con- vention the states shall be called in alpha- Letical order and next the territories, Alas- ka and the District of Columbia. Rule 6. The report of the committee on credentials shall be disposed of before the report of the committee on resolutions is acted upon, and the report of the commit- tee on resolutions shall be disposed of be- fore the convention proceeds with the nom- ination of the candidates for President and Vice President. Rule 7. When a majority of the delegates of any two states shall demand that a vote be recorded, the same shall be taken by States, territories and District of Columbia, the secretary calling the roll of the states end territories and District of Columbia en the way heretofore stated. Rule §. In making the nomination for President and Vice President in no case shall the call of the roll be dispensed with. Where it appears at the close of any roll cail that any candidate has received a ma- Jerity of all the votes to which the conven- tion is entitled, the president of the conven- ton shall announ the question to be “Shall the nomination of the candidate be ade unanimous?” But if no candidate shall have received a majority of votes, and when any state has such majority the chair shall direct the vote to be taken again, which shall be repeated until some candi- Cate shall have received a majority of the votes; and when any state has announced its voie it shall so stand unless in the case of numerical error. . Rule 2 In the recording of votes by ates, the vote of each state, territory and District of Columbia shall be announced by the chairman; and in case the vote of any state, territory or District of Columbia shall be divided, the chair shall announce the number of votes cast for any candi- date er for or against any propos:tion; but if exception is taken by any delegate to the correctness of such announcement by the chairman of his delezation, the president of the convention shall direct the roll of members of such delegation to be called, and the result shall be recorded in accord- ance with the votes Individually given. Rule 10. No member shall speak more than once upon the same question; no longer than five minutes, unless by leave of the convention, except in the presenta- tion of the names of candidates. Rule 11. A republican national committee shall be appointed, to consist of one mem- ber from each state, territory, Alaska and the District of Columbia. The roll shall be called, and the delegates from each state, territory, Alaska and District of Columbia shall name through its chairman the per- son who shall act as a member of such convention. Such convention shali issue a call for the meeting of the national con- vention six months, at least, before the time for said meeting; and each congres- sional district of the United States shall elect its delegates to the national conyen- tion in the same way as the nomination for a member of Congress is made in said dis- trict, and In territories the delegates to the convention shall be elected in the same way as a nomination of a delegate to Congress is made; the said national committee shall prescribe the mode of selecting delegates from the District of Columbia. An alter- nate delegate for each delegate to the na- tional convention, to act in case of the ab- sence of the delegate, shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as the delegate elected. Delegates-at-large for each state and their alternates shall be elected by state conventions in their re- spective states. Rule 12. The republican national com- mittee is cuthorized and empowered to se- lect an executive committee, to consist of nine members, who may or may not be members of the national committee. Rule 13. All resolutions relating to the platform shall be referred to the committee on resolutions without debate. Rule 14. No person except members of the several delegations and officers. of the convention shall be admitted to the sec- tons of the hall apportioned to delegates. Rule 15, The convention shall proceed in the following order of business: 1. Report of the committee on credentials. 2. Report of the committee on permanent organization, 3. Report of the committee on resolutions. 4. Naming members of the national com- mittee. acat Teentation of candidates for Presi- 6. Balelting. 7. Presentation of candidates for Vice President. 3. Balloting. 9. Appointment of committees to n candidates of their nomination.) "°*Y Rule 16. A motion to suspend the rules shall be in order only when made by au- thority of a majority of the delegates from any state, and seconded by a majority of the delegates of not less th: sity an two other oe so —_ CHANGE IN REPRESENTATION. National Delegates to Be Based on the Republican Vote Cast The subcommittee of seven appointed by the rew committee cn rules tu consider the resolution offered at the general meeting by Gen. Powell Clayton, providing that some better method of selecting delegates than that wow in practice shou ld be adopt- ed by the convention, and also to take up the matter of the basis t of representation in future naticna! conventions, met last night at St. Louis. It was decided to rec- ommend to the ger eral com for recommendation to th following resolution, whi h by Pennsylvania de Meeting Monday night: “Resolved, That district r in future natioral repubiican all be based upon vote c. vent was adopied ation at its presentation onventious the trict for the republican elector ‘ovided that each ticket shall have at least cne delegate, and each state shall have four dele at-large. The ratio for t_representation in the convention cf 19) shall be one delegate for each 7, republican votes polled this year for party electoral ticket, with an delegate for a fraction exceeding a thereof. In case any state entit thaa on- member of Congress has not be divided into congressional districts, the additional haif i to more n resentation shall be ascertained | ing electoral vote for the entin by 7,000. Hereaft h national conven- tion shall fix the rauo of representation for the :ucceeding national convention, AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Interested in the roceedings at St. Lo: Affairs at the White House today exceedingly quiet. The President remain in his office all day, busily engaged in the considera of routine affairs of state. He had qTite a number of visitors, includ- ing Chief Justice Fuller, who called to say sood-bye, preparatory to leaving the city for his annual vacation in Maine. The morning’s mail contained mé letters from prominent people in different parts of the country congratulating the President on his cenit strong expressions in favor of a sound financial policy. Now that the St. Louis republican con- vention has gotten fairly down to business, the President begins io show decidediy more rest in its proceedings he did at first. Tae Associated Press kept Private Secretary Thurber well sup with bulletins, and he made it a point to deliver all the important ones to the Presi- dent. Although interested in the resul the contest for the nominations for ient and Vice President, it 1s President showed a deeper inte financial and foreign nks of th form upon which they are to stand. TIONS an ki 2+ AND NOMINATIONS. CONV Messrs. Grout and McRae of Arkansas Renominated for Congress. The second Vermont d republican ressional convention renominated Con- gressman W. W. Grout Tuesday at Mont- pelier for the seventh time, and agreed to abide by the state and national platforms to be adopted. John A. McDowell of Millersburg, Ohio, was rominated for Congress by the demo- stats of the seventeenth Ohio congressional district at Wooster Tuesday. Free silvr instructions were adopted. Mr. T. C. McRae was unanimously re- neminated for Congress Tuesday by the democracy of the third Arkansas Jistrict at Texarkana. At the fourth congressional district demo- cratic convention at Bangor, Me., Tues- day, Ara Warren of Bungor and Richard W. Sawyer of Calais were elected delegates to the national convention at Chicago. A. J. Chase of Sibre was nominated for Con- gress. The convention voted down a reso- lution declaring for the gold standard, and adopted a silver free coinage resolution. The New Mexico democratic convention adopted resolutions favoring “free and un- Umited coinage of both silver and gold, in- dependent of action of foreign nations, at the ratio of 16 to 1." Richard P. Bland was indorsed for President. The delegates chosen were: Antonio Joseph, Taos county: M. M. Salazaro of Colfax; M. A. Jones. San Miguel: John A. Hewitt, Lincoln: W. S. Hopewell, Sierra, and Demetrio ‘Cevaze, Demavo county. Meare 22 THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE. Motion to Consider the Contentea Sents Was Lost. The committee on credentials met after adjournment cf the republican convention Tuesday afternoon at St. Louis and elect- ed John F. Fort of New Jersey chairman, L. E. Lambert of Kansas secretary, J. M. Gilbert ot Washington assistant secretary and Smith of Wyoming sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Cowan of Nebraska offered the fol- lowirg resolution: Resolved, That the roll of delegates and elternates prepared by the national mittee for the purpose of temporary or; ization be, and the seme is hereby. ed by this commitice as the true rect roll of delegates and alternaes to the convention, viz: The delegates and alte nates from Delaware and those at from the state of Texas. W. P. Hepburn of Iowa moved as a si stitute that “the secretary to obtain from the national committee Papers and documents filed and before them in the contests for seats in this tion, and through this committee dispose of all contests in aiphabetical order. of state. Hepburn’s substitute was lost by a vote and cor- conven- of 17 to 20. This was a substantial y tory for the McKinley mea, who then pressed Cowan's resolution. RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE. Senator Fornker Elected fts Chair- man by 25 to 4. Joseph B. Foraker was elected chairman cf the committee on resolutions Tuesday afternoon at St. Louis, on motion of Sena- tor Lodge, by a vote of 35 to 4 for Dubois. Mr. Foraker appointed the following sub- committee to draft a platform: Merriam of Minnesota, Fessenden of Connecticut, Tell- er of Colorado, Ledge of Massachusetts, Patterson of Ilinois, Warmouth of Louis- iana, Burleigh of Washington, Lauterbach of New York, and the chairman. Sunday School Convention, A Sunday school convention, composed of deiegetes from the various schools of the colored M. E. Church in the District of Columbia, began last evening at Lane C. M. E. Church, corner of 1ith and € streets nertheast. Rev. Dr. G. C. Taylor was elected president; L. A. Cornish, vice pre icent, and Mrs. Emma Brent, secrets Rev. V. Washington, pastor of Lane Church, delivered the address of welcome. Rev. G. G. Jones of Front Royal, Va., re- plied on behalf of the convention. Rev. Dr. J. C, Martin of Miles Memorial Church preached the annual sermon. There will be another session this evening. Pablic Sale. Thomas Dowling & Co., auctioncers, sold at public sale yesterday a lot in Brightwood Park, 25 by 100 feet, to Moses Neuck, for 215,