The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1896, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1896. T T T e e e e Picture of Grant’s Log Cabin Which I Auditorium. the end of the present session of the com- mittee. He will be practically shelved. Colonel Isaac Trumbo of Utah is mak- inga gallant fight on behalf of silver. Utah should be proud of such a champion. He is game and thoroughbred and will neither give nor take quarter. Colonel George nounced short in this case) of Nogales, Ariz., formerly Collector of the Port of that place, said to-day thatif Teller should bolt he would be defeated even in Colo- rado by the gold miners there. The issue of protection to home industry was of greater importance. That was a matter 1n which the people of the whole Pacific Coast were vitslly interested, as it affected their very existence. Colonel Christ told of a Democratic wool-grower friend of his is Arizona who was an ardent iree-trader. He abandoned his principles when the Wilson bill went into effect and impov- erished him, and he remarked facetiously to the colonel that he had been for free wool all along and that the Wilson bill had brought him to pound of it, which was near enough, how- cver, to cure him of kis heresy. The following table shows how the dele- gates stand on the money 1ssue. It will also explain why a straight gold plank will probably be put into the platform: States. Free Silver, Californa Colorado. . Anti-Free Christ (the i is pro- | within 3 cents a| | frame and bald head, but his bright gray | country, with the exception of Quay, who ;| wields such an influence over the people I jangs Over the Main Entrance to the | i | posing one, with his small, spare, bent eye and keen intellectual features stamp him as an uncommon man. He was soon surrounded by a host of politicians and admirers. Probably there is no politician 1n the inois . Indiana Towa... Kansas Kentuck Louisian: Maine.. South Dakota Tennessee. . Texss ... Vermoni. Virginia..... .. West Virginia, Wisconsin, Total...... 810 | These figures explain better than a vol- | ume of writing why there is every pros- | pect that a straight gold plank will be put in the platform. New York State has come to the front in the matter of decorating headquarters for the convention. The delegatiou from that State have secured a large hall on the second floor of the Southern Hotel and have most elaborately decorated it with flags and banners. The McKinley head- quarters are a little backward in that re- spect. Ohio fitted up her headquarters to-day, and things are being put intoshape for the convention. The ladies’ parlor of the Southern Hotel presented an animated appearance this afternoon, the occasgion being a reception by Mrs. Clara Foltz of New York to the officers and members of the Equal Suffrage Clab of St. Louis. The club is making preparations to receive Mrs. Lilly Dever- eaux Blake of New York and Mrs. Catts, who have been appointed by the Women’s National Club Association to present the cause of equal suffrage to the National | Republican Convention, in order to secure the insertion of an equal suffrage plank in the platform. After calling upon Mrs. Foltz they went in a body to Sergeant-at-Arms Burns to | ask him to appoint a time when the ladies’ | committee could visit the convention. The ladies or their ancestors have addressed National Conventions since 1872, and have always been told that their claims would be taken under consideration. There were present at the reception Mrs, | Victoria Conklin Whitney of St. Louis, Mrs. H. Tyler Wilcox, M.0., Miss Ella E. | Buie, Mrs. R. M. Benedict, Mrs. Speed Cairns, Mrs. Dr. C. Russeil, Mrs. Mary M. Clardy, Mrs. M. Buehler, Mrs. K. Snow, Mrs, M. A, Black, Mrs. 8. J. Black, all of St. Louis, and Mrs. D. 8. Ferris, the beau- tiful wife of a wealthy sugar planter of Louisiana. The arrival of Mr. Platt to-night has stirred up things. Mr. Quay is expected to-morrow and Mr. Clarkson on the day after. Then there may be a change in the programme. JouN PAUL CoSGRAVE. eSS R MR. PLATT iS DEFIANT. Tactics That May Cause New York Delegates to Bolt. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 11.—Thomas C. Platt of New York registered at the South- ern Hotel to-night. His arrival has been anxiousiy awaited by the politicians, the anti-McKinley people having been ereatly discouraged by the recent statements of Senator Quay and Mr. Manly of Maine, both of whom conceded McKinley’s nomi- nation on tbe first ballot. Platt’s coming was awaited before McKinley’s opponents relinquished their last vestige of hope. Mr. Platt arrived at the Southern Hotel at 7 o’clock, and after a hasty toilet went to dinner with several of his New York henchmen. The dining hall of the South- ern Hotel was filled with politicians of note from all sections, but when the great New Yorker was observed he immediately became the target for all eyes. Mr. Platt’s figure is certainly not an im- § 18 short interview with | respondent. of his State. It may be raid by some that he dominates the New York State Repub- | licans, but, as one of his friends said to- | night, his dominance is the natural result | of this great politician’s joyal and eminent service to his party. The enormous in- fluence of the Empire State in American politics and the power which Mr. Platt exercises in its policies has made him the most conspicuous of all the politicians of this country ; therefore the interest aroused by his coming can readily be understood. Mr. Platt was beseiged by politicians and press men. He held a regular levee in bis apartments. He successfully re- sisted the onslaughts of all newspaper in- , terviewers, but late to-night consented to Tag Carn’s cor- Though brief, his utterances will be read with deep interest by all. Mr. Platt does not believe 1n tamely vielding to the superifr force in numbers of the McKinley supporters. He severeiy criti- cized Mr. Manley of Maine for surrender- | ing Reed’s campaign and admitting the nomination of McKinley on the first ballot. Mr. Platt said to Tue CaLL cor- | respondent: “I think that Mr. Manley’s statement was entirely uncalled for and utterly in- appropriate at thistime. Mr. Reed has been indorsed by his own State for Presi- dent and by other States, and I see no rea- son why his defeat should be acknowledged by his political manager in advance of the convention. It is indeed an honor to be indorsed for President, but Mr. Manley's statement to the press is calculated to em- barrass Mr. Reed. Certainly the admis- sion of Reed’s certain defeat by Mr. Man- ley’s close political friend will make 1t em- barrassing for the Speaker. As for myself I do not believe in Rurrendering until the last shot is fired. I will say, furthermore, | that I regard the action of the Nationai | Committee in turning out delegates who were justly entitied to seats in the con- vention merely because they were opposed to Mr. McKinley’s nomination as a high- handed proceeding, and if they attempt to unjustly unseat any delegates from New | York State our delegation will bolt the | { convention.” | Thnis was indeed a startling declaration, and it will be read with interest by all who understand what a bolt of the New York delegates would mean. Mr. Platt’s statement was made to THE CALL corre- spondent late to-night, and when its por- tent becomes fully appreciated it will cre- ate a sensation among the politicians. It is further understood to-night (although this statement is not made by authority of Mr. Platt) that the New York politicians have been authorized by Governor Morton | to allow his name to be presented to the | convention for Vice-President. A few weeks ago it was understood that Governor Morton would not accept the Vice-Presidential nomination. He stated to friends at that time that he was not de- sirous of again filling the Vice-Presiden- tial chair, but it was known that his wife was ambitious for her husband to again enter public life at the National capital. Mrs. Morton’s grace and accomplishments made her a brilliant social success in Paris when her husband was Minister to France, and again when Mr. Morton was Vice- President, and her friends have predicted that Governor Morton would yield to her persuasions and allow his name to go be- 1ore the convention again for Vice-Presi- dent. “Mr. Morton’s name will be presented to the convention?”’ Mr. Platt was asked. 1t will. There is no truth in the report that he will be withdrawn. He will be presented as the gold-standard candidate of New York, where everybody 1s a gold man.” “Shall you hazard a prediction as to the convention’s choice ?’’ “I know whom they ought to nomi- nate,” was the significant reply. “Will the platform declare for the single gold standard ?”” “I hope so. I am much pleased since my arrival in town to find that so many H delegates favor the gold standard. Iam told that a majority of the convention wiil be gold men.” *“What do you think of the National Committee’s action in unseating so many anti-McKinley delegates?” “All I can say,” replied Mr. Platt dryly, ©is that I hope they will deal more fairly with the others yet to be considered than they have with those upon which action has been taken. In other words, I hope these contests will be settled upon their merits and not because tbe men to be seated will vote for M-Kinley.” «“And the New York contests. When will they be reached ?” “Not before Saturday, owing to an un- derstanding that I see has been made with Mr. Cornelius Bliss.” It may be stated in this connection that Mr. Platt is interesting himself in the eight New York contests, and a number of the National Committeemen, whom he personally saw this evening, were earnest- ly requested by him to see that these con- tests were settled solely upon their merits. ’ Mr: Platt declined to discuss the Vice- Presidency, and the announcement that Goverror Morton has consented to be a candidate for Vice-President can only be called a rumor; but the source of the rumor entitles it to respectful considera- tion. The gossips around the Southern Hotel to-night are speculating upon this latest phase of the Vice-Presidential situ- ation. McKinley and Hobart buttons were seen denies its paternity and those who read the ambiguous production readily believed him. The closest trailing back to first hands has not produced any one who will father it. It was certainly in the hands of several members of the National Com- mittee, As a straw showing the unsettled state of opinion it is given: “The Republican party isin favorofa Dprotective tariff system which will afford adequate protection toAmerican industries, but which will also produce revenue in ex- cess of expenditures and thus solve the financial problem. The people of this country are satistied with the currency as it now exists, It is the conviction of the Republican party that the money of the Nation should be as good as that of the en- lightened nations of the world and shoula pass current in the markets of the world.” S PLANS OF SILVER MEN. If Defeated, They Will Not Support the Nominees. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 11.—Colonel Isaac Trumbo, National Committeeman and delegate at large from Utah, is wuthority for the statement that the silver men so far on the ground have mapped out & programme. If they are defeated in the convention, they will not walk out, but after the close of the convention they will bolt the nomination. “Our plan,” said Colonel Trumbo, ‘“is simple. We will remain in the convention and take part in the proceedings to the end, then if we are beaten, we will join with the silver men of the West and nomi- nate Henry Teller of Colorado for Presi- | dent.”” H. Clay Evans of Tennessee, who was prominent yesterday as the McKinley boomers’ choice for Vice-President, seems to have Jost ground to-day. Hon. Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey is to-night on every tongue. The latest evidence of this pre.erence is a large button bearing the pictures and names of the combination. Benator Thurston, who is to second the nomination of McKinley, was this morn- ing the first to spring this badge on bis coat lapel. By noon the display of the button on prominent delegates, all Mec- Kinleyites, was sufficiently general to ex- cite wide comment, and it was admitted, that the buttons were procurable in any quantity. LSRRI GENERAL McALPIN’S BOOM. Will Be Launched Upon the Arrival of New Yorkers. 8T. LOUIS, Mo.. June 11.—The boom for General Edwin A. McAlpin for the Vice-Presidency will be formally launched on Saturday with the arrival of the New York delegation. The white buttons bear- Sheridan Decoration at the West End of the Auditorium. on every other man’s lapel to-day, and every politiclan has been ready to concede that this would be the ticket. It may be said that nine out of ten politiciaus here are yet of this opinion, notwithstanding the report that Governor Morton is willing to have his name presented to the conven- tion. Bat, nevertheless, the probability of Mr. Morton’s name being considered for the Vice-Presidency imparts a new inter- ést to the situation. A dispatch from Washington says that Speaker Reed, when he read Manley’s ad- mission of defeat, would not believe the report and refused to discuss what he con- sidered a very palpable lie. He could not creuit the press report that his friend Manley had acknowledged McKinley’s nomination. Mr. Manley evidently re- grets that publication was made of his views, for he made a statement to the CarL correspondent to-nighit argrily re- senting the actions of the McKinley men on the National Comuittee who had un- justly unseated delegates. He still makes no concealment of his disgust at their methods. He said to the Carn corre- spondent: “The action of the National Commirttes at their meetings yesterday and to-day, showing clearly their intention of placing on the temporary roll delegates favorable to McKinley, which in the end would mean 160 additional votes, caused me to make the statement that Idid. I am as earnestly for Mr. Reed as ever, and 1am, with his friends, doing everything possible to bring about his nomination, and I urge upon his supporters throughout the coun- try to make still greater efforts in his be- half.” —_—— A FINANCIAL PLANK. Views on the Money Question Ap- proved by McKinley. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 11.—Sentiment among the delegates already upon the ground appears to becrystallizing in favor of the financial plank promulgated by National Committeeman B. C. Kerens of this city, which was given in The United Press disputches last night. Mr. Kerens admits that he is not the author of the proposed plank, and that it is the handi- work of *“a prominent Republican.” Taken in connection with his recent visit to Canton, there have been suggestions that the draft has beea submitted to and received the approval of Major McKinley. Upon this point, however, Mr. Kerens will not satisfy his inqurers, either pro or con, while, in line with their previous position that the convention rather than the candidate should make the platform, Mark Hanna and his lieutenants continue 10 regard the topic as tabooed and will not touch it even in generalities. Representative delegates of the standing of Senators Proctor of Vermont, Hans- brough of North Dakota, Payne of Wiscon- sin and ex-Governor Fifer of Iilinois are very cLary in their advocacy of a clear and emphatic declaration in favor of a gold’ standard, and their talk and influence is begianing to have an effect, especially among the Southern delegates whose pro- clivities are toward the white metal, Circulation was given to-day to a type- written copy of a proposed platform declaration covering the tariff and finances. This was said to bave emanated from Mr. Hanna and reached the public after pass- ing through several hands, Mr, Hanna ing the names of the two ‘“Macs’’ are be- coming significantiy numerous in the cor- ridor of the Southern, and with the arrival of each member of the Republican Na- tional League another is added. General MecAlpin, besides the league strength, has the support ¢f both the Platt and anti-Platt strength in New York. Heis Goyernor Morton's staff adjutant-general, and besides being rich himself, will, if nominated, command the Morton financial strength. AR o 3 1S YET IN THE RACE. Reed’s Name Will Be Presented to the Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.—"There is no change in the situation at 8t. Louis, so far as it effects me,”’ said Speaker Reed to the United Press to-night. **My name will be presented to the convention.” Further, Speaker Reed would not talk. His friends express the opinion that Mr. Maniey was panic-stricken by the action of the National Committee in the Ala- bama contest cases. Mr. Reed is in direct communication with his friends in St. Louis, and is watch- ing events with deep interest. R3S ANTI-PLATT DELEGATES. With Other McKinley Men They Start for St. Louis. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 11.—The anti- Platt delegates to the Republican National Convention and most of the McKinley supporters started for St. Louis at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the Pennsylvania. Cor- nelius N. Bliss. who is treasurer of the Re- publican National Committee, has a little party of his own on a special car. It in- cluded General Horace Porter, John S. Wise, Colonel 8. V. R. Cruger, General Anson G. McCook, William Brookfield, Wilbur F. Wakeman, Henry C. Robinson, Benjamin Oppenheimer and William Henkel. The party will reach St. Louis early to-morrow evening and will have Leadquarters at the Planters’ Hotel. To- morrow afternoon Edward Lauterbach, one of the four delegates-at-large, will start for the convention with the ‘‘regu- lars.” AU VIEWS OF MAGUIRE. Does Not Think State Democrats Will Declare for Gold. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1L.—Rep- resentative Maguire is the only man of the California delegation remaining in the city. All others have either gone to St. Louis or are on their way to the Pacific Coast. He regrets that he is unable to at- tend the Democratic Stute Convention of California, although if Congress had ad-] journed in time, he said to-night, he cer- tainly would have gone. Asitishe will remsin in Washington until Saturday, if not longer, to attend to some matters of business before the departments. Speak- ing of the platform of the California Dem- ocrats he said to-night: . “‘Isincerely hope that the State conven- tion will not depart from the stand it has taken in the past in favor of the coinage of silver. And I hope also that the dele- ilqel waich the convention sends to the ‘hicago convention may have that view of the financial situation. I don’t think there is any chance for a gold pln(qrm." _“Do you think the President’s civil ser- vice order will have aLy influence in the convention?” “I think it will tend to keep some Gov- ernment officials from trading off official paironage for influence in the convention, and in that vi much at stake.’” “When do you understand that the order took efiect—sl¥ in San Francisco amon, “’.e. employesof theadministration thm'o‘b5 1 presume it took effect everywhere on the 1st of June. Iknow I saw it in print before that date, and it had time to reach San Francisco ere this. 1t was to take effect at all places on the P s Dy BLAND FOR PRESIDENT. His Boom Launched With a Blare of Trumpets. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 11.—The candi- €acy of Hon. R. P. Bland for nomination as the Democratic nominee for Presid ent at the Chicago convention was launched amid the booming of cannon and the blare of trumpets here toenight. A serenade and reception were given Mr. Bland at the Planters’ Hotel by his admirers here, and he responded in a brief speecl%. The members of the campaign committee have appointed sub-commit- tees to visit various States in which Demo- cratic conventions are to be held and ad- vocate the adoption of instructions to delegates to vote for Bland for President. An effort is being made to secure unani- mous consent of the Missouri delegation to the Chicago convention to have Senator Vest place Biand in nomination for Presi- dent, and also to have Governor Stone placed on the committee on resolutions. AT IRy FOR A GOLD STANDARD. Minnesota Democrats Make a Most Unexpected Declaration. ST. PAUL, Mixx., June 11.—The Demo- crats of Minnesota in State Convention did a most unexpected thing to-day when they declared emphatically for gold. A count of noses last night seemed - to indi- cate that the declaration would be for free silver. The gilver men made their opening fight on the'chairmanship by nominating E. T. Shaplin. The gold men nominated O. M. Hall, ex-Congressman from the Third District. The latter won. The committee on resolutions made two reports, one declaring for gold and the other for the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, the latter being the minority report. The 112 delegates from Minneapolis and the thirty-six from Duluth voted solidly for silver, but in spite of this the gold men won by a vote of 440 to 323, The yictory was a signal one for National Committeeman Michael Doran, who has given his attention to the delegates for several weeks. The platform warmly in- dorses the administration of Grover Cleve- land, reiterates the party’s vosition on the tariff and thus declares on the monzy question: “We are unqualifiedly in favor of the present eold standard of value. We favor the use of both gold and silver as money and believe that our Government should coin and keep in circulation as a part of the circulating medium as large an amount of silver as can be employed without destroy- ing or threatening to destroy the existing parity of value between the unit in gold and the unit 1n silver. “We are opposed to,a descent to mono- metallism of any kind and particularly to a_siiver monometallism with 1ts depre- ciated and depreciating standard of silver. We, therefore, oppose the free coinage of silver by our Government at the ratio of 16 to 1, without co-operation on the partof the other commercial nations of the world.” Michael Doran was named as one of the delegates-at-large, but he declined the honor and atked the convention to name Daniel W. Lawler, ex-candidate for Gov- ernor. The delegates-at-large are P. B. ‘Winston, Minneapolis; Daniel W. Lawler, St. Paul; Logan rackenridgez Rochester; Chauncey R. Baxter, Fergus Falls. of the situation there is Nominated for Congress. JACKSONVILLE, ILL., June 11.—W. H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State of Iili- nois, was nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixteenth District on the one hundred and seventy-second ballot, defeating Finis E. Downing, recently unseated by the House in favor of Jehn L Rinaker. . Soanag e Depew’s Depariure. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 11.—C. M. Depew left here to-night for St. Louis, where, it is said, he will deliver the open- ing speech, nominating Morton for the Presidency. . — - Davidson for Congress. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., June 11.—The Eighth District Republican Convention to- day unanimously nominated Judge J. M. Davidson of Lincoln County for Congress. e SPEEDING EAST. Orations at Sacramento and Reno. Knight Declares in Favor of Grant for Vice-President. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 11.—Amid the cheers of the 2assembled mass of Sacra- mento city’s entLusiastic Republicans and the enlivening strains of music from the Second Infantry bund, the special train bearing within its luxuriant interior the delegates, alternates and their special guests, en route to attend the Republican National Convention at St. Louis, roiled into the depot to-day shortly after 1 o'clock. 5 . Almost before they could reach the plat- form the delegates were surrounded by scores of friends and admirers, while the members of the iocal McKinley Club were evervwhere shouting themssives hoarse, on behalf of the delegation and their favorite Presidential candidates. Butowing to the briefness of stop made, congratula- tions were curtailed as the dense crowd gathered in the rear of the train were shouting for Spreckels, Knight and otbher popular Republicans known to be on board. George A. Knight was the first speaker to be introduced and after the ro}xindu of applause had died away, he sald @ *‘Citizens of Sacramento, it has been my privilege and my- pleasure to attend sev- eral National conventions held by the Re- publican party and never before have I realized the responsibility that rests upon the Republican party of this Nation as much as at the present time. We know that the Republican party of this Nation has nlwa{s een jor the best interests of the people and for the perpetuality of Re- ublican institutions. We know that the lemocratic party, as it hasalways been, is a failure in dealing with National prob- lems. We know that never before in the bistory of this great Nation that to-day has at its command more intelligence, more brawn and sinew, more opportuuities for seli-reliance and self-support, has there existed such a vast amount of bitter dis- content and dissatisfaction as now exists in the best Government that God has ever permitted the sun to shine upon. & “There is no excuse for it. Thereis no reason for it, tell me, that the United Btates should be in the deplorable condi- tion that you find it today? Why, we fought a war without & dollar in the treas- ury and upon the faith that the people bad in the party Government of the United States at that time. To-day with every fa- cility that can be asked for or desired there is no faith in the Government under the Democratic rule—nat even enough to give a workingman acup of cold water. We gropu!e to return this Government to its rightest, earliest and purest history, and nominate for you a man who is in keeping with the underlying and fundamental svrincip]e of this great commonwealth. hen an individual spends more money than he makes he is a bankrupt, and when an individual becomes a bankrupt his individuality ceases and be is a tramp. That is the condition of our Government to-day. Why look over the waters askin, help from the: nations of the Old Worl when to-night at the Capitol 70,000,000 men can make a defense of the flag, when we | ave not navigable rivers, when we have mines to unload their treasure, mines reaching from the snows on the Sierras’ peaks down to this very spot, yet there is not money enough to-day to o the busi- ness of the conntry. Whose fault is it? “TheNationisnota tramp. This Nation to-day is not everything that our fore- fathers willed, expected and designed it to be. Misrule, mismanagement, misappro- priation of the public funds has been the cause of all this. As far as I am in- dividually concerned, and I voice the sentiments of the people of Cali: fornia, of the workingmen throughout the land, 1 am in favor of the free coinage of silver (applause), but we propose to go to St. Louis open and content to the best in- terests of the people of the United States and not given to our own particular views. Labor demands pay; when you give men work you must pay them for it. God ordained that honest day’s pay should be given for an honest day’s work, and the first great problem that shall confront us and the great Republican party of this Nation will be to provide work for our laboring men and pay them well as a mat- ter of course. - : “This Government coins money. This Government_will give you greenbacks, ana United States notes, but if you do not work you cannot get them out of the Treasury. There must a confidence established for the man who works for his daily bread, and this must be done. And there must be furnished to American industries a reward for an hon- est day’s toil, and this will be done as sure as the sun will rise to-morrow morning. Then the war-cry, and the only war-cry of the Republican party of this Nation, shall be labor for all toilers’ hands alive, as the builders of the Nation’s wealth, fame and honor, and by the efforts and toil of the workingmen. The country is made, and iil be as long as the sun follows the even- ing. Now, there is one exponent of that governmental doctrine, ana that man is William McKinley of Ohio. [Applause.] *‘When the committee on platform meet, when the proposition as to whether the goldbuzs of Wall street or whether the money powers of Burope shall dominate, shall “dictate, shall rule our tinancial in- terests of this country, you shall rest as- sured that I, for one, shall raise up my voica for the money of the people, the money of God Almighty. “We do not in that convention propose, as delegates from California, to insult the intelligence of the rest of the Nation by any other action. Fellow-citizens, I have talked longer than I intended to. If it should come our way, if it should be our fortune to name the man who shall be Vice-President of the Unitea States, it seems to me that the loyal name of Grant is one that the people of this State could complacently support—the son of thatilius- trious man; the son of a President of ihe United States; the son of that great and immortal Grant. If it should be so he will receive my support, for I feel that California may have an opportunity of getting in. ‘‘Gentlemen and citizens of Sacramento, personally there is no spot_in the State that I revere, have a more kindly feeling for, than I have for the capitai of this great, growing State. Thanking you for your attentiou, we hope vou will abide with us and indorse all we do, because we proEose to be honest with tt e people “and with that intelligence and sentiment reaching throughout the United States of America. Again, the Democratic party has abandoned their freetraae fantasy. ‘I'he Democratic party has nothing to say against protection, and beiore many weeks roll nronndgon will find that party and a party headed by Cleveland, with his gold proclivities, proclaiming for free silver or lnyt:.ms to win. Do not believe them; they don't believe it themselves. Have faith in your party; have faith in the party of protection; have faith in the })any that is the poor man’s friend; have aith 1n this great organization that has done more good toward the civilization of man than any organization ever known on the face of the earth. “I thapk you, gentlemen, from the bot- tom of my heart for this meeting and freecinz to our delegates, You have kept aith with us. Believe me whenl say we will meet again with you.” [Applause.] Mr. Knight was followed by E};ankshort of Fresno.wno also declared for free siiver, and he in turn was followed by Hervey Lindley and Jobn D. Spreckels, both of whom spoke less than one minute. Then amidst volleys of cheers the train rolled away toward the snow-clad peaks, the desert’s wastes, and the fertile yet cy- clone-swept plains to the city by the rush- ing current of the Mississippi. f{ENO, Nev., June 11.—The California delegation passed through Reno at 9:10 o'clock. A brass band and large numbers of people greeted them on arrival here. Dar- inga stop of nearly fifteen minttes George A. Knight addressed the large gathering and his remarks were frequently inter- rupted with applause. SEALING SEIZURE CLAIMS Text of the Convention Between the United States and England. All Damages to Be Determined by Two Commissioners, Not Yet Appointed. R LSS WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.—Fol- lowing is the text of the convention be- tween the Governments of the Unitea States and Great Britain providing for the settlement of the ciaims Bresemen by Great Britain sgainst the United States on account of the seizure of Bering Sea sealers: WHEREAS, By & treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and reland, signed at Washington on February 9, 892, the questions which had arisen be- tween their respective Governments concern- ing Ihoijnrndiuflomfil rights of the United States in the waters of the Behring Sea and concerning also the preservation of the fur seal in or habitually resorting to the said sea and the rights of the citizens and sub- jects of either country as regards the taking of fur seal in or habitually -resorting to the said waters, were submitted to & tribunal of arbitration as therein constitutea; and whereas, the high contracting parties having jound themselves unable o agree upon a reference which would include the ques- tion of the liability ot each for the injuries alleged to have been sustained by the other or by its citizens, in connection with the clatms presented and argued by it, did, by article VIII ©of the said treaty, agree that either party might submit to the arbitrato: y questions of fact involved in said claims and ask for & binding thereof, the question of the liability of either Government on the facts found to be the subject of the fur. ther negotiation; and whereas, the agent of Great Britain did, in accordance with the pro- visions of said article VIII, submit to the tri- ‘bunal of arbitration cer findings of fact which was agreed to as proved by the agent of the Unitea States, and tne arbitrators did unanimously find the fects so set forth to be true, as appears by the award of the tribunal rendered on the 15th ¢ay of August, 1893; and whereas, in view of the said finding of fact and of the decision of the tribunal of arbitration concérning the juris- dictional rights of the United States in Berin Sea and the right of protection of property o the United States in the fur seals frequenting the islands of the United States in Bering Sea, the Government of the United States sirous that, in so far as its lability is not already fixed and determined by the findings of fact and the decision of said tribunal of arbitration, the question of such liability should be definitely and fully settled and determined ana compensation made for any injuries tor which, in the con- templation of the treaty aforesaid and the award and findings of the tribunal of arbitration, compensation may be due to Grest Britain and to the ~United States; and whereas, it is claimed by Great Britain, though not admitted by the United States, that prior to the said award certain other claims against the United States accrued in favor of Great Britain on accoun! of seizures of or interferance with the follow- ingnamed British mfln‘f 'm% to wit: 1he Wanderer, the Winifred, the Henrietta and the Oscar and Hattie, and’ it is for the mutual interest and convenience of both the high contracting parties that the liability of the United States, if any, and the amount of compensation to pald, if any, in respect of such claims, and each of them should be also determined under the provisions of this convention—all claims by Great Britain under articie 1V of the modus vivendi of April1s8, s de- 1892, for the abstention of fishing of British sealers during the pendency of said arbitra- tion having been definitely waived before the tribunal of arbitration. The United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to_the end of con- cluding a convention for tRat purpose, have -%Poinled as theirrespective pienipotentiaries: 'he President of the United States, the Hon. Richard Olney, Secretary of State, and her Majesty the Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Irel.nd, the Right Hon. Sir Julien Pauncefote, G. C. B, G. C. M. G., her Majesty's Embassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary 10 the United States, who, after having communis cated to each other their respective iull Bowen, ‘which were found in due proper form, ave agreed to and concluded the following articles: Article I—The high contracting parties agree that all claims on account of injuries sustained by persons in whose behalf Great Britain is entitled to claim compensation from the United States, and arising by virtue of the treaty aforesaid, the award and findings of the said tribunal of arbitration, as also the additional claims specified in the fiith para- {o\‘lvh of the preamble nereto, sha!l be referred two commissioners, one of whom shall be gppointed by the Presideat of the United States and the other by her Britiannic Majesty, and each of whom shall be learned in the law. Appended to this convention is e list of the claims intended to be referred. « Article II. The two Commissioners shall meet at Victoria, in the province of British Columbia, Canada, a&s soon as practicable aiter the exchauge of the ratification of this convention, and after having taken an oath that they will fairly and impartially investigate the claims referred to them and render a just decision thereon, they shall proceed jointly to the discharge of their duties. The commission shall sit at San Francisco, Cal., as well as Victoria, provided either com- missioner shall so request if he shall be of the opinion that the interests of justice shall also require, for reasons to be recorded on the minutes. Article III. The Commissioners shall deters mine the liability of the United States, if any, in respect to each claim, and assess the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid on account thereof—so far as they shall be abie to agree thereon — and their decision *shall be ac- cepted h( the two Governments as final. They shall be autborized to hear and exam- ine on oath or affirmation, which eaen of said Commissioners is hereby empowered to ad- minister or receive, every question of fact found by the tribunal of arbitration, and to receive all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same, and the Government of the United States shall have.the right to raise the question of its liability before the commissioners in any case where i’ shall be roved that the vessel was wholly or in part {ha actual property of a citizen of the United States. The said commission, when sitting at San Francisco or Victoria, shall have and ex- ercise all such powers for the procurement and enforcement of testimony as m sfter be provided by appropriate leg Article IV. The Comimissioners may appoint & secretary and a clerk or clerks to assist them in the transaction of the business of the com- mission. Article V—In the cases, if any, in which the Commissioners shall fail to agree, they shall transmit to each Government e joint report, stating in detail the points on which they differ and the grounds on which their opinions have been formed and any such difference shall be referred for final ndfunmem 1o an umpire to be appointed by the two Governments jointly, or, in case of disagreement, to be nominated by the Presi- dent of the Swiss Confederation ai the request of the two Governments. Article Vi—In case of death or incapacity to serve, from sickness or any other cause, of either of the two commissioners or of the umpire, if a0y, his place shall be filled in the manner provided for in the original appoint- ment, Article VII—Each Government shall provide for the remuneration of the commissioner ap- pointed by it. The remuneraiion of the umpire, if one should be appointed, and all contingent and incidental expenses of the commission and the umpire shall be deirayed by the Governments in equal moieties. Article VIII. The amount awarded to Great Britain_under this convention on account of any claimant shail be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of her Britanic Majesty within six months after the amount thereof shall have'been finally ascer- tained. Article IX—The present conventfon shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with theadvice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or London, within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof we, the respective pleni- otentiaries, have signed this convention and Elvt hereunto affixed our seals, the eleventh day of June, 1896. Done in duplicate at Washington, —— ——, “Ses)) RIcHARD OLNEY. (Seal) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. This treaty was first concluded between 8ir Julian Pauncefote and Secrefary Olney February 8 last and was trans- mitted to the President February 10. The Senate committee on Foreign Relations amended and_reported it to the Senate April 8. Ratifications between Lord Salis- bury and Embassador Bayard were ex- changed last week. Killed on Greenhorn Mountain. BAKERSFIELD, CAv., June 11.—Orrin Orr, a young man, 21 yearsof age, recently from San Jose, where his motner and sister reside, was killed on Greenhorn Mountain last evening by being crushed by a heavy truck while hauling logs to Evan’s saw- mill. NEW TO-DAY. Too slow, gents, too slow. You’ll have to make a spurt if you want to get in on some of these bargains : Boys' Sallor Suits, all wool, new effects, tan, gray and blue, extra good making. ONLY....75¢ 0dd Knee Pants, all sizes......... 250 Fauntleroy Blouses, not too high at 75c. THIS WEEK... 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