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that the Republican party, in convention assembled, need not fear any declara- Here an outburst of cheers, which lasted several seconds, interrupted the chair- man. When they had subsided he con- tinued: *‘And the chair further suggests, in the interests of the Republican party, that whatever is to be said within reasonable limits by those who can no longer remain in our organization ought to be listened to with respectful attention, believing that full answer to all such declarations will be made by the great majority of the Ameri- can people &t the polls next November.” [Applause.] The names of the signers to the protest, as read by the secretary, were greeted with hisses, and a voice in the rear called out: “Good-by, all my lovers; good-by,” as Teller and his associates went out of the hall. The whole convention arose and yelied, waved hats, flags and fans, while the band played patriotic airs, the assem- blage singing the chorus, “Three cheers for the red, white and blue,” to the ac- companiment of the band, and shouting till they were hoarse. The chair, when the tumult had in some measure subsided, sad: “Gentlemen of the Convention: There seem to be enough delegates left to do business. [Great cheers.] Thechair now asks that the gentleman from Montans, who did not go out —" Here an outburst of cheering drowned the rest of the sentence, and cries were made for Lee Mantle. He was asked to ccme to the platform, but declined to do s0. Senator Mantle stood on his chair in the rear of the hall, facing the chair, and spoke as follows: 1 desire to say that & majority of the delega- tion from the State of Montana have not felt that, under all the circumstances surrounding this occasion; they were justified in actually going out ot the convention. [Applause.] But, Mr. Chairman, I am bound to say, in deference to the opimonsand wishes of the majority of the Republicans of the State of Montans, that we cannot give cur approval or our indorsement to the financial plank this day adopted. [Applause.] I have never cast my vote forany ticket buta Republican one, and I do not propose to do it now. [Applause.] But, Mr. Cbairman, we have instructionsfrom the Republicans of our State, and we would be false to them and false to ourselves if we.did not state their position and their objections atv this time. In the name and on behalf of the Republi- cans df Montana, I protest earnestly, solemnly and emphatically against the financial plank ot the platform adopted this day. [Applause.] We cennot sccept it; we cannot indorse it; we cannot support it at this time. But there is a difference of opinion in this delegation. There are those who are satisfied to utter their protest and still partici- pate in the progress of the convention. There are others who feel that in declining to sup- port this great controlling issue they are in honor bound not to participatein the placing of & candicato on a pjatform which they can- not at this time indotse. But, whatever the ac- tion of the delegation may be, I want tosay that we reserve the right to the Republicans of the State of Montans, to accept or reject, at such time end in such manner as they may determine, the platform and the candidates put before them by this convention. Senator Brown of Utah rose to a ques- tion of privilege, and the chair, in accord- ing him the floor, expressed a hope that the request had not been made for the purpose of saying anything offensive to the convention. Senator Brown spoke to the platform and said: Mr. Chairman: The delegation from Utah does not bolt. We do not believe that the Re- pubiican partyis the oppressor of the people, but the guardidn of liberty and the protector of honest government. [Applause.] Three of our delegation have gone,and Iam here to express our sorrow at their departure. We have asked them to remain, and we shall never cease to regret their departure. [*Good” and cheers.] We have three delegates leit ‘and three alternates—Messrs. Rogers, Green and Bmith—sll true to the old party and who are as loyal to its principles. and as fixed as the everlasting mountains where we live. [Cheers.] In saying this we still Temain true to the principles of free gold and free silver at the old ratio. We do not believe this question can be settled by votes in & convention. The test of time can only settle it, and we believe when 1t shall be settled in this way it will be for the reinstatement of silver as the constitutional money. But I promised not to speak on_this subject. There is one great issue before the American veople—one to which the Republican party was pledged years and years ago. You have promised to the people of the United States an Americen tariff, an American issue. {Cheers.} You must send protection to the farmer, to the manufacturer, and I say to you that Utah —or at least & part of it—will endeavor to help you in that cause. [Cheers.] Senator Brown concluded by asking that the three alternates he had named be allowed to sit in the convention in place of the delegates who had left. The chair- man said that unless objection was made it would be so ordered. Lindsey Rogers, Webb Green and A. Bmith were then seated as delegates from Utah. The chair next recognized Mr. Burleigh of Washington. Mr. Burleigh, speaking from the platform, said the young State of Washington yielded her place for patriotic devotion to loyal allegiance to this Goy- ernment and the tenets of this party to none. “We did not come here,” he said, ““for inspiration on the silver question. We brought our inspiration with us. ‘We be- lieve in the single gold standard because we believe the the money which pays the banker in Wall street his interest is none too good to pay the Jaborer in Montana.” Then he added that with protection, reciprocity and the chosen standard- bearer, William McKinley, Washington would give a.good account of herself in November. This was the first time McKinley’s name had been publicly mentioned in the pro- ceedings and it was received with cheers. Outside the convention hall quite an ovation was given Mr. Teller. Bareheaded be walked arm in arm with several of his associates to the pavement, where car- riages were in waiting. It was evident that the walkout had been arranged, for the carriages at once drove to the curb and carried off the party. ‘When asked if he cared to say anything, My, Teller replied that he had said all that was necessary when he expressed his sen- timents and bade the party with which he bad been associated for a lifetime a long adieu. “I may, however,”” he continued, ‘‘say that Mr. Thurston’s statement thai the Republican party need fear no declaration is bardly correct. The party does fear this declaration, and the facts are all against them.” Benator Teller, who was well-nigh pros- trated by the nervous strain, was hurried to a private room in one of the hotels where he would not be molested, in order to enjoy needed rest and quiet. The remainder of the party was driven at once to the Bt. Nicholas, where the stirring events of the afternoon were dis- cussed. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, ais- cussing the situation, said: “I consider the question of finance of | Arizo; necessity the only vital issue in the cam- paign. I felt bound to throw the weight of my inflnence and efforts on the side of the producers of weaith rather than on the side of the selfish manipulators of tne golden world. “The singie gold standard only means lower prices, greater distress and a further accumulation of the entire property of the world in the hands of the owners of credit. “I believe that reciprocity, protection and silver are absolutely essential to each other, and I can see no sense or reason in authorizing financial unity with. the nation against whom we wage industrial warfare. The golda-using nations of the world are the creditors, the producers of the things we produce, and it is against them we build a tariff wall. “The issue of protection, however, is no longer one of principle, but simply a ques- tion of rates of duty, for the Wilson bill is a protective tariff measure with rates of daty slightly below those imposed < by the McKinley act, and while I am still earnestly in favor of the protective tariff, and shall vote to per- petuate it on any occasion, still my action to-day does not prevent me from votinz for an increase .of either ad valorem or specific duties. *“The delegation from my State was not instructed on the financial question. We were instructed only for McKinley. The convention decided that whereas there was a difference of opinion among the Republicans of our State on the financial question, it would make no deliverance on that subject until after the National Convention, thereby leaving me absolately free to exercise my independ- ent judgment.. I - did not feel, after a pilank bhad been adopted which I could not support either in the campaign orat the polis—and which is the only essential question before the American people—that I could remain aud participate thereafter in this conven- tion. These are my reasons for joining Mr. Teller to-day.” Congressman Charles Towne of Minne- sota spoke very bitterly of the action of the convention. “{ was a Republican at 1:45 o’clock this atternoon,’”” hesaid. “I have not changed my opinion. If I have not somebody else has, and that somebody else is the con- vention that to-day declared for gold. I believe 1 am modest when I say that at least 75 per cent of the people are against the adoption of the gold stand- ard, ana I believe a very large percentage of the Republican voters of the country will repudiate the platform adopted by their convention in St. Louis.” Congressman Hartman of Montana made the positive declaration that not one of the ‘Western States could be carried for Mc- Kinley on the platform provided for it, and he believes that California, Oregon and Washington will all go hand in hand with the silver-producing States that lie immediately east of the Pacific Coast. A sample of the messages being re- ceived by the silver men from their con- stituents in the West is found in a mes- sage received by Mr. Hartman from ex- State Senator W. E. Thompson, a Repub- lican leader in one of the largest wool- growing counties in that State. Mr. Thompson says: We.are with you. No straddle. Walk out and nominate Teller and protection. “All I care to say,” remarked Senator Dubois of Idsho, ‘s that a very dig- nified statement was being made that neither the Republican nor any other party could coerce the con- sciepces of men, and Mr. Thurston replied in a very dramatic manner that the voters in November mext would show whether they could coerce our con- sciences or not. to support a ticket on the platform that was adopted, and the only consistent thing left for us to do was to walk out. That we did, and every man who walked out of that convention at once removed his badge and threw off bis loyalty to the Republican party until such time as it shall return to the principles that have been its guide during all these years.” Senators Mantle and Carter and Hon. T. C. Marshall of the Montana delegation | jointly stated after the convention that their refusal to walk outof the conven- tion should not be construed as in any manner constituting an acceptance of the terms of the platform on the financial question. They further stated that the entire dele- gation was united in unalterable and un- qualified opposition to the platform adopted, in so far as the financial question is concerned. They disagreed with their colleague, Mr. Hartman, only as to the extent of their authority to act for the Re- publicans of their State. Five of the delegation felt that they would be most faithfully and correctly dis- charging their trust by entering their protest agaiast the platform and reserv- ing the right unto themselves and the Republicans they represented to either accept or repudiate the platform and the candidates after full and free eonfer- ence in such manner and at such time as the varty of the State of Montana might assemble to confer and act. Mr. Hartman felt that he could properly walk out of the convention, notwithstand- ing his representative capacity. The five who remained would as a personal mat- ter have gone out. As representatives of their State they felt they were not authorized to leave the convention if the convention would permit them to stand mute on the question, while renouncing the platform and reserving for the Re- publicans of the State the right to act as they pleased. SRR SILVER AGAINST GOLD. The Vote on the Motlon to Table Teller’s Substitute. CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18.—The following is the de- tailed vote on the motion to lay Teller’s financial substitute on the table: STATES. Ayes. Noes. ;wfim;m;ggm © 3 S xDw Iadian Territory District of Columbis... Total 10535 The following is the detailed vote on the | burden of taxzation~JAMES G, BLAINE, i We could not agree | enator Teller of Colorado, Wha Leads the Bolt of the Silver Men From the Republican Party. adoption of the financial plank: Noes. STATES. South Dakota Tennessee. Wisconsin. Wyomin Arizona.. New_ Mexico Oklahoma. Indian Ten 6 District of Columbi 2 Alaska.,........ 4 | R e S 81214| 110%4 CANTON CELEBRATES. Pandemonium Breaks Loose When the News Is Recelved, CANTON, Omp, June 18.—The striking of 918 on the fire-alarm bells of Canton, that being the number of delegates in the convention, and therefore selected for the purpose, together with the boom- ing of cannon on the bluff back of the watch factory at 5:10 o’clock this aiter- noon noufied the people of Canton that the National Republican Convention had nominated their fellow-townsman as their candidate for President; and tben the pent-up enthusiasm which had been re- pressed for two or three days with more or less force broke our and far into the night pandemonium reigned. Every device that skill and ingenuity could produce to make a noise was brought into play, not only in Canton, but in all the cities and towns for miles around. Steam whistles, single and in chimes, brass-mouthed caltiopes emitting frightful shrieks, bells, cannon and ear- piercing Lorns. all united to create a com- motion that startled tke valley. The telephone service to St. Louis was so clear and distinct that Major McKinley and those in the room were enabled to hear, seated at a distance of 600 miles from the convention hall, the shouting and tumult that accompanied the presentation of his name. It was an unprecedented experience in the bistory of political conventions, and Major McKiniey is the first Presidential candidate not in attendance at the con- vention when hearing the noise accompa nyimg his own nomination. At 5:19 the vote of Ohio was announced nominating McKinley. The figures were given at 467)4 and Major McKinley, who was at the ’phone, asked: “Is that by that bulletin?'’ and being assured that it was, he said: *‘All right,” and swallowed a lump in his throat. Sev- eral present congratulated the Major, and in the confusion the bulletin of votes was lost. Like the crop of dragons teeth, people by the thousand seemed to spring from the ground, and in a few minutes, as it was evident the throng would choke up the entrance, the new candidate took hisplace on the porch. Before leaving the house, however, Major McKinley found his way to his wife and mother and received the sweetest of all the affectionate greetings. —_— Our opponents find fault that our revenue system produces @ surplus. But they should not forget that the law has given a specific purpose to which all of the surplus is profit- ably and honorably applied—the reduction of the public debt and the consequent relief of the SPRECKELS S SEATED, He Becomes the National Committeeman From California. CORRUPTIONISTS FAIL TO " DISLODGE HIM. The Action of the Sacramento Convention Confirmed at St. Louis, | NO OBJECTION RAISED ON THE FLOOR. His Name Announced by the State Delegation and Formally Enrolled. Southern Hotel, 81. Louis, Mo., June 18. John D. Spreckels is now the Repub- lican National Committeeman from Cali- fornia. The fight of a corrupt element of the party in his State to override the action of the Republican Convention of California fell flat,and his name was an- nounced in the convention this afternoon. No objection was made by the opvosi- tion, and the name of the regularly chosen National Committeeman was formally placed upon the roll. When the States were called for the choice of members of the National Com- mittee the following names, which were anncunced after the adoption of the platr- form, were sent up: Alabama—William Youngblood. Arkansas—Powell Clayton. California—John D. Spreckels. Colorado—Did not elect. Connecticut—Samuel Ressenden. Delaware—James H. Wilson. Florida—John G. Long. Georgia—J. W. Lyons. Idaho—Did not elect. Illinois—T. N. Jamieson. 7 Indiana—W. T. Durbin. Iowa—A. B. Cummings. Kansas—Cyrus Leland Jr. Kentucky—J. W. Yerkes. Louisiana—A. T. Wimberly. Maine—Joseph Manley. Maryland—George L. Wellington. Massachusets—George H. Lyman. Michigan—George L. Maltz. Minnesota—D. F. Hubbard. Mississippi—J. Hill. Missouri—R, C. Kerens, Montans—Charles R. Leonard. Nebraska—John M. Thurston. Nevada—Did not elect. New Hampshire—Person C. Cheney. New Jersey— —— New York—F. 8. Gibbs. North Carolina—James E. Boyd. North Dakota—W. H. Robinson. Ohio—Charles L. Kuris. Oregon—Ggorge A. Steel. Pennsylvania—M. 8. Quay. Rhode Island—General C. R. Brayton. South Carolina—E. A. Webster. South Dakota—A. B. Kittredge. * THE CALL'S Hnmmnmm,} Tennessee— ————— N Texas—John Grant. Utah—0. J. Saulebury. “Vermont—George T. Childs. Virginia—George Bowdy. Washington—P. C. Sullivan. ‘West Virginia—N. B. Ecott. ‘Wiscousin—Henry C. Payne. Wyoming—Willis Vandeventer. District of Columbia—Deadlocky Arizona—Postponed until the next Ter- ritorial convention. New Mexico—Elects after convention. Oklahoma—Henry E. Asp. Indian Territory—Leo E. Bennett. Alaska—Deadlock. ~ When the District of Columbia was called the name of Andrew Gleason was sent up, but Perry Carson arose and ob- jected, saying he was in favor of himself as a member of the Nationai Committee and proposed that the guestion be sub- mitted to the alternates. [Laughter.] A resolution was then offered and adopted for a meeting of the National Committee to-morrow morning to fill vacancies. COMMENTS N THE CORST How the Naming of McKinley Is Received by the Re- publicans. STOCKTON, Car.,, June 18.—Shortly after 4 o’clock, when it became generally known that McKinley had been nom- inated on the first ballot, the town was in an uproar for a time. Some ardent Mec- Kinleyites secured a small cannon and fired a number of volleys on the wharf near the flourmills and steamboat sheds. That was the signal for the factories and mills to join in the demonstration, and soon every whistle in town was going at full blast. This was kept up for hours. A large platforra has been erected on the plaza, and here a big gathering will ratify the nomination of the great protec- tionist. Speeches wili be made by prom- inent Republicans, and local leaders of the party are now busy arranging the programme. It is not definitely settled yet when this big open-air meeting will be held, but the arrangements will prob- ably be completed in time to hold it on Saturday night. 3 To-night those who are elated over Mc- Kinley’s nomination are discharging fire- crackers and bombs, and the many Re- publicans here wearing happy faces. —_— SPOKANE RBOLTERS. Prominent Republicans Who Will Cast Their Lot With Teller, SPOKANE, Wasn., June 18.—Twenty- five prominent Republicans this afternoon sent the following telegram to St. Louis: Hon. H. M. Teller cr Fred Dubois, and Their Associates: We, the undersigned Republicans, sdmire your course and approve your action, and stand ready to follow your leadership, and we pledge vou the State of Washington. We state further that the Republicans of this State are misrepresented in the National Convention on the financialquestion. The first signer to this was Judge George Turner, one of the most prominent Re- publicars in the Northwest and president of the Leroi, one of the largest if not the largest gold mine in America. He was a prominent candidate for Senator two years ago. W. C.Jones, Attorney-General of the Btate, twice elected on the Repub- lican ticket, was next. John R. McBride, who has been in Oregon politics, and is a brother of Senator McBride, was the third. All the balance are equally well known. About the same number of Republicans were interviewed to-day by the Spokes- man-Review, and all said that as the party had left them they could not stand on the platform adopted, and would there- fore refuse to support the nominees of the 8t. Louis convention. Attorney-General Jones, in a long inter- view, says that he has elwaysbeen Repub- lican, but that he cannot longer vote that ticket since it hasdeclared against Repub- licanism. He says that heis still 8 Repub- lican, but that while he stands where he always did, he can see in the distance the party slowly but surely fading fron. him. There is but little doubt that these Re- publicans will follow the leadership of Teller in whatever he may do. Washing- ton will not go Republican ths fall. i R IHE NEWS AT SEATTLE. Mild Enthusiasm Over the -Announoce- ment of the Ticket. SEATTLE, Wasu., June 18.—McKin- ley’s nomination was not received with much enthusiasm in this city. The an- nouncement of his selection by the Na- ‘tional Republican Convention, made here at 3:20 o’clock, elicited mild applause from the crogvds in front of the bulletin boards, being hardly more vigorous than the chilly demonstration consequent upon the news of General Harrison’s nomination four years ago. The silver men were par- ticularly resentful of the convention’s choice as standard bearer. “McKinley and Hobart. We can beat that ticket; we can beat it,” exclaimed Hon. William 8. White, a delegate from this State to the National Democratic Con- vention, as he read the bulletin announc- ing Hobart’s election. “To do it,” he resumed, “we will have Bland of Missouri and Teller of Colorado on a free silver platform.” AR CARSON GEITS A CHILL. Republicans of the Silver State Express Their Displeasure, CARSON, Ngv., June 18.—The nomina- tion of McKinley on a gold platform was coldly received here. Many leading Re- publicans declared on the street that they would vote for any silyer man put up by any party againsthim. Among these were Evan Williams, ex-State Senator; James Torreyson, ex-Attorney-General; Robert Hofer, Al Livingston, William Hy Doan, James Meder, Hume Yerington, John Kersey and scores of others recognized as leading Republicans in Ormsby. A Ay HENRY FRENCH’S ENTHUSIASM. The Great Prohibitionist Delighted at McKiniley’s Nomination. SAN JOSE, Car., June 18. — Henry French, late Prohibition candidate for Governor, has sent the Mercury an en- thusiastic dispatch from St. Louis on the nomination of McKinley, and adds: “Tele- phone THE CALL with my compliments.”’ IS A RUSSIAN EXILE. A Delegate Who Can See but One Standard of Value. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18,—One unique feature of the convention is a Russian exile and a Nebraska delegate. His card reads, “‘P. Jansen, Nebraska, delegate at large, Republican National Convention, 1896."” “God hates a coward,” declared Mr. Jansen, ‘“and every honest man does the same; and, therefore, on behalf of the Re- publicans of the great State of Nebraska, 1shall vote for the resolution which de- clares for the gold standard and says just what it means. The time is past for the Republican party to straddle this ques- tion. We must meet the issue fairly and squarely like men. The Democratic party will not in the least hesitate to use the word ‘silver,” and I don’t see why we should be afraid to name the metal which has been the only measure of values since the United States began to coin money. ‘Why, even the country from which I am an exile, hali-civilized Ruseia, is prepar- ing to get onto a gold basis, and it would ill become the most enlightened nation of the globe to take a step backward and join Mexico, Japan and China. “Gentlemen, we shall not gain a single electoral vote by refraining to declare for a gold standard, but we will lose the re- spect and the credit of the whole world, whose eyes are upon this convention, by avoiding to say just what we mean. The people of Nebraska are anxious and will- ing to pay their debts, but they are not ready to liquidate them with a 50-cent dol- lar. I trust, gentlemen, the resolution will be carried.” PROCEEDINGS IN BRIEF. Review of the Work of the Re- publican Convention. The National Republican Convention at St. Louis assembled on Tuesday at noon in the Convention Hall, being called to order by Senator Carter, chairman of the National Committee. Rabbi Sale offered -prayer. The call for the convention was read, and the temporary chairman of the convention, Charles W. Fairbanks of In- diana, was elected, the choice of the National Committee being ratified. Mr. Fairbanks madean opening address, reviewing recent history and saying, *“The Republican party is a party of comvie- tions.”” He also paid attention to the protective tariff and the money question at length. At the close of his remarks he was presented with a gavel fashioned from a log taken from the cabin which was built as New Salem, Il., by Abraham Lincoln in 1832 After a vote to abide temporarily by the rules of the last preceaing Republican Convention, the committees on perma- nent organization, on rules and order of business, on credentials and on resolu- tions were named. It wasvoted to sub- mit all resolutions in respect to the plat- form tothe convention without debate. At 1:47 the convention adjourned to meet Wednesday at 10 o. M. Prior to the ‘opening of the convention the National Committee sat and began to make up a temporary roll for the convention, decid- ing contests in which a large number of delegates were concerned. The committee on credentials, at its first meeting, decided to adopt the roll pre- pared by the National Committee “as the true and correct roll of the delegates and alternates to the convention,” and also voted to hear only the contests referred by the National Committee to it. W.P. Hepburn of Iowa moved a substitute in- structing the secretary of the committee to secure all papers and documents con- cerning contested seats that had been filed before the National Committee, and that the committee on credentials should then proceed to dispose of all contests in alpha- betical order of the States. This substi. tute was voted down, 17 to 19. The Higgins delegation from Delaware was seated, 31 to 21, by the committee on credentials and also the John Grant dele- gation from Texas. A minority report was prevared, which was signed by W, A. Hepburn of Iows, C. S. Blackett of Maryland, Forrest Goodwin of Maine .and sixteen other members of the committee. This minority Teport set forth that the National Committee did not attempt to consider the merits of the cases of any of 150 odd contestants; that only in two cases,to wit, concerning the delegations from Delaware and Texas, had there been any hearing concerning the facts inyolved by any competent tribunal; that the National Committee had per- sistently voted down propositions to in- vestigate the cases from Texas other than those from the State at large—those from California, from Louisiana, from Ala- bama and from the Twelfth District of Missouri; that it is a dangerous precedent to permit the National Committee to pass final judgment on the election and quali- fication of delegates to the National Con- i Colorado. vention, and also that in the consideration Delaware.. of contested cases before the Republican National Committee 1t was distinctly and repeatedly stated that the contestants would have an opportunity to be heard before the committee on credentials with their testimony. The National Convention came together again Wednesday at 10 A.». John M. Thurston, who had been selected for per- | Michigal manent presiding officer, was escorted to the chair by Senator Sewall of New Jersey and Serenc E. Payne of New York. Mr, Thurston delivered an address after w hich a recess was taken until after noon, In the afternoon the reports of the com- ‘mittee on credentials were submitted, Congressman Hepburn offered the mi- pority report from the platform,and spoke denouncing ‘‘smap judgment” in the matter of credentials. He was re- ceved with applause. On the rollcall Iowa veied solidiy against the majority report of the commit- tee on credentials. The convention adopted the majority report aftera vote on a moticn for the previous question, which resulted 56834 to 329%4. Before this the point had been raised, that until the report of the committee on credentials had been received, the perma- nent officers could not take their seats, but this was overruled by the temporary chairman. The vice-presidents of the convention from the Pacific Slope were as follows: California, U. S. Grant; Montana, Thomas C. Marshall; Nevada, J. B. Overton; North Dakots, J. M. Devine; Oregon, John F. Gailbraith; South Dakota, David Meisner; Utah, W. 8. MeCormick; Wash- ington, Alwick Goldman; Arizona, J. M. Ford. The committee on rules reported rules almost identical with those previously in force. Indian Territory was given six votes instead of two and Alaska four in- stead of two. The rules were adopted and the convention then adjourned for the day. At a meeting of the committee on reso- lutions Wednesday Senator Teller pro- posed as a substitute for the gold plank in the platform a plank providing for the free coinage of silver at the ratio with gold of 16 to 1. This was rejected by the committee—ayes 40, noes 11. Messrs. Teller of Colorado, Cleveland of Nevada, Lemmon of California, Cannon of Utah, Mott of North Carolina, Hartman of Montana and Dubois of Idaho spokein the committee against the adoption of the gold standard. Messrs. Teller, Cannon, Cleveland and Dubois gave notice that they would withdraw from the convention if that body should adopt the gold standard plank. The convention reassembled Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. A few minutes later the report of the committee on reso- lutions was submitted by the chairman, Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio. The preamble appealed for popularand historic justifica- tion of the claims of the Republican party “to the matchless achievements of thirty years of Republican rule.” Theseachieve- ‘ments were recounted briefly. The planks in the platform were in substance: A tariff to protect American industry. Reciprocity to build up foreign trade. Protection which will lead to the pro- duction on American soil of all the sugar that the American people use. Protection to hemp, wool and the fin- ished woolens of the mill. Discriminating duties to -build up the American merchant marine. The gold monetary standard. Fair treatment and generous recognition for Union veterans in the matter of pen- sions. Vigorous foreign policy. Control of the Hawaiian Islands. Government construction and ownership of the Nicaragua canal. Purchase of the Danish isles for a naval station in the West Indies, Support of the Monroe doctrine. The United States should use its good offices to restore peace in Cuba. The continued enlsrgement of the navy and a complete system of harbor and sea- coast defenses. 5 Enforcement of the immigration laws and their extension to exclude from en- trance into the country those who cannot read and write. Thorough enforcement of the civil serv- ice law. Every citizen shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and such bal- lot shall be counted and returned as cast. Opposing lynchings. Favoring a National board of arbitra- tion to settle differences between employ- ers and emploved. Passage of the free homestead bill. The earliest practicable admission of the remaining Territories. Representation in Congress for Alaska. ‘Wise and legitimate efforts to prevent intemperance and promote morality. ‘Welcoming the co-operation of women to rescue the country from Democratic and Populist mismanagement and mis- Tule. Senator Teller submitted a minority re- port from the committee on resolutions and offered a silver 16 to 1 resolution as a substitute for the gold-standard plank, Chairman Foraker of the committee on resolutions moved to lay the substitute on the table. This motion prevailed; 81834 to 105}4. The financial plank reported by the majority was then adopted 81214 to 11014, The following delegates from silver Btates walked out of the convention: En- tire delegations from Colorado and Idaho, three delegates from Utah, one from Dakota, one from Montana and two from Nevada. ‘ The platform was adopted as a whole, Then the presentation of candidates for the nomination for President was begun. William B. Allison was named by John M. Baldwin. Thomas B. Reed was named by Henry Cabot Lodge. 3 Lev1 P. Morton was named by Chauncey Depew. ‘William McKinley Jr. was named by J. B. Foraker. Matthew Stanley Quay was named by Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania. William McKinley was nominated on the first ballot, the vote standing: Mo~ Kinley 6613¢, Reed 843, Morton 58, Quay 6134, Allison 85}4, Cameron 1, blank 4, Total, 906. After the result of the ballot had been announced, Henry Cabot Lodge moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Governor Hastings, ‘Thomas C. Platt and Chauncey Depew seconded the motion, and the nomination was made-unanimous by a standing vote. The nomination for Vice-President was then made. Only one ballot was necessary, the result being: Hobart of New Jersey 533, Evans 28034, Bulkeley 39, Lippett 8, Walker 24, Hobart’s nomination was made unanimous. 'THE ELECTORAL VOTE Following is a list of States with the umber of votes to which each is entitled the Electoral College. It will prove convenient for reference: ol whorbruonrordrBuiiorwn Electoral vote necessary 10 & choice, 224