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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1896
Page
2
Boss Platt returns to the convention with a hard demand that the financial plank declare for the gold standard. He pushes for no ambiguity or evasions and gains support from gold advocates among delegates from the Dakotas, Indiana, and Illinois amid strong silver sentiment.
The June St Louis conference endorses maintaining the gold standard and opposing free silver without international agreement. McKinley and Hanna influence shape the platform with Depew and Lodge opposing straddle planks. Debate centers on gold and silver policy, with Morton named for New York.
Delegates from New England and states including New York Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan Minnesota Washington and Tennessee pressed for a platform mentioning gold unambiguously. Ex Senator Platt backed by telegrams from moneyed interests led to firm support for inserting a distinct gold plank.
In St Louis on June 14 gold supporters press for a straight declaration in the Republican platform. They expect Mark Hanna to yield despite personal doubts as his preferred plank favored a straddle with phrases like sound money and an honest dollar. Foraker and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge are involved in shaping the outcome.
In Massachusetts tensions rose as delegates debated placing George H. Lyman on the national committee and Senator Lodge on the resolutions panel. Draper was elected delegation chair with E C Benton secretary, while talk of Reed and McKinley votes sparked a postponement until tomorrow.
The 112 strong Massachusetts contingent rode into St Louis amid dust and cheer, using the phrase modern Athens to describe their comeback. The crowd roared as they stepped from the train, while observers noted the scene reflected a McKinley era mood and debates.
A Massachusetts Reed delegation arrives in St Louis and is hosted at the Southern Hotel with a tribute from Mayor Reynolds. George Guild outlines a blunt gold standard stance for the Republican platform as Massachusetts hosts a trio of rooms, banners, and a Reed portrait. Meanwhile other states push for McKinley vice presidential candidates including Hobart, Bulkeley, Evans, and others as convention dynamics unfold.
Reported shifts show Illinois uninstructed delegates siding with Reed and Connecticut’s delegation favoring McKinley via Sam Fessen den. Rhode Island discussion sparks denial and counterclaims about votes. Kentucky appears set to back McKinley as Governor Bradley declines to be nominated.
News from St Louis reports Platt supporters in New Jersey favoring Morton Hobart and Dingley aligned Ohio men while New York backers oppose General Tracy. Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee and others endeavor to pledge delegates as tension rises over Depew’s role in announcing Morton’s stance against the vice presidency.
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Senator Teller of Colorado, leading the silver forces, met at a friend's residence in St. Louis and planned talks with colored delegates and silver delegates from all states. He declined to forecast actions if the convention did not declare for free coinage at 16 to 1, reaffirming his prior stance on the issue.
The speaker notes newspaper indications favor a platform supporting the existing standard while avoiding the word gold. He argues omitting gold equates to backing the gold standard and urges a clear declaration for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 to satisfy silver supporters.
Major McKinley, in a Tuscarawas street news store, angrily read a telegram about Thomas C Flatt's willingness to bolt. He reportedly said he would rather fail to receive the nomination than buy it with Platt's money, then his mood lightened as he walked away.
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