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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
5
MKINLEY AND HOBART continue a lively night as crowds cheer. Questions about Hanna ripple through Hannaville, but by tomorrow this town will resume its usual appearance with hotels, concert gardens, and saloons back to normal.
St Louis June 18 delegates and spectators fill the convention hall amid hot weather and fairlike grounds. Foraker as resolutions chair reads a platform backing sound money and free coinage while republicans tout international accord and oppose canal and naval ventures. Teller joins the right, Cuban policy cheers meet mixed reactions as civil service and free ballot calls draw support.
Senator Teller leads a silverist faction at the St Louis convention after denouncing the gold standard plank and proposing a substitute that pledges free coinage of gold and silver at a fixed ratio. He argues sound finance requires recognizing silver alongside gold, insisting loyalty to his view despite opposition.
The St Louis declaration blasts Democratic control as a disaster and reaffirms Republican aims for protective tariffs and free coinage by international agreement. It denounces the single gold standard, pledges civil service reform, national arbitration, and veteran protections while urging reciprocity, territorial admission, and a strong navy. It defends sugar and wool protection, Hawaii and Cuba policy, and Armenian relief.
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