People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — FILLEY-KERENS ROW. [ARTICLE]

FILLEY-KERENS ROW.

FIQHT AT MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. Fiction* Come to Blow* Over the Po*•eeslon of the St. Joseph Theater, in Which the Meeting I* to Bo Held— Other Political Now*.

St. Joseph, Mo., May 13. —Extreme turbulence characterized the opening of the Missouri State Republican convention Tuesday morning. For an hour or more a riot was imminent. During the crush in front of the theater when the opening hour bad arrived men were knocked down and the police were forced to handle obstreperous individuals in a rather forcible manner As the hours passed the multitude became desperate and additions were made to the police detail. Gradually, as the crowd increased in size, curses reeked the air, and the scene was one df the wildest confusion. After a delay of three hours Chairman Filley appeared on the stage and called the convention to order. After the reading of the call prayer was offered and Mayor Vories welcomed the delegates to the city. The building was packed to the door, but the delegates 3eemed to have forgotten their wrath and aside from a few bruised heads and black eyes, where delegates had been struck with policemen’s clubs in the row, there were no evidences of what had for a time threatened to end ima fierce riot. When the committee on platform made its report the following resolutions were presented and adopted with a hurrah: We demand a leturn to the sound republican policy of protection and reciprocity. Under the doctrine of reciprocity as advocated by*Blaine and enforced by Harrison’s administration our export trade was vastly increased and new and enlarged markets were opened to our farm products. The repeal of the law by the democratic congress has closed the markets of many foreign countries to a large portion of American products. ‘\ve are firm and emphatic in our demand for honest money. We believe that our money should not be inferior to the money of the most enlightened nations of the earth. We are unalterably opposed to any scheme that threatens to debase or depreciate our currency. We favor the use of silver as currency, but to the extent only and under such regulations that its parity with the present gold standard can be maintained, and in consequence we are opposed to the free, unlimited, and independent coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. ‘‘We recognize the Hon. William McKinley as the champion of the doctrine of protection, a gallant soldier, an able statesman and a true and loyal American, and the delegates elected by thi3 convention are directed to cast their votes for the nomination of William McKinley for president of the United States.” * Filley was elected chairman of the state committee and delegate to the national convention at St. Louis. Split in Delaware's Convention. Dover, Del., May 13.—1 n the Delaware state republican convention Tuesday Senator Higgins and his friends'' were out-voted at every point, and failing, after a prolonged contest, to secure the passage of a resolution indorsing McKinley for president, withdrew from the convention. The vote on the resolution at roll-call was 96 against and 54 in favor. The resolutions call for sound money, international bimetallism and protection for manufacturers and for American shipping. Ex-Gov. I*eck I* Mad* Chairman. Milwaukee, Wis., May 13. —The WallVilas machine succeeded in getting a new hold on the Wisconsin democracy at the meeting of the democratic state central committee Tuesday night by electing ex-Gov. George W. Pack chairman to succeed E. C. Wall, resigned. The committee fixed June 23 as the date for holding the state convention to elect delegates 4o the national convention. Nineteen members were present at the meeting. York Club Indorses Ohioan. Nevf York, May 13.—Tuesday night the Fourteenth Assembly District Republican club gathei ed at the head-' quarters of the John A. Logan club and declared for McKinley. ‘We are all solid for McKinley,” said William F. Daly. "The republicans of the Fourteenth district have a good opinion of Governor Morton, but he is not their choice for president. They do not think he has a ghost of a chance of being nominated.” Kansas Dlsuiot for McKinley. Ottawa, Kan., May 13—The Second congressional district convention was held in this city Tuesday, and the dele-* gates to the St. Louis convention were instructed for McKinley.