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Cleveland, June 20.- The opening se ston oí the eighth natlonal oonvention oí Republican olub3 adjourned at 1 p. m yesterday untll today, after disposing oí all preliminariea and routine matters. There were no developments in the con Tention indlcatlng a oontest between those weartng yellow and white badges, and representing regpeotively the gold and the sllver itandards. But in the commlttee rooms at the Arcade, in the hotels, and elsewhere the flght continued. The oommittee on time and plaoe selected Milwaukee as the plaoe for the next national oonvention, and referred the selection of the date for the next national convention to the executive board, with lnstructions to select any date after that ol the Republican national convention. Boomleta Are Not Neglected. The postponement of the time to a dat subsequent to that of the national oonvention was for the purpose o( voiding any such contest on reso as that which is now confronfr ing thedelegates of the clubs. There waf a movement to coriolude the work with the banquet tonight, but the agitatton before the committee on resolutions dur ing the afternoon and evening deveiopad such dinerences that ït is not likely the convention will close before tomorrow. The presidencial booms have been looked after as carefully as ever. The Iowa dele gates keep open house for Allison.and thf Hoosiers are quietly keeping Harrison in mind, while the ïiew England delegates uso the Bluiue táctica for Reed. Mark A. Hanna, who ís close to McKlnley, hat beon keeping open house at hls mansion all week. Hanna Gives a Little Dinner. Hanna gave a din ner at the Union League at whlch Major Osborn (a relativo of McKinley), Governors Nelson, Merriam and Brown; Clayton Powell, Moses P. Handy, Senators Patton (of Michigan), Clark (of Wyoming) Carter (of Montana), Thurston (of Nebraska), Dubois (of Idaho); Warner Miller, of New York, and others were guests. While Hanna always believes McKinley to be a man of destiny he saya he was nevar so hopeful for the ohampion of protection as he ie at this convention, owing to the expressions for his favorito from other states. He does noc think the silver question will embarrass the pi-otoctionista. Fijjht on Sllver the Feature. The feature of the day was the silvei figlit bsfore the oommittee on resolutions. The committee organized with Representative J. B. Uoblnson, of Pennsylvania, chairman, and H. tí. Knowlei, oi Delaware, secretary. The organization was against the silveritbs, but the latter were not disoouraged, and opened the flght from the start. The committee was in open session till after 6 o'clock, when on motion of Representativo Tawney, of Minnesota, it adjourned till 8 p. m. for the execucive session, at which time a Bubcommittee of nine was to be announced by Chuirman Robinson, and time given to the silver men and others for a hearing. The resol ution of the silver men was offered, also other silvei resolutions. ThurBtun'ft Cnrreucy Compromiso. The proposición attracting the most at tention, however, is Thuraton's compromise, aa follows: "We approve the declaration of the last Republican natioual convention 'that the American people from tradition and interest favor bimetallism, and the Republican party demanda the use of both gold and silver as a standard money with suoh restrictions and under such provisions to be determlned as will seoure the inaintenance of the parity of values of the two metáis, so that the purchasing and debt-paying powet of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal,' and refer the action for a more specilic declaration to the nexc Republican national convention, which alone has the power to bind tbe party or make platforms and declare prinoiples."