Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1904 — HANLY FOR GOVERNOR [ARTICLE]

HANLY FOR GOVERNOR

Nominated on First Ballot by the Indiana Republican Convention.

Indianapolis, Ind., April 27. —At the opening of the second session of the Indiana Republican convention the report of the credentials committee was accepted and the platform was presented by the chairman of the resolution committee, Ward FI. Watson, of Charlestown. It was unanimously adopted. The platform heartily and unreservedly indorses the administration of President Roosevelt and Instructs the delegates at large to support him. It pledges anew confidence In the wisdom and efficacy of the protective tariff, with a change of schedules as conditions demand, but made consistently with the policy of protection. It advocates the gold standard, approves the course of President Roosevelt with reference to combinations of capital in restraint of trade, approves the reciprocity treaty with Cuba, the Panama transactions, the Philippine policy. International arbitration, and a Just pension policy. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge are Indorsed, and the latter Is recommended to the next legislature for reelection.

Entitled to Renomination. The candidates for the state ticket were nearly all present. Incumbents, who by precedence were entitled to renomlnntion. These nominations were made by acclamntlon ns follows: For secretary of state, Daniel E. Storms, Lufayette; auditor of state, David E. Sherrlck, Noblesvllle; state treasurer, Jfat U. Hiil, Bloomington: attorney general, Charles W. Miller, Goshen; superintendent of public Instruction, Fassett A. Cotton, Newcastle; judges of the supreme court. Oscar H. Montgomery, Seympur, and John W. Hadley, Danville. Tho first contest was for the nomination for governor. The contestants were J. Frank Hanly, of W. L. Taylor, of Indianapolis; W. L. Penfield, of Auburn, and Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash. Mr. Hanly was nominated on the first ballot.

Miller for Lieutenant Governor. The vote for governor was not announced* ns Mr. Ilanly had enough to nominate at the end of the roll-call. Hugh Miller of Columbus was nominated for lieutenant governor on the third ballot. The following were chosen delegates-at-largo to the national convention at Chicago: Charles W. Enribanks, W. T. Durbin. Albert J. Beveridge, James P. Goodrich. Alternates: E. P. McClure, E. W. Marsh, Howard Maxwell, J. L. C. McAdnm. Eleetor»-at-large: G. A. Cunningham and Joseph D. Oliver.