Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1888 — HARRISON AND MORTON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HARRISON AND MORTON.

THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ATCHICAGO. Procredinpi es the Convention—Speer h of. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll—The Content for the Presidency l» nil lit* Detail*.

Harrison was nominated on the eighth ballot receiving 544 votes. Levi P. Morton, of New York, was selected for Vice President on Ist ballot. The convention was called to order at 12:30 Wednesday. Rev. S. A. Northrop, of Ft. Wayne, offered prayer. Two new- and handsome gavels were presented to the convention. The credentials committee, by large majority, voted to seat the Wise delegate in all the eight contested districts exeep the Ninth, leaving Mahone the First Fourth and Ninth, and the delegates at large, and making the delegation stand: Wise 14, Mahone 10. Ex-Governor Foster. of Ohio, presented the report of the committee on permanent organization, recommending Hon. M. M. Estee, of California, for permanent Chairman and several secretaries and reading clerks. The report- was adopted. Gen. Foster, of Ohio, Senator Foley, of Nevada, and George B. Sloan, of New York, escorted Mr. Estee to the chair. His speech was ven - brief. - Hft said:“ Gentlemen of the convention, following so illustrious a gentleman as your temporary Chairman, I shall not attempt to detain you by any lengthened speech. I only want to say to you that we live so far from the center of the Republic, over on the Pacific shore, that I cannot even guess who your nominee is going to be. [Laughter.] Of course you all know. I say farther to you, gentlemen of the convention, that I am not able to say exactly what your platform will be; but the people of the country has echoed its sentiment and the rattle of the skirmish line was heard only two weeks ago from Oregon.” [Here the speaker was interrupted by a round of applause, and at the suggestion of some enthusiastic individual in t he gallery three hearty cheers were given for Oregon] “God' willing,” resumed Mr. Estee, “next November you will hear from Cleveland’s Appomatox all over this great Republic. [Applause.] Friends and gentlemen of the convention, again thanking you for the high honor you have conferred on me. and impressing you with the belief, with all heart and soul, that our duties are of the gravest and most solemn character, and trusting from tjie depth of my soul that every - act may be done to promote the best interests of our common country and advance the Republican party, I w ill call for the next order of business. [Applause.] The Chair then recognized Mayor Roche, of Chicago, who advanced to the platform, holding in his hand a beautiful silver gavel which, he said, he had been instructed to present to the convention, on behalf of the citizens of Chicago. He said it was not silver alone, as the one presented at St. Louis, but of gold and silver —the bimetallic standard of our sound financial policy. It represents both crude and skilled labor, and teaches the lesson that free homes, free schools and a free ballot shall be maintained in this countrv.

Mr. Chas. A. Works, of Illinois, also presented to the convention a gavel, which he said was a plain tool and made neither of silver nor gold but it is connected with a great name in American history. It is made from a piece of wood i from a desk in a tannery in Galena, 111., w hich was left by that silent soldier, Ulysses S. Grant, when he took the field to fight for his country. The mention of General Grant’s name was greeted with an outburst of cheering, which lasted several moments, and was the warmest demonstration of the dav. The report of the committee on rules and votes was adopted after slight modification. The report gives Dakota ten votes and Washington Territory-six votes, the same as they would ytaye if they were States. « The cominittee on credentials not being ready to report the convention took a recess until 8:30 p. in. —' At the night session a resolution ot "conddence to the Geruiaii iratfon’ifi' tKe' recent death of two was adopted. Resolutions of respect to the memory of Grant, Logan, Arthur and Conkling were also adopted—Hon—W.Xl,Bradley, of Ky.,and Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, made brief speeches. The credentials committee submitted its report, which after a very long debate on* the Virginia contest, was adopted. jThe report in the Virginia contest gave Wise 14 and Mahone 10 of the 24 votes of that

State, being a victory for Wise. The vote in the convention wm 512 to 250. The session of Thursday, June 21, was Opened at 10:05 with prayer bv Rev. T. C. Green, of Chicago. Mr. Mckinley, of Ohio, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented the; platform as follows: . TUB PLATFORM. " The Republicans of the United State*. sssembl«d by .theirdelegates in Nsttoaal Convention, pause on the threshold of 'their proceedings to honor the tnotnory of tntir firs: great leader, the Immortal champion of liberty and the rights of the people - Abraham Lincoln; and to cover also with wrrWthes of imperishable remembrance and gratitude the heroic names of our late leaders who have more recently bften called awav from our council*—Grant, Garfl ld, Arthur, Ixtean, Conkling. May their memories.be faithfullv cberhbed. w e also recall with our greetings and wi h prayer for his recovery the name of one of our living heroes; whose memory will be I resell red in the history of both Republican)* and of the Republic—the name of that noble soldier and favorite child of victory. Philip H. Sheridan. In the spirit of those great leaders, and of our own devotion to human libery, and with that hostility to all forms of despotism and oppression which is the fundamental ideal of the Republican party, wfe send fraternal. 'Congratulation to our fel’ow Americans of Brazil upon their great act of emancipation, which completed the abolition of slavery throughout the two American continents. We earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate our fellow -citizena of Irish birih on the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland. We reaffirm our unswerving devotion to the National constitution ana to the indissoluble union of the States: to the autonomy reserved to thelStatea under the Constitution; to the personalrightsandliberties of citizens in all the States and Territories in the Union: and, esp< - dally, to the supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or olack, to cast one free ballot in public election, and to have that ballot duly counted. We hold the free and honest poptilar ballot and the just and equal representation of all the people to be the foundation of out Repub'ican Government, and demand effective legislation tn secure the integrity and purity of elections, which are the fountains of all public authority, "echarge that the present administration and the Democratic majority in Congress owe their existence to the suppression of the ballot by a criminal nullification of the Constitution and laws of the United States. We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American sys'em of protection. We protest against its distraction, a« proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe; w* will support the interestsof America. We accept the issue, and confidently appeal to the people for their judgment. The protective system most be maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed bv general disaster to all-in Guests, except those of the u-urer and the sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as destructive to the general business, the labor and the farming in tercets of the country, and we heariily indorse the consistent and patriotic action of the Republican representatives in tongress in opposing its passage. We condemn the proposition of the democratic party toplace wool on the free list, and we insist that the cuties thereon shall be adjusted and maintained so as to furnish full and adequate protection to that industry. Toe Republican party would effect alb needed redurtion of the national revenue by repealing the taxes upon tobacco, which are an annoyance and burden to agriculture, and theAax upon spirits used in the arts and for mechanical purposes, and by such revision of the tariff laws as will tend to check imports on such articles as are produced by our people the production of which

g.ves emp'oyment to our labor, and release from import duties those articles of foreign production (except luxuries) the like of which can not be produced at nome. If there shall >till remain a larger revenue than is requisite for the wants of the Government, we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system, at the joint behest of the whisky ring and the agents of foreign manufacturers. We declare our hostility to the introduction into this country of foreign contract labor and of Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and our Constitution; and we demaud the rigid enforcement of the existing laws against it. and favor such immediate legislation as will exclude such labor from our shores. We declare onr opposition to all combinations' of capital organized in trusts or otherwise, to con- . t rol. arbitrarily .the condition of tradeamou g our citizens; and we recommend to Congress and the State Legislatures, in their respective jurisdift_ tions, such legislation as will prevent the execution of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their subplfee, or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to market. We approve the legis'ation by Congress to prevent, alike, unjust burdens and unfair oiscrimin ations between the States. We reaffirm the poii>y of appropriating the publ c lands of ths Uni'ed Sta es to the homesteads for American citizens and settlers, not aliens, which the Kepub'ican party established in 1862 against the persistent opposition of the Democrats in Congress, and which has brought onr great western domain into such magnificent development The restoration of unearned railroad laud grants to the public domain for the use of actual settlers, which was begun under the administration of Presid- nt Arthur, should be continued. We deny that the Democratic party has ever restored one acre to tae people, but hectare that by the joint action of Republican! and Democrats about 28,000,CK0 of acres of unearned lands, originally granted for the construction of have been restored to the public domain in pursuance of the conditions inserted by the Republican part? in the original grants. We < barge the Democratic administration with failure to execute the laws securing to settlers titles to their homesteads, and with using appropriations made for that purpose to harass innocent settlers with sp ! es and prosecutions, under the false pretense of exposing frauds and vindicating the law. fi The government by Congress of the Territories is based upon necessity only, to the end that they may become States in the Union; therefore, whenever the conditions of population, material resources, public intelligence and morality are such as to insure a stable local government therein, the people of such Territ?nes should be permitted. aa a right inherent in them, to form for themselves Constitutions and State Governments and be admitted into the Union. Pending tire preparation for statehood all officers thereof should be selected from bona fide residents and -Citizens of the Territories wherein they are to serve. South Dakota'Should,of right, be immediately admitted as a State in the Union, unoer the Constitution framed and adopted by her people, and we heartily indorse the action of the Republican Senate in twice passing bills for her admis sion. The r fu*al of the Democratic House of Representatives, for partisan purposes, to 'avorably consider these bills, is a willful violation of the sacred American principle of local self-gov-ernment. and merits the condemnation of all just men. The pending bills in the Senate for acts to enable the people of Washington, North Dakota, and Montana Territories to form Constitutions and establish State Government,sh<> n Id be pass-. ed without unnecessary delay. The Republican party pledgee itself to do all in its power to facilitate the admission of the Territories of New Mexico. Wyoming, Idaho and Arizoniato the enjoyment of self-government as States, suet of them as are now qualified as soon as possible,and the others as soon as tney may become so. , The polltteal power of the Mormon Church in the Territories, as exercised in the past, is a menace to free institutionstop dangerous longer to be suffered. Therefore we pledge the Kgpnblinyn party to apnropriafe'legislation asserting the sovereignity of the Nation in all Territories where the same is questioned. and in furtherance of th«t,end to place upon the statute books legislation stringent enough to divorce the political from the ecclesiastical power. and_Ahna stamp. ourtKe attendant wiciedne : S of polygamy, The Republican party is In favor ot the use of both gold and silver as money, and condemns the policy of the Democratic administration in its efforts to demonetize, silver. j , We demand the reduction of letter postage to 1 cent per ounce. In a Republic like ours,where the citizen isthe (sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the pee-

pie, it is important that the sovereign—the people—should pomeu intelligence. The free school U tbe promotor of that intelligence which is to preserve ns a free nation; therefore the Buie or Nation, or both combined, should support free institutions of learning sufficient to afford to every child growing up ia the litnd the opportunity of a good common achcol education. We earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken by Congress in the enactment of Such legislation as will best secure the rehabilitation of our American merchant marine, and we protest against the passage by Congress of a free ship bill as calculated to work Injustice to labor by lessening the wages of those engaged in preparing materials, a* well as those directly employed ia our ship} aids. ' _. We demaqd appropriations for the early rebuilding of ohr navy; for the construction of coast fortification and modern ordnance, and other approved mod'm means of defense for the protection of our defenseless harbors and cities* for the payment of just pension* to our soldiers; for necessary works of national importance in the improvement of harbors and tne channels of internal, coastwise and foreign commerce: for the encouragemt nt of the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific states: as well as for the jiayruent of the maturing public debt.

This policy will give employment to our labor, activityTo our various industries, increase the security of our country, promote trade, open new and direct maraets ior our produce, and cheapen thelcost of transportation. We affirm thia to be far letter for our country than the Democratic policy of loaning the Government money without interest to “pet banks.” The conduct of foreign affairs by the present administration has been distinguished ty its inefficiency and its cowardice. Having withe rawn from the Senate all pending treaties effected by the Republican administration for the removal of foreign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce, and for its extension into better markets, it has neither effected nor proposed any others in their stead. Professing adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it has seen, with idle complacency, the extension of foreign influence in Central America. and of foreign trade everywhere among our neighbors. It has, ref used to charter, sanction or encourage any American organization for constructing the Nicaragua Canal, a work of vital importance to the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine and of our national influence in central and South America, and necessary for the development of trade with our Pacific territory with South, America and with the islands and further coasts ot the Pacific Ocean. We arraign the present Democratic administration for its weak and unpatriotic treatment of the fisheries question, and its pussilanimous surrender of the essential privileges to which our fishing vessels arc entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty of IMB, the reciprocal maritime legislation of 1830. and the comity of nations, and which the Canadian fishing vessels receive in the nbrts of the United States. We condemn the policy of the present administration and the Democratic majority in Congress toward cur fisheries as unfriendly ,and conspicuously unpatriotic, and as tending to destroy a valuable national industry and an indispensable resource of defense against a foreign enemy. The name of American applies alike to all citizens of the Republic and Imposes upon all alike the same obligation of obedience to the laws. At the same time that citizenship is and must be the panoply and safeguard to him who wears it, and protect him. whether high or low, rich or poor, in all his < ivll rights. It should and must .afford him protection at home and follow and | protect him abroad m whatever land he may be on a lawful errand. The men who abandoned the Republican pany in 1884, and continue to adhere to the Democratic party, have deserted not only the cause of honest government, of sound finance, of freedom, anti purity ot the ballot, but especially have deserted the cause of reform in the civil service. We will not fail to keep our pledges because they have broken theirs, or because their candidate has broken his. We, therefore, repeat otir declaration of I*B4, to-wit: “The reform of the civil servi"e, auspiciously .begun under the Republican admini-tration, should be completed by the further extension of the reform system already established by law, to all the grade’s of the service to which it is applicable. The spirit and purpose of the reform should be observed in all executive appointments, and all laws at variance with the object Of existing reform legislation should be repealed, to the end that dangers to free institutions, which lurk in the power of official patronage, mat be wisely and effectively avoided.” The gratitude of the Nation to the defenders of the Union cannot be measured by laws. The legislation of Congress should conform to the pledges made by a loyal people, and be so en larged and extended as to provide aeainst the posstbilitr that any man who honorably wore the Federal uniform shall become an inmate of an alms-house or dependent upon private charif. In the presence of an overflowing treasury, itwould bea public scandal to do less for those whose valorous service preserved the Government. We denounce the hostile spirit shown bv President Cleveland in his numerous * etoes of measures for pension relief and action of the Democratic House of Representatives in refining even a consideration of general r ension legblation. ' In support of the principles herewith enunciated, we invite the cooperation of patriotic men of all parties, and especially of all workingmen whose prosperity is seriously threatened by the free trade policy of the present administration. b Salient parts of the platform were cheered as read, and that part referring to protection called forth enthusiastic and long continued applause. The platform was adopted by a unanimous vote The nominations of' Presidential candidates were then proceeded with: The first name presented was that of Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, by Mr. Warner. Leonard Swett, of Chicago, nominat Walter Q. Gresham. The nomination was seconded by Cushman

K. Davis, of Minnesota, John R. Lynch, of Mississisippi, Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Rector, of Texas. Gov. Porter, of Indiana, nominated' Benj. Harrison, of Indiana; seconded by Mr. Terrell, of Texas, ’ and Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire. AVilham Br Allison’s Tiame was—presented by Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa; seconded by Mr. Bosworth, of Rhode Island. • Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, was named by ex-Congressman Horn, of that State. Seconded bv C. J. Noyes,of Massachusetts. Patrick jEgan, or Ne-

braska, Mr. Estes, of North * Carolina, and Eggers, of Alabama- : Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, was nominated by Senator Hiscock, of New YoA, seconded by Mr. Hartley, of Minnesota. ' . ,- ’ Goverrior Foraker, of Ohio, nomiiftted John Sherman, of Ohio, (Seconded bv J. M. Langston, of Virginia, and 'Mr. Anson, of North Carolina. 'Edwin Fitler, Mayor of Philadelphia, was nominated by Charles E. Smith, of Pennsylvania. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, placed in nomination Gov. Jere Rusk, of that State, and the convention adjourned until Ila. m., Friday. The'convention met promptly at 11 o’clock, Friday,, and proceeded to ballot with the following result:

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On the first ballot Harrison received votes as follows: Alabama 1, Arkansas 1, Colorado 2, Delaware a, Florida 1, Georgia 2, Indis ns 29, -Kentucky 4. Maine 2, Maryland 5. Massachusetts' 4, Missouri 5, New Hampshire 4. North Carolina 1. Oregon !, Texas 1. Vermont 8, Virginia 4, West Virginia 2 On rhe second and third billots he received 28 from Indiana to Greshams. Gresham’s vote on the first ballot was as follows: Arkansas 1, Colorado 3, Georgia 1, Illinois 44, Indiana 1. Kentucky 5. Louisiana 1, Maine 1. Maryland 1. Massachusetts 2, Minnesota 11. Mississippi 3, Missouri 11, Nebraska 1, North Carolina 2. Oregon 4, Tenreesee 1, Texas 5, Virginia 1, West Virginia 2. On the first ba’lot McKinley received 2 votes, Hoar 4, Fitler 18 and Lincoln -1. On fifth ballot McKinley received 15 votes At the night session Chauncey M. Depew.withdrew his name in a graceful speech, and it was understood the larger portion of the vote of New York was to be thrown to Harrison. The opposition

thereupon combined and forced an adjournment, possibly thereby defeating the nomination of Harrison. Immediately after the vote, Col. Ingersoll was called for and responded as follows: Ladies and Gentlemen —I am a Republican. I belong to the greatest, the grandest party ever organized by the human race [applause]; I belong to that party that is in favor of giving to every human being equal rights with every other, and the mission of the Republican partv is not ended until the great Republic shall be civilized. [Cheers.] The mission of that party is not ended until every mairbeneathher flagnot only hasT the right to cast his vote in peace- but to have it counted honestly and in peace, [Cheers.] I am a Republican because that party is pledged to the protection of American labor. [Cheers.] The country that raises raw material and sells it as such, will always be ignorant and poor. [Cheers.] Why? The labor to raise raw material is ignorant, but the moment that raw material is worked into fabric, fashioned into beautiful shapes, that requires intelligence; consequently, the greater number of industries we have in the United States, the more intelligent our population will be. [Cheers.] Another reason: Ordinary labor is always cheap; labor commands a price in proportion that mind is mingled with muscle, in the proportion that thought is mingled with effort. [Cheers.] The people who want us to raise raw material for England —England to manufacture simply vote for the poverty and ignorance of America [cheers], and for the wealth and intelligence of Great Britain. [Cheers.] lam in favor of protection of American industries because it will develop American brain; because, under that system, we can raise the most beautiful things beneath the stars, great men and great women. [Tumultuous applause.] Where men pursue but one industry they become stupid. Where the industries are diversified, every part of the brain is developed, and we have use for every aptitude, for, every talent and for every kind of genius. I am in favor of American protection, because under that policy we have become the richest nation on the globe. [Cheers.] I am in favor of that policy, because we are tiie most ingenious people who ever lived; because, on the average, we have more sense than any people I ever hapgned to meet. ,am in ,-or of tiiat policy-because here in the United States we have, on an average, better homes, better clothes and better food and better schools than in any other nation. [Applause.]' I believe the hearthstone is the foundation of Ameri-. ca. [Applause] I believe the fireside is the altar of the Republic. [Applause.] I am in favor of that policy that will put a roof over the head of ever mechanic. [ApplauseJ Tam not only inTavorof the Republican party because it is in favor of prOtectingTnduslries~air home,. bul l am in favor of that papty because it believes- in education? —because _ it ——believes in protecting the rights of American citizens everywhere. lam for that party because it took the last stain fram the American [Applause.] I am for that party because it gave freedom not onlvto four million of people, but to thousands of millions yet unborn.

[Applause.] lam in favor.of it because you can be a man and belong to it [Great applause.] Now, having said this little [cries of “Go on”] I regard the success of the Republican party as the most important thing forthe Republic. In the next place, no single man, whatever his services may be, ho single man, whatever his achievements have been, no single man whatever his capacity is, is of the slightest importance compared ’with the success of the Republican party [Great and continued applause ana cheers]; consequently the next question is, who is the most available man, Qther things being equal? [Cries for “Gresham,” “Blaine” and other candidates.] I do not care who you are for, or who I am for. The great Question is, and that guestion must be settled at the polls, not ? n the whirlwind of excitement, butafter months of discussion, when the hurrah is out of your lungs and sense is in your brain [applause and laughter]—that question must be settled by the most intelligentmen tinder the flag; and when you can do a thing easily there is no need of straining yourselves. [Laughter.] I would like to see this convention rise to the dignity and splendor of the occasion, and I believe you will. I would like to see you put upon the next ticket two soldiers who helped to save our country. [Great applause.] I would like to see two heroes pitted against the two Democrats, [Great applause.] I want two patriots against two copperheads. [Great applduse.] Then let the American people make their choice. Let them say who they will have, and my idea is this: Thata man who did not want to go to Richmond during the war should not be sent to Washington now. [Applause.] The great thing I want is success; not simply for a party but for my country, and not simply for my country, but for principle, because I believe human liberty is more important than any country on the globe. [Great applause.] Now, being a Republican, being for the Republican party, being for protection, wishing and hoping for success, lam in. favor of the nomination of Walter Q. Gresham. [Shouts of approval and dissent and great confusion, amidst which could be distinguished calls for Foraker and other favorites, mingled with cries of “Goon,” “Go on,” “Ingersoll,” “Ingersoll,” etc.] The confusion lasted for many minutes and Col. Ingersoll was not permitted to conclude his speech. The convention met at four o’clock, Saturday, and without balloting adjourned until 11 o’clock, Monday.

HARRISON, OF INIADNA.

SHERMAN, OF OHIO.

ALLISON, OF IOWA.

ALGER, OF MICHIGAN.

DEPEW, OF NEW YORK.

GRESHAM, OF INDIANA.