Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — TANNER AT THE TOP. [ARTICLE]

TANNER AT THE TOP.

HEADS THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN TICKET. Clay County Man Gets a Unanimous Vote—Northcott la Selected soy the Second Place—Convention- Declares for Protection and "Sound” Money, Stand by McKinley. John Riley Tanner was nominated for Governor of Illinois by the Republican State convention at Springfield. William Allen Northcott of Bond County was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, and instructions for William McKinley for President were carried through at the seo- ■ and: day’s, session, after >vhat js said to have been the bitterest struggle ever held on the floor of a Republican convention in the State. It was a few minutes past high noon when Dr. T. N. Jamieson, chairman of the. State Central Committee, called the convention to order. Every delegate was in his seat and the galleries and aisles outside the space reserved for the delegates and alternates were thronged and visitors outiide the hall were struggling to get in. Aid. Martin B. Madden of Chicago was named temporary chairman. Long before the hour for calling the convention to order the vast auditorium of the building which attracted so much attention at the World’s Fair was full. There was not much excitement at the beginning, only a sort of somber hush. Occasionally some enthusiast would break out with a shout for his favorite, but the shouting was not contagious. The vast throng seemed to be in a serious mood. It seemed to consider that there was serious business to be transacted. It was not a trivial thing. *fTlmois was to decide as to whether it would support William McKinley" 7>T“t)hin for President of the United States, or whether its delegates should be instructed for Shelby M. Cullom. While the gubernatorial candidate was, being nofhinated. the committee cn resolutions frnmed a platform for the consideration of the convention. Two of the most important planks, covering the currency and the tariff are given. The money plank is as follows: The Republicans of Illinois are unyielding and emphatic in their demand for honest money. We are opposed, as we ever have beeu, to any and every scheme that will give to this country a currency in any way depreciated or debased or in any respect inferior to the money of the most advanced and intelligent nations of the earth. We fnvor the use of sliver as currency, but to the extent only and tinder such restrictions that parity with gold cah be maintained. This is what the tariff plank says: The Republican party from the time of Lincoln has been devoted irrevocably to the doctrine of protection of home industries, and we hereby renew and reaffirm our faith in this fundamental principle. We believe in a tariff that will produce revenue sufficient to meet the wants of the government honestly and economically administered, and high enough to insure to home labor regular and remunerative employment. We advocate the unrestricted exchange of noncompetitive articles. We believe in reciprocity, the reciprocity of James - G. Blaine, re-enforced by experience and an earnest wish to extend our foreign commerce to the fullest extent consistent with the control of our own market in the sale of articles that can he profitably produced at home. The convention then adjourned until Thursday morning, when the ticket was completed and the delegates instructed. Other names on the ticket are: For Secretary of State, James, A. Rose; for State Auditor, .Tames S. McCullough: for State Treasurer. Henry L. Hertz: for Attorney General. E. C. Akin; Delegates at Large, It. W. Patterson. Wm. Penn Nixon, Richard J, Oglesby, Joseph W. Fifer; for University Trustees, Capt. T, J. Smith, F. F, McKay, Mrs. Mary T. Carriel.