Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1904 — Tenth District Convention. [ARTICLE]

Tenth District Convention.

A Remarkably Harmonious Gathering and Ils Work Effectively Ac* complished. The Tenth District Republican organizing convention, held at Hammond Tuesday, was a very large and entirely harmonious gathering, and its work in hand was well and effectively accomplished. Thos. J. McCoy, of Rensselaer, was re-elected district chairman and member of the state committee, by unanimous vote, and Charles E. Mills, also of Rensselaer, was re-elected district secretary, also by unanimous vote. Hon. W. C, Be'man, of Hammond, was chauman of the convention, and Charles E Martin, of Westville secretary. Speeches were made by A. F Knotts, of Hammond, Senator Wood and Dan Storms, of Lafayette, Senator Wolcott, of Wolcott and others. The following resolutions were adopted:

RESOLUTIONS. The delegates of the Tenth congressional district, assembled in convention for the purpose of nominating a district chairman, do hereby declare their faith in and approval of the great principles of the r publican party shown in the acts and intentions of the national administration at W ashington. We heartily approve of the wise yet vigorous foreign policy of the lamented and beloved President McKinley as interpreted and executed by our honest and courageous young president,- Theo tore Roosevelt. We believe in the sterling integrity of our state department, in its honorable treatment of Columbia, and we hereby declare that in the name of Twentieth century civilization it is the duty of our country to construct the great Panama canal regardless of petty objections or blackmailing schemes of interested speculators. We renew our faith in the conservative position of our great party on the question of trusts. We believe in a careful and efficient regulation of all menacing combinations which threaten the welfare of our American citizenship, and point with pride at the attack upon such by the present executive Head of our administration Believing that the best asset which a great party holds is the faith of the people in the honesty and efficiency of its leaders and knowing to what great extent this faith is possessed bv our president, we hereby urg- his nomination as the standard bearer of the Republican party for 1904 We take great pride in the abi ity and in the fine reputation made for our state by our United States senators, Charles W. Fairbanks and Albert J. Beveridge. We endorse the clean cut, business like administration of our state affairs by Governor Durbin and congratulate the people'of the Tenth congrefssional district on having in congress such an able and honest public servant as Hon. E. D f Crumpacker. We pledge the support of this convention to the Hon. J. Frank Hanly and Hon Daniel E Storms in their candidacy for governor and secretary of state and commend these men to the voters of the commonwealth of Indiana. The re-election of Thomas J. McCoy is in itself a sufficient guarantee of bis fitness for the position and out faith in his efforts. We rejoice in his re-election and offer to him the assistance and support of every loyal republican of the Tenth congressional district. Resolved: That the policy of the government towards the surviving soldiers and sailors of the civil war should be grateful and magnanimous, and should have

due regard for the increasing infirmities of that noble and distinguished class of our citizens. We believe the time has come when every veteran of the civil war who served ninety days or more and was honorably discharged should receive a minimum pension of twelve dollars a month, and we favor legislation to that end.