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ictf usefulness, and welcome their cooperation in rescuing the country from (DemwratJi and Populiat mismanagement and .m:3rule. 3

The Platform ConclaaJon.

I9u!c:i are the principles and -policies df the Republican party. By these principles we wiM abide and these policies we will put .nto execution. We ask for them the considerate judgment cf t'he A^rr.crican people. Confident, alike, in •the history of our great party and in the jur tice of our cause, -we present our platform an,d OUT candidates, in the .full assurance that the election will bring victory to the Repub!ifcaji party and prosperity to the people of the United Statvs.

Tho Platform An Read.

At the conclusion of the reading Sen-ator-fcifc.ct Foxaker, addre'sslng the president, said: "I move you, sir, th^t the reso-Lutiorjfi as they have justbeen re.a'd be ackipt-rd by this convention, as the Republican national platform for 18-36."

The chairman: "The adoption •eft the report has (been moved and seconded. Are you ready for the question?" Cries of "Question, question," were hear,d from various parts of 'the hall.

Apl»aar*nco of .Seuator Teller.

Senator Teller, of Colorado, had a-p-p^ar.d uj on the platform and was greeted with cheers. The chairman: "Tne chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado, Senator "Peiler." •Senator Teller did not read the report of the committee, tut called upon the secretary of the convention to read it for him.

The chair: "Gentlemen, the gentleman from Colorado moves as a substitute the following which may be termed the financial plank of the platform, which the secretary will read. "We, the undersigned members of the committee on resolutions, being unab ito agree with a .portion of the majority •which treats of the subject of coinage and finances, respectfully submit the following paragraph' as a substitute therefor. "The Republican party authorizes the use of both gold and silver as equal standard money, and pledges its power to secure the frea and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at our mints at th? ratio O'f 16 parts silver to one of gold." Intermingled with the cheers and applause of the silver delegates there began to be heard a roar which finally booame recognizable as the cry "Foraker."

The chairman: "The convention will be in order. The chair recognizes the chairman of the committee, Mr.- Foraker." (Prolonged applause.

Mr. Foraker: "I move you, Mr. Chairman, that the motion to substitute be laid on the table." Mr. Henry Cabot (Lodge, of Massachusetts, seconded the motion.

The chairman: "It is moved 'that the substitute offered by the gentleman from Colorado be laid upon the table. The state of Colorado demands that the roll be called and a record made off the vote. Is that demand seconded by any other s'tate?" The spates of Montana and Nevada seconded the 'demand.

The Balloting On the Amendment. The chairman: The secretary will call the roll call of states and the chairman of each delegation will answer. Those •who are favorable to laying the amendment u'pon the table will say 'aye' and those who are opposed, 'no.'

The c.hah'man: "It is asked as a matter of privilege, tha't a statement prepared by 'certain members of this convention be read." There were a few cries of "No, no," but the mass of the convention indicated its 3esire to hear the protest of the silver men. Senator Cannon 'then read the following protest: "In announcing the purpose asserted in this pa-per it is due to OUT constituents and to ourselves that there shall be a'public showing o'f vindicating facts. The sole authorized expression of national (Republican principle from June 9. 189-2, until the present date has been t'he plat/form adopted in national convention

at

[Minneapolis. (Neither tbe

.numerous state conventions nor the protest oif individuals co-uld change the tenor o'f that platform, or abate the sanctity of its binding 'force. Every delegate to this convention was elected as its adherent and its advocate. True, one of its most important paragraphs has been subjected 'to such a. 'divergence oif construction as to mate its language unsatisfactory during the intervening time and dangerous, if continued in the Ifuture but of the intent contained within that language there bas never been a doubt. It is the rightful province oif this convention 'to revise the party tenets and to announce anew the party purpose. (The majority of this convention in the exercise of suoh authority has this day made official enunciation ot Republican tow and gospel. With muoh of tbe platform iwe agree, believing that in many essential particulars it compasses t'he .needs df humanity, affirms the maintenance

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en

right and pro­

poses the Just remedies for wrong. "But it "declares one element principle not only-,in direct contract to the expression, plf party tCaith in 1892, but in radical oppositfon to our solemn conviction. We recognize that in all matters of mere method it is 'proper and helpful •that, the minority shall yield to the will of the majority, lest we have chaos in parties afnd in government. But as no pronouns e-menti Iby majorities can change opposing knowledge or belief sincerely

tertained,so it can not oblige

minorities 'to abandon or disavow t'heir principles. Assuredly, as it is requisite for peace and progress that minorities shall yield to majorities pyfteecamimit shall yield to majorities in, matters of mere method, just so surely is it necessary ifor that same peaoe and progress that minorities shall not yield in matters oif fundamental truth.

The 'Republican platform of 1892 aifffirm'ed that the American people, from tradition and interest, favored bimetallism and demanded the use of bOvh gold and silver as t'he standard money. This •was accepted by us as a declaration in behaHf of t'he principle upon •whicrvh rests the interest of every citizen and the safety of the United states. In such terms the pla#form was then satisfactory to 'the 'believers in bimetallism •within our "party, and only because of equivocal construction and evasion has 5t since been demonstrated' to be insufficient.

Single Gold Standard.

"As the declaration of 1S92 has been, by a majority of the party, construed to jutetiify a single gold standard for our monotiaTy basis, and as the recent trend of the official power of the party has been in that direction, we can but assuime that the money plank of the new plati'fbnm, (being -much more favorable to perpetual gold. monometallism, will be determinedly ufied in behalf of that idea. The Repifobcan party has won* its power and renown by pursuing its purposes courageously and reJen&easly it is, therefore, only In ac-

coitfance with the party's history to assume t'hat if it shall come to authority in the United States, it will crystallize into the 1am awd

jad'nrinistration

-under

this platform the perpetual single, gold standard in our finances. This, if long continued, will mean the absolute ruin cf the producers of tbe country, and, finally, of the nation i'teeM. "The American .people not only favor bimetallism from tradition and interest, but from that W.se instinct whkSh has always been manife&t in the affairs of the people destined for the world's leadership. Under the operation of our great demand for adivancementr»we have become to otheT nations the greatest debtor nation of the world. We pay the vast charges, whidh every year accumulates agaitKt us in the clearing house of the world, with the money of the world, prodftfleed by the disposal *x£ our commodities -in the markets of the world. We are a nation of producera. OUT creditors are a nation of consumers. Any system of international or national finance which elevates the price of .human products, makes our burden lighter and gives promise of that djay when it shall be entirely lifted •and our country freed, 'financially, as It is, politically, /from the denomination of .monarchy and foregn autocracy. "Any system of finance which tendis to depreciate the pribe otf human prodrug tior.s which must sell a/broad, so far adds to the burden of our debt and conveys a threat oif the perpetual servitude of the producers of our debtor nation to the consumers of creditor nations. It is a folly without a parallel that this country, or any political party therein, should deliberately acicopt-a»i money system wbllch enriches others at our cost. History, philosophy, mOrals, all join with the oommonest instinct of s«ItfMpfe'Servation in demanding that the United States shall have a just and substantially univaryi'ing standard compojsed of all available gold and silver, and with it our country will progreiss to firiancial enfranchisement. But with a single gold standard the county will go on to worse destruction, ito continued falling prices until our people will become the hewers of wood And the drawers of'water for the consumers in creditor nations of the earth.

Their Position.

"To such an fuflholy end we wiill not lend -ourselves. Dear as has been the RapublJc.an njame to us, that naJhe-iJ not so dear as the faitb itself. And we do not sacrifice one jot or title otf the migih'ty prlnlpliples by which Republicanism has uipllftefd -'the world when we say that at the.parting of the ways we cMnig to the faith, let the na I f?o where it wi'31. We hold that this convention has seceided from t'he truth that the tri'uSm/ph of auc'h isece£©:oin would be t'he evemtfiull destruction O'f ouir freedom and our civilization. To that end the ipeople will not kn.owTng'ly follow any po»iitical party and we choose to ta'ke our (place in the ranks of" the great mass of citizen®, who realize that the hour has came for justice. Did we deem this issue less important to humanity we would yield, since the associations of all OUT political lives h-ave been intertwined: with the men and the measures of this party of past mighty achievemerfts. iBu* the tpeoiple cry aloud for relfelf they are bending beneath a bur dan grawiing heavier with the passing hours endeavor no longer brlnlgs its just reward fearlfulnesis .takes the place of courage and detgpair usunps 'the throne of ht*pe, anid unless the laws o'f thecouritry and the policies of pol'i'tTcal parties shall be converted into mediums of redress, the effect of human destperatiLon may. soon be witnessed here as in otiher lands and in other ages. "A'acaptinig the iflat of this convent'ion as the present

pu!npose

of the party, we

withdraw from this convention to return to our 'constituents the authority with whiloh they- invested' us, believing that we have*better d'isciharged their trust by thrls ajotion, wlhich restores to tham authority unsullied, than by giving cowardlly and insinlcere indorsement to the greatest wrong ever wilfully* a'ttemipteid within the Republican party— onice recleeimed of fche people, butiin'ow about to became their oppressor, unless providentially restrained by the votes of free men."

This document was s'igned !by Senators Teller of Colorado, Dubois of IdaLso, and Cannon of Utah, Congress-man Hartlman af'Montana, and Mr. Cleveland of Nevada, as the representatives of t'heir respective state© on the oammii't'tee on resolutions.

The vote resulted: EtefcaiHetd v-oitei cui the adojubfoo of the gold plan'k of tih'e platform:

Alabama 22—Yeas 19 nays 3. Ankamisaa 16—Yea-s 15 mays 1. Oaiiifcxrinlia 18—Yeas 4 'nays 14, Oororado 8-^Nays 8. Connecticut 12—Nays .12. Delaware 6—Yeas 6. Florida 8—Yeas 7 najis 1. Georgia 26—Yeas 25 nays 1. Id'aih'o &—Nays 6. Illin'oiB 46—Yeas 43 mays 2. Indiana 30—Yeas 30. Iowa 26—Yeas 03. Kansas 20—Yeas 15 mays 5 Kentucky 26—Yeas 26. ILouisiajna 10—Yeas 16. Maiitne 16—Yeas 16. Maryland 16—Yeas 16. Massachusetts 30—Yeas 39. Michigan 28—Yeas 25 nays S. •aCinineskjta 18—'Yleas 16. iM'testssippi 18—Yeas 18. [Missouri 34—Yeas 33 nays 1. Montana 6—*Nays 6. Ne'brajska 16—Yeas 13 mays 3. Nevada 6—Nays 6. New 'Hamtpahiire 8—Yeaa 8. Neiw Jersey 20—Yeas 20. 'New York 72—Yeais 72.

North Carolina 22—Yeas 14^ 'nays 7%, North Dakota 6—Yeas 6. Ohio 4G—Yeas 46.

Oregon 8—Yeas 8. Pmns'j-'lvainiia 64—Yeas 64. R.Wode Isilaaid 8—Yeas 8S'outh Carolina 18—Yeas 18. South Dakota 8—Yeas 7 nays 1. Tennessee 24—Yeas 23 naye 1. Texas 30—Yeas 30. Utah 6—Yea 8 6. Vermont 8—Yeas 8. Virginia 24—Yeas }7: mays 7. Washington 8—Yeas 8. West Virginia 12—Yeas 12. Wisconsin 24—Yeas 24. Wyoani'nig 6—Nays 6. New MexiPeo 6—Yeas 2 nays OWlahioma 6—'Nays 6. Indian Territory 6—Yeas 6. District of -Cohimbia 2—Yeaa s. Alaska 4—Yeas 4.

Yeas, 812% 'nays, 110%. IThe chairman announced the report vote as ifollotws:

Upon the motion to lay upon the table the ayes were 818% and noes 105%, This result was greeted -with great applause

ISenator-elect Foraker—On behalf o'f the state df Ohio, I noiw move the previous question on the motion to adopt the resolution as read from the platform. iThis motion brought Senator Dubois of Idaho, to bis feet. 'He said: "Will the gentleman from Ohio give way until I can ask a question?" (Mr. Foralker—H will iwithdraw my motion until the gentleman, from Idaiho can ask this question. (Senator Dubois—Mr. Chairma.n, there are a great many delegates in this convention who are not in fajvor of the •flaee an unrestricted coinage oif silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. There are also a great maay delegates In this convention who are not in fajvor df the stogie standard. I, therefore, a^k for a separate vote upon the financial plank, in ordel- that our (great party may go on record on this question. KCWes of "no," "no.") I aste this 'particularly in tbe 'interests ot tihe ReptJtilioaa party."-

I E E AWE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 19. 1896.

Tbe Chairman—The chair wtiQl state that in case the prenrious questions ordered this camveotion under the rules any state seconded by two other states ban bave a division of the question. Colorado and Montana called division of the question.

IThe Chairman—The request for a di•vision df the tues-tion has tbeen properly seconded and the chair will theretore state that in case. the previous question is first ordered, tbe question will thereafter be put as upon that presentation df the planfk up#n "Which the de-1 mand is made for a separate vote. Tbe question before the convention is upon the previous question. ..

Votlnp On th« Moo*y Plank. IMr. Stevenson cif Idaiho—I ask that t'he states toe called and the votes announced by delegations. tl'he Chairman—The question on the demand for a division will be first put u'po.n the adoption of the flnancial planet reported by the committee and upon that question Idaho demands a roll call, lis there a second to the de'mand1?" (Mr. Mat-thews of Montana—'Montana seconds the demand o'f Idaho for a call of the roll.

The Chairman—'The question is, shall the financial plank, as reported by the 'committee, be adopted a part of tbe •plat'iorm o'f tbe Republican party. As the states are called t'hose favoring its adoption iwill vote aye and those opposed twill vote no.. The secretary will r.div call the roll.

Waen Iowa was called the chairm'an of the delegation gave the vote as ayes 24 tiwo not voting. iMr. Baldwin of 'Iowa challenged the vote. The secretary called the roll af delegates with the Oil lowing result: Ayes—Gear, Hepburn, Henderson, Claitkson, Davis, Junkin, French, Knott Merry, Zeigler, Collins, •Streble, Manin-g, •Need'ham, Cummings, Mills, Wilson, iSpense, Baldwin, Wilson, Call, Maconlber, Heisel, Roach—23.

No—Ra'thiburn, Baker, Call.—3. The vote of Kansas was challenged, and the poll resulted: Aye=!, 15 nays, 5—Murdock, Randoltph, Lamberc, Dean. Vincent. There was no response by Riddie, Swen'ster and Anderson.

The vote of New Mexico was- chal lenged, and on the poll there were wo ayes, Morrison and Clark, and four nays, Burns, Perea, Dun a and Llewellyn. The vote of Virginia was challenged and the poll showed 17 ayes and 7 nays—'"Walker, Bowden (%), Martin (%, Waddell, Barksdale, Acker, Rives, Bailey.

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Depew Talks to Hanna.

During the roil call of Virginia Dr. Depew was observed to walk around in •front of t'he Ohio delegation and engage in conversation with Mark Hanna. The ominous spectacle at once attracted t'he at'tention of the newspaper correspondents, and tbe ubiquitous paragrapher levelled his" camera from the galleries. The conversation was afterwards discovered to be about as follows:

Dr. Depew: "Let us have a short adjournment. We are all accustomed to having a little lunch at about this time, and we are hungry. We will all be in better humor if we have something to eat." •Whereupon Mr. Hanna replied: "'No, no, no." At this point,- Colonel Hendertson, of Iowa-, was recognized by the chairman, and said: "Mr. Chairman, "I am directed to announce t'hat the 'three negative votes in the Iowa delegation changed from nay to aye." (Ajpplause.) .i-i,

The chairman: "The secretary will call the vote of Iowa once more.". Secretary: "Iowa, 26 votes." Chairman of tlhe 'Iowa delegation: "Iowa, 26 votes aye."

Chairman Thurston announced the result of the vote as follows: Ayes, 812% nays, 110%. Continuing, be said: "And •the financial plank is adopted. The question now recurs on tihe adoption of the balance of the platform."

When the chairman put the motion, .the convention seemed to vote "aye" with an almost universal voice, but on 'tbe call for~the "pays" perhaps a hundred voices weTe raised in the negative. When the little flutter of excitement did away, the chairman announced: "The ayes have it." (Cheers.)

Protest of the Silver RIen.

•Immediately after the announcement of the adoption of the platform, Senator Teller, of Colorado, appeared on the platform at the side of the chairman, and in a low Voice informed him that he had an important communication to make to the convention.

ECENBy 1. TBIXKB.

The chair then said: "The gentleman from Colorado rises to a question o'f personal privileges."

Mr. Teller: "iMr. Chairman, we have prepared a statement which, with the permission of the chair, will be read by Senator Cannon."

Cries of "Traitor" and Democrat When the senator reached that portion of the address in which referenJce is made to the Republican party, "Once the redeemer otf the people bu/t now about to became their oppressor, unless restrained," he was interrupted by a perfect whirlwind of hisses. Cries of "No, no, no," and shouts of "traitor" and "Democrat."

The ohairman: "The chair suggests to tlhis convention tthat the Republican party in convention assembled need not fear any declaration"—'for the first time sinoe the convening of the contention, the rafters rang with an uninterrupted, unrestricted, uncontrollable round of applause. Delegates rose upon their chairs, ha.ndkerclh.lefs, fans and hats were waved enthusiastically, and it was some minutes before the ohairman could restore order sufficient to be heard. Having at length accomplished tlhis, he proceeded'—"and the chair further suggests in the interests of the Republican paTty that whatever is to be said within reasonable limits by those who can no longer remain in our organization oi# ht to be listened to with respectful attention. Believinig that full answer to all such declarations will be made by the great majority of tihe America® people at the polls in November."

There Intervened at the conclusion oif this speech, another demonstration. Delegate's, alternates and spectators rose to their seats and waved in the air fi-aigs, bats, fans

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^until the sound became one solid deep

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throated rofer. When at length the chair cbtaiaed The ev of the delegates, toe said: "The chair earnestly and respectfully asks that tKSs convention be in order." "Whereupon the speaker. 3¥r. Ca-nnon, was enabled td continue as follows: "This is signed by. a committee in behalf of the withdrawing delegates. Tbe names of the committee are Henry M. Teller, of Colorado (the convention here interrupted the speaker and the air became filled with the vibration cf hisses, mingled with a dheer or bwo from Colorado).

The speaker continued^ "Dubois, of Idaho (more hisses) Frank J. Cannon, of Utah (a. lew more hisaes) Charles A. Hartman, of Montana (half a dozen hisses) B. F. Pettierew, of South Dakota A. C. Cleveland, ef Nevada (A voice: "Good-bye, my lover, -good-bye," followed by prolonged laughterr ajl over rhe house mingled with a few cries of "Democrat.")

Silver Won PaM Out. I?.

At the conclusion of his address Mr. Cannon shook hands with the chairaiin and with Governor Faraker, who appeared on the platlform. irorty or ftfty delegates were in their seats demanding recognition from the cha:r, but the chair was obdurate and pounded resolutely on the deisOc with hits gavel, in the hopeletes endeavor to restore order. As the retiring sliver delegates passed dawn the main a&ie of the oonivenuon the whole asseiiribly rose and salirUd them with a uniiveisa'l roar tha't shook the bu'ildinig and as they, took up their march t'he band began to play "The Red, White and 'Blue,' 'the convention in the sfingiing of the chorus "The Red, White and Blue," and when the band had ceased playing the singers kept up thetsong in extoe'/lem marching time, andi with vigor and iff it were possible to do so, kindled stfll more enthusiasm in the audience. Handikeiichiefs, hats and flags were again waved by the people who mounted seats, tables and railings*. Chairman Thurston took out his handkerchief

and

wtavod it to and

fro in front at 'him, with an apparent look of thankfulness and satisfaqt^n that the crisis was over. During the tumu'Jt 'the standard df Colorado disappeared and al'thoulgh diligent inquiry was made no one was abje to ascertain whether it ha'd been re.mov-e'd 'by order of the convention authorities or had been gurretptliticuoly taken up by the retiring delegation.

The Chairman: "There seems to be enough delegates left to do business." This bit of sarcasm brought out a round of ajpplause from the floor and shouts from the gallery. Senator Mantle oif Montana, wh:o did not walk out, wa-s recognized and saiid: "I protect earnestly, solemnly and emphati/aally against the flnancial plank of the pla'tiform adopted this day .and I may isiay th'is, that We cannot aiaoept it, we cannot indorse it, we cannot support it. But here, (Mr. Chairman, there is a difference of opinion in this delegation. There are thoee who are satisfied to utter thus protest and still participate in 'the proceedings of the oonvention. There are other who feel that in relfu&inig to aiuipport the majority declaration on this great contro-llin'g issue t'hat tbey are in honor bound no"t to participate Jrr the placing of a candidate upon a plattfloilm/ 'W^Mch they cannot endorse. We reserve the right to the riepreserttations of the %tate oif Montana to aicicapt or reject at suteh time and in su'cb .m.anner as they may determine the plaitiforim and'' the candidates this day placed before them iby this convention." (Atppiiause.) 'Mr. Gmsvenor: "Mr. Chairman, I wli'll no$ con'sent tbat any more time shall be taken up. I abject to the fraudulent Democratic speeches under the head!, of privileged communications."

Th^-Chairiman: "The chair believ«s that in recognizing Senator iBrown at Utah on a question oif privdlage it is not for a continua'tion of anything objectionable to th'is donvention." ... ,(il

Utah Did Not Bolt.

Senator Brown of Utah: "Mr. Chairman and Gen/t'lelmen otf thf Convention: The delegation of Utah does not bolt (Great and prolonged applause.) We do not believe that the Republican party is an oppressor but the guardi'an oif Dilberty and the prtte'dtor of honest government everyiwbere. (Applause.) Three of our delegation have gone and I am -here to express our sorrow at t'heir departure. We hive begged them to remain and we .shafl never ceaise to urge them to return..: We sJtill »emajn true to the prinic'Sples: of 'the free aoinage oif silver and the old ratio. We do not believe it can be settled by a mere vote this fall or a mer'6 viote in th'is conventiiion. Time, prospdri'ty and suacess can only soften it, and when it#is settled that way it will be tbe redemption df silver as conjst'it'iatiiona 1 money. There is one issue df the American people, one in which t'he Repulblican party was pledged yekra and yeans ago, one wb'toh you have nbt yet fuJfil'leid—yoi} have promised to the people df the United States an American tariff and Aimerlcan protection. That promise you must fulfill this fall.

Mr. B'ro-wn, ifl^5onclusion, asked that the three allternales frami his state be allowed to take tbe seats made vacan't in his delegation. There being no objection, the ch!a-ir so ruled, and recognized Mr. Burleigh, of Washington, wtoo said: "Coming (from tbe only Pacific coast state 'which declared in its platform, for the maintenance of the present gold standard and against the freecoinage of silver, I desire to tlake your attention for one moment. T'he younig state of Washington 'believes in a single gold standard, became we think that the money which pays interest to the banker on Wall street is none too good to pay the wages of labor in Washington, and the principle® of this party inscribed upon OUT banner—with protection, with reciprocity, with sound money as defined by this platform, and with 'the unanimous choice of the Republicans of tha't state for President, Wm. (MicKinley, of Ohio." (The building shook with cheer after cheer.) Mark Hanna was observed 'to bow his head flushing with emotion.

The National Committee.

The regular order was demanded. Tlhe chair ordered a call of the states ifor a report of members of .the national commiittee. The committee was made up as follows:

Alabfaima—Wm. Youagblood. Arkansas—Powell Clayton. 3a 1 ifornia—D. Spreokels. Colorado—(Absent). Connelctiouit—Samuel Fessendem, Delaware—James H. Wilson. (Plor^a—John G. Long. Georgaii—Judteon W. Lyons. Idaho—(Absent). OCUinois—T. J. Jamieson. Ind'iana—Wm. T. Durbino Iowa—A. B. Cummings. Kansas—Cyrus Leland, Jr. Ken'tofclky—John W. Yerkesk, (Louisiana—A. T. Wdmberly. (Maine—J. H. Manley. Maryland—George L. Wellington. (Massachusetts—George H. Lyman. Michigan—George L. Walls^ Minneso'ta—iL. F. Hubbard. Mississippi—Jaines Hill. (Missouri—R. C. Kenens. Montana—Charles R. LooDAfA Nevada—(No answer.

•Nebraska—John M. Thurston. JJewr Hampshire—iE. C. Cherry. Nesw

Jersey—Garrett

A. Hobart.

Neew York—(Fred GiWbs. 'North Carolina—ijbmes E. Boyd. ,, North Dakoita—W. H. Robinson. Oh£o—Charles L. Kurtz.. *_t Oregon—(Passed. (Pp nwyWandat—(Matthw S. Quay. Rhode

Inland—Charles

R. Brayton.

South Carolina—©u'gene A. Webster. South Dakota—No announcement. TeilneGsee—(No ahnowioemeot. Texas—John Grant. Utah—'No announcement. Vermont—R. T. Childs. Virginia—George E- Bowd® Wlashimgton—'P. C. Sullivan. West Virginia—'F. T- Soott. Wisconsin—(Henry C. Payne. Wyoming—WinIs Vandvanter. New Mexico—Thomas B. Coll? Arizona—'No announceiment. Oklahoma—E. Asp. Indian Territory—George E. Bennett. District of CoMmftSio—iNot yet selected.

Alaska—Not yet agreed, on. Presenting the Candidates. The Chairman: "The regular order O'f business is the noTl call df state® for the presentation of candidates for nomination." (Great applause.)

The secretary proceeded to call' tbe roll of states. There were no responses until Iowa was reached when Mr. Henderson said: -'M'r. Chairman, Mr. John N. Baidlwin of Council Bluffs will speak for Iowa."

Mr. Baldwin was greeted with applause and £tpoke as fiollows: 'IMr. Chairman and Gentlemen otf the Oomvent'ion: There is1 one but onl-y one of those whose names iw"lill ibe presented to this convention who can claim tha't there has been placed for him in history's golden urn an estimate of his qh'a-rajcter and worth, made by ham on whom nature stamped her royal seal God exhibited as bis greatest design df Aimeri-oan manhood, genius, statesmanship andi patriotism who now in heaven wears a crown of deathless praise and whose sou'l is a portion df eternity i'tseif, James G. Blaine. "Biaiae writing to Garfield said:

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Then comes Allison. (He is true, kind, reasonable, fair, homeist and good. He •is methodical, industrious and intelligent and wiouM be a splendid man ,to sail along with simocthly.' Complying with the request df the Iowa, delegation I rise to propose to this convention the nomination of hiim to whom this heritage was bequeathed—'William A. Allison, and to aSk you to make it on the Old and Now Testament of Republicanism.

Fought For Iowa's Interest. "It take® a big man to represent tbe state of Iowa, in the congress df the United States for thirty-five years, but Allison is the man. Wiith a most perfect knowledge of the details of our political laws and their histories, jvitb that statfamaniiike judgment which dist'inguislheis tbe essential from tbe accidental and tbe imlmutaibJe from the transitory, 'with every lodk and cordiail smile andi every gesture a caress,' yet with a epiri't of suich firm mold and purpose that no bribe or feast or palace could awe or swerve, be has for -thirtyfive yeans upon the floor of the house and senate been- fighting for the interests ctt 'tihe people carrying onward and upiward t'he nation, a legislative work turning cranks out of pla«e unsphering the cufflminating stars of the 'Democracy unmasking Ithe hidden., purposes of oorruipt measures, until now he holdis the place of ungruidlged supremacy dn the legislative halls of that most splendid of oapitols. "That wlhiicSh this country has lost la that iw'h'iWh it now seetosv "Protection." To get it the people 'have worked hand, prayed fast, paild high and now let them have it. A/Wison doee not -believe an a tariff for revenue onliy, but in a tariff for protection -and revenue jointly. He has always insisted -t'hat tbe proteotivte system is tbe mightiest insitrumemt for the"1 development otf our- natural (resource® and the. strongest agency to protect Almieritean weaJth and Ameniicani labor. Protection built the laborer his American biome and hfe never will again welcome therein the Democratic sirens singing free trade songs written, and composed by English bards, for having ohiilseTled 'tihe principles of protection at hi3 hearthstone be will at -the next election defend tbem at tbe front gate.

Cannot Dodge tbe Iaane.

Tbe great and Important issue whiteh is just now "coming around the corner is the one of sound money, and We can no more dodge it tban we can gravitation. In this respect tbe eibuation is easily simple but certainly serious. A decision upon this important question must be made by this convention and remember, gentleman, a nation listens to catch the click of its fate. For Senator Allison you cannot build too strong a plaOfonm for sound money, and if you (please him upon it he will see that the dry rot of 16 to I does not steal through its ©taunich timbers

The United States can no more make good money by simply placing its symbol df sovereignty or mark of authority on any kiind of metal regardless of its comfmaroial value or relations to foreigm countries, than it can extend its domain by calling a JSurlong a mile. He believes that the American dollar should have (some grains df sense as well as more df silver that there can be no stability to Our currency or money if we keep adopting such shifting policies as that under which -the same piece may be a copper oent In one hand and! a dollar In another. He believes ttbat unlimited coinage would soon lead to unliimiltecl bankruptcy and at tbe end of the party's administration it wouM probably have no more of an estate than did Rabellais, whose will, when opened, read! 'To the name of God. lAroen. I have nothing. I owe much. I give tbe re^t to the poor."

Stood By the Monroe Doctrine. "At a .time /when cation wildly looks at nation standing with (mute lips apart," Allison, did not meet wttb a clenched fist -tbe proffered hand otf international adjustment. However, he ha* stood unwavering1 (by tbe Moaroe doctrine «.nd insisted that -the United Stlates should! recoguizo any people struggling Dor liberty and Republican institutions even if they were insurgents In OUba. (I aa(k you to nominate him. If tpu

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cfo, .the people (from tbe sand-enshroud-ed Mexican line to the live wire that separates us from an urJborn daughter on the north, will shout as In one glorious glad anthem, "The oJ4 temple cf Republicanism still stand®. Flock to it ^for shelter." If ycfci do, the White

House will be used no longer for an experiment station- Nominate him and not now, perhaps, bu't when the strife is over his name will fall like millenlal music on your ears. Ncqwinate him and a

shrill

of joy will go 'from the West to

the Bast, carrying on its trembling way the songs of our reapers only to be lost in th^roar of your furnaces. Nominate him and when our corn grows old in autumn's time, our flocks teeming and our granges full, every epindle will be turning day and night upon the Merrimac.

If you wiU do this, light will break upon our darkened land and instantly a long suffering pedple will hear -the surges of returning prosperity.

VMay the epell'ol Republicanism have greater power to move you than the speM qf magic words. In this hour of exjpeot'anlcy! in this hour pregnant with history, prophecy and destiny, the grave gives up its mighty dead, and they are here—Lictooln, Grant, Garfield, Blaine, yea all the illustrious dead of the Republican part4 and mingling with its living advocates, martynad Lincoln's spirit pleads witl} you 'to see to it that 'These dead shall bave oot died in vain."

Nominates Speaker JK#ed.

Kansas, Kentucky andi "Louisiana •were called no one resopnidng. 'Upon the call of 'Maine, the Hon. Henry Calbot Lodge of Massachusetts took the Speaker's stand and spoke as follows: "Four years ago we met as we weet now—representatives of tbe great Republican party," began Mr .-Lodge. Prosperity was in the land, capital was confident and laibbr employed. There was tbe g«ood days' wage ifior the good days iwork, and the spirit df American enterprise was stirring a.nd ibdlcL The treasury iwas full, tbe public revenues ample for the pulblic need. We were at peace with all the wortd and bad placed a prudent hand on the key of tbe Pacific. Four short years hawe and gone. (Look about yon now. IThe treasury is empty. OUT credit is impaired. Our revenues are deficient. (We meet the publflo needs not 'with inicom® but by borrowing at high rates and pledging •tlhe fu'ture for tbe wants oif the preeent. tBusiness is paralyzed. lOonfl^f110® haa gone. "Enterprise &ae folded rts eagle •wiings and mopes and blinks in the market 'p8atoe. Our mills are Idle and our railroads crippled. Capital bides itself and- labor jdily walk6 the streets. There Is neither a good day's wage nor a good day's workJ We have met with flights albroad and harva serious differences with other nations. The key of the Paoiiflo has slipped from nerveless handis. Foreign troops bave been landed in this hemisphere. Our own boundarie® (have (been threatened in Alaska. The Monroe d'OQtrtne has been defended tout is not yet vindicated. The people of a neighboring island fighting for freedom look toiwards us with imploring eyes and took in vain. (The Amer"Scsan policy which would- protect our industries at b-ome and our flag abroad has faded and withered a(way. "'Look then upon that picture and on this."

Must Bind Up the Wonnds.

'"CouI'di you on that fair mountain leave 'to feed and fatten on this moor?" (But four short years have come and gtjne and they bave brought tbie change Wbat has happened 1 'will tell you in a word. The Democratic party has been in power. (That is the aingwer. Upon •us falls the heavy burden df binding up tbese wounds and bringing relief to all this suffering- The Democrats deceived 'tbe people by promising tbem the millenium and the miserable results. of these lying promises are all a'bout us today. (We bave no promise to maike. We pledge ourselves only to that which we 'belie/ve we can perform. We will do our best. ITbat is all. And as in 1860 iwe saved 'the Union and abolished slavery, so HOW in 1896 we will 'deal with this Democratic legacy oif blunders, bankruptcy and misfortune. "We are gathered bere to choose tbe next president df the United States. That we will 'win the election no man doubts. tBu-t let us not deceiive ourselves •with the pleasant fancy that the campaign Is to be an easy one. It will be a bard batt'le—it cannot be otherwise when so muicb depends on the result. Against the (Republican party representing fixed American polities, strength, progress and order will be arrayed not only that organized failure, the Democratic party, but all the wandering forces of political chaos and social disorder, (ft is not merely the presidency which is set before us as the prize. Tbe prosperity of the country, •Uhe proteicrtion df our industries, the soundness df OUT currency, and the national credit are all staked on the great issue to be deleided at the polls next Novemlber.

Great Applause Followed.

tTb« mention df Mr. Reed's name was refoe^vedl with loud applause and cheering led by tbe Maine delegation. To add to the enthusiasm some admirer of the Maine statesman suspended a large picture of Mr. Reed.from the gallery, which evoked many demonstrations of applause. (Mr. Littleflieia o'f IMaine seconded the nomination df (Mr- Reed.•

Placing BKortoa in Nomination* The clerk proceeded with the call of the roll until the state of New York was reached, wben 'the Hon. Wm. Sutherland of that delegation arose. (His appearance iwa-3 greeted with applause. 'He saidr ""The claims of the state of iNiew York aind

her

(favorite son will be

presented) Iby her other favorite son, tbat citizen of all- the etates df the Union—Chaunoey M. (Depeiw.

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention—National Republican conventions have been epoch makers. Tbey have formuMed the principles, originated the policies and suggested the measures wbtcb in the history of the United States form its mo$t progressive periods. They have nominated for the presidency statesmen and soldiers who were the leaders of tbe people in their onwardi marcih to larger*, liberty and broader and batter industrial condtion9.

No party, no matter however glorious ito achlevemiento or bow brilliant Ws sudoes'ses, can rely "upon the -past. Its former triumphs are omiy its certificates o£ character, which must be met -by continuing effort a« beneficent and wise !aa anything of which it boasts. The party wbToh is to permanently govern a ooruntry and is secure in its past, must not only be equal -to tlhe present, but imist forecast and provide for the future. The Republican party has held possession oif tba government of 'the United States for more than a generation bedause it has .triumphantly met these conditions. Tbe unequalled suooeds of the Republican .party, its bold upon -the country and its masterfiul Influence upon affairs bave been due to the fact -that dn every crisis It's principles have solved .the .problems of tbe hour ana its eeWcited leaders has been tbe man for tbe ocoafstfon. Tbe greatest moral

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free people were ever called upon ltd meet were slavery and ©session in tli early days of our organization. But with

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U-ncoln as our leader we sa

we saved

«ie Republic and emancipated the slave*

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The passionate and critical issues of reconstruction were «ui:oct=3tfully met and the hostile stations happily united by policy of conciliation which could only secure the consent of the victors and Oie assent of -the conquered by tjie influence of the soldier President who had the confidence of the armies which he had led in triwmip and the eaemles whom he had tparoied with honor! In a period x\ hen progree's hallted because of the distrust of comtttonwealtha and the.r citizens cf each other tha latr and better judgment of the country expressed it's acknc-wle%ement to the nonpartisanship 'and judicial fairness of Hayes and Eva rts. The youth who came to manhood after the civil war and knew I-ittle of ita agonies or,its animosities, found a glorious example of American possibility and a-chievemeati in the oanal driver, the college student, the sohool principal, the college president, tbe Union general, the ilhrsftrioua debater in the bouse of representatives, •the brilliant and magnetic Garfield. .In defeat and in victory, for. the policies which stood for the development ot American industries, for America for Americans, whether native or naturalized, and for the reciprocity whioh bound the North American and South American continents together, -we had the Plu'med Knight of our enthusiasm and love, James G. Blaine. As a neiw generation came to the majority, to whom the past was a legend, tha present, 'tb4 difficult task of development and prosperity and the (future theory •without experience, the Republican party again happily practiced, in its control of the. executive and the legislative branches of the government, that poMcy of the protefction of American industries and tbat practice of sound finance which gave to the Republic its era of greatest prosperity and its period of the largest returns for capital, the ifiullest employment for labor and the -highest wages for work in the history of our nation in t'he closing year of the administration of that able and accomplished statesman, Benjamin Harrison.

Words of the Lamented Itlaine. A if&w weeks.preceding the convention of four years ago at Minneapolis I had an afternoon wl'th Mr. fel'aine. W'lfeh marvelous intuition he forecast the future. He said: "Substantially all the •forces' of opposition, of distrust and of disappointment, of theory and of imagination iwhich acaumujate against a party that has been in power for over thirty years are now concentrated (Cowan assault Upon our position and is certain to succeed. The (Democratic party and itte allies of Populism and of all other isms, are destined In this campaign, no matter who is our candidate! or what is our platform, to secure possession of the government." The country knows to its loss, its sorrow and ita grief, tbat the prediction has been" fulfilled in every part. In its 'fulfillment the United States has the experience andi Europe has the business and prosperity.

We meet to take up the broken cord of national 'development and happiness and link it once more to the car otf progress., Our industries stagnant, our manuflaictures paralyzed, our agriculture disheartened, our artizans unemployed, our finances disordered, our treasury bankrupt, our cvredit impaired, our position among the nations of tbe world questioned, all look to this convention and cal'l upon its wisdom for hope and •rescue.

The .conditions created by the practice of Democratic policies, the promise of Democratic measures and the differeniees o'f Democratic statesmen would seem to argue an unquestioned and overwhelming triumph for the Republican party in the coming election. (No matter how brilliant ithe promise, no inlajtter how serene the outlook, it is the part of Wisdom, 'with the uncertainties of politics and our recent experience of the tragic shifting of Issues, to be (carefful, prudent and wise in platform and in candidate.

The last few years bave been a campaign of university extension among the 'people of the United States, and •while we may in platiform and candidate meet all the requirements of party expectations, we must remember that there is a vast oondt-ituenlcy whicb has little fealty to parties or to organizations but votes for tbe m'an and the principles which are in accord with their views -in the administration of tha country. The whole country, north, south, east and west, without any 'division in our lines, or out of them, stands, atfter what (has happened, in tbe last three years, for tbe protection of Abierilcan industries, for the principle of reciprocity and for America for Americans. But a compact neighborhood df great commonwealths, in which are concentrated the majority of the population of the manufactures and of the industrial energies of the United States, has found that business and credit exist only with the stability of sound money.

New York tbe Barometer.

at has become -th3 ftshion of late to delcry business as unpatriotic. We hear much of the "sordid considerations of capital," "employment," "industrial energies" and "prosperous labor." The United States, differing from the medieval conditions wbtch govern older countries, differing (from tihe militarism which is tbe curse of European nations, differing from- thrones which rest upon tbe sword, 13 preeminently and patriot. Scally a commercial and a business na. tion. Tbus com'merce and business ar« synonymous with patriotism. When the 'farmer is afield sawing and reaping the crops which (find a market that remunerates him for his toil, when the 'laborer and the artizan ifind work seeking them and not themselves despairing of work, when the wage df tbe tolles •promise comfort for his family and hops for his children, when the rail is burdened with the prodWdt of the soil and of the (factory, when the spindles ara humming and tbe 'furnaces are in blast, when tbe mine is putting out its largest product and the national and individual wealth are constantly increasing (When 'the homes owned unmortgaged bv the people are more numeroua dav by day and m-on'th by month, when the schools are most crowded -the fair^ most frequent) and happy condition^ most universal in the nation, then ara the promises fuelled wbich mato* these United States df America the home dl the oppressed and tbe ianid df tihe at is to meet these conditions and to meet 'tbem with a .candidate who represent* tbem and about tfhora tbera can be no question, tbat New York pre. sents to you for the presidency under the unanimous metnuxrtioas oef two successive JlepubWoa-n ©taXd oooft^nttons the name of her governor, "Levi P. Mor-

^(New York is the cosmopolitan state otf tbe Union. 6be Is botb a barometer and thermometer df tbe changes o'f popular opinion and popular passton. 6he has been the pivotal commonwealth srtridh has decided nearly every one of the national elections in this gene~tion. She has more -Yankee* than