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THE START.
Meeting of tho National Republic
an Convention.
7he rirt Tito Days Given Up to Urtanln-
linn and l'rrllinlnary Work Senator
Ibnraton, of Nebraska, I'ermanent
llmlrinan 11 Is Address,
rnllril to Onler.
:-t Loris Juno 17. Tho republican
Ditional convention was called to
( r,icr at 12:20 yesterday by Chairman
tarter, of the national committee, who
after prayer by Rev. Rabl Sale, intro
duced Hon. C W. Fairbanks, of In
diana, as, temporary chairman. Upon
leinir introduced Mr. Fairbanks spoke
at some length.
s Mr. Fairbanks camo forward tho
ci mention heartily applauded him.
He delivered a rather lengthy address,
which "'as liberally applauded
throughout.
The temporary officers were selected,
the usual committees appointed and
the convention adjourned until 10
o clock Weduesday morning.
Another lirlef Section.
St Louis, June 18. Tho republican
convention re-assembled at ten o'clock
jestcrday morning and after tho invo
cation tho committee on permanent or
ganization reported Hon. John M.
Thurston, of Nebraska, as permanent
chairman, together with othor officers,
including Col. Charles W. Johnson, of
Indiana, as permanent secretary.
When Chairman Thurston was intro
duced to tho convention ho spoke as
follo'vs:
oontlemon of the Convention: The happy
b pmory of your kindness and confidenco will
u Je in my grateful Heart forever. My solo
ambition is to meet
your expectations, and
I pledge, myself to ex
ercise tne Important
powers of this high of
llco with absolute Jus
tice and Impartiality. I
t-'Vx J y bespeak your cordial
I f co-operation and sup-
v sl norl to thn pnrt that niir
proceedings may bo or
derly and dignified, as
berlts tho deliberations
of tho supremo council
of the republican party.
Eight j ears ago I bad
jtiATon TiicnsTON. thcdlstlngulshedhouor
to or side over the convention which nomina
ted that last republican president of the
Vi. f ' State. To-day I hava the fur
uir diitingulshed honor to presldo over
t e contention which Is to nominate the next
rv.iieniof tho United States. Tho gonera
t, a rni had in object lesson and the doom of
tie democratic party Is ulrcadv pronounced.
The American people will return the republic
an jurty to poner. bocauso thoy know that Us
aJn-inutratlon will mean: The supremacy of
tie ion.ltut!on of the United States: the
oalntenar.ee of law and order the protection
of every American cltlzon In his right to live,
to labor an d to v oto a vigorous forcl jn policy;
the enforcement of tho Monroe doctrine the
rctorutloa of our merchant marine:
safety under the stars and stripes
on every sea. In overy port:
economy In all governmental expendi
tures and a radical reduction of the national
debt a currency "as sound as the government
and at untarnished as ltt honor," whose dol
lar) whether of gold or silver or paper, shall
have equal purchasing and debt paying power
with the best dollars of the civilized world:
a protective tariff which protects, coupled
w to reciprocity which reciprocates, thereby
securing tho best market for American prod
ucts ant opening American factories to
tie tree coinage of Amerloan, mustio:
a pension policy Just and generous to
jrllvins; heroes and to tho widows and or
phvm of their dead comrades: the govern
cntal supervision and control of transporta
t n lines and rates: the protection of the peo
. from all unlawful combination and unjust
exaction of aggregated capital and corporatcd
p wr an American welcome to every God
tAarlng liberty loving, constitution respect
liy law abiding, labor seeking, decent man;
tre exclusion of all whose birth, whose
b.ooj whoo condition, whose teachings,
whose practices would menace the permanency
c! free Institutions, endanger tho safety of
American society, or lessen tho opportunities
of Am-rlcan labor, the abolition of sectional
ism every star In tho American flag shining
for the honor and wclfaro and happlnosj of
ever) commonwealth and of all tho people: a
deathless loyalty to all that Is truly American
lad a patriotism eternal as tho stars.
At the conclusion of Senator
Thurston's remarks a recoss was
taken until nearly two o'clock.
Upon reassembling prayer was of
fered by llishop Arnett, a colored di
vine. The credentials committee re
ported in favor of adopting tho report
of the national committee as to tho
rlfrht of delegates to soats, and also re
ported in favor of seating tho Iliggins
delegates from Delawaro and tho
Grant delegates from Texas. Minor
ity reports wero presented, but were
rejected by the convention and the
majority report adopted. The conven
tion then adjourned until Thursday
morning.
THE NEWS AT CANTON.
Starts a Parade of 10,000 People Toward
McKinley Home.
Caxto.v, O., Juno 19. It was a few
seconds after tho huge city fire alarm
gong rang out 41 consccutlvo times
that a huijc paradoof 15,000 follow sol
diers and fellow citizens formed, by
pre-arrangement, in front of tho court
house and, escorted by three companies
of militia, with several band and drum
corps, paraded to Gov. McKlnley's
home on the hill. A score of Gov. ond
Mrs. McKlnley's personal friends had
extended their congratulations boforo
tho parade reached tho house. Tho
scene on the parado to tho
McKinley homo was one of
the wildest enthusiasm. Batteries
of artillery started with tho. nom
ination signal to Ore 100 rounds.
Mr. 11. E Case, a lawyor and promi
nent manufacturer, had been chosen
ky tho citizens' committee to. deliver a
congratulatory address. To this Maj.
McKinley responded in part as fol
low R-
My I'ltirNiis and Fm.ow Citizews: I am
Vfitly honored by this demonstration. Its
lun.purtKan character forbids political dls--usiion,
and I appear only to make grateful
aeknowlcdmont to your address and con
fritulatlons. I nm not lndlfleront to the
Pliasuro which you exhibit at tho news Just
ffcelvuj from tho ropubllcan national con
Un'iui Tor days, your Interest bns been
I'litmj upon St. I.ouls. and your pres
l'.'e in such vast numbers tcstlflos to
'r personal good will, as well ns yourgratl
1 'Mon with the work thoro done. Your cor
d l assurances nro all tho moro appreciated
'uc becauso they como from my fellow cltl
5ih. n.cn of nil parties, my neighbors, my
f-rmcr constituents, nnd my old army com
radii with whom I havo lived almost a llfe
1 me and who havo honored mu over and over
'"in with Important public trusts. Your
am vordsaro reciprocated and will be long
ttmcmticroil.
XV V
OP'
SILVER MEN.
Dramatic Scene Before thn Resolution!
Committee ot the Republican Conven
tion. St. Louis, June la The committer
on resolutions of tho national repub
lican convention was in continuous
aession for over five hours yesterday
considering tho platform. It was final
ly agreed to.
The feature of tho day was tho ac
tion of Senator Toller and other silver
members of tho committee on tho
financial flank. Senator Teller
opened the opposition to the platform
by offering his (Amendment for free
and independent coinage at the
ratio of sixteen to one. Neither
he nor his colleagues had any
hopo that Mr, Teller's proposi
tion would prevail, and tho Colorado
senator took the floor to formally an
nounce that they could no longer act
with tho republican party if a gold
plank was placed in tho platform. His
address was most effecting. His ex
pression of regret that he had reached
tho parting of the ways moved some of
his colleagues to tears. He displayed
no bitterness, but ho was impressively
sad in oppressing regrot at what ho
termed the act of the party in "leav
ing him and his associates."
The financial plank was reachod
about noou and after offering his sub
stitutes Mr. Teller inado a vigorous
speech in support of them.
He spoke vehemently in opposition
to the gold standard plank, declaring
his belief that In taking this courso
tho party was departing from its
vaunted position of defender of tho
rights of tho peoplo and putting itself
in the hands of bond-clippers of Lom
bard and Wall streets. This policy ho
denounced as un-American, unpatriotic
and opposed to all the best interests of
humanity. Ho expressed his sinccro
regret that such a courso should be
adopted not bocauso it affected him
personally, but because it was a step
that would seriously affect tho welfare
of the people of tho entire country.
As for himself, ho had boon a repub
lican since tho anti-bellum dnys. Ho
had assisted in securing the nomina.
tlon of Lincoln and had supported him
in tho campaign. Naturally, there
fore, the stop now proposed was re
garded by him in tho most sorious
light, and ho slncorely bbped that tho
stop would not bo taken.
Mr. Teller, in tho courso ot his re
marks, said that if tho gold standard
plank proposed was adopted ho would
consider it incumbent upou him to
sever his connection with the conven
tion. Believing, as ho did, upon this
subject, which was of all questions tho
nearest to his heart, ho could not con
sistently continuo his rolatiohs with a
body which was so determined to an
tagonize his convictions of right and
duty, and, as he believed, stultify its
own record.
Mr. Darlington, of Pennsylvania, re
plied briefly to Senator Teller, chal
lenging the position of the senator's
address referring to the dictation of
Lombard street, and saying this was a
poor return for the money amounting
to many millions of dollars which had
been Invested in tho west by the men
of the cast in building railroads and
other enterprises. "Wo have given
you our money freoly," he said, "and
are surprised that you should now
want to pay us in money worth only 50
cents on tho dollar."
"Colorado," responded Mr. Teller,
"has always paid her debts and will
continuo to pay them. What we ob
ject to 13 tho paying of 82 for SI re
ceived." He then proceeded briefly to
show that silver had not depreciated,
but that it was gold that bad increased
in value.
Senator Lodge spoke briefly, but
largely in a way personal to Senator
Teller. He spoke of the esteem in
which the Colorado senator was held
and the respect felt for him, but said
that, notwithstanding this fooling, It
was impossible to follow his idea of
financial policy.
Senator Dubois followed in an ear
nest speech. He dwelt especially upon
the service tho west had beon to the
republican party, showing that that
section had never in its hour of need
been untrue to the party call. Ho
dwelt especially upon the strength of
tho west in tho senate, and showed
how the republican party had owed
the maintenance of its protective tariff
policy and all other party policies to
the votes of that section In the senate.
Often when their own sectional in
terests wore In no wise Involved, ha
asserted that the Intcr-mountaln states
had been regular in supplying two
senators for the support of theso linos
of policy, while New York, with not
one republican senator, and Illinois
with only one, and southern states, to
say nothing of Indiana, Wisconsin and
other northern states, which had not
been for years represented in tho son
ate, are inaugurating a contest which
is not only ruinous to tho west, but ho
believed, to tho entire country not
only ruinous but unpatriotic and con
trary to tho principles of the party,
and In viow of theso facts he, too, felt
constrained to announce his intention
of leaving tho convention in case of
the adoption of a gold standard plank.
Mr. lire wor .replied to Senator Du
bois, saying that the silver senators
had practically severed their connec
tion with the republican party when
thoy had refused to vote for tho Ding
ley tariff bill and had announced that
tho tariff bill could not pass the senate
so long as they held tho balance ot
power, unless coupled with a declara
tion for free coinage.
Senator Cannon pictured in very flno
language the hope which had been
raised in tho breasts of the peoplo ot
Utah and of tho Intormountain west
by tho promises of the republican
party; told how tho stato had ueen re
deemed from tho democratic ranks and
an overwhelming majority overcome,
and all for what? Merely to havo all
the promises made in behalf of the re
publicans ruthlessly trodden in tho
mlro and Ignored at the time of tholf
greatest need for a sustaining hand.
He had hoped up to the latest moment
that this catastrophe should bo avert
ed, but if it could not be, ho, too, must
discontinue to act with the party.
SILVER'S PROTEST.
Paper Read Before the Republican
Convention.
Senator Teller and Ills Colleagues Give
Their Objections to the 1'latform-Tbey
Declare That the American Peo
ple Favor lllrnetalllsni.
St. Louis, June 19 After tho adop
tion of the platform by the convention
Senator Teller asked that Senator
Cannon be allowed to read a personal
statement prepared by tho silver men,
which was grantod. Tho statement
was as follows:
To tho 'Republican National Convontlonof
tho United Mates In announcing tho purposo
assorted In this paper, It Is duo to our constit
uents and to ourselvos that thero shall be a
public showing of vindicating fails Tho sole
authorized expression of national republican
faith from Juno , IS9J, until tho present date
has beon tho platform adoptod In the national
convention at Minneapolis. Neither tho utter
aocos of stato conventions nor tho attltudo of
Individuals could change the tenor of that
platform, or abate the activity ot Its binding
force. Every delegate to this convention was
elected as Its adherent and Its advocate Truo
one of Its most important paragraphs has been
subjected to such a divergence of construction
as to make Its languago unsatisfactory during
tho Intervening time, and dangerous If con
tinued In tho futuro, but of the Intention con
tained within that languago there has nevor
beon-a doubt.
It IS tho rightful province of this convention
to rovlso tho party tenets and to announca
anow tho party purpose. The majority of this
convention In the exercise of such authority
has this day made official annunciation of ro
publlcan law and gospel. With much, of the
platform wo agree, bollevlng that in many es
sential particulars It compasses tho needs of
humanity, affirms the maintenance of right and
proposes tho Just remedy for wrong Hut it
declares one clcmontal prlnclplo not only in
direct contravention ot tho expression of party
faith In 189.!. but In radical opposition to out
solemn conviction
Wo recognize that in all matters of mere
method It Is but Just and helpful that tho mi
nority shall ylold to tho will ot the majority,
lest wo have chaos In parties and in govern
ment. Hut as no pronouncement by m tjorl
tles can (.hinge opposing knowledge or belief
sincerely entertained? so It cannot oblige mi
norities to abandon or disavow their princi
ples. Assuredly, as It Is requisite for peace
nnd progress that minorities shall jleld to ma
jorities In manors of mem method. Just so
surely Is It necessary for the sarao pcaco and
progress that minorities shall not ylold In
matters of f andnmental truth.
Tho republican platform of 1893 nfflrnx-d that
the American people from tradition and Inter
est favored bimetallism and demanded tho use
of both gold and silver as standard money.
This was accepted by us as a declaration In be
half ot the prlnclplo upon which rests the in
terest of every citizen jind tho safety of tho
United States. In such terms the platform
was then s itlsf.ictory to tho believers In bi
metallism within our party. Only because of
equivocal construction nnd ovation, has It
since been demonstrated to bo Insufficient
As the declaration of ISO" has been by a ma
jority of tho party construod to justify a single
gold standard for our monetary basis, and as
the recent trend ot tho official power ot the
party has been In that direction, we can but
assume that the money plank of tho new plat
form being much moro favorable to perpetuate
gold monometallism, will bo determinedly used
In behalf of that Idea The republican party
has won its power and renown by pursuing Its
purpose' courageously and relentlessly. It Is
therefore only In accordance with the party's
history to assume that If It shall como to
present authority In the United States It will
crystalllzo Into law nnd administration under
this tompllng platform tho perpetual single
gold standard In our finances. This, It long
continued, will mean the absolute ruin of the
producers of tho country und finally ot tbi na
tion Itself
The American peoplo not only favor bimetal
lism from tradition nnd Interest, but from that
wise Instinct which has always been manifest
In the affairs of a people destined for the
world's leadership Under the operation of
our great demand for advancement wo have
become to other nations tho greatest debtor
nation of the world. Wo pay the vast charges
which every year accumulate against us la tho
clearing houto ot the world with the money of
the w orld, procured by the disposal of our com
modities In tho markets of the world. We are
a nation ot producers. Our creditors are na
tions of consumers. Any system of Internation
al or national tlnanee which elevates tho price
of human product makes our burden lighter
and gives promise of that day when It shall bo
entirely left aud our country freed financially,
as It Is politically, from the domination
ot monarchy and foreign autocracy. Any
system of llnanco which tonds to rtepre
clato tho price of human productions which we
must sell abroad but In so far adds to the bur
den of our debt, and conveys a threat ot the
perpetual servitude of tho producers ot our
dobtor nation to the consumers of creditor na
tions. To us It is a folly without parallel that
this country, or any political party therein,
should deliberately accept a money system
which enriches others at our expense.
History, philosophy, morals, all join with
the commonest Instinct of self-preservation In
demanding that tho United States shall have
a just and substantially unvarying standard
composed of all available gold and slhcr and
with Hour country will progress to financial
enfranchisement. Hut with a single gold
standard tho country will go on to worso de
struction; to continued falling prlcos, until our
people would become tho hewers of wood and
drawers ot water for tho consumers In creditor
nations of tho oarth.
To such an unholy end we will not lend oar
solves. Dear as has been tho republican name
to Its adherents, that name is not so dear as
the faith itself. And we do not sacrlflco one
Jotortlttloof tho mighty principles by which
republicanism has uplifted tho world when we
say that at tho parting of the ways, we cling to
the faith, let tho namo go where It wllL We
hold that this convention has seceded from the
truth: that the triumph of such secosslon
would be tho ovontual destruction of our free
dom and our civilization. To thatend the peo
plo will not knowingly follow any political
party: and wo chooso to tako our placo in tho
ranks of tho great mass of citizens who realize
that tho hour has como for Justice.
Did wo deem this Issue less important to hu
manity, wo would yield, slnco tho associations
of all our political lives havo been Intertwined
with tho men and the measures ot this party
of past mighty achievements. But tho peoplo
cry aloud for rollef. they are bending bonenth
a burden growing hoavlcr with the passing
hours endeavor no longer brings Its Just re
ward, tearfulness tako tho place of courage
and despair usurps tho throne of hopo nnd un
less tne laws of this country and tho pollslcs
ot political ptrtlcs shall be converted Into me
diums ot redress, tho effect of human despera
tion may sometime bo witnessed horo as In
othor lands and In other ages.
Accepting tho flat of this convention as tho
present purposo of the party, wo withdraw
from this convention to return to our constitu
ents the authority with which thoy Invested
us, believing we havo bettor discharged their
trust by this action, which restores to (hem
authority unsullied, than by giving cowardly
and Insincere Indorsement to tho greatest
wrong ever willfully attemplod within tho ro
publlcan party onco redeemer of the people,
but now about to become their oppressor, un
less pro Idontlally restrained by tho vote? of
free men.
This document was signed by Sena
tors Teller, of Colorado, Dubois, of
Idaho, and Cannon, of Utah, Congress
man Hartman, of Montana, and Mr.
Cleveland, of Nevada,as tho represent
atives of their respective states on the
committee on resolutions.
Democratic politicians who favor the
gold standard say Cleveland's recent
lotter of warning came too lato to do
the cause any good.
THE PLATFORM.
Foil Text of the Resolutions Adopted fer
the Republican Convention Vote on the
Financial Plank.
St. Louijj, Juno 19. The finance
plank in the platform recommended
by the committee on resolutions was
adopted by the convention by a vote of
813 ayes to 110K noys, the balance
being adopted by a viva voce vote.
The platform is as follows:
The republicans of the United States, as
sembled by their representatives In national
convention, appealing for the popular and his
torical Justification of tholr claims to tho
matohless achievements of 80 years of repub
lican rule, earnestly and contldentiy address
themselves to the awakoned Intelligence, ex
perience and conscience of their countrymen
In the following declaration of facts and prin
ciples: For the Urst tlmo since tho civil war
tho American peoplo havo witnessed tne cn
lamltous consequences of full and unrestricted
democrntio control of the government It has
been a record of unparalleled Incapacity, dis
honor and dlsnstor. In administrative man
agement It has sacrificed Indlsponsable rove
nue. entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out
ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, pllod up the public dobt by
yOJ,000,OCO In tlmo of peace, forced
an adverse balance ot trade, kept a perpetual
menace banging over the redemption fund.
pawned American crodlt to alien syndicates ana
reversed all tho measures and rosults of suc
cessful republican rulo. In tho broad effect of
Its policy It has precipitated rantc. blighted
Industry and trndo with prolonged depression,
closed factorlos, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprise and crippled American pro
duction while stimulating foreign production
for the American market. Every considera
tion ot publlo safety and publlo Interest de
mands that the government shall bo rescued
from the bands ot those who havo shown them
solves Incapable-' of conducting It without dis
aster at home aud dishonor abroad, and shall
be rostorod to the party wntch for 3J years ad
ministered It with unequalod success and
prosperity. And In this connection wo heartily
Indorse tho wisdom, tho patriotism und tho
success of the administration of President
Harrison.
XVt rnnnw and omnhasizn our alleclanCO to
tho policy of protection uS the bulwark of
American Industrial independence arm mo
foundation ot American development and pros
perity. This truo American policy taxes for
eign products nnd encourages home Industry.
It puts the burden of revonueon foreign goods
It secures tho American market for tho Amer
ican producer: It upholds tho American stand
ard of wages for the American worklngman, It
puts tho factory by tho sldo of tho farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent on
(orelgu demand and price It diffuses general
thrift and founds tho strength of all on tho
strength of each In Its reasonable applica
tion it Is Just, fair and impartial, equally op
posed to foreign control and domestic monop
Dly. to sectional discrimination und Individual
favoritism.
We donounce tho present democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to tho publlo credit and
destructive to business enterprise. We de
mand such an equitable tariff on foreign Im
ports which como Into competition with Amer
ican products as v III not only furnish adequato
revenue for the necessary expenses of tho gov
ernment, but will protect American labor from
degradation to the wjgo level of other lands.
Wo are not pledged to any particular sched
ules. Tho question of rates Is a practical
question to bo governed by the conditions of
tho time and production: the ruling and un
compromising prlnclplo Is the protection and
development of American labor and Industry.
Tho country demands a right settlement, and
(hen It wants rest.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by tho last republican
idmlnlstratlon was a national calamity, and
no demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as will equalize cur trade with other
nations, remove the restrictions which now
obstruct tho sale of American products In tho
ports of other countries and sccuro enlarged
markots for the products of our farms, forests
and factories. Protection and reciprocity are
twin measures of republican policy and go
hand In hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both, and both must bo re-cstab-llshod.
Protection for what we produce: frco
sdmlsslon for tho necessaries of llfo which wo
do not produce, reciprocal agreements ot
mutual Interest which gain open markets tor
us In return for our open market to others.
Protection builds up domestic Industry and
trade, and secures our own market for our
sclvos; reciprocity builds up foreign trado and
finds an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with tho sugar producers of
this country. The republican party favors
such protection as will lead to tho production
Dn American soil of ull the sugar which tho
American peoplo use, and for which they pay
athcr countries more than f ico.ow.oix) annually.
To all our products to those ot the mine and
field, as well as to those of the shop and fac
tory, to hemp, to wool, tho product ot the great
Industry of sheep husbandry, as well as to tho
finished woolens of tho mill wo promise tho
most ample protection.
We favor restoring tho early American pol
icy of discriminating duties for the up-butld-Ing
of our merchant marino and tho protection
of our shipping In tho foreign carrying trade,
so that American ships the product of Amer
ican labor, employed In American shipyards,
sailing under tho stars and stripes and manned,
afflcered and owned by Americans may re
;aln tho carrying of our foreign commerce.
Tho republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. It caused tho cnactmont of tho
law providing for the resumption of speclo
paymonts In 1S79; since then overy dollar has
been as good as gold. We are unalterably op
posed to overy measure calculated to dobaso
our Currency, or Impair tho crodlt of our coun
try. We ore, therefore, opposed to a f rcq coln
ige of silver except by International agreement
with the leading commercial nations ot tho
world, which wo plcdgo ourselves to promote,
and until such an ngrccment can bo obtained
tho existing gold standard must bo preserved.
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained nt parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain Inviolably
tho obligation of the United Statos nnd our
money, wbotber coin or paper, at their present
standard, tho standard of the most enlightened
nations of tho earth.
The veterans of the union army descrvo and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practlcablo they should
be given tho preference In the matter of em
ployment and , they are entitled to the enact
ment of such laws'us are best calculated to se
cure the fulfillment of tho pledges made to
them In the dark days of the country's peril.
Wo denounce the practice In the pension bu
reau, so recklessly and unjustly carried on by
tho present administration, of reducing pen
sions and arbitrarily dropping names from tho
roll, us doservlng tho scverost condemnation
of the American people.
Our foreign policy should be at all times firm,
vigorous and dignified, and all our Interests In
tho western hemisphere watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian Islands should be controlled by
the Uhlted States, and no foreign power should
ba pormtttcd to interfero with them: tho Nica
raguacanal should bo built.owncdand operated
by tho United States, and by the purchase ot
tho Danish Islands we should sccuro a proper
and much-needed naval station In the West
Indies.
Tho massacres In Armenia have abused the
deep sympathy and just Indignation of tho
American people, and we believe the United
btntes should excrctso all tho Influence It can
properly exert to bring these atrocities to an
end. In turkey. American residents havo been
exposed to gravest danger and tholr property
destroyed there and every American citizen
and American property must bo nbsolutoly
protected at all hazards and at any oost.
Wo assert tho Monroo doctrlno In its full ex
tent, and we affirm tho right of tho United
Statos to give tho doctrlno effect by respond
ing to tho appeals of any American stato tor
friendly Intervention In case of European on
cronchmont. Wo have not Interfered and
shall not Interfero with tho existing posses
sions of nny European power in this hemis
phere, but those possessions must not on any
pretext be extended. Wo hopefully look for
ward to tho evontual withdrawal of tho Euro
pean powers from this hemisphere and to-tho
ultimate union ot alt the English speaking
part of the continent by the free conseet of 1M
inhabitants.
From the hour of achieving their own Inde
pendence the people of the United States have
regarded with sympathy tho struggles of other
American peoplo from European domination.
We watch with deep and abiding Interest the
hereto battle of the Cuban patriots against
oruolty and oppression and our best hopes go
out for the full success of their determined
contest for liberty. Tho government of .'Spain,
having lost control of Cuba, and being unable
to protect tho property or llvos of resident
American citizens, or to comply with its treaty
obligations, we believe that the government of
the United States should actively uso Its Infiun
ence nnd good offices to restore peace and glvo
Independence to the Island.
Tho peace and security of tho republic and
the maintenance of Its rightful influence
among the nations of tho earth demand a
naval power commensurate with Us position
and responsibility. Wo therefore favor the
continued enlargement of the navy and a com
plete system of harbor and sea coast defenses
For tho protection of the equality of our
Amerloan citizenship, and of the wages of our.
worklngmen against tho fatal competition ot
low-priced labor, wo demadd that the Immi
gration laws bo thoroughly onforced, and so
extended as to excludo from entrance to the
United States thoso who can neither road and
write.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained it and we renew our re
peated declarations that It shall be thoroughly
and boncstlycnforced and extended wherever
practicable.
We domand that every citizen of the United
States shall be allowed to castono free and
unrestricted ballot and that such ballot shall
be counted and returned as east.
Wo proclaim our unqualified condemnation
of tho uncivilized and barbarous practices,
well knotvn as lynching or killing of human
beings, suspected or charged with crime, with
out process of law.
Wo favor the creation of a national board of
arbitration to settle and adjust differences
which may arlso between employers and em
ployed engaged In Interstate commerce.
We believe In an Immediate return to tho
homestead policy of tho republican party and
urge the passago by congress of tho free home
stead measure which has already passed the
house.
Wo favor tho addition of tho remaining ter
ritories nt tho earliest practicable date, hav
ing duo regard to tho Interests to tho people of
the territories and to tho people of the United
States. All tho federal officers appointed for
tho territories should bo selected from bona
tide residents thereof, und the right of self
government should bo accorded as far as prac
ticable. Wo believe tho citizens ot Alaska should
have representation In the congress of the
United States to the end that needful legisla
tion may be Intelligently enacted.
Wo sympathize with all wise and legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of In
teroporanco and promoto morality.
Tho republican party is mindful of the rights
and interests of women. Protection of American
Industries Includes equal opportunities, equal
pay for equal w ork, and protection to tho home.
We favor the sdmlsslon of women to higher
spheres of usefulness, and welcome their co
operation In rosculng tho country from demo
cratic and populist mismanagement and tuts-
rule. Such are the principles and polices ot
tuo rcpuoncan party, ur mese principles u
will abide and these policies wo will put In ex
ecution. We ask for them the consldorato
Judgment of the American people.
I Confident alike In the history of our great
I party and in the justlco of our cause, wo pre
sent our platform and our candidates In the
, fullassurunco that they will bring victory to
me repuuuenu pany aim yrusiiunt w ,uv
peoplo of the United States.
SILVERITES WALK OUT.
After Their Protest Is Heard Agtnstthe
Financial Plank They File Out.
St. Louis, June 19. The silver men,
to the number of 23, walked out of the
convention after their protest on the
financial plunk had been rem! to the
meeting. Senators Teller and Cannon
shook hands with Chairman Thurston
and Mr. Foraker and bade themgood-by
and turned toward the steps leading
down to tho right hand center aisle.
Meantime men, women and children
from the pit to the last tiers of the
galleries had climbed upon theirchatrs.
As Teller and Cannon stepped into the
aislo a dozen silver colleagues rose and
fnllntvnrl thpm. On prtnh Nldft of this
j aisle the delegates were facing It,
, all standing on tholr chairs. As the
I file of stern faced men marched
I along tho long pathway to the .door a
great yell went up before which every
other outbreak of the day paled into
silence. It was a shout in which ad
miration, dofiance, derision and rage
wero joined. Tho band in tho highest
gallery broke into tho tumult, but its
brazen clangor made no impression on
the vocal storm and was drowned in It.
The following delegates were those
who walked out: The entiro delega
tions of Colorado nnd Idaho, 3 from
Utah, Pettigrew from South Dakota,
Hartman from Montana, Cleveland
and Strother from Nevada. The Utah
men wore Cannon, Kearns and Allen.
None of the delegates from the terri
tories went out.
DETROIT TRIBUNE BOLTS.
Repudiates the Republican National Plat
form hi "Damnably Unpatriotic and Un
Repnbllran." Detkoit, Mich., June la The Trib
une, one of the oldest daily newspa
pers in the west, and the leading re
publican paper of Michigan since the
birth of tho party, will unequivocally
rcpudlato yesterday's action of tho re
publican national convention in de
claring absolutely for the gold stand
ard as against bimetallism. The
Tribune will say that while the party's
candidate is all right, "tho platform
on tho only important issue
before the country is damnably
unpatriotic and un-republlcan."
It will say: "No one's republicanism
can be impugned if he continues to
stand squarely on the national and
stato platforms of the past, and if he
repudiates utterly -the false and un?
American fulmtnation of St Louis
conspiracy," and advises active cam
paigning against "gold monometallism
congressional candidates."
TELLER'S FINANCIAL PLANK.
The Colorado Senator Offers a r-abttltnto
fortheOold Plank, bat It Is Defeated.
St. Louis, June 19. After tho read
ing of the majority report of tho com
mittoe on resolutious Senator Teller
offered tho following substitute for
tho financial plank:
We, the undersigned members of tho com
mlttco on resolutions, being unable to agree
with that portion of the majority report which
treats of tho subjects of free coinage and
finance, respectfully submit tho following
paragraph as a substitute therefor:
Tho ropubllcan party favors the uso of both
gold and sliver as equal standard money and
pledges Its power to secure the free, unre
stricted and Independent colnaga ot gold and
silver at our mints at the ratio of sixteen parti
of sliver to ono of gold.
This was defeated.
Near Fort Robinson, Nob, Private
J. D. Nellis, of the Ninth cavalry, was
drowned while teaching his cavalry
horse to swim. J
FKINLEY THE MAN.
Nominated on the First Ballot at
St Louie.
The Convention Goes Wild at the Mention
of III! Mame Uarrett A. Hobart,
of New Jersey, Chosen for
Vice President.
I! r.nma Tnnit 10. At twfl O'cloolt
yesterday in the national convention
the roll of states was called for nom
inations for president Therb was no
a.r,nnn until tho otatA fit IoWS WIS
reached, when Mr. Henderson said:
"Mr. Chairman, Mr. John in. isaiawm,
of Council Bluffs, will speak for Iowa."
Mr. Baldwin was greeted with ap
plause, as he arose to place in nomina
tion Jssimtip Allison, nt Iowa, which
he did in a short forceful speech.
Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana
were called, no one responding. Upon
tne can 01 maine, xion. usury uiwn
Lodge, of Massachusetts, took tha
MAJ. WILLIAM M'KIN'LET.
speaker's stand and placed in nomina
tion Speaker Thomas B. Heed, of
Maine. The mention of Mr. Reed's
name was received with loud applause
and cheering, led by the Maine delega
tion. To add to the enthusiasm, some
admirer of tho Maine statesman sus
pended a large picture of Mr. Reed
from the gallery, which evoked many
demonstrations of approval. Mr. Llt
tleCeld, of Maine, seconded the nomi
nation of Mr. Reed.
The clerk proceeded with the call of
the roll until the state ot New York
was reached, when Hon. William A.
Sutherland, of that delegation, arose.
His appearance was greeted with ap
plause. He said: "The claims of the
state of New York and her favorite
son will bo presented by her other fa
vorite son that citizen of all the
states of the union Chauncey M. De
pew." Great enthusiasm was mani
fested by the convention on this an
nouncement during which Mr. Depew
proceeded to the platform, and pre
sented the name of Gov. Morton.
When Mr. Depew had concluded his
speech nominating Gov. Morton, of
New York, the secretarv resumed the
calling of tho roll. There was no re
sponse when North Carolina and North.
Dakota were called, but when ho aaid
Ohio it seemed as though the opportu
nity the convention had waited for had
arrived. More than half the delegates
climbed on their chairs, waving hats
and plumes which had been distribut
ed, and there was terrific cheering.
Gov. Bushnell mounted a chair and
was recognized, but the enthusiasm
was so great that he could not be
heard for several minutes. Finally he
was heard to sav: "Mr. Chairman,
QARRETT A. HOBART.
Senator Poraker will speak for Ohio
and Ohio's candidate." Senator Fora
ker mounted the platform amid deaf
ening applause and began his speech.
When Mr. Foraker mentioned the
namo of William McKinley a wild
cheer broke out nnd the people climbed
upon their seats yelling from their ele
vated positions.
When Pennsylvania was called, Got.
Hastings arose and addressed the con
vention in behalf of Hon. M. S. Quay.
The chair then announced that the
roll would be called for the nomina
tion of president.
The roll was called, and after several
challenged votes had been straight
ened out Chairman Thurston an
nounced the vote as follows: For
William McKinley, CG1K; Morton, 58;
Allison, 35f; Reed, 84Ki Quay, 61K;
Cameron, 1; blank, 4.
After the announcement of the vote,
as soon as order was restored, the
Den, who had nominated the other
candidates made short speeches, pledg
ing support to the ticket and seconded
a motion to make the nomination
unanimous.
The next order of business being the
nomination of vice president Uulkley.
of Connecticut; Garrett A. Hobart, of
Now Jersey; C W, Leppott, of Rhode
Island; II. Clay Evans, of Tennessee,
nnd James A. Walker, of Virginia,
were placedJn nom, nation.
Tho nomination of Hobart was made
unanimous and tho convention ad
journed sino die.
How the Kanimnn Voted.
St. Louis, Juno 10. There was some
thing of a stir when a call of the Kan
sas delegation was demanded by Tom.
Anderson on the motion to reject the
Teller platform. Tho poll was finally
taken nnd Delegates Anderson. Ran
dolph, Lambert, Murdoch ond Vincent
voted in favor of the Teller platform. ,
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