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Pennsylvania State Convention.
The Republican Stafa Conyention met

The Republican State Convention met ~
Harrisburg on tie 4th inst. Chairman
Hooten, of the State Central Committee called
the convention to order, and on motion, Russell
Errett was appointed temporary Chairman.
resolution by John Cessna was adopted for
the appointment of q committee of nine to re-
port, subject to the approval of the convention,
3 list of delegates with their alternates to the
Chicago convention, and list of Electors, after
consulting with the delegates from the various
districts.
The following resolution was introduced by
Reso,red, That the delegates elected to the
Republican National Convention from this
State, are hereby instructed to support for the
Presidential nomination Gen. U. S. Grant, and
to vote as unit on all questions that may
come before the convention.
The following resolution by Mr.. Stone, Of
Crawford, after considerable debate, partici
pated in by Messrs. Kerr, Gen. alright, Dar-
lington, Harvey, Wolfe, Moreland, and others,
was lost:
Resolocd, That while we pledge ourselves to
support the Republican party, we see no good
reason for abandoning the position taken by
the party in our own and other States in 1876,
of opposition to a third Presidential term, and
We hereby irdorse and reaffirm the resolution
passed by cur State Convention, held in this
city in 1876, upon this question.
The question then recurred on the original
resolution, or rather that part of it which in
structed the Chicago delegates to vote for
Grant. The yeas and nays were ordered, and
showed a vote of 13S in favor of, to 113 against
that portion Of the resolution. The second
portion of the resolution instruoting the dele
gation to vote as unit was then adopted by
rtra vote.
The committee to name delegates to the
Chicago convention, and to name Presidential
Electors, made report, which was adopted.
The following are the delegates at largo:
Mathew II. Quag, James McManis, Linn.
mates: Gen. d. S. Elliott, J. Hay Brown,
Henry Buck, Samuel M. Jackson Electors Mt
Large: Edmund A. Benson and Henry W,
Oliver.
Among the resolutions adopted were the
following:
Resolved. That the rejoicing over the steady
growth of national prosperity, which began in
and over the successful resumption and main
tenance Of specie payments, We may reasonably
claim the financial soundness and prosperity of
the country as the natural result Of the fnan-
cial policy we, as party, have sustained.
The resumption of specie payment having
been accomplished at the time appointed by
law, and the finances Of the country being in q
thoroughly healthy condition, we regard it as
unwise to engage in any new efforts
at financial egislation. The country is pros
porous under our financial system as is, and
we know of no good reason why that sy stem
should be changed.
The persistent efforts of free traders to de-
stroy our tariff piecc-meal by legislation, and to
repeal the duties On special articles, admonishes
US of the necessity Of adhering more st, ongly
than ever to the tariff policy of the past twenty
years, which has built up our grand system Of
manufactures, fostered the revenues of the
Government and promoted our national pros
perity.
We object, most decidedly, to all attempts to
enact new tariff through the agency of COM
mercal treaties.
We extend to the Republicans of Maine our
congratulations over the peaceful and success
full resistance to an effort to defraud the peo-
pie of that State of the right to choose their
own representatives,, and to attempt to steal
the government of that State.
We deeply regret the growing tendency to
throw elections aside on mere technicalities and
informalities.