The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-22

NOMINATIONS ALL IN.
The P1umed Knight Not
Among Them.
NOMINEES AND NOMINATORs.
The List is Made Up with the Names of
Harrison, Depew, Allison, Alger,
Gresham and Sherman.

Gresham and Sherman.
CHICAGO, June 21.-Washington Ter
ritory has been accorded six votes in
the convention, and is entitled to the
full privilege of delegates from the
States. The Washington Territory
headquarters at the Grand Pacific is one
of the most pleasant in that great
building, and has been thronged day
and night with visitors from all parts OF
the United States, including commit
tees from all the leading delegations.
WaiAe~ Blaine, William Walter Phelps
and othe1 notable called. Ex-Governor
Squires, Hon. E. Meeker, G. a. Finch,
of ChepoIis, General A. Barnes, of
Olympia, Hayden. of Olympia, and
others are guests of the delegation,
Alternates Burkett, Wells and HoItou
are in attendance. The delegation has
been very active and deserve much
credit for the manner in which they
have represented the claims of the Ter
ritory to Statehood.
FACING AEoTH ER HOT DAY.
The con-ontion faces another days
hot work with glimmer of q ballot at
the end. Mayor Titler, of PhiladeI-
phia. will be placed in nomination, thus
preventing Sherman from receiving the
full Pennsylvania vote on the first bal
lot. There IS some gossip about the
London dispatch in the Tribune this
morning making an authorized state
ment from Blaine. He las absolutely
written no letter to anyone of politi-
cal character, except his Florence and
Paris letters,
The Call to Order.
The convention was called to order at
10.0S a. m, prayer being offered by
Rev. Thomas E. Green, of Chicago, to
almost empty seats. r-.
The roll of States was then called for the
names of The members of the National
committee, and at its conclusion Chair
man Mckinley presented the report of
the committee on resolutions as follows:
The Platform;
The Republicans of the United States. as
sembled by their delegates in national con-
yention. pause on the Threshold OF their
proceedings to honor the memory of their
first great leader the immortal champion of
liberty and the rights of the people-Abra-
ham Lincolr-and to cover, also, with
Wreaths of imperishable remembranc and
gratitude, the heroic names of our later
leaders, who have been more recently
called away from our couneils-Grant, Gar
field, Arthur, Logan, Conkling Nav their
memories be faithfully cherished. We also |
recall with our greetings and with PRAYER
for his recovery, the name of one of our
living n1FOHH Wh0SA Tuil ~
treasured in the history, both of the Repub-
ieaus and of the Republic-the name of
that noble soldier and favorite child of vic
tory-Philip IL. Sheridan. In the spirit of
to human liberty, and with that hostility to
all forms of dsSpotlsm and oppression,
which is the fundamental idea of the Re-
publican party, we send fraternal congratu.
lations to our fellow Americans of Brazil |
upon their great act of the abolition of |
slavery throughout the two American |
continents We earnestly hope that we |
may soon congratulate our fsllow-cttizens |
OF Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery |
of home rule for Ireland. We reafirm |
our answering devotion to the national |
Constitution and to the indisso1uble union |
OF the States and to the autonomy reserved |
to the States under the Constitution to the |
personal rights and liberties of citizens in |
all the States and Territories in the Union, |
and especially to the supreme and sovereign |
right OF every lawful citizen, rich or poor.
native or foreign born, white or black, to |
cast one free ballot in the public elections.
and to have that ballot duly counted We
hold the free and honest popular ballot and |
the just and equal representation of all the
people to be the foundation of the Repub-
1tcan government, and demand effective
legislation to secure the Integrity, and.
purity of the elections, which are the /
fountains OF all public authority. We charge l
that the present administration and tina
Democratic majority in Congress owe their
of ha hoIl \,
a criminal notification of the constitution
and the laws of the United States We are |
uncompromisingly in favor of
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM oFLABoR. n
We protest against its destruction as pro
posed by the President and his party. They
serve the interests of Europe. We will sup
port the interests of America. We accept
the issue and confdentialIy appeal to the
people for their judgment. The protective
system must be maintained: its abandon
ment mas always been followed by q gen.
eral disaster to all interests except those of
t the usurer aud the sheriff. We denounce
business. the labor and the farming inter
ests OF the country, aud we heartily endorse
Lne CONSISTENT and patriotic action of the {
RepuP3 p, an representatives in Con-
gress In opposing its passage We condemn
the proposition of the Democratic marty
to place wool on the free list, and We insist
that the duties thereon shall he adius l.,
and maintained so as to furnish fail and ,
4SuequSte protectlon 70 this industry The
Republican party would effect ali naadad
reduction of the national revenue bv 70. ,
pealing the taxes upon tobacco which are
an annoyance and burden to agrinuItnre !
ana tne TAX upon spirits. used In the arts
ana Tor mercantile purposes, and by such q :
revision OF the tariff laws as will tend tn :
check the imports of such articles as arc | ,
PEoagced by our people, the production of /