, 1888-04-26
Republican Conventions.

BosToN, April 2a.-The Republican
state convention to elect delegates to the
national convention assembled at fremont
Temple at IL o'clock this morning. The
convention was called to order by DR.. Bur-
den. chairman of the state committee,
who said the prospects of the Republican
party In the state and nation never looked
more encouraging than to-day. He urged
the formation of Republican clubs as aids
to the regular organizations, and said the
Importance of such clubs could not be
overestimated. He favored the policy of
making a clean campaign, entirely from a
Republican standpoint, but" said he,
we will welcome honest Independents
who. believing that the course pursued by
the Republican party four years ago tended
to retard the reform OF civil service, and
went out and fell down at the feet of that
great high priest of reform-Grover Cleve-
land-because he will admit his mistake.
But TO that SO called Independent who
seized upon the question of civil service
reform as a pretext, while the real reason
was that he vas a free trader, we have no
concessions to offer.
George A. Hoar, +. l.. Burden, Henry
S. Hyde and w. Beard were elected dele
gates-at-large to the national convention.
HARRISBURG, Pa, April 25.-The Re.
publican state convention to nominate
four delegates at large to the national
convention, one candidate for supreme
Judge, and two electors at large, met in
the opera house at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Samuel III. Weller was elected tenn
porary chairman.
lie congratulated the convention upon
the harmony which prevails among the
Republicans of the state, and said that
throughout the country the outlook is
cheering and hopeful. By the virtue of
wise financial and industrial legislation of
the Republican party our manufacturing
and other industries are fairly prosperous,
Notwithstanding the many discouraging,
although unsuccessful, attacks made upon
them by every Democratic congress. The
vital question of to day is, shall the
American manufactures be retained, or
shall the Democratic party be permitted
to hinder, cripple and overturn all this.
Shall our people march forward, or shall
they beat a retreat at the within of the
Democratic ways and means committee,
moved by the power and patronage OF the
Democratic executive. .
The platform submitted to the conven-
ton demanded that congress enact such
laws as shall secure fair elections for mem
bers of congress and the electoral college;
denounce the presidents message and
wool clause of the Mill tariff bill; demand
the passage of a Just and comprehensive
pension bill; condemned the action of the
Democrats in the house in refusing to
pass the direct tax bill; declared in favor
of true civil service reform; pledged the
Republican party OF the state to submit
the question of prohibition to a vote of
tho naonla and aplnroal tho ,to.a ol.-
istration.
Judge Mitchell was nominated for SUI
preme Judge, Thomas Dolan of Philadel-
phia and Lewis Pugh of Lackawanna
were chosen candidates for presidential
electors at large, and Senator Quay, d.
h. Hastings, Nelson P. Reed and Henry
w. Oliver were chosen delegates at large
to the national convention.
FORT WORTH, April 25.-The Reput-
llcan state convention to day elected for
delegates at large John B. Rector, A. j.
Rosenthal, @. Nj. Ferguson ind N. W.
Conroy. The district delegation was also
elected and stands sixteen white and ten
colored and are about equally divided be-
tween Blaine and Sherman.
BANGOR, Me-, April 25.-The Repub-
can state convention, for the selection of
four delegates at large to the national
convention and two presidential electors,
will meet here tomorrow morning. The
indications to night point to the selection
as presidential electors of Preston Cheney
and Col. Samuel \. Campbell. For dele
gates at large the indications favor the Sc
lection of Charles II. Prescott, S. II.
Allen, j. H. Manley and G. A. Boutelle.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 25.-Most of the
delegates to to-morrow's convention have
arrived and the number of politicians at
work among them in the interest of the
various candidates is very large. Ex-
Senator Mcdonald, who was a candidate
for delegate to the convention and de-
feated, has published an address to the
Democrats of the state, in which he Bit
terly assails Governor Gray and predicts
that the state will be lost to the Democ-
racy in case the governor is nominated for
president.
The district delegates met tonight and
selected delegates to st. Louis and presi-
Dental electors. The delegates are not
instructed, but all are for Cleveland and
Gray. The probabilities tonight point to
the nomination of Watson for governor
and the delegates-at-large to the national
convention are likely to be Senators Voor-
hees and Turpie, John G. Shanklin and
John Bass.
PHGNIx, Ariz., April 25.-The Re-
publican territorial convention to-day re-
elected 8. f. Eggcrs and l.. HI. Goodrich
delegates to the national convention.
Strong resolutions were adopted con-
demning the Democratic administration
for disregardIng its pledge to the terrific
ries in the matter of appointments, its
antagonism to silver, its obstacles thrown
in the way of honest settlers on govern
ment lands, and the principles of protec-
ton to American industries. The senti-
ments Of the convention were strong for
Blaine.