Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-27
!" Foraker Forever. :.
Seems To Be the Slogan ofOhio
Republicans.
NOMINATED FOR THE FOURTH TINE.

The only Man Ever So Honored in the
Buckeye State, and Couple to Spare
The First Ballot shows which Way the
Cat Is to Jump and She Jumps with
Great Alacrity-The Governor Makes a
Few Remarks.
COLUMBUS, O., June 27.-Without asking
for it-in fact, in face of statement that
he did not want it-and even without the for
mality of his name being put before the con-
vention, Governor Foraker was renominated
at the Republican convention yesterday. 1t
was evident at the last convention that the
Ohio wing Of the Republican party had no
objection to third terms for governor, and
yesterday they beat the record, for the honor
done Governor Foraker was done for the
fourth time. No other Ohio man has ever
been given four, or even three, consecutive
nominations for governor, and his grasp on
the Republicans of the state is apparently
stronger than ever All of the anti Foraker
men behaved handsomely in the convention,
and the convention seemed to break up in
harmony.
Organization and Nominations.
The convention met at $50 a. M, and the
pei VI WdS noou tcApiCpcu
by making the temporary organization con-
tinuous The resolutions telegraphed yes
| terday were read and adopted unanimously,
the Endorsement of the utterances of the ma
tional convention of 1888 being considered
sufficient on the subject of civil service re-
form, and heading off any attempt to get up
| a fight on that point Nominations for gov
ernor were then called for, and the follow
ing were named: E. L. Lampson, of Ashta-
+, bula; Wilson Vance, of Hancock; Ashbel
Jones, of Medina; r. r. Dawes, of Mari
eta; Joseph W. O'Neal, of Warren; j. b.
| Neil, of Columbus; R. p. Kennedy, and
Joseph O'Neil, of Lebanon. No mention of
Governor Foraker's name was made
One Ballot and a Stampede.
| The voting was promptly begun and there
| was much curiosity to see what the tactics
of the Foraker men, in not naming their
candidate, would result in. The latter
| showed that if they were not saying any
thing they were on hand, for the governor
received 207 votes, which was so more than
| the next highest, Kennedy coming next with
| 127. The other votes were as follows:
Dawes, 50; Morey, AZ; Jones, %; O'Neal, 81;
Lampson, So; Vance, As; Neil, 81; Gibson,
%; Gen. Bushnell, /. There we're S27
votes cast. As soon as the announce
Il a
ballot would be taken there was rush from
all the delegations to get into line on the For
aker side, and before it was half through
there was no doubt of who the NOMINEES
would be. An almost unanimous shout for
Foraker went up and everybody wanted his
| nomination made unanimous, which was
done amid great enthusiasm A committees
composed of Mckinley, Grosvenor, and
Mayor Gardner (of Cleveland) were ap
pointed to bring the invincible governor &
| the convention hall and in a few moments he
was present
| an Ovation to "InvincibIe Joe.''
As Governor Foraker advanced to the
| stage he received great ovation, and, upon
being introduced by Maj. Mckinley, was
| again cheered continuously for several min
| utes Once more, he said, he came to accept
the nomination, which was not according tc
his wishes. All his plans and even ambition
were in another direction, but he considered
that the party had the right to call him al
any time. He therefore put aside persona
feeling He understood tine work before
him He considered it call of duty to b
a candidate for governor and for governor
alone. CHEERS "God willing, 1 shall b
your governor for the term to which l an
elected. [Cheers.l We have had few as i'm
portant elections as the one approaching
The senatorship is at stake. Constitutions
amendments are pending, one of which pro
vides for biennial elections This add.
greater Importance to the election. The
question is whether Ohio shall be under
Republican or Democratic control at tbs
time of the election in 1892"
He then declared that the sta to was in
splendid condition as the result of Republi
can rule and contrasted it with the situation
after a Democratic administration; said
Republican must be made the colleague il
the United States senate of John Sherman
give the Democracy a rap and took a shy a
lex-President Cleveland, and closed as fol
lows: AT Washington noble, Christie
gentleman presides. Our flag kisses tn
breezs. We have unity and enthusiasm (,
lead us forward to victory. You helping
God helping We shall have Republican leg
islature, Republican governor, a Repub
lican senator IGreat applause
After Forakers speech the conventio,
quickly completed its work by nominatin;
E L. Lampson, of Ashtabula county, TO
lieutenant governor; Judge T. ]. Dickmau
of Cleveland, for supreme Judge; John
Brown, of jefferson, treasurer; U. H Hes
ter, clerk of the supreme court; d. K Wat
son, of Franklin, for attorney general; job
Hancock, of Ross, for commissioner q
schools: and W. NJ Hahn, for member O
board of public works