The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-26
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| But The depression uuder wh ch onf fgrfeHi.
tutal ln,cic.u now suffer. has nadc the ptesen!
system of taxation bear too heavily .n them, mud
| We Therefore plelgc ourselves 10 tighten that
burden. Snd as lar as possible to equalikc Ia
| tthh To that end We recommend that The sur.
rluS revenue derived from State taxation be used
TO Lessen the taxa ION now laid up0u rcul cstntc
LOT local purposes by applying Il, no lar rEs 1t will
In legislative wisdom nvIi TO the Increase OF the
appropriation for the support o. tho common
schools and 70 making ah appropriation Tor thc,
the jury system, ind Of holding the general cleo.
tons. II thereby there should be necessity for
enlarEins Onr surplus revenue we favor n Just
and equitable increase iu the taxation Of prop.
etsy OF corporations.
| VIC recommend that the local system of taxa.
ton bc so reformed NJ TO permit tho taxatton Of
! money capital for local purposes to such MI tx.
tont as to enable the local authorities TO reduce
the rate OF taxation upon real rsinie loans on an
equity basis. We req ire Of the General Assem-.
| biy vigilance tn traktne appropriations OF the
public money and OF our cllari able institutions
receiving State aid, the strlGtest economy IN ex.
pendlinres.
AGAINST FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
The phenomenal increase In our population
| and eo,n,Resce foreign ana domestic, with The
decrease IN CIRCULATION OF our uNtlonal banks
renders It impefatvciy essential to the gcttemi
xohd, In our Judgment, that there shall be IL
| speedy and SUI s.antial ihcreasG In tho currency
| Of ihc country. uncrnpromisiuyIy hostile to
WHCtuSE whIu vi SlIVtf, unu
earnestly iavaring the a'e OF he.h as coin met.
als, the Republican party Of Pennsylvania de-
| inands the enactment by the Congress now ia
session Of such legislation nS Will, while scct,r
Ing The fullest nse OF silver us money. must Ger.
| ia!aly secnre and maintain II parity between The
two metals.
We h,artiiy endorse the administration OF
President Harrison aud declare that It's wise
conservatism. its und0ubted integrity and lis
! manifest efficiency deserve the unqualified no.
proral Of the whole nation. We gratefully record
| the c6alIaaea confidence OF The Republicans OF
Pennsylvania In the wisdom, integrity and
| sihlesmanship OF the Hon J. tottaid Camerur,
our scuI0r Senator Mt Washington, 10 c,phhatic.
ally manifested n his last service So wencccpt
| them as pD-iiiye HsSuIAuce OF his fAihfulness
and efficiency fu the future. We commend the
cdHrse OF the Hon. Thomas Reed. Speaker OF the
National House OF representatives. In mnufuliy
preventing The distinctions TO legislation AMI
the waste OF public time, and money, unl we
the Republican party Of Pennsylvania.
We express our qualification VITA lha admins.
tration Of GUvcrnor Jnnes Bearer and coteratu.
| late him upon the fact that his course nas been
marked by wisdom, Integrity and that devotion
10 the welfare OF all the people which Will en-.
title him 10 the esteem aud gratitude OF the clii.
zehs OF the State Of all the coming years.
THE XoMISATIoNs.
The Chairman announced after the
platform had been adopted that the
placing Of candidates in nomination for
Governor was the next thing in order.
On motion OF Mr.. Graham, OF Phila.
delphia, it was decided that Is minutes
should be the limit for placing candi-
dates in nomination, and gave FIVE min
utes for seconding nominations. Col.
John 3. Carter, Of Erie, who was to nom.
mate Delamater was the first to catch
the Chairman's eye.
When Major Carter mentioned the
name of George Wallace Delamater the
convention broke forth into the widest
cheers. Flags were waved by the ex-
cited and enthusiastic Dalamater men in
the galleries.
This was, however the only great OUT
break, except at the finish when there
we're more cheers.
G. Stuart Patterson seconded the nom-
nation.
George W. Orlady then took the floor
and placed General Hastings in nomi-
nation. AS he proceeded with his speech,
the enthusiasm became 80 great that he
had to stop aud say to the galleries:
"See here, il you fellows are going to
nominate Hastings, we'll exchange
places"
Then W. I. ShatIer, OF Delaware coun.
ty, seconded Hastings' nomination.
Alfred Darte, OF Luzernc, placed in
nomination General Osborne. G, T..
Halsey seconded it.
Ex.City Solicitor Moreland, OF Pitts
burgh, then nominated Major L. 4.
Montooth. No second.
! F.W. Rice placed Charles W. Stone
before the convention; seconded by W.
| W. Brown, of Mexican.
1 Emerson Collins, OF Lyoming, placed
Henry Clay Mccormick in nomination.
I DELAM4TEg NOMINATED.
| This ended the nominations, and the
Chairman ordered the calling Of tho roll
for the first ballot.
First ballot-Delamater, So; Hastings,
64; Montooth, 30; Stone, l3; Osborne,
S; Mccormick, 3. r.
i Second hailot-Delamatcr 90; Has.
tings, 90; Montoo,h, 20; Stone, 10; Os
} borne, s.; Mccormick, 3.
! Before tho second ballot was m.
nounced, George S. Graham, Of phlla
| dclphia, started the stampede to Della.
mater by changing his vote from Has.
tings. The other delegates followed
nominating Delamater.
The second ballot corrected was as fol.
} lows: Delamater, l05; Hastings, 50;
Montooth, 10; Stone, Is; Osborne, !;
Mccormick. ..
| William Flynn, OF Allegheny county
moved the nomination ba made nnani.
. nous. which motion was carried. Recess
until o'clock.
, When the delegates came together at
7:0 o'clock Chairman Lyon got down ia
, business promptly.
Prof.. Lyle, Of Lancaster, placed before
the convention the name Of E. X. Martin
, for Lieutenant Governor. Mr.. Warren
: nominated Senator Watres.
Samuel E. Gavin, OF Philadelphia
!; placed ]. a. NJ. Passmore in nomination
Mr.. Brown, OF Schuylliit, seconded Pass.
more. The roll call aM Immediately
/ fordered. BY the tune Allegheny
| county had cast i,s almos. solid
: vote for Watres, it became appar.
ent that the Lackawauua man was
the v;aner, and Mr.. Brown, Of Schuyl.
ki,m!, withdteS the name OF Passmore tc
simplify matters. The ballot was then
; continued to the end with Watres and
/. Martin Us the r;yal candidates. Tho bal
!, lot resulted as follows: Watres, lG5
2 Martin, 36. Mr.. Watres was declared
, the nominee. aud his nomination Wal
. made unauimoua. a-14-. n
William r. Leeds, Of philadelphia
; then moved that Thomas ]. Stewart b.
! reconstructed by acclamation for Secre
| tary .oi Internal Affairs. This was sec
onded by Mr.. ras.ef, OF Allegheny, ant
: the motion went through With q whoop
9 Tho Qhlir then announced that thl
: only business for the convention L
=. transact was The election Of a Chairma,
!! OF the State COMMITTEES ior ono year. from
; january |, next. William Ii. Andrews
Of Crawford, the present Chairman
nominated geueral Daniel Il. Haating
!. for the position. .,$ .a',
! William r. Leeds, Of Philadelphia
h Immediately asked II he had beer
a authorized to make the nomination, M,
Mr.. Andrews replied he had. Genera
u Hastings was then elected without dis