The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-18
M'KINLEY BY ACCLAMATION.
Nominated for Governor of Ohio -
Speeches by the Major and Sherman.

Nominated for Governor of Ohio -
Speeches by the Major and Sherman.
COLUMBUS, O., June 1.-THE second day of
the Republican state convention opened with
prayer, after which the report of the committee
on credentials was presented and adopted. The
committee on permanent organization reported
the name of General Bushnell for permanent
chairman of the convention. His address was
brief. Nominations were then declared in order.
Ex-Governor Foraker arose to present the name
of William Mckinley for governor. When he
appeared the delegates went wild with enthu-
siasm. He said:
Gentlemen Of the Convention: l have now most
pleasing duty to perform. This contest upon
which we are about to enter is III some respects
to be of an unusual character. Not only is the
governorship OF Ohio at stake, but the contest
involves more than the governorship, more than
the general assembly, more than the public in
situations. 1t reaches into national politics. A
United States senator will depend upon its
result, and, more important still than all this,
it will determine whether Ohio is to go into:the
great national contest of 1892 at the head of the
Republican or the Democratic column. Jap
plause.] We shall win this fight, but we must
not be content with winning it. We must win
1t triumphantly, deeisively, overwhelmingly,
and to that end we must select as our standard
surely command our undivided strength. 1t is
not my privilege to point him out. 1t is no
mans privilege to point him out. That has
already been done by GO consent One
ders above all his comrades, and
that man is William Mckinley. PRO
many reasons why he should be nominated In
the first place, he has been tried, and he is no
experiment. He has been long time in the
public service He has been identified with
every great measure of the Republican party.
both in the field and in the forum. His tariff
course has been one of patriotic conviction, and
time will justify this conviction. [Cheers
This convention today means that $4,000 Re-
publican voters OF Ohio go together and are proud
of their party and its principles: proud of its rep
and nation. We are proud of that conservative,
patriotic man, General Harrison, who is in the
White House lCheers and applause.l We are
man, Who has taught the law to Europe with re-
spect 20 America, James G. Blaine. Prolonged
cheers, hat tossing and fan waving for over
representation of Ohio in the ns'V cabinet of Of
the president of the United States, in
the person of Charles Foster. [Applause]
We are proud of our great senator, who has
served his state with such zeal that he Justly
enjoys the distinction of standing at the head of
the grand men in the greatest legislative body
on earth tCheers Ohio is the Lookout
Mountain of the political battles upon which
We are entering and in which William McKin-
ley, jr, is the Joe Hooker of the Republican
party Lcheersl and we are the boys [laughter]
who intend to follow him up its steep and
rugged mountain sides and help him plant the
flag of Republicanism in triumph there ZAP
plause;l And next year, inspired by this glori-
Gus achievement, all the columns, from Maine
to oregon, will be turned against the enemy
and as to them, it will be as il was to Bragg
Their lines will be broken, and before the re-
sistless onslaught they will be swept back into
the depths OF defeat and despair. [Applausel
move you, Mr.. Chairman, that the rules of this
convention be suspended. and that by acclama
ton We nominate as our candidate for governor
that brilliant statesman, soldier and orator,
William Mckinley. prolonged cheersl
Colonel Robert Harlan the colored orator OF
Cincinnati, seconded McKinley's nomination
Sin behalf of the colored voters of Ohio" With
wild cheers of affirmation, the convention
declared Major Mckinley nominated for gov
ernor, and the committee was appointed to ap
prise him of his nomination and escort him to
the hall. His appearance was the signal for
another outburst of enthusiasm
81 now have the pleasure" said the chairman,
"of introducing to you your next governor,
William Mckinley, jr."
Again the enthusiasm burst forth, and 1000
frantic, cheering, struggling Republicans waved
their hats and fans, pounded with their canes
and re-eehoed the name OF Mckinley. The hero
of the day received his honors modestlv. simply
bowling his acknowledgements. He spoke as fol.
lows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Contention:
| accent the nomination you have rendered me.
sensible both OF the honoTs ana responsibilities
IL implies. The election this year is OF universal
importance, not only because II determines the
political character of the administration OF the
state for the coming two years, but because il
involves the choice of legislature whose duty
IL will be TO elect United states senator and
whose further duty il will be to redistrict the
state for representatives to congress under the
new census, and wipe from the statute books
the crime against Republican suffrage perpe-
trated by the present Democratic legislature.
Happily we present the party in Ohio without
division in its ranks, without break in its line
The platform which you have adonted meets
my approval. The Republican party OF Ohio
approves the administration of President Har-
rlson and extends TO il it's hearty congratllla-
liberal pensions to our soldiers and sailors and
a sound currency. Ii is in favor of gold and
silver and also OF paper money based upon
equal in fact and law. We are confronted by
real danger which the prudent men of all
parties should seek to avert before il is too late
The public credit and sound finances must be
preserved, and every scheme for DESTROYING il
must be met with courage and intelligence
aud repelled by the mighty force OF public opin-
ion. Better risk defeat which can only be tenn
porary. than cGpftulate with the demagogue or
surrender to dishonesty. our platform indorses
protective tariff. We have protected Ameri-
can products and American labor So long as
foreign products can be found to tax which
compete with our own in our own market, we
propose 10 tax them, rather than tax our own.
The Democratic party prefers to tax domestic
products rather than imported. Their tariff leg
islation would benefit every country but our
own. We follow in our tariff policy the teach
ings of Washington and Hamilton, and Clay and
Webster, and Lincoln and Garfield; they pursue
the fallaeious schemes of Golden and Bright,
and Calhoun and the statesmen OF the late
Southern Confederaey. They are pledged
now to impede, If they can, prosperity until
after the next presidential election.
That is their mission this year. Business dis
asters and reverses are the ladder CT their pros
perity, and contentment among the people
brings them sure political defeat Idle fur
naces. dismantled factories, silen. mines unela-
ployed workmen and general distress are sure
harbingers OF Democratic victory They are
discouraging industrial activity through their