The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-23
NKINLEY FOR GOVERNOR.
Ohio Republicans Select the Tariff
Champion as Their Standard
Bearer.

ond day OF the Republican State Con-
vention Of Ohio opened bright and
clear. The sun Was still warm and
the heat very oppressive. but both
heat and sun were powerless to abate
the enthusiasm of the Republican
hosts who had gathered in anticipa-
ton Of exciting scenes of the day. 1t
was rumored early in the morning
that Mckinley would throw down the
gauntlet to the low tariff men in his
speech Of acceptance, and that the
coming contest, if won at all, must
be won in sustaining the principles
of the Mckinley tariff law. The
effect Of this information was to infuse
with greater enthusiasm the stalwart
or pronounced Mckinley element.
and if it has . depressing influence on
the dissenteis of the party this influ.
ence Was never felt in the Conven.
ton.
The proceedings of the day were
opened BY prayer, after which the re-
port Of the committee on credentials
was presented and adopted.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported amid applause
the name Of Gen. Asa Bushnell, of
Clark county, for permanent chair
man Of the convention, and F.. j.
Kissinger, Of Athens, for permanent
secretary. Chairman BushnelPs ad-
dress was brief.
Gentlemen of the convention" he
said, II thank you for this distin.
guished honor conferred upon me. /
congratulate you upon the bright
sunshine this morning Laughter, 1
giving promise of an early and abund-
ant harvest laughter, the organiza-
ton of which will be of more substan.
tial benefit to the whole people of this
country than the organization of any
number Of political parties APP
plause and cheers.]
FoRAKER's NOMINATING SPEECH.
Nominations were declared in or
der and Gov. Foraker arose to present
the name of VIM. Mckinley for gov
ernor. At the sight Of the familiar
figure of the ex-governor and the
sturdy campaigner the convention
fairly went mad with confusion. For
over a minute the applause reverber-
ated through the immense building,
while Foraker bowed smilingly to the
compliment.
"Gentlemen Of the convention" he
said, 81 have now Q pleasant duty to
perform. The contest upon which We
are about to enter is to be in some re-
spects of an unusual character. While
it is to be hoped that We are not to be
called upon to confront a greater
number Of enemies in the aggregate,
yet surely it is known that We ara to
be compelled to contend against q
greater variety than ever before. In
the first place, We must fight that
time honored enemy, the democratic
party, which it would appear that
even the devil could not kill Zap
plause /; and. in the next place, no
body yet knows how many third par.
ties. Laughter.] We do know,
however, that the political shibboleth
of each and every one Of these political
organizations will be anything to beat |
the republican party. Laughter.] |
"Not only is the governorship Of
the great state of Ohio at stake, but
this contest involves more than the |
governorship. more than the General
Assembly, more than the public in
stitutions. 1t reaches out into na-
tional politics. A United States Sem
ator will depend upon its result, and
more important still than all this, it |
will determine whether this great
state of Ohio is to 60 into the next
great national contest of 1892 at the
head Of the republican or at the head
Of the democratic column. Applause.
We shall win this fight applause1,
but We must not be content with sim.
ply winning it. We must win it tri-
umphantly [applause]. decisively,
over whelmingly (cheers), and to that
end we must select for our standard
bearer that man who, of all others, can
most surely command our undivided
strength. (Applause. We must
have as our leader . fit repre-
sentative Of our views with
respect to every living issue
who in his record and his personality
$ the best type We have of the illus.
.rious achievements and the moral
grandeur Of Republicanism. Cheers ] /
He must be more even than that. He
must have . sure place in the conf
lence and in the affections of the
Republicans of Ohio. Such Q leader
We have. 1t is not my privilege to
,oint him out. That has been already |