Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1892-06-09


mittee recommended that each dele
CATION appoint an honorary vice presi-
dent and secretary. Mr.. Lockwood
moved the adoption Of the report and it
was adopted. The chairman appointed
Samuel Fessenden, of Connecticut; ex-
Senator Spooner, Of Wisconsin and Gen
eral Malone, of Virginia, q committee
TO escort Major Mckinley to the chair.
They came up from the body of tho
hall and went up the narrow aisle beside
the chairman's platform to the place
whers Governor Mckinley was seated.
Then Mr.. Spooner proceeded and
General Malone followed him
down the aisle to the platform.
He shook hands with Mr.. Fassett while
the convention cheered. Mr.. Fassett
turning from him thanked the conyen-
ton for its kindness to him and then he
introduced the permanent chairman.
There was another tumult of applause,
an Ohio delegate sprang TO his feet and
proposed three cheers. They were given
with will.
When the noise had ceased, Governor
Mckinley said, speaking with that clear
enunCiation for which he is noted:
Gentlemen of the Convention: thank
you for the honor Of presiding over the
ninth national convention of the Repub-
lican party. A Republican convention
means something. They have always
meant something. Republican conven-
tions mean what they say. They declare
principles and policies and purposes, and
when entrusted with power they execute
and enforce them. (Cheers) The first
national convention Of the Republican
party thirty six years ago met In
the city of Philadelphia. The platform
of that convention reads tod ~ mere
like an inspiration than the affirmation
Of political party. Every provision of
that great instrument made by the fathers
Of our party ia in the hearts Of the
countrymen today. Cheers Whenever
there Is anything to be done in the
country and by the country and for the
country, the Republican ~arty is called
o. to do It, (Appla aI:e.) There is one
thing that eau be said of our orga liza.
tion which cannot be said Of aly other
It can look backward without shame OF
humiliation and it can look
forward with cheer and ex-
ultation. That cannot be said Of
any other political organization in the
United States. Gentlemen OF the conven-
ton we are here today to make a plat
form and a ticket that will commend
themselves to the cOnsciences the intelli-
gence and the Judgment Of the American
people, and we will do it. loud cbeers.(
Whatever is done by this convention will
meet the approval of the American people
IN November Of this year. Rhode Island
has spoken. (Applause) Only yesterday
Oregon spoke three Republican repre-
sentatives to congress. (Cheers.)
Continuing his remarks Mr.. McKin-
ley said the action of this convention
would be the law of the Republican
party and the assurance of Republican
success. The Republican party stood
for protection and reciprocity. Great
applause 1t was not going to turn
back in it's course 1t proposed to tax
the products of other nations rather
than our own. The party did not be-
lieve in taxing ourselves so long as we
can find anybody else to tax" A pro-
tective tariff did all that any other tariff
would do and more. 1t stimulated
American industries. Did any one
know what tariff reform meants
(Cries of mo" and laughter J
You would read all of Cleyelands utter
ances and come away ignorant Of what
it was. There had been three great tariff
reform bills since the war. They were
made TO symbolic tariff reform and
none Of them We're alive. Mr.. Mills and
Mr.. Springer differed totally. The Dem
ocratic house of representatives, elected.
as they claimed, on tariff reform basis,
had passed three bills--free tin, free
wool and free cotton ties. They meant
free goods TO the Democratic states and
duty to the Republican. Free wool
and tariff clothes, free cotton
ties and tariff hoop iron.
The Republicans today were to declare
themselves on other questions, free
ballot and n fair count for everyone.
No Republican, platform or speech should
be made without insisting that that
living birthright. prolonged ap-
plause.)
They could well leave to the
committee on resolutions the duty of
making platform. when we go out
Of this convention on a true Republican
platform" said he, 1--WE will go marching
to victory, no matter who carries the
banner"
The speech was greeted with pro.
longed cheers. At its close there were
repeated cries for Douglass" and the
venerable ex-slave had to come forward
and bow his thanks. When order was
restored the chairman recognized Chair
man Bingham, of the committee on
rules and order of business, who took
the platform and read that committees
report. The paragraph adopting the
rules of the Fifty-first congress was EN-
phasized by Mr.. Bingham in reading
and the convention applauded. Mr..
Bingham explained that with two ex-
captions these We're the rules of the last
national convention. One of these ex-
ceptions was the insertion of rule pro-
viding that a motion 10 table an amend
ment shall not prejudice the pending
question. This was the rule of the
United States senate. The other was
the recognition Of the house of the Fifty
first congress, instead of the rules Of
rules of the present house, which per
NIT indefinite flibustering, obstruction
and non-action."
Mr.. Cullom of Illinois asked if the
printed copy Of rules distributed
throughout the hall was correct. He
was assured that with one simple error
they were. The report was agreed to
without division. The chairman then
announced that the next order of busi-
ness was the report of the committee on
resolutions. Mr.. Foraker took the floor
to ask further time. He could not be
heard by the convention for the ap-
plause. The chairman heard him, how
ever, and said that if there was no OBJ
lection further time would be granted.
The roll was then called for the names
of members of the national committee
men.
Mr.. Clarkson's name was greeted with
lz..'