Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-06-11
THE SECOND DAY.

Gov. mckinley Takes tho Permanenu
Chnlrmanshlp-A Magnificent Ovation
The Governor Defends Protection.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June 9.-The
second session of the republican nation
al convention was set for II o'clock but
was not really opened until 11:45
o'clock, so slow were the delegates in
gathering.
The hall was crowded almost to its
utmost capacity when Chairman Fas-
sett pounded for order.
The proceedings were opened by Bish-
op H. II. Whipple, Of Minneapolis with
prayer.
l. E. Walker, Of Beatrice, Neb, on
behalf Of the Nebraska delegation pre-
scented Temporary Chairman Fassett
with gavel made from trees grown on
the first homestead in Nebraska. The
gavel, he said, was Of wood of hard in
growth and was inlaid with silver.
S. c. Lockwood, of Idaho, presented
the report of the committee on organ
ization. A wild scene took place when
the committee reported Gov. William
Mckinley, of Ohio, for permanent chair
man.
A magnificent ovation greeted the
governor when he stepped to the chair
on the platform. Temporary Chairman
Fassett introduced his successor, say
ing: THE chairman, gentlemen of the
convention. Before presenting to you
your permanent chairman, the chair
desires to thank you most heartily for
the kind forbearance which you have
extended to him. now have the honor
and the distinguished pleasure TO intro
duce Hon. william Mckinley, Of Ohio"
Temporary Chairman Fassett retired
amid great applause and there was pro-
longed and renewed cheers and waving
of banners, after which Gov. Mckinley
spoke as follows:
thank you for the honor Of presiding over
the ninth quadrennial convention Of the repub-
hcan party. [Applause.] Republican conven-
tions mean something. They have always
meant something. [Applause.l Republican
conventions say what they mean and mean
what they say [Applnuse They declare
principles and policies and purposes and when
invested with power execute and en-
force them. [Applause.] The first ma
tional convention Of the Republican
party was thirty-slx years ago in
the city OF Philadelphia. The platform OF the
great convention reads to-day moro like in
SEPARATION than the affirmation OF political
party. [Great applause.l Every provision OF
that great instrument made by the fathers OF
our party Is In the statutes OF our country to-
day. [Applause.] Every one Of them has been
embodied into public law and that cannot be
said Of tho platform OF any other political or
ganization in this or any other country OF the
world. lCheers
We are for protective tariff and for reci-
procity. [Great applause We propose TO
take no backward step upon either one OF these
great republican principles [Applause.l We
stand for protective tariff because 1t repro
sents the American home, the American fire
side. the American family, the American girl
and the American boy and the highest possi-
bilities OF American citizenship. Applause
We propose to raise our money to pay public
expenses by taxing the products OF other ma
tons rather than by taxing the products OF our
own. [Applause.l The democratic party be
lieves in direct taxation that Is In taxing our
selves but We don't believe In that prin-
ciple, so long as we can find anybody else to tax.
Our protective tariff not only does everything
which revenue tax is doing. raising all needed
revenues, but protective tarin does more. A
protective tariff encourages and stimulates
American industries and gives the widest
possibilities TO American genius and Amer
lean effort Docs anybody know what
tariff reform is9 mo, no, and laughter);
and that is 10 be the platform OF our
political opponents this year. What does IL
mean? You say Grover Cleveland's uttcrances.
From the first one he made in New York when
he said he did not know anything about
the tariff until his last one in Rhode Island,
you come away ignorant and uniformed
as to what tariff reform means Since
the war there have been three great
tariff reform bills proposed by democratic
leaders, none OF them alike, neither OF them
with the same free list, neither OF them with
the same tariff list, neither OF them with the
same rates OF duty but all made by the demo
cratic party upon the same principle TO sym
boliZe and present tariff reform You may go
to Mills, you may so to Springer, and you will
fin1 they differ totally; but you may 60 to
the house OF representatives ut Washing
ton which was elected distinctively upon
what they call o tariff reform issue, with
the two-thirds majority In the house, ana
what do you find! They pass three bills. Lea
me name them: First free tin plate. leaving
sheet steel from which 1t is made tarined that
is, the finished product free and the raw mate
rial bearing q duty. Second, free wool TO the
manufacturer and fairfield cloth TO the con-
sumer Third, free cotton ties to the cotton
states and fairfield hoop iron to all the rest Of
the states. That Is their idea of tariff reform
Henry bingham, of Pennsylvania,
presented the report of the rules COM
mittee and it was adopted by acclama-
ton.
Ex-Governor Foraker arose in re-
spouse to the call for the committee on
resolutions and requested further time
to consider the resolutions An extern
sion of time was granted and the roll OF
states was called for the names Of the
new national committeeman.
When Iowa was called and the re-
election of Garrison, the Blaine leader,
was announced, cheer after cheer fol-
lowed from the Blaine delegates. A
similar demonstration greeted the re-
port of the names of j. H. Manley. OF