The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-06
A GUSHER.
Is the Gentleman Who Was Temporary
Chairman.

Is the Gentleman Who Was Temporary
| Chairman.
| MILWAUKEE. Wis, May 5.-The repub-
lican state convention met here this after
noon. Ogden H. Fsthe,s, of GAINESVILLE,
was made temporary chairman and made a
! brief address, the convention cheering
heartily when he mentioned, "as everv inch
man. and our model president. Benjamin
Harrison" When he spoke of ''That fore
most man in the world, to whom goes out
now as always the great heart Of the repub-
lican party j ames G. Blaine, ,"there was mo-
ment of hush, then the hall resounded with
cheers, renewed again and again. The plat
form adopted unqualitiedly endorses Pres
ldent Harrison's administration rs s'strong,
efficient. patriotic. exceptionally FREQ from
scandal and wastefulness, endorses the
tariff legislation of the Fifty first congress;
nenounces the narrow parsimony of tho
present denooratic congress, miscalled
economy, and says:
while We favor the use of both gold
and silver as money metals under condi-
tions which shall guarantee their circula-
tion at continuing, and substantial parity
with each other under existing oircum-
stances We are unalterably opposed to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.' The
movement for an international silver con-
ference is commended and the IN modification
OF the silver act of 1890 to enable the pres-
dent to regulatessilver purchases are reoom-
mended. Willis the administration of Har-
rison is strongly endorsed no mention is
made of instruction to the delegates for
him.
Loud cheers greeted that portion of the
platform referring to President Harrison
and Secretary Rusk, while the protection
paragraph WAS received with terrific ronr.
The anti-silver coinage and free ballot
nj k0
torn was adopted by acclamation. Henry
9. Payne, of Milwaukee; Ex-unitsd States
Senator Spooner and Gsn, Lucius Fair
child were nominated for delegates at
large by aoclamation. For the fourth place
Congressman Stephenson Was chosen.
The action of Senator Villas i'll personally
nominating III the democ-atic convention
yesterday prominent Milwaukee German
TO head the list of presidential electors was
neatly spnralleled for the republicans by
Henty 9. Payne. who Rlowingly eulogized
John Pritzlatf, and later, amid great en-
thusiasm, he was accepted by soclamation
to lead the roll OF republican presidential
electors in Wisconsin Ole Larson, OF
Polk county, was selected as second eector
at laee. II. c. Thorn, of Madison, was
selected chairman of tho state central COM
mittoe.
Replying to loud oals ex- Senator Spooner
made brief speech. He said we had not
~" s>''oA oepeei itasiphal tAHiihist I"
ton III century than during the last four
years. PreRideLt Harrison had not pleased
all republican leadeIS, but tho angel
Gnbgiel couldn't do it and distribute tho
offices Az to tho Mckinley blll the im-
porters of New York and London furnished
lies about ii. and the democratic party the
liars. The free coinage of silver, he said.
's demanded rs simply an expodlent to fur
nlah market for the mineral product of
Nevada county and pnrt of the state of
Colorado. and is u device to scale the debts
of the sonth. rho loss of Wisconsin i'll tho
last state election, he declared, was summed
up IN the Dogberry verdict on the man
found killed by the CARS "Due to Incident,
accident and tho work of All lnoeudinry."