Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-09
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. SECOND DAYS DOINGS. No Change in the Presiden-
 tai Situation. MCKINLEY AS PERMANENT CHAIRMAN He Delivers a Very For
 cib|e Speech. SILVER PLANK IN THE PLATFORM. Blaine Declines to Answer
SILVER PLANK IN THE PLATFORM.
Blaine Declines to Answer
 Questions.

Blaine Declines to Answer
 Questions. NO LIGHT YET. l Still No Change in the Presidential l Situatfon-The Proceedings Yester- day-Governor Mckinley Made Per manent Chairman-He Delivers a Speech Which is Greeted With Rounds of Applause-The New Na- tional Committee-A Rumor That Massachusetts Will Cast its Vote for Ex.SpeaKer Reed-Sentiment of the Illinois Delegation Very Much Mi1ed-The Silver Plank in the Platform-Adjourncd Till II q. m. To-day.
 MINNEAPOLIS, June 8-The enthusiastic demonstrations which characterized yester- days session of the convention were re- veiwed this morning at Ii o'clock, when ths delegates assembled for the second days session. An hour before the time set for the convention to come together the Exposition hall began to fill up at Il o'clock all the delegates were on hand.
 
 putting in an appearance. When he rapped the convention to order, Bishop Whipple removed his hat and opened the proceed ings with the following prayer, the dele gates and most of the audience standing the while.
 Almighty God, who hath promised to give wis dom to all who reverently seek thee, who alone lent gift of charity. we seek thy blessing upon this convention. Help them to realize that gov has the right to govern, and that his love has t9 fyus the right tS 9 we may choose shall be a man after thine own heart, a lover of righteousness, the guardian of the nations honor. Give to this people an understanding heart to obey thee, that happiness, may be established among us for all generations. Grant this for the sake of thy son titions: Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth az in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespaSses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
 MKINLEY FOR PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
 Hon. E. 0. Lockwood of Idaho present ed the report of the committee on organi zation. A wild scene took place when the
  Ohio for permanent chairman.
 Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Connecticut, ex-Senator Spooner of Wisconsin and General Malone of Virginia were com mittee to escort MT. Mckinley to the chair.
 A magnificent ovation greeted the gov ernor when he stepped upon the plat form. Temporary Chairman Fassett in troduced his successor, and when Chair man Mckinley led off by saying that republican conventions say what they mean and mean what they say, the senti ment received enthusiastic applause. He said:
 M'KINLEY INTRODUCED.
 "Gentlemen of the convention. Before pre- senting to you your permanent chairman the chair desires to thank you most heartily for the kind forbearance which you have extended to me. Ihave now the honor and the distinguished pleasure to introduce the Hon. William Mckin-
 SPEECH OF CHAIRMAN M 'KINLEY. Mr. Fassett retired amid great applause, and there were prolonged cheers and way ing of banners, after which Governor Me Kinley spoke as follows:
 ''Gentlemen of the convention-" [Cries of ''Three cheers for Mckinley !''l The vast audience arose and shook the building with cheers for Ohio's governor. After the applause had subsided MT. Mo Kinley proceeded as follows:
 thank you for the honor of presiding over the ninth national convention of the republican par ty. IApplaus..I Republican conventions mean TAppiause.1 Republican conventions say. what they mean and mean what they say. Applause pnsy and enforce them. lApplause.]
 held thirty six years ago in the city of Philade The fs f that Se affirmation a | plause.] Every provision of that great in, ns paSa ss % of o | them have been embodied into public law, and | that cannot be said of the platform of any country in the world. [Cheers.I Whenever there is anything to be done in this country and by this country, and for this country, the repub- lican party is called upon to do it. There is one that can't be said about any other. It can look forward % ard with cheers and exu!tation. IGreat ap:: l plause.] That cannot be said of any political Thus, gentlemen: we are here to-day to make platform and ticket that will commend commend them; 'e of the people appiause.l And we will do it: [Cheers.l What ever is done by this convention, either as to piHi1e Of the American people in November ef this year. lGreat. applause;l We have already year Rhode Island has spoken. [APplause.j Only yesterday Oregon spoke ,electing three rep of the United States. and when we get through with this it's conclusions will be the law of of republican action. lApplause1 we are for protective tariff and for reciprocity LAP- step We spoP sher to o ssp"scfsn sana for pIDSessSi fireside, the American family. the American girl, l the American boy, and the highest possibilities @ taxing the products of other nations ra, her than
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 that is, in taxing ourselves but we do not believe nas o ax Gur system not ony does | everything which a revenue tariff is doing-rais- ing all needed revenues-but as protective tar and stimulates American industries and gives the widest possibilities to American genius and Amer
 s snd tad is to be the platform of our political opponents
  : ! one he made in New York, when he said he
 last one ia Rhode Island. and you come away 1 ignorant and uninformed as to what tariff reform
 Since the n;,7s War there have S been three with the same free list; none of them with thu :. rates of duty, but all made by the democratic n party upon the same principle to symbolize ant
 ge to and totally, but you may go to the house of represen
 tatives at Washington which was elected dis ] tinctively upon what they call a tariff reform @ ssue with two-thirds majority in the house, an :, what do you find? They pass three bills. Le l me name them:
 First-Free tin plate leaving sheet steel, iron | which 1t is made, tariffed. That is, the finishe ,t product free and the raw material bearing
 duty.
 tariffed cloth to the consumer
 = Third Free cotton ties to the cotton states an
 tariffed hoop iron to all the rest of the states
 That is their idea of tariff reform Id Gentlemen of the convention how do yo g like it? This contest that we enter upon is fo le the maintenance of protection and reciprocity IS and say that there is not line in that bill tha g ia not American; there is not 0 passage that O. | not patriotic; there is not page that does nc r. ! represent true Americanism and the highes y | possibilities of American citizenship. lGrea
 We are declare ourselves upon other question | here to-day. We are to declare ourselves upo other questions of free ballot and a fair count
 Ho platform should ever ba made that does n,
 reiterate that great constitutional guarantee; n
 republican speech should ever be made that dot
 not insist firmly and resolutey that that gre, O l constitutional guaranty shall be living 6irt | right not a cold formality of constitutional e
 actment, but living thing which the poor an
 humble may confidently enjoy and which ti l richest and most powerful dare not deny. IA
 plause.] We can well leave to the committee . resoIutiops the duty of making a platform tn ~ l ahaIl ranresept the best thoughts and the he