Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-08

DR.. N. H. Holmes implored the Divine blessing
on the proceedings.
hearty greeting was accorded Mr.. II. NJ.
| Daugherty when he was introduced as perma-
neut chairman, and in recognition Of the cor
diality he limited his speech to three minutes
The report of the committee on resolutions
was next in order. 1t was read by Congressman
G. W. Hulick Of Clermont.
| THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions indorse the republican ma
tional platform of 1892 and the administrations
Of Harrison and Mckinley. Biennial sessions
OF the legislature are favored. Protection and
reciprocity are indorsed and the free wool bill
denounced. Rigid enforcement of the imm-
grafton laws are demanded and liberal pensions
approved.
Each plank was loudly applauded.
GOV. M'KINLEY RKNoMINATED.
The decks were now cleared for nominations.
Gov. Mckinley's name was presented by Col.
Bob Nevins Of Dayton and seconded by Senator
j. W. Nichols Of Belmont. There were no ,ther
| nominations. and the governor was declared
| the nominee. amid a scene Of Wild enthusiasm
The committee was appointed to conduct him
| to the hall. and few moments later he made
prolonged for several moments
GOV. NJ KISKEY's SPEECH
Gov. Mckinley said: II accept the nomina-
ton which you have unanimously rendered me.
and l thank you for it. 1t is an honor to have
it thus offered; it is a duty to accept it. might
justify myself In declining the honor; 1 could
not in declining the duty" The governor then
| went on:
"Repubiicanism will have a severe test in
Ohio this year. This state is the coveted field
| Of the opposition; they will center here. but
with unity, harmony and courage our party
will triumph over all We do not wait for the
| enemy to form their line and challenge us to
contest. We challenge them early upon every
| issue and upon every line Of controversy, state
| or national, which divides u.s.
A brief review of the conduct of Ohio state
affairs during the last eighteen months was given
| by the speaker.
Turning from exclusive local matters, Gov.
| Mckinley said:
The national administration has done moth
| ing thus far except to create in the minds Of
| business men q deep distrust. The financial
| situation which for the most part has prevailed
| since the 4th OF March has not been improved
nor has the financial stringency been relieve
BY anything the national administration has
| said or done. 1t has announced no policy
suggested no relief and given no sign of it's
disposition or ability to restore con-
ndence, stop the outflow of gold to
| foreign countries and the contraction which
| has taken place Mt home. The SlO0, 600 900 of
gold reserve which Mr.. Cleveland, in his first
administration, set apart as a sacred fund to
redeem the greenbscks, and which sum he dedi-
| Gated to that purpose and no other has been,
| singularly enough, encroached upon by him
first; he has been the first TO drop below the
hundred-mulion line which he himself had
| established as the only line Of safety.
1.-The democratic victory of 1892" the gov
ernor said. has not been able to bring the bet
| ter times promised. 1t has not been able to
maintain the good times which we're enjoved
everywhere in this country on the day of the
victory. Business failures have increased.
hoV, b. hoUo raI
row and borrowers are compelled to pay higher
interest for their loans than for many many
years. Feverish uncertainty prevailed in
every financial and business circle. Labor and
capital are in doubt about the future. 1t has
been our condition for two months, and no
change for the better is at this moment appar-
| ent"
THE TARIFF.
Proceeding to the tariff, he said:
"What will the democrats do with the tariff?
We can only wait and see but the waiting and
the anxiety and the uncertainty is psralyzation
| Certain it is they will make wool Free and thus
| strike down one Of Ohio's great agricultural
| products. Tin plate also must be made free
| and the new and splendid enterprises for max
ing black sheets and Timing them must be
crippled financially, the millions OF capital in
vested imperiled and the thousands of
| workingmen driven from employment
or be forced to work at reduced wages Sugar
will have to go from the list of free articles to
the list OF tariffed articles. and cheap sugar be
again made de"r to the masses. Coal, another
| product OF OHIO, must be made free A gen.
eral revision upon a British free trade basis
must take place if they do what they promised
| in 1892. and upon which promises they claim
their victory was won-every vestige of pro-
| lection from the laboring man and industries
of the United States must be Withdrawn and
free trade era must be inaugurated. Do We
want this?'
"Republican victories from this time on are
the surest preventive against the execution of
democratic purposes an1 the wholesale destruc-
ton Of our industries, to be followed bv the
degradation Of our labor. Let us inaugurate
these victories in Ohio; let us commence today
and now.
"Notice has gone forth that not only is
the tariff to be revised, but that the pension
list is to be revised. War is to be waged upon
the pensioners OF the country. No honest man
will object to a purging of this roll Of all who
are unworthily there. Every case must rest
upon its own facts. do not object to un-
worthy mon being stricken from the roll. if
there are such, but / do object to the i'm
preston which in some quarters is being
made that this whole pension business is a
fraud. 1t is published in the papers that an
army OF pension examiners are to be let loose
| to travel from county TO county and from town
w .o"u W nuht pensioners and discover II pos
sible II there be men here and there who draw
one or two dollars a month in excess of what
they are entitled to under the law.
The published ruling of the Secretary of the
Interior announced in the press will strike from
the pension roll Of the country hundreds and
thousands OF worthy and dependent soldiers.
who, II not altogether incspacitated, are prac-
tlcally lncapacitated from earning a living for
themselves and families. 1t is to this universal
indictment against pensioners that l enter a
solemn and emphatic protest"
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
In conclusion Mr.. Mckinley said:
"Our principles are not ephemeral, but eter.
nal. They are part and parcel Of the founda-