The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-07
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
JACKSON AND FELL.
THE Republican State Ticket Selected
by Acclama ion.

state Chairman Frank Reeder raped for
order there we're 253 Of the 26i delegate.
present. Only preliminary work was aone
at the m orning session.
There was a larger atte endance at the after.
noon session and Of course great deal more
life in the proce dings. Ex.state Senator
Horace b. Packer of rioga, was made isr.
manent chairman.
After the platform had been read and
adopted and the convention bad passed
resolution thanking Gen. Frank Reeder and
Frank Willing Leach for their "distinl-
uished services" as chairman and secretary
Of the State Committee, Chairman Packer
sailed for the naming of candidates for Su.
preme Justice District Attorney George s.
Graham, of Philadelphia. nominated David
Newlin Fell, Of Philadelphia U. B. East
burn, Of Bucks, in behalf of Judge Fell's
native county seconded the nomination.
Judge Fell's nomination was made by
scclsma;ion.
The nomination OF Col. Samuel NJ. Jack
son, Of Armstrong, for State Treasurer was
also by acclamation. He was formally
named by ex.Judge J. Il. Neale. Of Kittan.
seconded the nomination. Col. Jackson
was by acclamation made the nominee for
State Treasurer and the convention adjourn.
ed TO the tune OF The Star Spangled Bar.
ner"
The platform reads as follows
The Republicans Of Pet nsylvania. In con.
vention assemb ed reaffirming their adhes.
ion TO the declaration of principles adopted
gha Ia lion. nj ion -
lS92, resolve:
That we demand the rmediate and un.
conditional repeal OF the purchasing clause
of the act uf Congress entitled An act d.
recting the purchase Of silver bullion and
the issuing of treasury notes thereon" ap.
proved July IL, 1890.
We congratulate the country upon the re-
cent prompt and patriotic action OF the
House Of Representatives, and request the
Senators from Pennsylvania to support sim
liar legislation now pending in the Senate.
We favor the expansion of the circulating
medium OF the country until the same shall
amount to $40 per capita of our population,
sud approve the proposl ton to issue tO ma
tional banks notes to the par value OF the
bonds deposited to secure their circula
the following declaration OF the
last Republican National Convention
The American peope, from tradition and
interest. favor hfmetallism, and the Repub.
hcsn party demands the use of both gold
and silver as standard money. with such
be determined by legislation. as
will secure the maintenance
of the parity Of values Of the two metals so
that the pure basing and debt paying power
of dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper,
shall be at all times equal. The interests
Of the producers OF the country, its farmers
and its workmen. demand that every dol
ar, paper or coin, issued by the government
al,all be as good as any other" 90
Further, we ,ieclare that. slft .p,igatnps
~ :. ss.j' III -. ~ ~ ID be o':arged III
4 money approved and current In all civil
| lized nations, and To that end that a largely
increased reserve OF gold snould be gradual.
| ly accumulated and maintained.
| Swiftly upon the heels Of the success oi
| the Democratic party in 1892 has followed
unprecedented national distress A ruinous
fall in the price Of farm and other products
and manuiactures;the closing OF workshops.
factories and mills; the reduction Of the
wages of labor; the discharge of working
men from employment; the cessation Of
railroad extension and diminution of traffic.
bankruptcy and the suspension OF banks,
| are To- day the only monuments OF its tri-
umph. The present condition OF the coun.
try is mainly due to the conviction that a
| vital attack will be made upon the Am"ri-
| can system of protection. We reiierate the
belief we have often expressed that the
maintenance Of IN adequate and stable
system of protective duties is essential u
the we'll being OF the Nation and the pros
p rity of labor and cat ital and protest
! against any Rmendmentsto the Mckinley
bill until IL shall have been fairly tested
and judged by its practical operation.
The heroic sacrifices and unfi,ltcring Iatri-
otism OF the Union soldiers .and sailors in
| the great War OF the Rebellion created a
| debt OF gratitude that the Nation can never
| paw, and the Republican party, ever mind.
| full OF their loyal services. and grateful for
| their heorism, renews its declaration oi
friendship for the surviving veterans, nnd
| It's advocacy of LIBERAL pensions. and so fai
as possible, will not only contribute to theil
comfort in their declining years. but will
| hold in sacred memory their priceless and
! distinguished services on the field Of battle
| The National Democratic Administration In
the appointment of officers In charge OF the
Interior Department at Washington. whC
are hostile TO these surviving veterans, de
| serves the condemnation Of everv loyal cit
| izen IN the Nation, and the Republican
| party Of Pennsylvania emphatically d.
| nOunces the acts by which the heroes OF tn,
| republic are being arbitrarily deprived o
| their pensions as unworthy of the patriotic
american people and as rejecting discredi
upon the great Republic made perpetual b,
the loyal services OF the Union soldiers ant
| sailors.
We demand the enactment and enforce
| ment of immigration laws which shal
enectually prohibit the importation of ig
norant and undesirable immigrants. Our
intelligent workmen should not be obligeS
To compete with such labor
We recommend that the representation II
the Republican National Convention fo
1896 be based upon the Republican vote al
the presidential election of 1892 and tina
the Republican National COMMITTEES ~
! future State conventions shall be base6
upon the vote cast at the presidential ol
gubernstoral election Immediately pre-
ceding one delegate being allotted to eact
legislative district for every 300 Repnbli
can votes, and an additional delegte tor q
fraction exceeding 900 votes, each dist ric
10 have at least one delegat'.
We commend the action Of the last Leg
islature IN this State in setting apart frou
the revenue OF the Comm wealth al
additional 81, 600. 600 TO detray the cost .o
public schools thus increasing the appro
priation for that purpose to $500 900 pe
ahnum, and relieving the burden of loca
taxation to that extent. This act again for
| chilly Illustrates the integrity of the Repub