St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-09
In Accepting He Blames the
Country's Ills on the
Democrats.
He Reiterates His Conviction
That Protection Is the
Thing.
All the Other Present State
officers Placed on the
Ticket.

perhaps, of higher honors to come. The
| great protectionist was in magnificent
| form, and in accepting a denomination
| as Republican candidate for chief mag
istrate of Ohio he virtually outlined a
declaration of principles by which he
may be judged as a candidate for the
| presidency. After prayer by Rev. DR..
| n. II. Holmes. Permanent Chairman
Harry Daugherty was introduced. The
| climax of the convention now Lapidly
approached. The Duke OF Veragua
entered the hall, and. amid salyO of
applause. was given a seat of honor in a
box near the stage. He was accom-
panied by the duchess and others
mander Dickins, was in full uniform.
1t was at this interesting juncture that
the nomination of Mckinley was made.
Col. Robert Nevins, of Dayton, in an
eloquent address, put his name before
the convention, and it was seconded by
dozen others. The nomination was by
reclamation, and went through with a
rush. many of the delegates rising to
their feetand, to the evident amaZement
of the ducal party, cheering like the In
dianS of whom the famous ancestor of
the duke was the original discoyerer. A
committee was at once dispatched to
notify the governor. and during the in
term Lieut.. Gov. Harris was renOm-
mated by reclamation. Gov. McKinley's
entrance was the signal for terrific
outburst of applause, which he acknowl-
edged with characteristic modesty.
Taking the platform, he said, in part:
Sounded the Keynote.
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
convention: | accept the nomination
which you have unanimously rendered
me, and | thank you for it. 1t is An
honor to have it thus offered; it is
duty to accept it. | might justify my
self in declining the honor; could not
in declining the duty. The honors |
have already had, with the one you
have just bestowed. only increase my
sense of obligation to the Republicans
Of Ohio, and make their summons my
pleasure and duty. l think know the
labor and responsibility which your
action today imposes upon me, and
which | would under ordinary circum.
stances gladly avoid, but which, under
existing conditions and because of your
with due appreciation assume. Re-
publicanism will have severe test
in Ohio this year. This state is the
coveted field of the opposition; they
will center here; but with unity, har-
mony and courage, our party will tri
umph 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 US. One day we learn
that the enemy wants to give us battle
on state affairs; then upon national
issues. We invite them before the bar
of public Judgment for discussion upon
both, and shall permit them to run away
from neither. The Republican party
has been in control of the executive and
legislative departments OF the state gov
ernment since January, 1892, and is
therefore accountable for legislation
and administration since"
Attacked the Administration.
A brief review of the conduct OF Ohio
state affairs during the last eighteen
months was given by the speaker.
Turning from exclusive matters, Gov.
Mckinley said:
"The national administration has
done nothing thus far. except to create
in the minds OF business men 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
relieved by anything the national ad-
ministration has said OF done. 1t has
announced no policy, suggested no re-
lief, and given no sign of its dis
position or ability to restore con-
tdence, stop the outflow of gold
to foreign countries and the contraction i
which has taken place at home. The
500. 100000 Of gold reserve which Mr..
Cleveland, in his first administration,
set apart as sacred fund to redeem the
greenbacks, and which SUN he dedi-
Gated to that purpose and no other, has
been the first. singularly enough, to en-
crOach upon 1.-THE first to drop below
the Sl0O,OOO,Oj0 line which he himself
had established as the only line of
safety. He announced in 1885 that this
sum of 500, 000,U0O was trust fund for
the
Redemption of the Greenbacks
of the government. Prior to that time
it had been carried in the statement as
another cash balance III the treasury,
available for the payment of any obi
CATION of the government. MIR. Cleve-
land fixed that sum, below which the
government should not 20, and could
not go in honor and good faith, thus
creating in the minds of the people the
feeling that this was the danger line,
and THAT to cross it meant financial DIS
honor and the violation of plighted
faitn. So, when he was compelled to
.ce,f No ho..h heay npnl CT |, ~
the 4th Of March, is it to be wondered at
that serious apprehension and inse-
curlty everywhere prevail? Mr.. Cleve-
lands course had justified the alarm.
He put the danger signal, and the coun-
try took note Of it and was naturally
mistrustful and disturbed.
The Democratic victory OF '92 has
not been able to bring the better times
promised. 1t has not been able to
maintain the good times which were
enjoyed everywhere in this country on
the day of the victory. Business fail
ures have increased, banks have suS-
pended. money harder to borrow, and
borrowers are compelled to pay higher
interest for their loans than for many
years. Feverish uncertainty prevails
in every financial and business circle.
Labor and Capital
are In doubt about the future. IhlS has
been our condition for two months, and
no change for the better is at this mo-
ment apparent. 1t may be said that the
new administration is not responsible
for the condition that is upon
us. 1t is SO asserted, and will
be again. that this condition ought
not to he chargeable to it, because the
administration has done nothing to pro-
duce it and can do nothing to prevent
it. | concede you that if nothing can
be done by the administration or con-
greSs to relieve the situation, then the
administration should not be. held ac-
countable; but is this true? 1t today
the president should officially and
authoritatively announce that there
would be no change in the Industrial
legislation of the country, and that the
financial situation would be met and
solved upon that standard of financial