The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-20
COFFIN WILL BE GOVERNOR.
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 l. Tho representatives of the repubh- gan party of Connecticut in convention assembled renew their pledges Of hdei- ity to the principles of the party or law. liberaiity and progress In this country. We Invite the cooperation Of all patriotic voters in restoring the con duct of the government to the safe and American policy of the republican par tv. In two years of control the demo- cratic party has demonstrated It's lack of ability to successfully administer the government. It has neither redeemed its own pledges nor been guided by the experience which, for over a quarter of a century, has made this nation pros- porous at home and respected abroad. With as many policies as factions, 1t has in two years of confused counsels and blundering experiments, demoralized the industries of the country, kept busi- ness on the edge of panic, and presented to the world vacillating and cowardly policy in foreign affairs. At the end of a period of doubt and unskillful tam pering with questions of finance, of rev. enue. and of international relations. 1t has nothing to promise but continua- tion of its efforts to educate itself in the business of governing at the ex- pense of the prosperity and honor of the country.
 2. We declare anew our hearty ad- hesion to the time-honored principle of judicious tariff protection for American industries, especially the great manu- featuring and agricultural interests, and American wages-a principle an- nounced in every party platform, em- bodied In republican legislation, and vindicated by. thirty years of unprece- dented prosperity-and we invite the business men, manufacturers, mechan- ics, wage earners and farmers of Con- necticut to pass judgment by their bal lots upon democratic tariff bill-con- ceived in sectionalism and brought forth in scandal; resting upon no dis coverable principle; swarming with cru dities, inequalities and fragrant dis criminations; borrowing Its most strik- ing and obnoxious feature from the populists, and justly denounced as a monument of party perfidy and party dishonor"
 8. We call attention to the later decla- ration of democratic leaders that their ruinous fight for free trade will be re- newed at the first opportunity as fur ther warning to the country that the unprecedented commercial distress of the past two years. with its loss of work, its reduction of wages and its untold and immeasurable suffering, will be indefinitely prolonged, unless the control of the affairs of this great na- tion is put back into the hands Of the republican party, which alone has prov ed itself equal to that great trust.
 4. The republican party now as all ways the party of honest money, and opposed to any debasement of the peo- ple's currency, holds that American sil- yer as well as American gold should be used as standard money under such international agreements as will insure the maintenance of a parity of values, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power. of, every dollar issued by. the government; whether of gold, silver or paper, shall be at all times the same. We pledge ourselves to an honest and economical use of the public monies in the administration of public affairs.
 5. We heartily commend to-the suf- frages of our fellow-citizens the candi- dates for state offices this day nomi- mated, and we look forward. confidently to their election, as an expression of the appreciation felt by the people of Connecticut of the vital importance to their welfare and prosperity of a restor- ation of republican principles and re-. publican policy, in the control of our national affairs.
 The tellers appointed were: Messrs. Sears of Canton, Durham of Seymour, Brandegee of New London, Rogers of Fairfield, Bowen of Woodstock, Brooker of Torrington, Douglass of Middletown, Lake of Vernon. '--'
 M. S. Peck of Bristol offered reso- lution that lat future state conven- tions, in the appointment of the mem- bers of the committee on credentials, on permanent organization, and on platforms, if the delegation from any senatorial district shall, at any meet Ing held for that purpose, designate the persons who shall represent the district on said committee, and if the member of the state committee from such district, or any person authorized at such meeting shall present the names 50 selected to the convention, such per sons, shall be the members of the re- spective committees from such sena- torial district" The resolution was adopted.
 The result of the several ballots for governor are as follows:
 Whole number of votes cast .492
 Necessary for g. choice. e........247
 MerW1n. ....................... 140 cheney ,...~s...s............. .l3512 COH1n ....................... .125 Frank Brandegee. ee...................2 2 H. c. Robinson. ................... 1 w. B. SlmondS.. ...................... 1
 The second ballot was made formal on the motion of MT. Fessenden and re- sulted:. SECOND BALLOT.
 Whole number of votes cast. .466