The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-20
MORTON THE NAN
Empire State Republicans
Choose Him For
Governor.
Tn. Platform Fayor- an International
Agreement Looking to Gold and
silver AS the Circulating
Medium.

SARATOOA. sept. lJ.--Ihe state repub-
lican convention called to nominate a
full state ticket was raped to order here
today at l2:i0 p. m. Hon. Lemuel Eli
Quigg of New York city was made tenn
porary chairman.
Temporary Chairman Quigg in his
/ address. arraigned the democratic party
| for the passage Of the new tariff law and
denounced the machine democracy of
New YORK city. He said the outlook for
the republican party IN the coming elec
/ tion was congratulating. The conyen
I tion at ] % took a recess until 4 o'clock.
! The convention reassembied at D. IN a..
and Hon. Warner Miller was made per
, manent chairman.
The report OF the credentials com.
mittee seating the Barnes delegation
from Albany and deciding against the
Mulholland delegates from New York
was read and adopted.
Congressman Payne. chairman Of the
committee on resolutions. presented the
platform which extends greetings to the
republicans Of Pennsylvania, Oregon.
Rhode Island. Vermont and Maine. for
their prompt and just judgement of an
incompetent democratic administration"
The democratic administration is de-
nounced for extravaganza
The platform pledges the republican
party to resist to the bitter end the dem.
ocratic policy Of tariff reform. The Il.
nancial plank is as follows:
we favor an honest dollar aud Oppose
any effort. whether by removal of the
tax on statebank issues or the free coin
age of silver, TO lower our currency stan
dard. and We favor an international
agreement which shall result in the use
Of both gold and silver as a circulating
medium"
Gen. Il. r. Tracey in an extended
speech placed in nomination Ex-vice-
President Morton. He closed by saying:
Fellow delegates; Grave responsibility
rests upon the republican party OF New
York. 1t is our duty today to place in
Z
to carry the state. but one who will win
a victory OF such magnificent proportion
as TO satisfy the people OF the nation and
OF the commercial world. The republi-
cans are coming back to power in 1896
and are coming to stay. That man Is
Hon. Levi Parsons Morton.
There was storm of applause as Gen.
Tracey finished Mr.. Baxter placed in
nomination J. Sloat Fassett for governor
and there was a remarkable scene re-
minding one forcibly Of the scene in the
republican national convention in Min.
neapolis. when Blame received the an
plasse and Harrison the vote. The peo-
pie yelled themselves hoarse.
Silss v. butcher nominated Stewart
L. Woodford. Z. A. Nash named Gen.
Butterfeld and Ex Congressman Parker
presented the name OF Judge Leslie W.
Russell.
Cries for vote followed and the chair.
man ordered the roll to be called by
counties. Before Ontario was feachsd
Morton had bean nominsted, and Whsn
the voSe We finisAed the clerk ..
nounced: Morton 5321<. Fassst q,
Woodford 40, Butterfeld -, Russsll .,
Biz ~ and Arkell 1, The nominstion
OF Morton was made unanimous, each a
the opposing candidates making shnrt
speeches pledging him their support.
A recess was taken until 10 p. n. At
12:O .. m. Judge Saxton was nomineAed
for lieutenant soveror on the first ballot.