Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-26
TO LEAD THE FIGHT
Republicans of Three States
Naming Their Men.
THEPRAIRIE AND HAwKEYE STATES

Select Tickets and Adopt Platforms for the
Struggle Next Fall-walf for Treasurer
OF the Prairie State and q Woman Nom-
mated for University Trustee--No Sena-
tOrial NOminatiOn-Men and Measures
DoinGs of the Wisconsin Meeting.
SPRINGFIELD, July 26-The Republican
| state convention was called to order by J.
II. Clark. chairman of the state central
| committee. and 1885 delegates answered
! to their names at the proper time. James
II. Mann, o. Chicago, was called to the
chair as temporary chairman and deliv-
| cred an address in which he laid the pres
| ent industrial depression aud unrest at
the doors of the Democracy and gene rally
gave that party roasting" rs is the Gus
tom Mt Republican gatherings. T. n.
Jameson. o. Chic 80, was made tenn
! porary secretary and other preliminary
business was transacted, the most import
ant being the adoption of q resolution in
favor of the state taking charge of the
| Lincoln monument.
Permanent Omcers Chosen.
The convention took recess and during
| the same the organization committee Sc
| lected Ex-Governor Fifer for permanent
chairman, ]. B. Van Cleave. of Chicago,
secretary, and John r. Fraser, of this city,
serceant-at-arms. The convention reas-
sembled at $50 p. m. and affirmed the ac-
tions of the organization and credential
committees. Ex-Governor Fifer was
| escorted to the chair and spoke at
some length on the issues before the coun-
try and was loudly cheered during and at
the conclusion Of his speech. At his con-
clusion Charles f. Fuller at once brought
to the conventions notice the important
| question of nominating a United States
| senator. The speaker favored such nom-
ination and said: 81 believe it 20 be the
policy of the Republican party today to
declare who is our choice for United States
senator. ! move that this convention
proceed to declare it's choice for United
States senator to succeed Shelby NJ. Cul.
lum"
But the Convention Would Not.
Chairman Noble. of Cook county, said
he believed there was disposition in the
convention to meet the question fairly
and at once, and Noble continued: 81
believe 1t injudicious for this convention tc
name candidate for the United States
senate" tGreat applause He argued
that such Il nomination would deprive the
party of many good workers and that the
Republicans were not in the same condi.
tion as the Democrats We're when they
nominated Palmer and that nomination
was no precedent for this convention. A
rumber of speeches were made, some OF
the speakers expressing anger at Cook
county for precipitating the question, bu,
amid great disorder 1t was demonstrated
that Cook county had plenty of outside
help. When the vote on laying Fuller.
motion on the table was announced it was
carried, ,Ol9 to 3l5.
| Points of the Platform.
The platform was next presented and i.
a thoroughly Republican document on all
the leading questions before the country
including protection. 1t declares in this
connection that there is no such thing a,
raw material free ofany practical or market
, able value, and no tangible thing of value
that it does not require labor to produce
, or utilize, and hence the importation of so
called raw material of duty is al interfer.
ence with the system of protection tc
American labor. The industrial situation
is pronounced unnatural and the resul
OF the false economic theories of tue party
| Ill power
Plank on the Money Question.
The money plank is as follows: 1--WE
favor bmetallism and believe in the us
of gold and silver as money met
ais upon parity of values, with com
piete inte-convertiblity under such legis-
, lative provisions as shall make the pur
chasing or debt paying power of auy dol
lar coined or issued by the United State.
r the absolute equivalent of that of any
other dollars SO coined or issued" Tn,
platform declares the present governor o