The morning call., 1894-04-26
ITS CAUSE MUST PREVAIL.
Other Nations Will Be Forced
to Accept 1t.
THEN PROSPERITY WILL RETURN
The Convention Applauds the Senti-
ment and Places Silver Plank
in Its Platform.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 25.-One thousand
seven hundred ami fl teen delegates are in
attendance at the Republican State con-
vention. 1t was called to order at 10
O'Clock by State Chairman Gowdv. There
were 5000 people in Tomlinson Hall. The
picture of ex-Presdent Harrison was sus-
pended Immediately alb We the chairman's
desk. The pictures Of Secretary Blaine.
the late Governor Morton. Governor Nc
Kinley and Of Presidents Garfield, Lincoln
and Grant also adorned the walls. Grea
bands of tri-colored bunting crossed and
recrossed the hall. In front of the presid-
ing officers chair was large gilded eagle
The band played popular airs, and the
the bursts of applause were frequent.
When the venerable presiding officer,
ex-Secretary of The Navy Richard W.
Thompson, came on the stage the conven-
tion cheered him Justify, and before the
echo of DR.. Coula'S prayer had subsided
lusty-lunged delegate cried 'Hurrah for
Harrison" The rules of the Fifty first
Congress. as adopted and applied by
Thomas Reed and lately indorsed by the
present Congress s. were adopted to govern
the INVENTION.
liver his address he was unable to proceed
for several minutes owing to the applause.
He deplored the present condition of
affairs and charged it to the misgovern-
ment Of the party in power.
EX-President Harrison followed and
handkerchiefs were waved and the audi
ence arose cheering Mr.. Harrison spoke
of the existing trade depression, saying:
II believe to-day that all the tumult of
this wild sea would be stilled as by the voice
of omnipotence if the grand industrial and
commercial classes OF this country could
know to-day that there would be no at
tempt to strike down protection in Ameri-
can legislation. tApplause.]
'The Republican party is friendly to the
! restitution of silver to place of honor
among the money metals of the world.
lApplause. Some of my friends in the
West thought was uttering new uoctrir es
when / declared that l believed the free
use of silver upon an intern ational agree
ment that wouid assure its continued
equality with gold would do more than
anything l know of, save the establish
ment Of the protection principle. to bring
again prosperity to our commerce. [Ap-
plause.]
1.-The trouble upon this question has
been that some of our Western friends
would not receive any man as the friend of
silver who believed that we could not coin
it freely and maintain its parity with gold.
They should have been more liberal. |
believe to-day that we can see in England,
the nation that has stood most strongly
against the larger use of silver, and In Ger
many, a nation that has followed England,
the clear indications of growth of a senti-
ment for an International agreement upon
this question. It is increasing in power
and l believe if rightly and wisely en-
couraged and directed from America it
will finally bring other nations by the
compulsion of their own necessities into
accord with us upon this subject" Ap-
plause1
Mr.. Harrison closed with warning to
Republicans against over-contidence. in
which he said there was grave danger to
the successes of the party.
The platform adopted reaffirms faith In
the principles of the Republican party, and
continues:
"The administration of President Harri-
son and the Congressional legislation
and patriotic. aud we point to the marked
contrast between the home and foreign
policies of that admistration and the pres
ent travesty on government inf cted on the
hole people. We den0unce the unwise
and unpatriotic action of the Democratic
party In attempting to eliminate the re-
ciprocity principles from the tariff system,
thereby closing the large foreign market
TO the products of the American farmers
and depressing all interests.
1--WE den ounce the present attempt OF the
Democratic Congress to overthrow and
destroy the American Industrial system. a
course that, with the general fear of
violent readjust stment OF the country's busi-
ness to a free trade basis, has in
creased the national debt and plunged
the country into a most disastrous busi-
ness depression, and filled our broad land
with free soup-houses and food markets.
1--WE believe in currency composed of
gold. silver and PAGER, readily convertible
at fixed standard OF value. and entirely
under the national control, and we favor
the imposition of increased tariff duties
upon imports from all countries which op-
. ose the coinage of silver upon basis to
be determined Oy an lnIeIuational congress
for such purpose.
I'VE denounee the avowed purpose OF
the Democratic party to restore an era OF
wildcat money.
"We believe in liberal construction of
our pension laws and condemn the unjust
policy of the present administration. de-
priving the country's defenders of what
they richly deserve"
The platform was enthusiastically re-
csived, and after 1t had been adopted the
convention settled down to the work of
making nominations for State officers.
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