Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-29
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.


The convention was called to order
promptly at p. m. by Chairman JO-
seph c.. Bonner. The hall was packed
with 5000 and more were unable to get
in Senator sherman Vos sven still
ring ovation. Anon the working dele
gates were Herman c. Dennison, son
of the war Governor, and Harry Car
field. son of the martyred President.
When Governor Foraker entered a
very. boisterous demonstration fol-
lowed. After Chairman Bonner had
made repeated efforts to secure order,
Ex-Governor Foraker came to the front
of the platform and QuieJed them.
Even after his appeal Colonel Bonner
had to shorten his remarks and intro
duce Senator John Sherman, temporary
chairman.
The Senator soon commanded the
closest attention and spoke in part as
follows:
Gentlemen of the convention:-You
have met to designate the next Gov
ernor of Ohio. You have a good many
candidates before You, but each IS
worthy of the honor. You have still
higher duty. to announce the principles
and policy of the Republican party IN
Ohio and in the United States.
When the war was over the Repub-
Iican party declared its purpose 10 pay
every obligation contracted during or
since the war, that the public faith
should be unblemished.
We are in favor OF
A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
We prefer to tax foreign production
rather than our own. In the tariff law
of the last Congress all the productions
of the South from peanuts to whisky
are carefully protected, while the
great staple industries Of the North
are largely reduced. We demand re-
form i'm the tariff and change.
We favor sound national currency
9lwavs redeemable in coin. All forms
of money should be of equal purchas-
inc power. Both gold and silver are
fulispensable. Gold is now, and has
baan for ages the chief measure OF
value. Silver from its bulk and weight
is not available for large payments, but
IT. is indispensable in the minor wants
of mankind. Gold cannot be utilized
for such purposes. Therefore DoJh
metals have been coined into money at
q fixed ratio. The enormous increase
of the production Of silver in the
limited states. Mexico and Australasia
has disturbed this ratio and has low
erred the market value of silver pre-
ciselv as a like increase Of production
has lowered the price of other commo-
dfties. Under these conditions the ra-
tional and proper course would be a
change of ratio. but this can only be
pffective by concert OF action among
commercial nations. Until this can be
qe,omD1isned the only logical way is
for each nation to coin both metals
oD5 maintain the coinage of the cheap
er metal at par -
RY LIMITATION OF AMOUNT
and redemption when in excess Of the
demand for it. Such is now the policy
of the United States and OF every
e,~oqt commercial nation, including
,,e,.v country in Europe. Other ma
t;,os adopt the silver standard alone,
ror from choice but from poverty l
teIiava that the policy of the United
c-stas adopted i'm 1858 of coming Irac-
+3,,,, +toreI silver coins in limited Quanti-
+ios from silver bullion purchased at
,,,a,.l,e+ price and making them legal
+-~5er for small sums. is the only way
~ r~oserve the parity of gold and sill
,.sr coins at fixed ratio. This is prop
e,.lv called bi-metallic money. l hope
o,i beIiave that the common interests
81 60 commercial nations viii lead them,
-5rorrb an international commission,
- ether adopt a new ratio based on
,,,o11,st value of the metals or to coin
-ro-, -r,',, and maintain them, as We do, at
their present ratio.
The policy now urged by the produc-
...- of silver and by men who wish to
nav no, their debts in cheaper money than