Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
Stand by Mckinley.


John Riley Tanner was nominated for
Governor of Illinois by the Republican
State convention at Springfield. Will
lam Allen Northcott of Bond County was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor, and
instructions for William Mckinley for
President were carried through at the sec
ond days session, after what is said to
have been the bitterest struggle ever
held on the floor of Republican conven-
tion in the State.
1t was few minutes past high noon
when DIR. r. n. Jameson, chairman of
the State Central Committee, called the
convention to order. Every delegate was
in his seat and the galleries and aisleS
outside the space reserved for the dele
gates and alternates were thronged and
visitors outside the hall were struggling
to get in. Aid. Martin b. Madden of
Chicago was named temporary chairman.
Long before the hour for calling the
convention to order the vast auditorium
of the building which attracted so much
attention at the Worlds Fair was full.
There was not much excitement at the
beginning, only sort of somber hush.
Occasionally some enthusiast would break
out with a shout Cor his favorite, but the
shouting was not contagious. The vast
throng seemed to be in serious mood.
1t seemed to consider that there was Sc
rious business to be transacted. 1t was
not a trivial thing. Illinois was to de-
eide as to whether it would support VIII.
lam Mckinley of Ohio for President
of the United States, or whether its del
egates should be instructed for Shelby NJ,
Cullom. While the gubernatorial candi-
date was being nominated. the committee
Init f,-ot ,a1 MD a
consideration of the convention. Two of
the most important planks, covering the
currency and the tariff are given. The
| money plank is as follows
The Republicans of Illinois are un-
| yielding and emphatic in their demand for
| honest money. We are opposed, as we
ever have been, to any and every scheme
| that will give to this country a currency
| i'm any way deprecated or debased or in
any respect inferior to the money of the
most advanced and intelligent nations of
the earth. We favor the use of silver as
currency, but to the extent only and un-
der such restrictions that parity with gold
can be maintained.
This is what the tariff plank says:
The Republican party from the time
| of Lincoln has been devoted irrevocably
to the doctrine of protection of home in
dustries, and we hereby renew and re-
affirm our faith in this fundamental prin-
ciple. We believe in tariff that will
produce revenue sufficient to meet the
wants of the government honestly and
economically administered, and high
enough to insure to home labor regular
end remunerative employment. We ad-
vocate the unrestricted exchange of nom
competitive articles. We believe in re-
ciprocity, the reciprocity of James g..
Blaine, re-enforced by experience and
an earnest wish to extend our foreign
commerce to the fullest extent consistent
with the control of our own market in the
sale of articles that can be profitably pro-
duced at home.
The convention then adjourned until
Thursday morning, when the ticket was
completed and the delegates instructed.
Other names on the ticket are: For Sec
retarv of State, James A. Rose; for State
Auditor. James s. McCullough; for State
Treasurer, Henry l.. Hertz; for Attor-
ney General. Il. G. Akin; Delegates at
Large, X. w. Patterson, VIM. Penn
Nixon, Richard J. Oglesby, Joseph w.
F'ifer; for University Trustees, Capt. T..
j. Smith, f. f. Mckay, Mrs. Mary L.
/ Carriel