Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-22

Mr.. Convey In assuming the chair
and gavel temporarily, is reported to
have said that the stars of heaven in
their courses, fight for the Republican
party" 1t will be matter of sincere
congratulation to many OF the party
who were so incontinently jammed
and crushed in the battle four years
ago to find that the contest has been
transferred to space and that the
planetary system will afford the glad
iators and do the principal part Of the
fighting. His speech was necessarily
confined TO protection, as the course
of the present Administration has been
so distinctively Republican on the
financial question that there was no
opportunity for an issue to be made.
Mr.. G. ran the scale to high G, with
out any apparent realization that it
was q dead issue, and with the evident
intent to galvanize the corpse into
spasmodic life by Mckinley magne-
tism. The reason given why Mr..
Convey is friend to the "tin god" is
that 20 years ago he met him some
where, and as it is said the presiden-
tial possibility now posing as a sphinx
never forgets face, it is hoped that
Mr.. G. will, in the event of his elec-
tion, prove a valued steerer to official
position; in other words that he will
have a grip on the ear now temporar.
lily dumb. When McKinley's name
was mentioned by the temporary
chairman whoop went up that would
have raised the roof had it not been
nailed on, and Bill Morris, cspper
pulled out a stop and let out Co
manche war-whoop that startled even
those who had arranged the part the
claquers should play.
Frank ]. Kingdom OF Vancouver
and Harry w. Carroll were elected
Secretaries.
Representation to this county wa'
given on the Organization committe,
by G. w. Hopp, and on Resolution
by John A. Rae.
At the afternoon session, while th'
convention was waiting for commit
tee reports, Gov. McGraw relieved him
self of q few thoughts with which i
was apparent he was loaded. HI
said, in part:
II congratulate you on the great
ness of your convention. This viii
be a year in which there will be
great tidal wave of Republicsnism
You will uphold that cardinal princi
pie OF Republicanism. You will de
clare yourselves upon the financia
!question. The time for straddling bs
passed. If the country is in favor O
free silver at ratio of 16 to /,
ehould be known. If we are in favo
OF international bimetalism we shoul'
let it be known"
/ Notwithstanding this explicit dec
laration against a strsddle," the Gov
ernor declared that it would not b
wise to touch on the financial ques
ton, since one part of the State wa
for silver and the other gold. H
/ then beat the tom-tom vigorously t
the tune of Protection, and sat dow
much pleased with the applause tina
was turned on at the proper moment
Andrew F. Burleigh made a charat
teristic speech. After lauding til
party as the embodiment of all that
: good and true; after asserting the d.
spicable falsehood that when the Den
ocrats took the reins Of governmeu
the treasury was overflowing; aftt
dropping tear to the fearful lot {
the poor working man, the gentlema
who draws salary OF $50 per day close
with an appeal for sound" none
. to enable the corporation he represen
to pay him in 200 per cent. dollars.
b. Judge j. z. Moore of Spokane WI
}. called and during the course OF his r
n marks touched upon the silver que
i. ton stating that he felt that the pc
q pie of the west side did not know Il
II feeling for the white metal in the ca
4 side. Silver mining was an iudustl
of the State and should be treat'
l with respect.