Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-10-02

ait Pleasant, Utah, September a.
fFor electors:
c. w. Bennett, Salt Lake.
J. ID. Page, Sanpete.
Joseph A. Smith, Cache.
After long, hard fight the McKinle,
convention here today rejected alt ef
forts Eat harmony, named a new
state committee and nominated three
Mckinley electors. The battle TO,
peace was led by Governor A. l.
Thomas. Charles Crane, II. S. McCal
dam OF Salt Lake and Dsllin and Booth
OF Utah were his opponents. and they
'csrvied the day.
The following Is the platform:
The representatives of the republican
party of Utah In state convention as.
scrubbed, HEREBY renew their fcaIty to
the principles upon which tho republican
party was first unched and through
which all itsi honors and achievements
nave been won.
We indorse the candidacy of William
Mckinley for president, and CARAT a.
hobart for vice-president OF the United
the republican convention held at ST.
Losris, and make II part Of this plat
form, with the exception of The financial
4quertion.
Second - We renew the promlses
which have been made In former plat
forms OF the republican party of Utah.
Third-We believe In bimetalism, and !
thereby we mean the use of both gold |
md silver as standard money and the |
xrec and unlimited coinage of both
lmetals ~ the ratio of 10 tof.
'fosrth-We also believe In the re-
p'ioNoan doctrine OF protection as nee
~ssarv to the return of bimetallsm and
as an essential part of Il.
Fifth - We believe by passing
a protective tariff and other wise legis-
iaslon that the United States alone,wiih
out the aid OF other nations, will be en-
ablcd TO return TO the free coinage of S
,iivcr al the old ratio, and we derounce {
Is impossible the present claim of dem /
'crats that free trade and free silver {
an exist together. Free trade and free d
liver are antagonistic 10 each other, and L
viii not and cannot restore prosperity e
o this country. Bimetalism and pro-
sctiOn must be accepted as constituting
ne vital iHdivisible principles that not
nlv the progress but the safety of the
idustries Of our corntry and the tollers
no carry on those industries make the
-ceptance Of this principle imperative;
rejection bY tariff 20 cqualize the
ages of our country and those paid
Iroad, and bimetalism to take from gold II
$ present appreciation and enhance
se value OF the products of this coun-
v de
Sixth--We demand that our represent. -
Ives IN both houses of congress favor
return 10 bimetalism BY voting la IA. en-
" of measures tending to cause the tn
&c coinage of silver and tending to iu
vor the increase of protective tariffs; 90
q that any measure leading to either
these results be favored by our rep II
'eutsuves. whether united In one
assure or presented separately. an
The chairman was about to declare u,
, business of the convention closed "''
I announce adjournment when Gov. we
omas arose and offered the folio wing: prl
Re solved, That the state committee Z
TO increase It's member rer
p 90 number not exceeding double nee
present size. one TO be selected from Gle
h county; and further, that they shall tht,
&c authority to appoint such cam. I
On and executive committee as they ces
heir judgment may determine as be- off
advantageous to the party's inter bid
&" n
Hartman Brown declared the motion tior
81 order. but on motion of Lindsay per-
gers the order of business was recon in~
re and the motion thrown open to lea
ate. After an exhaustive discussion ativ
Tesnor Thomas withdrew his resoiu. dict
and accepted a substitute offered by :"
WhipPle of Ogden, giving the para
'mittee plenary power. The subst- rest,
was voted down and the last move m:ni
compromise of any kind rejected ~, W.