Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-03-14
OHIO POLITICAL OUTLOOK
Mckinley for President and
Bushnell for Governor.
Mr.. FORAKER FOR SENATOR
state Convention Organizes for the
Express Purpose of Coin. After
the Third Office.

Columbus, o., March l0.-Ine Grand
| opera house could not hold half of the
| people wanting admission this after
| noon to the republican state conVen-
| ton. The convention was called to
| order at 4 p. m. Among the Ohio con-
| eressTnen and other prominent republic
| cans of this state sat eN-Secretary of
| the Treasury Charles Foster. Governor
| Bushnell occupied one of the boxes.
| The first demonstration was when
Chairman Ickes escorted Senator-elect
Foraker to the presiding officers chair,
and from that time on one demonstra-
tiOn followed another on the mention of
Mcl<inley's name or reference to him.
After prayer by Rev. j. C. Watt,
Chairman j. NJ. Ickes reviewed the
Mckinley campaigns in Ohio and the
TWO campaigns succeeding his admin
istration. He stated at the state con-
vention i'll GAINESVILLE last year the
party entered into q pledge as sacred
as the trinity. That pledge marked an
important epoch in the history of Ohio
republicanism. IT promised to make
Bushnell governor, Foraker senator and
to use every honorabl means to make
Mckinley president. Two parts Of the
trinity had been fulfilled, and the re-
publicans Of Ohio now assembled to
enter sincerely into the faithful exc
cution of the third part, the unanimous
and unqualified support of Mckinley
for the presidential nomination.
These remarks caused such a dem
onstration that it was some time before.
lckes could introduce Senator-elect
Foraker as the temporary chairman IF
l.
introduced there was another bolster
Gus scene, which Was repeated often as
he proceeded to address the conven-
ton.
He said the one great question upper
most in the minds of the people today
was whether for the next four years,
the country should be ruled By democ-
r3cy or republicanism. He asserted
that republican victory was assured
The republican party was never before |
SO strong in the nation, and as far a 8
Ohio Was concerned, never so united or
harmonious. He said that while the
convention had come together for the |
purpose of nominating a ticket and de- |
clarin@ anew the faith that was in the |
republicans of the state, it also had to |
discharge a higher and more command |
ing duty. This was the carrying out of |
the pledges OF the last state convention |
at GAINESVILLE, which was unanimous in |
the support of Governor Mckinley for |
the presidential nomination. II was the |
duty OF the convention to redeem that |
pledge, as had already been done by |
every district and county conyen-
ton held in the state thus far
1t was the duty of this convention |
to signify to the whole nation that Gov
ernor Mckinley has now and will have
at the st. Louis convention the united.
hearty and unqualified support of |
ONO. The speaker wished it to be I'M
defstood, however, that the preference
Of the republicans of Ohio for Major
Mckinley was in no sense hostile or
TO any other man whose
name is mentioned in connection with
that honor.
Particular reference was made to the
appreciation of Ohioans for Thomas b.
Reed, Levi p Morton. William B. Ali
son, Matthew Staley Quay and Others.
Should the St. Louis convention declare
for any OF these in preference to Ohios
son, he could pledge to that man in
advance the electoral vote of Ohio by
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history of the state.
Senator Foraker then paid a glowing
tribute to Major Mckinley as a neigh
Dor, as a citizen, Is a soldier as MEM
Der of congress, as a Trainer of the Nc
hinley tariff bill and the foremost advo-
cate of the protective tariff, as COVER
nor of Ohio, and finally as "the ideal
American statesman, the typical Amer
lean leader and the vertable American
idol"
In conclusion Senator Foraker declar-
ed that other states We're calling upon
Ohio's son to accept the highest honor
at the nations gift, and that Ohio could
not lead the column. "All We can do is
to join in the procession
Senator Foraker retired amidst d
storm of applause.
A state committee was selected and
the usual committees for convention
work We're appointed, after which the
convention adjourned until 10 a. m. to-
morrow.