The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-08
ANOTHER FOR MKINLEV.
Indiana Delegates Were Instructed
With Hurrah.

At the State Convention at Indianapolis
Harrison at the Last Moment Dec1in ed
to Address the Convention.
indianapolis, May 7.-Ihe Republican
state convention was called to- meet at
10 a. m.
The first victory was won at the meet
ing of the resolutions committee when the
endorsement of the Ohio man was forced.
The assertion from some quarters that
the A. P. A. would figure in the fight
did not matsrialize.
Tomlinson hall was BEAUTIFULLY decorat-
ed for the occasion. In the centre of the
stage was suspended the portraits Of lin
coin and Grant On the right hung the
that of Gen. Harrison.
At 10. 145 Chairman Gowdy of th state
committee called the convention tc, older.
Rev. Mr.. Lucas offered prayer, and
Hon. Richard W. Thompson of Terre
Haute was introduced as chair man. He
was greeted with great applauye
The platform including INSTRUCT ons
tor Mckinley was adopted.
The platform refers to the great pros
perity of the country under Republican
administrations and says the experience
of the past three years brings out in
clearer light the excellencles of the splen-
did administration of Benjamin Harrison
The platform favors protection and
reoiprocity.
Honest money Ia demanded and the use
of silver as currency is favored, but only
to thelextent and under such regulations
that its parity with gold can be main
tanned.
A liberal construction of the pension
| laws and restricted Immigration are fav-
ored.
Continuing, the platform states:
Believing, as we do, in protective
tariff, the leading issue before the people,
| we favorS the nomination as President
of the United States Of the man who
perfectly represents protective tariff
and the cardinal principles OF she Repub-
| lioan party, a man who has devoted his
| life to the defence of his country in war
and in peace, whose life andEwork, open
as book, are in themselves platform
and whose very name is magic, that loyal
American citizen, soldier. statesman and
| Christian gentleman, William Mckinley
of Ohio. and the delegates to the Repub-
lioan nation convention selected by this
| body are directed to cast their vote for
| William Mckinley as frequently and con-
| tinuously as there is any hope of his no.
miDation.
The widest soene ever witnessed in
Tom1inson hall followed the mention of
MoKinley's and Harr1son's names in the
reading of the resolutions
The two factions yelled, hooted, hissed,
howled and threw every movable article
about them in the air. The scenes were
repeated when the motion was put on
the adoption of the resolutions, McKin-
ley instruction and all.
| In the midst OF the din the motion was
put. The vote was series of confused
howls. but Chairman Thompson ruled
| that the resolutions had passed "by
| big majority" and that settled 1T.
1t is said that Harrison at the last mo-
ment declined to address the con vention.
Balloting for delegates to thesSt. Louis
convention.begun shortly after 12. Charles
| Fairbank, Richard w. Thompson. Gen.
Lew Wallace and Frank Milliken were
chosen.
Twelve candidates were named. The
| nomination was made unanimous The
| rest of the state ticket was made up
| largely by acolamation.
| 1t is stated that Gen. Harrison when
| the committee from the conven tion
waited upon him this morning, declined
| the invitation to address the convention
without vouohsaf1ng his reason. One of
| his friends says General Harrison stayed
| away lest his action in attending should
be construed into an effort to influence
| the action of the convention.
James A. Monts was nominated for
governor on the seventh ballot.
New jersey Democrats For Sound Money.
| Trenton, N. j., May 7.-The Demo-
cratic state convention met here today.
The platform adopted declares for tho
presentsgold standard. -
: John Wall Queen, of Hudson. was
made permanent chairman. On taking
the chair Mr.. Queen paid his respects
to the Republican majority and accused
1t of gross extravaganza.
| Mr.. Queen continued; 1.-THE Demo-
cratic platform is pledged, so far as this
state is concerned, to platform OF sound
money. Whoever the nominee may be,
it is safe to say that he will stand for
sound money and sound principles,
whsther he be that tried Democrat.
Grover Cleveland, the former governor
of Pennsylvania, that favorite son of
Massachusetts, Billy Russell, (cheers)
or the former governor of Ohio, it is cer-
tain he will be a sterling Democrat and
one who stands squarsly on our plat
| FORM"
The platform was adopted A'motion
80 endorse the course OF U. S. Senator
Smith was adopted after some opposit-
ion. The slated men were chosen delegates
at large.