The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19

Pluceu III tne leauefSllp Ill the formation
of Republican tariffs than Senator ALI
son. For 81 years he has been among
the foremost in their construction and
discussion and always upon the line of
that fair and sufficient protection that
is the strength of the party policy.
IF the dominant issue is to be finance,
then no man in the nation has a greater
reputation for financial sOundness He
has been favorable to true bimetallis
and he has at all times labored to main
tain an abundant currency of gold. silver
and paper, convertible and equal to the
best currency of the commercial world
He has demanded for the business for
the nation a currency stable and free
from the changes so dangerous to bust
ness interests and so unjust to wage
earners OF the country, whose thousands
OF millions of annual wages and many
thousand millions of credit in savings
banks and other forms constitute ther
the great creditor class of the nation.
Strong i'll every mental moral and per-
sonal quality, strong in his industry and
capacity to labor, strong in his firmness
ana conscientiousness of opinion. strong
In his freedom from extremes and seq
tlonallsm, strong in his long record of UNI
erring Judgment ms to public measures
strong in his universal reputation for
conservatism and soundness and safety.
the Republicans of Iowa present MIN to
| the party and the nation as the ideal cam
didate."
After the resolutions were read. Gov
ernor Drake. who was seated on the plat
form, jumped to his feet and said
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: | move
that these resolutions be unanimously
accepted and endorsed by the convention
by a rising vote and that three cheers
and Il tiger be given for Allison. the next
president of the United States"
Almost before Chairman Cummings
could put the motion the vast assembly
of delegates and the thousands of visit
ors in the galleries arose and gave three
cheers and tiger, the like of which has
never before been heard in Iowa.
Before the final adjournment there were
repeated calls for speeches.
congressman Henderson responded tg
his name in mastery speech in which he
| of Washington thought of Senator ALI.
SON.. lie denounced the present admins.
tration for operating a bond-seing shop
| Ill winch mortgages are pressed on the
people. He opposed the foreign policy
| The Iowa delegates held meeting at
the, Slavery house tonight and mapped out
a plan of procedure. The delegation will
act as Il unit for Allison from start to
finish.
Delegates ut large were chosen as fol-
lows: j. $. Clarkson, ID. b. Henderson.
j. II. Gear and w. Z. Hepburn.
| The alternates at large elected are. q.
Nj. Curtis. II. G. McAllcn, j. Il. Eric
son, Phil Schaller.
OHIO REPUBLICAN TICKET.
| Columbus, o.. March 11.-Delegates at
large-Governor A. S. Bushnell, Senator
elect j. b. Foraker Congressman Chas.
III. Grosvenor and Hon. Marcus A.
Hanns.
,Alternates-J. ID. Lowe. Chas Fleisch-
mann, j. =. Green, j. N. Taylor.
Electors at large-I. f. Mack and AL
bert c. Douglass
| Secretary of state-Charles Kinney.
Supreme judge-Marshall j. Williams.
Food commissioner-Joseph f. Black
burn.
Member board of public works-Frank
A. Hoffman.
| The foregoing was the result of the la
bors of the State Republican convention,
which adjourned sine die late today.
The convention was more of McKin-
ley rally than the usual party business
assembly. 1t was held two or three
months earlier than usual in order to
proclaim to the country the sentiment of
McKinley's State
Not since the endorsement of Il. Il.
Hayes for the presidency at the Repub-
lican State convention in 1856, has there
been such harmonious meeting of repre-
sentative Republicans in Ohio. While
the slate was carried out for delegates at
large and alternates to the st. Louis CON
vention without a scratch or dissenting
vote, it was broken on the State ticket.
Charles Kinney, one of the most ag-
gressiye sherman men in 1892, was chief
clerk iir the office of secretary of state
under Daniel j. Ryan from 1889 to 1893
and has occupied the same position ever
since under Secretary of State Taylor.
kinney,s only opponent was II. w
DoOley. 1T was claimed that old faction
al lines were being drawn between Kin
ney and Dooley Accordingly confer
ence of leaders was held last night, at
tended by all the delegates at large and
others, at which it was decided to bring
been chairman Of the State committee
and had great record as harmonizer
as well as a campaign manager.
| General Wyk0H was secretary of state
when II. Il. Hayes was governor and was
the manager of the Hayes interest at the
Republican State convention in Cincin-
matt IN 1876 when Hayes was nominated
over Blaine Conkling, Morton, Logan
and Others. Wykoff was pension agent
for Ohio under Hayes.
| AS Kinney and Dooley had made the
canvass it was the plan to give them both
a good complimentary vote and enough
votes to go to Wykof to prevent a nomi-
nation on the first ballot, and then nomi-
nate Wykoff ON the second ballot. But
Kinney went in against the field and got
one vote more than he needed with all
the old wheel horses working for what
they called "a bigger man."
Kinney is a yong man and his friends
appealed to the younger element to make
stand against "the daddies," as they
called them, while all the men on the
ticket were Mckinley men there was no
special significance in the selection of
any of them except that of Kinney for
the head of the ticket. 1t it understood
Mckinley wrote or dictated the financial
plank in the platform and that the whole.
platform is as he wanted it. His man
ayers are very jubilant over the result in
the Ohio districts as well as the State
convention.
The platform contains the usual protec-
ton clause and denunciation of the Dem.
ocratic party.
The currency plank is as follows:
1--WE contend for honest money; for
currency of gold, silver and paper with