Arizona republican., 1896-06-17

huSn or the aSSemDloQ cOQVontlOQ, 0o- livered an invocation.
 Secretary Joseph H. Manley of the National committee read the call of the convention, after which Chairman Carter said, Gentlemen of the con- vention, by the direction of the con- mittee, present, subject for your ap- proval, for your temporary chairman, Hon. Chas. w. Fairbanks of Indiana" !"
 Upon motion of MT. Sutherland of New York MT. Fairbanks was unani- mously elected temporary chairman.
 As MT. Fairbanks came forward, the convention heartily applauded him. Certain parts of his address were es- pecially cheered, not only by the con- vention, but by the immense audience in the galleries.
 Among the points which elicited special commendation were the fol- lowing: ''The government cannot transmute silver into gold nor can it by an unlimited fiat make fifty cents worth one hundred cents." "It re- Quires as much labor to earn a poor dollar as it requires to earn a good one" "We protest against the policy of lowering our commercial honor, we protest against Democratic attempts to lower the standard of our currency to the low level of Mexico, China and Japan" ''The present standard of our currency, our honor, will be safely re- spected and preserved by the Republi- can party" "A commercial pan-Amer- ican congress was conceived by James G. Blaine"
 During the prolonged applause fol- lowing the name of James G. Blaine, Willet J. Hale of Newburyport, Mass, proposed three cheers for James G. Blaine, which were given with a will.
 The following other expressions in Mir. Fairbanks speech were loudly ap- plauded: ''The Monroe doctrine must be firmly upheld and the powers of the earth made to respect this great and unwritten law. There can be no fur ther territorial aggrandizement by for eign governments on the western con- tinent." 'The Republican party be- lieves in the development of our navy and merchant marine until we estab- fish our undisputed supremacy upon the high seas" "The struggle for hu- man liberty enlists the sympathies of the Republican party, party that gave to liberty on the western conti- nent its fullest meaning" we wish to see a new republic born on Cuban soil" "The voice of the Democratic party is for free trade and free silver against honest money and protective tariff; in the words of distinguished Republican, The desire of the Ameri- can people is for an honest currency and a chance to earn it by honest toil.'"
 Fairbanks is a tall, slender gentle man, his features are aquiline, fore head high, his hair is jet black and he wears beard. He made strong fig ure as he delivered his speech in clear tones. His voice, however, lacked that penetrating quality which reaches out into space, and he could be heard with difficulty in remote portions of the hall, but when his words struck a responsive chord, the answer was quick and spon- taneous. The address, dealing as it did with a review of the existing situ- ation, was not designed to fire the imagination. The telling points Fair banks made were, however, appreci- ated and applauded.
 His first reference to the party s friendship for silver was marked by scattering applause over the western and middle states delegations, which was increased perceptibly by the ac- quisition of the emphatic applause of the eastern delegations when he added that the party believed in the mainte- nance of the present standard. Solid gold" shouted some of the enthusiastic Massachusetts delegates. The demon stration reached the climax when he announced the unalterable opposition of the party to fifty cent dollar.
 The silver people from the west, headed by Senator Teller, sat silent. TelIer's lips curled with scorn.
 Charles w. Johnson of Minnesota was then elected secretary and w. E. Riley of Montana and Harry A. Schmidt of Massachusetts were elected assistant secretaries.
 T. B. Byrnes of Minnesota was elect ed sergeant-at-arms.
 A resolution was adopted that until permanent organization is effected the convention be governed by the rules of the last Republican convention.
 The names of the persons selected to serve on the several committees were then named.
 The announcement of Henry Teller to be Colorado's man on the resolu- tions committee gave the silver men their first chance to make their pres ence known and they improved it by a few shrill cheers which had their echo in the California section down at the left of the platform. There were cheers for Senator Dubois, Idaho's young sil- yer leader, for General Lew Wallace, the author, politician and friend of ex- President Harrison, and for Henry Cabot Lodge, whose name brought a futter of flags, which the Bay state man had tjad fo their canes and fo1.