The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-22
THE STATE CONVENTION
Protection to American h.
 duStrieS- "A Gold Stand ard of Currency.
CHAIRMAN WARNER SPEAKS

llO1AlhMAN w AhNEh OT EAAe M'KINLEY's AND REEDS NAMES H EVOKE STORMS OF .iPPLAUSE. Congressman Russell and Speaker Fes- senden's Remarks Greeted With Cheers Committees Named-Caucuses Held and Delegates Selected-Contest in This County-R. W. Blake of Derby Wins No Instructions to Delegates.
 N Enthusiastic republicans from every Ftown in the state are in attendance Eupon the state convention which was Eopened in the Hyperion last evening Eand will be continued this morning for Ethe purpose of electing delegates to the Enational republican convention, which Fmeets in St. Louis in June. Every train Brought them and long before o'clock Mast evening, the time for the conven- Ztion to assemble, the hotel corridors yswarmed with delegates and the work lers who came to add their enthusiasm.
 The adherents of Major Mckinley were busily engaged distributing carn- Epaign buttons and badges bearing the Ipicture of their favorite. They were more outspoken in their demonstrations Ithan were the followers of the man Efrom Maine, but If any one thinks that HSpeaker Reeds friends were not in Mearnest he is mistaken. There was a Equiet undercurrent of sentiment thai Twill be hard to counteract, if there is any movement made to instruct dele Egates for the Ohioan.
 The consensus of opinion among the delegates is that the policy of the con- vention on the two great questions al Tissue are of much more importance Fthan who shall lead the party in the Irrational contest Protection to Ameri- can industries and a single gold stand ard will be the features of the platform (which will be adopted to-day.
 At 8:15 o'clock Herbert E. Benton Chairman of the state central com mittee, rapped the convention to or der He said:
 Fellow Republicans desire, in be- half of the republicans of New Haven to extend to you hearty welcome. said republicans, but I made a mis- take, for partisan bias would never keep the citizens of the largest city of Connecticut from welcoming such a body oe men as I see before me to- night, therefore, welcome you in the name of the citizens of New Haven kApplause.)
 There is one other thing that wish to say to you. No convention was ever surrounded by more favorable condi- lions than is yours. You are assembled in the largest city in the state, enjoying h republican administration. Our little Commonwealth is represented in the national assembly by a galaxy of men the peer of any state in this union. The republican party of Connecticut was never more cheerfully bound together than now. We hear much about bosses hnd machines, but the republicans of this state are a unit on the thought up- bn which this campaign is to be fought They believe in protection to Aneri- ean industry, honest money and a single standard, and these will find an emphatic approval next November at
 
 money as the watchwords of the re- publican party it takes no prophet to lee that the state of Connecticut will cast her vote for a man of the party of Grant, Lincoln and Blaine. Applause
 "So much, gentlemen, on my own ac- count Now, on behalf of the state eentral committee of the republican party of Connecticut, I have the pleas ire of naming as your chairman, Judge Edgar M. Warner of Putnam"
 When the applause which greeted the name of the presiding officer had died away Mir Warner said:
 MIR. WARMERS SPEECH.
 MT. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Con- yention: Permit me in the presence ot his magnificent assemblage to return ny sincerest thanks to the committee Ind to the convention for confering 1pon me the distinguished honor of pre- iding over your deliberations at this ime.
 We will not forget that we are met in his grand historic city, this home of industry, culture and refinement, this i'd university town which for genera ions has been sending out all over the world, young men of high ideals and plendid moral and intellectual equip nent for the battle of life. We sympa- hize in her triumphs in all fields. To many of you this brief visit will bring he memories of some of the pleasant st years of life. Let every Connecticut nan never forget the honor this splen- id seat of learning and rejoice in the anne and glory of old Yale. We are the ecipients of the gracious hospitality f this city, of beautiful avenues, of plendid residences, of ideal homes, of oble men and staely women, who have ever been found wanting in times of ublic trial or danger. We all take ride in the growth and increasing rosperity of this, the largest city in lr state.
 I am told that within a few steps of rhere we now are, at the close of the Tar, when the news of Lees surrender yas received, all the people gathered in bass meeting upon the green and sang they never sang before or since, Praise be God from Whom All Bless lgs Flow" I predict, gentlemen, that hen next November shall come, we hall all hear of the triumph of protec- on and sound money, and not only +om the people of New Haven, but rom the people everywhere, north, Sf and