Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-11
MKINLEYISM IS RAMPANT
Presidential Boom of the Radical High
PrOtectiOnist Successfully Floated
by the Ohio Republicans.
AMID FRANTIC YELLS OF APPLAUSE
Fire Alarm Foraker Delegate at-Large
to st. .Louis-Platform Declares for
Protection and Reciprocity
Currency Question.

Columbus, Ohio, March 1.-THE Gran,
opera house was unable again to-day tt
give admission to more than half of thos
holding tickets. Some delegates to tn,
Republican state convention even wer,
crowded out.
At 1915 a. M, Senator-elect Foraker
called the convention to order, and tint
temporary organization was unanimousl.
made permanent. Chairman Foraker
briefly Acknowledged the double honor.
Congressman. M. Taylor, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, reported
the platform, which was greeted with fire.
quent applause and adopted.
The platform, which declares strongly
for protection and reciprocity, denounces
the present Democratic administration
"as the most destructive and disastrous
the history of our country has ever
known. It has not only disappointed the
expectations of the country but justly
forfeited the confidence and support OF
its own party"
FREE WOOL DENOUNCED.
The platform says: eve denounce the
free wool provision of the present tariff
law as unjust discrimination against an
important industry and against Il large
part of our people and demand such pro.
lection for the sheep husbandry as will
secure fair prices for American WOOL"
1t is asserted that the Republican
party "sta nds for the Monroe doctrine as
Monroe himself proclaimed it,"
L. I,Af bo Of fbn
government to the debt paying policy
and opposes the continuance of the debt
making policy by increasing revenues;
declares for "a currency of gold, silver
and paper with which to measure our ex-
changes that shall be as sound as the
government and as untarnished as its
honor; and to that end we favor bimetal-
lism and demand the use of both gold
and silver as standard money, either in
accordance with ratio to be fixed by in
ternational agreement,
II THAT CAN BE OBTAINED,
or under such restrictions and such pro-
visions, to be determined by legislation,
as will insure the maintenance of the
parity of the values of the two metals, so
that the purchasing and debt paying
power of the dollar, whether silver, gold
or paper, shall be at all times equal"
Col. W. @. Cooper, ex-member of con-
gress, presented IN a stirring speech the
names of Gov. Asa s. Bushnell, Senator
elect J. B. Foraker, Congressman G. H.
Grosvenor and Hon. Mark A. Hanna for
delegates at large to the st. Louis con-
vention.
They we're elected unanimo ously, with
DR.. j. E. Loves, Senator Charles Fleich-
mann, ex Senator John Z. Green and Con-
gresham John N. Taylor for aiternates
at large.
Congressman Chas. H. Grosvenor pre-
sented the names of I. f. Mack, editor of
the Sandusky Register, and Hon. llbert
G. Douglass, jr., of Chlllicothe, as cand'-
dates for electors at large. They were
nominated by acclsmation.
STATE OFFICERS NOMINATED.
The roll Of elghty-eight counties was
then called for nominations for state Of
ficers.
The names of Chas. Kinney, of Scioto;
Gen. A. I. Wyckoff, of Franklin, and E.
W. Doty, of Cuyahoga, we're presented
for the nomination for secretary of state.
A ballot resulted az follows: Doty, 2O6;
Kinney, 427; Wyckoff, 217; necessary to a
choice, 426.
Kinney's nomination was made unani-
nous.
Marshall j. Wymans, of Fayette, the
present incumbent, was renominated for
supreme Judge by acclamation.
After a hot fight, j. L. Blackburn was
nominated for food and dairy commits
sioner.
The wholesale grooers and foor manu-
factarers made fight against DR.. Mcneil,
present incumbent, who haG the support
of the grangers.
Frank A. Hoffman, OF Vanwert, was
for member of the board OF
public workers.
The convention then adjourned sine die.