The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18

Mckinley forces would be held with prac-
tical solidity in line against Governor
Morton. A prominent Reed delegate said
that the settlement of the Vice Pres
Dental quest en- lay for that reason in
the hands of Mr.. Mark Hanna the leader
of the Mckinley men.
Mr. Hanna's preference is Mr.. Hobart
CT New Jersey. It was stated that the
Massachusetts, delegation would hold a
caucus on the convention floor during
the day after the Presidency had been
disposed CT, to decide what acticn they
should take with respect to the second
place 1t was agreed that the solid vote
OF the delegation should be cast in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the majority.
At 1885 the President, Senator Thurs
ton. announced that the divine blessing
would be invoked by the Rev. John r.
Scott of Florida Mr.. Scott. very short.
dark negro. delivered short and feeling
prayer, beginning
Father cf All. from Whose hands the
centuries fall like grains of sand, we
meet today united, fre~. loyal
Ho asked blessing on the convention
and its work and closed with the recital
of the Lords Prayer.
The chairman said the first order Of
business was the reception of the report
q the Commjt teeien Resolutions and the
Chair recognized for that purpose Sena-
tor-elect Foraker of Ohio, who, as he
stepped on the platform was received
with hearty applause. and said
AS chairman of the Committee on Re
81, borr
follows:-
The Republicans of the United States,
rs embled by their repr esentatives in Ma
lonal Convention, appealing for the pop
alar and historical justification of their
,laims 10 the matchless achievements of
thirty years of Republican rule, earnestly
and confidently address themselves to the
Weakened intelligence. experience and
conscience of their countrymen in the
sollewing declaration of facts and pr,n-
ciples:-
For the first time since the civil war
he American pe5ple have witnessed the
ealamltous consequences of full and un-
restricted Democratic control of the gov
ernment. 1t has been record of un-
2aralleled incapacity, dishonor and dis
ister In adm nistrative management It
has ruthlssly sacrificed indispenSah rev.
.nue, entailed an unceasing deficit, ekcd
)ut ordinary current expenses with bor-
.owed money, piled up the public debt
1862, 0.000 in time of peace, forced an ad-
menace hanging over the redemption
fund, pawred American credit to alien
syndicates and reversed all the meas
Tres and results of successful Repubii-
san rule. In the broad effect of its policy
t has precpitated panic, bighted indus
try and trade with prolonged depression.
:.osed factories. reduced work and wages.
lalted enterprise and crippled American
production while stimulating foreign pre-
luction for the American market Every
IONS deration of public safety and indi-
y.dudl interest demands that the govern
nent shall be rescued from the hands
Of those who have shown themselves in
capable of conducting it without disaster
At home and dishonor abroad. and shall
be restored to the party which for thirty
years administered it with 6nequallec
success and prosperity.
We renew ard emphasize our al
.egiance to the policy of pro-
lection as the bulwark of American in
1ustrial independence and the feunda-
Eson Of American development and pros
perity. This true Amer can policy taxes
'oreign products and ENCOURAGES home
industry; ii puts the burden of revenue
tor foreisn goeds; It secures the Arnerfsan r
pholds as fT tee la Amef saaa Rpuasr ef wage
for the American work ngman; 5. puts
ne factory by The s:de OF the farm a and q
ent on fsre.gn demand and prices: ii diff
fuses general thrift and fourds the
strength of all on the strength of each.
IN IT'S reasonable application It, It Is just
fcre gn control and donestis monopoly
to sectional discrimination and Individual
fayoritism
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, irjur Gus to the public
credit and destructive TO business enter
prise: We demand such an equitable
tariff on foreign imports, winch come
into competition with American pro-
duets as will not only furnish adequate
revenue. for the M necessary expenses Of
can labor from degradation to the wage
level Of other lands. We are not pledged
to any particular schedules. The ques-
governed by the conditions of the tine
and of production; the ruling and uncom-
rromis ng principle is the. protection and
DEVELOPMENT of American labor and indus
try. The country demands a right set
RECIPROCITY.
We believe the repeal os the rec:-
procitv arrangements negotiated by the
last Rapl1hlcagn a6sn nistration was Il
national calamity. and we demand their
renewal and extension on such terms as
tions. remove the restrictions which now
obstruct the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries. and
secure enlarged markets for the products
of our farms. forests and factories
Protection and reciprocity are twin
| measures of Republ can policy, and go
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reck-
lessly struck down both, and beth must
we produce: free admission for the neces-
saries of life which we do not produce.
reciprocal agreements of mutual inter
est which gain open markets for us in
return for our open market to others
Protection builds up domestic industry
ard trade. and secures our own mar
ket for ourselves; reciprocity builds UP
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus
We condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar
producers of this country. The Repub-
lican party favors such protection as
will lead ito the production on American
soil of all the sugar whieh-the American
people use, and for which they pay other
countries mere than s100 900 900 annually.
WOOL AND WOOLENS.
To all our prcducts--to those of the
m ne and the fed, as well as those of
the shop and factory-to hemp-to wool.
the product of the great industry Of
sheep husbandrys as well as to the fin
shed woolens Of the mill-we promise
tine most ample protection
MERCHANT MARINE.
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the
upbuilding of our merchant marine and
the protection of our shipping in the for
eign carrying trade, SO that American
ships-the product of American labor.
employed in American shipyards, SAIL
ing under the Stars and Stripes and
manned, officered and owned by Amer
icans-may regain the carrying Of our
foreign commerce.
The Republican party IS unreservediy
for sound money It caused the cnact-
ment of the law providing for the re-