Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17

'MR. PRESIDENT! Mr.. PREsIDEyTi"
came forward and delivered prayer ask
ing divine guidance for the deliberations
Of the convention. At the close of the
prayer the secretary, Joseph H. Manley, Of
the national committee, read the call
for the convention, after which Chairman
Carter said that by direction of the COM
mittee he presented, subject to the conven-
TONS approval, for temporary chairman
Hon. Charles w. Fairbanks, Of Indiana.
[Applause. Tho convention approved
unanimously.
Fairbanks Assumes the Gavel.
Fairbanks came forward and was hearth
~ applauded. He proceeded to make an
address, certain parts of which were special
ly chccred, not only by the convention, but
by the immense audience in the galleries
Among the points which elected special
COMMUNICATION were the following:
"The government cannot trasmute Sill
yer into gold, nor can it by unlimited fat
make fifty cents worth one hundred
cents"
1t requires as much labor to earn q
poor dollar as it requires to earn q good
one.'
I'VE protest against the policy Of lower
ing our commercial honor. We protest
against tho Democratic attempt to lower
the standard OF our currency to tho low
level Of Mexico, China and Japan"
The present standard of our currency
and our honor will be safely respected and
preserved by the Republican party"
IA commercial Pan-American congress
was conceived By James G. Blaine"
Some More Points of His Speech.
During the prolonged applause follow
ing the mention of the name Of James g.
Blaine Willet j. Hale, of Newburyport.
Mass, proposed three cheers for James @.
Blaine, which were given with q will. The
following expressionsin Fairbanks speech
were also loudly applauded: "The Mon
roe doctrine must be firmly upheld, and
the powers Of the earth made to respect
this great and unwritten laWe'
There can be no further territorial az.
grandizement by foreign governments on
the western continent"
THE Republican party believes in the
development of our navy and merchant
marine until we establish our undisputed
supremacy upon the high seas"
1--WE wish to see a new republic born ON
the Cuban SOIL"
Minor Omcers Elected.
At the close of Fairbanks speech the
following list of officers was Rad and
agreed to: For secretary, Charles w.
johnson, Of Minnesota; assistant score
tarics, William E. Riley, Of Montana;
Harry A. Schmidt. of Michigan; A. NJ.
Humphreys, ut large; tally clerk, A. w.
Monroe, Of Maryland; official stenog-
rapher, James Monroe Burke, Of Pcnnsyi-
vnnia; sergeant-at-arms, T. f. Byrnes, of
Minnesota; assistant sergeants-at-arms.
Hinkley, of Wisconsin; johnson, of Mary.
land; RexfOrd, of Washington, and Stone,
Of Illinois; for reading clcrks, Stone, of
Michigan; Wilson, Of Missouri; Molloy,
of Ohio; Hatch Of Indiana, and Bean, Of
New Jersey.
Business Was Rushed Through.
The rules Of the last national convention
were adopted pending the report Of the
rules committee. the roll Of ststes was
called and the names Of the delegates
chosen to serve on the several convention
committees were announced, and q reso-
luton adopted that all platform resolu-
tons be referred to the resolutions COM
mittee without debate After the COM
mittecs had been named few resolutions
were sent up to the clerk and Clayton de-
sired that one he sent up be read. He
failed to secure its reading and all the
resolutions were sent to the committee.
On motion the convention at 1855 d. M.
adjourned to today at 10 a. m.