Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-11
0HIUS KEY-NUTE
Contains But One Strain. Whose
Burden Is mckinley"
RATrLIHa sEHD-orr By FORAKER,

RATTLINa SEND-OFF BY FORAKER,
who says the Only Issus Il Which Party
oaall Nin-Coaventse. . Unis for Its Fa-
vorise, o6a IN Eethusiassie Unit-Grees-
ing from lliinoss GiviAg Cold Comfort
for the Gallon Boom-Ksnsas RePubai-s
sans Fight shy OF the Money Question.
COLUMBUS, o., March 1.-THE Grand
Opera House could not hold half the peo-
pie wanting admission yesterday after
noon to the Republication state conven-
ton. The bands entertained the crowd
in front Of the building until the conven-
ton was called to order at &p. m, and
that was all many Of the visitors saw or
heard Of what is called the Mckinley"
convention. Among the Ohio congress
men and other prominent Republicans on
the stage sat ex-Secretary OF the Treasury
Charles Foster. Governor Bushnell occu-
pied one Of the boves. The first demon
stration was when Chairman Ickes es-
corted Senator-slect Foraker to the pre-
siding officers staff, and from that time
on one demonstration followed another
on the mention Of McKinley's name or
reference to him.
The Pledge q Year Ago.
After prayer by Rev. J. c. Watt, Chair
man j. NJ. Ickes reviewed the Mckinley
campaigns in Ohio and the two campaigns
succeeding his administration. and stated
that at the state convention in GAINESVILLE
last year the party entered into q pledge
- sacred As the Trinity. That pledge
marked an important epoch in the history
Of Ohio Repubiicanism. 1t promised to
make Bushnell governor. Foraker senator
and to use every honorable means to make
Mckinley president. Two parts Of the
pledge had been fulfilled and the Repub-
licans Of Ohio now assembled to enter
sincerely into the faithful execution Of
the third part-the unanimous and
unqualified support Of Mckinley for tho
presidential nomination. These remarks
caused such demonstration that it was
some time before Ickes could INTRODUCES
Sehator-elcct Foraker as the temporary
chairman Of the convention.
Not an Ordinary Occasion.
i When Foraker was introduced there
was another boisterous scene which was
repeated often as he proceeded. He said
that ordinarily he rs temporary chair man
Of the convention would, in his speech,
discuss current political questions and de.
fine party positions. But such speech
was not necessary this year, said tho
speaker. because everybody knows that
no matter whas questions may be dis
cussed in the coming campaign the one
great, towering, supreme. issue in the con.
test Of '96 will be whether for the next
four years this country shall be ruled by
Democracy or by Republicanism." Zap
plause. 'a
Endorsement Of Major Mckinley.
Referring to the pledge Of last year,
Foraker said it was time to redeem it;
every district in the state had done So,
and 1t was the duty of the convention to
do it with spirit, do it with earnestness,
to do 1t with unanimity, to do it in such q
manner, in short, as will signify to the
whole nation that he has now, and will
have Mt the St. Louis convention, tho
united, hearty, cordial, enthusiastic, I'M
qualified support OF Ohio" [Great ap-
plause. Ohio, however, would not suik
II the st. Louis convention disappointed
her; she would give tho nominee of that
convention the largest majority ever
given in the states history.
EuIogises the Buckeye State Man.
But" continued Foraker, civilian
Mckinley is our own. He lives here in
Ohio and always has lived in our midst
(Applause.1 He is our friend, our neigh
Dor, our fellow-citizen, our fellow Repub-
lican. Shoulder to shoulder with him VIC
have been fighting the battles of Repub-
iicanism In this state for generation.
We know him. and he knows u.s. We
know his life. his character, his public ser.
vices and his fitness for the place for
| which he has been named He has been
our soldier comradc, eur representative in
congress, our governor. By all these
| tokens We here today present him to the
Republicans Of the other states of the
| Union as our choice and ask them to make
him theirs" lGreat applausel
Close Of the First Session.
The speaker then proceeded to give an
| eloquent culogy on tho career, public and
| private, Of William Mckinley, which was
from beginning to end punctuatcd with
| loud applause When he closed by say
ing he wanted to make his speech short
enough for all to read it aud for all to un.
derstand 1t, there was as much laughter
as applause. kilograms Of greeting were
then read from several conventions. The
state committee was announced and the
convention adjourned for tho day.
From the state a Senator Cullon.
Among the dispatches read to the con.
vention was one from Chicago McKin.
ley club signed by its secretary, A. w.
Clancy. Il said that "Fully % per cent.
Of the Republicans Of Illinois favor the
nomination Of Mckinley. They are fully
aroused. Our state convention will in.
struct the delegates Ut large to vote for
and use all honorable means to secure his
nomination. In addition more than hall
Of the delegates from the congressional
districts In the state will be for him from
the start and before the end all Of ouI
delegation will be nearly solid for him"
/ REPUBLICANS or KANSAS
Platform Leaves the Silver Question to thu