The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-24

came forward and delivered prayer ask
ing divine guidance for the deliberations
OF the convention. At the close of the
prayer the secretary, Joseph III. 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. The convention approved
unanimously.
Fairbanks Assumes the GaveI.
Fairbanks came forward and was hearth
ly applauded. He proceeded to make an
address, certain parts of which were special
ly cheered, not only by the convention, but
by the immense audience in the galleries.
Among the points which elected special
commentator were the following:
THE government cannot trasmute sill
yer into gold, nor can IL by unlimited fiat
make fifty cents worth one hundred
cents"
1T requires as much labor TO earn a
poor dollar as il requires TO earn good
one"
1--WE protest against the policy of lower
against the Democratic attempt TO lower
the standard of our currency TO the low
level of Mexico China and Japan"
1.-THE present standard of our currency
and our honor will be safely respected and
preserved by the Republican party"
"A commercial Pan-American congress
was conceived by James q. Blaine"
Some More Points of His Speech.
ha FOL
ing the mention of the name of James q.
Blaine Willet j. Hale of Newburyport,
Mass, proposed three cheers for James G.
Blaine, which were given with 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 law"
There can be no further territorial ag-
grandzement by foreign governments on
the western continent.
1.-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 new republic born on
the Cuban SOIL
Minor Officers Elected.
At the close of Fairbanks speech the
following list of officers was read and
agreed to: For secretary, Charles w.
johnson, of Minnesota assistant secre-
taries, William +. Riley, of Montana;
Harry A. Schmidt. of Michigan; A. NJ.
Humphreys, at large; tally clerk, A. w.
Monroe, of Maryland; official stenog-
rapher, James Monroe Burke, of Pennsyl-
vania; sergeant-at-arms L. f. Byrnes, of
Minnesota; assistant sergeants-at-arms,
Hinkley, of Wisconsin; johnson, of Mary
land; Rexford, of Washington, and Stone
of Illinois; for reading clerks, 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 states was
called and the names of the delegates
chosen TO serve on the several convention
committees were announced, and a reso-
luton adopted that all platform resolu.
tons be referred to the resolutions COM
mittee without debate. After the COM
mittees 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 l 55 D. III.
adjourned to today at 10 a. IN.