The record-union., 1896-08-06
Missouri Democrats Nominate a State
Ticket.
The Populists Hold Conventions at
Hastings, Nebraska; Abilene, Kan
sas, and Plttsburg, Pennsylvania,
to Nominate State Officers and
Presidential Electors or to Fuse
With the Democrats.

GRAND RAPIDS (Mlch.), Aug. o.
Sweltering in temperature that was
fairly torrid, the delegates were slow in
gathering in Lockerby Hall for the Re-
publican State Convention this morn
ing. 1t was after IL o'clock when Chair
man Ferry of the State Central Com
mittee called the convention to order.
After prayer had been offered he intro
duced Hon. Victor Nj. Gore of Benton
Harbor, the temporary Chairman, who
spoke in line with the declarations made
at ST. Louis.
State Treasurer Wilkinson presented
the following report from the Platform
Committee, which was adopted:
The Republicans of Michigan in con-
vention assembled do affirm:
First-We declare our continued allie
glance to the Republican party, which
now, as heretofore, stands for the up
holding of law and order, the encour-
agement and protection of the COM
merce Of our country, its industries, it's
labor, it's farms and it's firesides, the de-
velopment of it's resources the main
tenance of it's credit, and the defense
Of it's honor among the nations of the
world.
Second-We accept and indorse the
platform of the National Republican
Convention of 1896 at st. Louis, and we
call upon all loyal citizens of the repub-
lie to unite in it's support.
Third-We denounce the so-called
Democratic national platform recently
adopted at Chicago for it's insults to our
courts and our Judges; for its pander-
ing to disorder and mob violence; for
is sympathy with anarchism; for it's
proposal to repudiate public and pri-
vate debts, and for it's intention to sub
stitute silver monometallism in place of
and silver and paper as the currency of
the nation.
Fourth-We congratulate the party
upon the eminently wise and satisfac
tory selection of standard bearers in
the present national campaign. We
zealously emphasize our fealty to that
distinguished American statesman,
William Mckinley, who best embodies
those patriotic and progressive express
sions of economic purpOses-protection
reciprocity and honest money-and our
equally unreserved confidence in the
ability and fitness of the candidate for
the Vice-President, Garrett A. Hobart.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
MILWAUKEE, (Wis), Aug. 5.-With
the thermometer registering a very
high temperature, Chairman Coe of the
State Central Committee called the Re-
publican State Convention to order at
noon. c. A. Lamoreaux of Ashland was
chosen Chairman. His speech was
strong appeal for the maintenance of
the present gold standard.
After confirming the committees Sc
vention adjourned until o'clock.
On reassembling the Chairman called
for the report of the Committee on Res
olutions and the platform as reported
was unanimously adopted. The plat
form reads as follows:
The Republicans of Wisconsin an
nounce their cordial and hearty in
dorsement of the platform of principles
adopted by the late Republican Nation
al Convention of ST. Louis. We be-
lieve that in the restoration to power
in national affairs of the party that
stands for sound money and stable
currency, honest money with which to
pay the wages of labor, buy the prod
uctS of the farm and factory, and carry
on the business of this great country
and for fair and equitable tariff that
will protect all the people and every
section of the country, give employ
ment to American labor, preserve to
American producers the first change in
our great home market, and at the
same time give us enough revenue to
pay the necessary expenses of carrying
on the Government, is the only hope of
a return to our former prosperity.
We express our unqualified disap-
proval of the utterance of the late Chi
cago Convention upon matters of ma
tional policy. We denounce them as
dangerous in their character, tending
to the destruction of all business Sc
curity and prosperity and subversive
Of the fundamental principles of good
Government.
The Republican party believes in
perfect liberty of conscience, non-sec-
tarianism in public affairs, entire sep
aration of Church and State, in free
common schools and the utmost inde-
pendence of individual thought, speech
and action within the laws.
We favor the restriction of undesira-
BILE immigration, as opposed to the in
terests of our laboring people, and ap-
prove the enactment of measures to
prevent
NEBRASKA POPULISTS.
HASTINGS (Neb.), Aug. A-The
Populist Convention was called to or
der by Chairman Edgerton. A. H.
Weir of Lincoln was unanimously chos-
en- Temporary Chairman and F. E.
Eyer Secretary. Nearly every county
in the State was represented, and there
being no contests delegates were seated
without referring the matter to a COM
mittee.
After naming the usual committees
the convention adjourned until
o'clock.
On the assembling of the convention
and after the Committee on Rules and
Order of Business had reported, Cap
tain H. p Perry offered the following:
Resolved. That the matter of Sc
lecting Presidential Electors be re-
ferred to the Executive Committee of
the State Central Committee, under
such instructions as shall be contained
il the resolutions to be adopted by the
convention