The herald., 1896-07-23
Meet and Orate in Their State
Convention
STEVE ELKINS DEcLAIMs
Sounding the Keynote Of the Mountain
State Convention
Protection Is the Most Important .SsS.r -
West Virginia, and After That conss
Honest Money
Associated Press Special Wire.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July 22.-
The largest convention ever held in this
state began here at IL o'clock today. Sem
ator Ellxins, as temporary chairman, re-
ceived an ovation lasting several min
utes. He spoke about an hour, sounding
the keynote of the West Virginia cam
paign. Protection, he said, was the most
important issue in this state. He dis
cussed the tariff and silver questions at
length. After showing how the newly
developed Industries of West Virginia
had been depressed since 1892, he pro-
duced statistics in favor of protection
as the most important issue for the de-
velopment of the natural resources Of
the Mountain state. The st. Louis plat
form favors protection and sound money,
the latter being also a vital Importance
to the business interests of the growing
state. He said:
at can be safely said that the advo-
Gates of the free silver fiat money, repu-
diatora of obligations and contracts,
enemies of the courts, those opposed to
sound money and against maintaining
the national credit, those opposed to the
rights of property, the Socialist, Com
munist Anarchist, can all with equal
consistency stand on and support the
Chicago platform adopted by the new
Democratic party. Free government cam
not exist with these forces in the ascend
ency. The party that adopts such
platform is getting ready to die, or the
republ icis.
IF this platform had stopped at a dec
laration for tariff for revenue, for free
silver, etc, and Dick Bland or some
other old-fashioned Democrat had been
nominated it would not have been so
bad, but when the platform favors re-
striction upon the freedom of contracts,
attacks Federal courts and opposes the
protection of United States property by
Federal power, malice. viciousness and
anarchy become too visible and the pur-
poses of the new Democracy are uncov-
cred"
Senator EllSins introduced his argu-
ment against free coinage as follows:
"I have been producer Of silver for
over sixteen years; naturally 1 am its
friend and favor it's largest possible use
las money, consistent with sound and
stable currency. My interest would in
cline me to favor the free coinage of sill
yer if I could see that it was practicable
or possible or that 1t rested upon any
sound principles. The people now agi-
tating the silver question and demand
ing it's free and unlimited coinage at 16
to l, when silver is only worth 81 to 1 arel
it's worst enemies, apart from the injury
it would do to the country. 1 did not
favor the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man act because l felt as a friend Of
silver and as a citizen it would increase
the production of silver and thereby les
sen it's value in the markets and destroy
confidence in it as sound money. This
was the result"
Senator EllSins then argued that the
free and unlimited coinage would not
only drive gold out of circulation and
demoralize business but that it would
also debase the white metal, so as finally
to desroy 1t as money.
A NEBRASKA MANIFESTO.
OMAHA, July ga special to the Bee
from Boise, Idaho says:
After a days conference of the lead
ing Republicans of the state, a manifes-
to was today signed by Senator Shoup,
appealing to all members of the party to
stand by the ST. Louis nominee and
platform. The manifesto observes that
the Republicans cannot afford to sever
their connections with the national or
ganization because it is not in accord
with all members of the party in the
state as to the best means of establish
ing bimetallism. The manifesto de-
clares this to be the only difference be-
tween the party of the state of Idaho
and of the United States. After declar-
=
all that is Objectionable in the old DEM
ocratic party, the report expressed the
conviction that the state organization
will remain loyal.
STATE TICKET NAMED.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., July 22.-ThcI
caucus ticket, as decided upon last night
was nominated by acclamation this af-
ternoon by the Republican state con-
vention. The platform indorsed the st.
Louis platform. An effort to tack sill
YER plank to the resolutions was easily
defeated. The ticket chosen is as fol-
| lows
Congressman-N. M. Johnson (renom-.
irated).
Governor-F. B. Briggs.
Lieutenant Governor-J. M. Devine.
| OeCIGldIy VI Stdle-fTeu r. Alley.
| Treasurer-George Nichols.
Auditor-N. B. Hammun.
! Attorney-General- f. Cowan.
Commissioner of insurance-F. Dl
Fancher.
superintendent of schools-G, 81
Holland.
Commissioner of agriculture and Lad
bor-H. M. Thomas
Railroad commissioners-G. H. KeyesI
L. l.. Walton and John r. Gibson
CHEERED THE PRAYER
| SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, July 22.-The|
Republican state convention met to-I
day to name state ticket. When Revl
j. L. Lewis, Baptist, asked God to pre-
serve the nation from financial dishonorI
the delegates cheered Justify.
Chairman Filley addressed the con
vention briefly, introducing ]. H. Both !
we'll as temporary chairman Commit !
tees were appointed and an adjournment
to o'clock taken.
The committee on credentials at d
late hour tonight decided on a compro1
mise in the case O. the contesting dell
egation from Kansas City, and voted
to seat half of the Davis delegates nd
| ho1f of the auti-DaViS delegates Ma