The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
Nc KlnIey for President and
Bushnell for Governor.
Mr.. FORAKER FOR SENATOR
State Convention Organizes for the
Express Purpose of Going After
the Third Office.

Columbus, o., March 1O.-The Grand
opera house could not hold half of the
people wanting admission this after
noon to the republican state conven-
ton. The convention was called to
order at 4 p. m. Among the Ohio con-
gressmen and other prominent republi-
cans of this state sat ex-Secretary of
the Treasury Charles Foster. Governor
Bushnell occupied one of the boxes.
The first demonstration was when
Chairman Ickes escorted Senator-elect
Foraker to the presiding officers chair,
and from that time on one demonstra-
ton followed another on the mention of
McKinley's name or reference to him.
After prayer by Rev. j. c. Watt,
Chairman j. NJ Ickes reviewed the
Mckinley campaigns in Ohio and the
two campaigns succeeding his admin
istration. He stated at the state con-
vention in GAINESVILLE last year the
party entered into a pledge as sacred
as the trinity. That pledge marked an
important epoch in the history of Ohio
republicanism. 1t promised to make
Bushnell governor, Foraker senator and
to use every honorable means to make
Mckinley president. Two parts of the
trinity had been fulfilled, and the re
publicans of Ohio now assembled to
enter sincerely into the faithful exc
cution of the third part, the unanimous
and unqualified support of Mckinley
for the presidential nomination.
These remarks caused such a dem
onstration that it was some time before
Ickes could introduce Senator-elect
Foraker as the temporary chairman Of
the convention. When Foraker was
introduced there was another bolster
Gus scene, which was repeated often as
he proceeded to address the conven-
ton.
He said the one great question upper
most in the minds of the people today
was whether, for the next four years,
the country should be ruled by democ-
racy or republicanism. He asserted
that a republican victory was assured.
The republican party was never before
so strong in the nation, and as far as
ohio was concerned, never so united or
harmonious. He said that while the
convention had come together for the
purpose of nominating ticket and de-
claring anew the faith that was in the
republicans of the state, it also had to
discharge higher and more command
ing duty. This was the carrying out Of
the pledges of the last state convention
at GAINESVILLE, which was unanimous in
the support of Governor Mckinley for
the presidential nomination. 1t was the
duty of the convention to redeem that
pledge, as had already been done by
every district and county conven-
ton held in the state thus far
1t was the duty of this convention
to signify to the whole nation that Gov
ernor Mckinley has now and will have
at the st. Louis convention the united
hearty and unqualified support Of
Ohio. The speaker wished it to be m
derstood, however, that the preference
Of the republicans of Ohio for Ma ior
Mckinley was in no sense hostile or
antagonistic to any other man whose
name is mentioned in connection with
that honor.
Particular reference was made to the
appreciation of Ohioans for Thomas B.
Reed, Levi p. Morton, William B. Ali
son, Matthew Staley Quay and Others.
Should the st. Louis convention declare
for any of these in preference to Ohio's
son, he could pledge to that man in
advance the electoral vote of Ohio bv
the largest majority ever given in the
history of the state.
Senator Foraker then paid a glowing
tribute to Major Mckinley as a neigh
Dor, as citizen, as a soldier, as a mem
Der of congress, as a Trainer of the Nc
Kinley tariff bill and the foremost adyo-
cate of the protective tariff, as COVER
nor of Ohio, and finally as "the ideal
American statesman, the typical Amer
lean leader and the veritable American
idol"
In conclusion Senator Foraker decIar-
ed that other states were calling upon
Ohio's son to accept the highest honor
at the nations gift, and that Ohio could
not lead the column. "All we can do is
to join in the procession
Senator Foraker retired amidst a
storm Of applause.
state committee was selected and
the usual committees for convention
work We're appointed, after which the
convention adjourned until 10 a. m. to-
morrow
THE FIRST GUN FIRED IN INDIANA
Eleventh District Convention Ne