The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-08
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
REPUBLIC-4N DELEGATES ARE IN STR UCIED TO VOTE FOR M'KINLEY.

Action Taken at the Detroit Convention Telegram Sent to Indianapolis That They Were Solid for the Champion of Protection-SoundM M oney PIanks Adopt ed in Each State.
 kstate convention this morning adopted a platform declaring unequivocally for sound money and instructing delegates f to St. Louis to vote for William Me Kinley as a candidate for president. After indorsing the administration of President Harrison, the platform de- X clares for "a traiff that will not only \ fsecure the necessary amount of revenue # but will also afford equal and certain E protection to the wage workers and F producers of this country"
 IN It demands that American sellers Itshall have the first chance in American \ Fmarkets."
 X The policy of reciprocity as practiced .f lue ciuillilliollotioti io 4 favored as proper accompaniment x to the high tariff idea.
 ! The money plank is as follows: J We are firm and emphatic in our de- \ lmand for honest money. We believe D that our money should not be inferior ' to the money of the most enlightened 5nations of the earth. We are unalter- sH ably opposed to any scheme that ' threatens to debase or depreciate our Icurrency.
 5 We favor the use of silver as cur Arency, but to the extent only and un- 1der such regulations that it's parity Jwith gold can be maintained, and in Jconsequence are opposed to the free, Aunlimited and independent coinage of Bsilver at a ratio of 16 to l."
 N The restriction of migration and lib Ieral pensions are demanded. Then fol- Alows the indorsement of Mckinley. It Breads:
 Believing as we do in a protective |{tariff, the leading issue before the peo- Aple, we favor the nomination as pres |3ident of the United States of the man IIwho perfectly represents a protective }ltariff and the cardinal principals of the 3grepublican party; a man who has de- Bvoted his life to the defense of his 4country in war and in peace; one who Mat seventeen, fought with Hayes and 33Crook and Sheridan at Antietam and in #the Shenandoah in defense of our flag Bagainst foes within, and for fourteen Hlyears in congress contended against our s9country's foes from without, beating &n1o a nlx Rrific1 tro6 cyo (which finally, under the present demo- Ecratic administration, obtained posses E{sion of our markets and has almost de- 8sstroyed our industries; man who, E8with the resistless shibboleth 'Protec- EStion and prosperity has challenged 1.-the attention of the commercial world EIand won the support of every patriotic E{workingman in our country; whose life Hand work, open as a book, are in them |1selves a platform, and whose very name |ais magic-that loyal American citizen, EIsoldier, statesman and Christian gentle |3man, William Mckinley of Ohio and |3the delegates to the republican nation Hal convention selected by this body are |3directed to cast their vote for William Mckinley as frequently and continuous lily as there is any hope of his nomina- Fftion."
 N The convention took up the task of E3nominating a governor. Twelve candi- Hdates were named. The first ballot re- Hsulted: Doxy 149, Griffin 155, Griffiths H135, Shockney 84, Saver 1855, James A. flMount 146, Todd 37, Everett 95, Posey .174, Cumback 106, Johnson 128, Dodge |l7O
 M In the next six ballots Mount made |lsteady gains, Cumback, Everet and HSayer withdrawing and their support 5hnainly going to Mount. At the begin lining of the seventh ballot Grif11ths |withdrew and Marion county gave Mount a big vote. This started the |lconvention in favor of Mount and the seventh ballot resulted Doxey 251, Grif- Hin 3021a, Posey "A, Dodge "A, Mount
 l7631a.
 On motion of Charles A. Griffin the
 nomination was made unanimous. The |convention got to work again and took
 Ia ballot for lieutenant governor. Only 1.-two names were mentioned. W. S..
 bHaggard and John w. Baker. flag |gard won by vote of 777 to 63S.
 It is stated General Harrison when
 Ia committee waited upon him politely
 declined the invitation to address the
 Convention, without vouchsaffng his
 reason. One of his friends says Gen
 eraI Harrison stayed away lest his ac-
 tion in attending should be construed
 into an attempt to influence the con-
 vention.
 The balloting for delegates to the St.
 Louis convention was begun shortly
 after 12 o'clock Charles Fairbanks,
 |Richard w Thompson, General Lew
 Wallace and Frank Milliken were cho-
 Een.
 Detroit, May 1.-The floor and galler-
 ies of the Auditorium were well filled
 with delegates and spectators when
 Chairman A. w. Smith of the executive
 committee of the state central commit
 tee called the republican state conven-
 tion to order at 12:30 this afternoon.
 He introduced Hon. Chauncey M. De-
 pew of New York.
 It was o'clock when the convention
 was formally calleG4to order and the
 proceedings opened with prayer by the
 Rev. J. NJ Barkley of this city.
 Then Hon. O. A. James, the tempo
 fary chairman, was introduced and de-
 ivered his address
 His allusions to protection and sound
 money were received with enthusiasm,
 hnd when, at the close of his address,
 he alluded to the different presidential
 candidates, the name of Ohio's favor
 co, avol-o5 vriIdnst