Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-12
THE REPUBLICANS OF OHIO
Adopt an Out and Out Protec-
ton Platform.
ENDORSED MAJOR MKlNLEY
But the Finapv~ Plank Is a Fair and Square
& StraddIe.
f0SAktgs SLATE WAS BADLY BROKEN
Only GGn- of His Men Went Through by
scratch-Foraker, Bushnell,
Hama and Grosvenor Elected
Delegates at Large.
ND0RSED MAJOR M'KlNLEY
FoRAKEFs SLATE WAS BADLY BROKEN

Columbus, o., March 1.-THE republic
can state convention was slow assem-
| bling and II was 1890 when Temporary
Chairman Foraker called for order. High
up over the stage, draped in national col
ors, the delegates saw a picture of Nc
Kinley, over which was written, The
Nations Choice" and they cheered 1t
Justify. The report of the committee on
permanent organization, continuing the
temporary organization, with Foraker as
chairman, was adopted. Congressman
r. w. Taylor read the report of the COM
mttee on resolutions and on his motion
1t was adopted as the party platform,
without amendment or discussion. Sem
ator-elect Foraker, Governor Bushnell
Marcus A. Hama and Representative @.
III. Grosvenor were elected by acclama-
ton delegates at large to the republican
convention, and DIR. Joseph e. Loves of
Dayton, Senator Charles Flisohman of
Cincinnati. John P. Green of Cleveland
and j. w. Taylor of East Liverpool were
elected alternate delegates. l. F. Mack
of Sandusky and Albert Douglass, Jr,
OF Chillicothe were selected for presiden-
tial electors at large. Charles Kinney of
Scioto county was nominated for secre-
tary of state on the third ballot.
The so-called Foraker slate was badly
broken, the only member Of the slate who
was nominated being repress sntative for
state food commissioner, and he won by
the aid of the enemies of DR.. F. b. Nc
Neal, the present incumbent, who had
the united opposition of the wholesale
grocery trade.
The eagle was made the party emblem.
The state central committee was author
lied to fill any vacancy occurring In the
state ticket and the convention ad-
journed sine die.
The platfOrrn 10 a Iopo doour,ant a,,l
Is protectionist out and out. 1t de-
nounces the present tariff law In general
as the sublimated product of democratic
ignorance and incompetency, bringing,
as 1t has, to prosperous and happy peo-
pie a period of unprecedented adverslty
and distress, from which nothing but a
return to the policy of protection can re-
lieve 1t. 1t says the republican party
stands for reciprocity that recipro-
Gates and which does not yield up to am
other country a single days labor that
belongs to the American workingman.
1t stands for International agreements
which get as much as they give, upon
terms of mutual advantage.
1t stands for foreign policy dictated
by and imbued with a spirit that Is gem
timely American; for policy that will
revive the national traditions and restore
the national spirit which carried us
proudly through the earlier years of the
century.
II StanuS Tor Sucn p0licy with all fors
eign nations as will insure both to us
and them justice, good faith, dignity and
honor. 1t stands for the Monroe doctrine
as Monroe himself proclaimed 1t.
The financial plank is follows:
We contend for honest money; for
currency of gold, silver adm paper with
which to measure our exchanges that
shall be as sound as the government and
as untarnlshed as its honor, and to that
end we favor bimetallism and demand the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money, either in accordance with ratio
to be fixed by internati tional agreement.
L. that can be obtained, or under such re-
strictions and provisions, to be deter
mined by legislation, as will secure the
maintenance Of the PARTIES of values of
of the two metals, so that the purchas-
Ing and debtapaying power of the dollar,
whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be-
at all times equal.
The concluding paragraph is devoted to
the praise of Mckinley, and declares that
as their candidate for the presidency the
republicans of Ohio pledge him the abso-
lutte, the loyal the answering support
of his state, and instructs the delegates
chosen to represent Ohio to redeem this
pledge.