The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-25

come and their motives respect We
are here for a reconsecration in party
services and a renewal of our zeal. We
are pledged not only as Republicans.
but as men and patriots to stand by
the nation in this, its second great per
il. There can be an honest difference
of opinion as to the exact and most re-
sponsible cause for the present public
unrest and uncertainty. Many ele-
ments combine to bring about the pres
ent condition of aHa1rs, but the ques-
ton of our national currency is for the
time being uppermOst in the public
mind.
There is no distinction in morals
between national and personal fnteg-
rity We cannot find by any process
of logic a personal virtue which justi-
hes a national delinquency. Public
honesty and private integrity are twin
brothers.
1--WE are told by our political oppo-
nents recently assembled at Chicago
that the government shall coin the sill
yer of the world into dollars actually
worth So cents in merchandise value
and declare them worth 100 cents. The
government must, therefore, present
from its own fund of credit At cents of
value, or by statutory enactment rob
it's citizens of that amount of property
which they have already accumulated.
For myself, I protest against the exist
ence of trusts and at the same time
seeking to compel the government TO
take the entire product of one field of
industry at specific price, measured
by an absolute standard, and disburse
it at a fictitious one. Such a course
is opposed to the spirit of our institu-
tions and contrary to the functions of
government. The nations integrity
rests not alone upon the surplus in its
vaults, but in the reserve power of
labor in it's citizens and their capacity
and opportunity for employment. To
continually draw upon one will as sure
ly dissipate as will free values and alb
normal standards destroy the other
Captain I. NJ. Beam, on behalf of the
general committee of arrangements for
the convention, delivered a carefully
prepared political address,
Judge Raymond move that reSOlu-
tiOns be referred to the committee with
out reading and the motion prevailed.
Mr.. Higgins of Indiana moved that
the secretary of the convention send a
message of greeting to Major Mckinley
at Canton, extending hearty greetings
and declaring that the members of the
Republican national league clubs will
most heartily support the ticket and
that this convention feels certain of his
overwhelming election. The motion pre-
vailed. An amendment was offered
and adopted to send the message to
Mr.. Hobart. Mr.. Budy of Ohio moved
the appointment of the committee by
delegations. and his motion prevailed
Mr.. Lynch of Ohio moved that the re-
ports of state organizations be handed
in Immediately after meeting in the
afternoon. as many states were not
present to report at once. The motion
was declared carried.
The roll call of states was dispensed
with, and then Secretary Bowling read
a number of dispatches from Mckinley,
Hobart, Depew, Governor Hastings and
others. The following appointments of
alarms were announced:
Chas Rosenorock of Maryland, Luke
T. Walker of Tennessee, Wellington 1.
Rich of North Dakota, L. B. Vaughn
of Illinois.
Secretary Bowling announC31 that at
he a. r in
of Iowa, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster and Con-
gresham McCleary of Minnesota would
speak, and then the convention ad-
journed to o'clock.
Among. the kilograms of regret were
the following:
Canton, O., Aug. 25.-I am sorry to
have to disappoint you, but I am con-
to adhere to my declination of
your urgent invitation to attend the
league convention.
(Signed.) VIM. MKINLEY.
Paterson, N. J., Aug. 25.-I cannot
possibly leave New York headquarters.
My presence there is imperative.
(Signed.) GARRETT A. HOBART.
New York, Aug. 25.-I thank you for
your kind invitation to. be present at |
the league meeting, am sorry that
pressing business will detain me.
Trusting that the meeting will come |
off satisfactorily am with best wishes, !
yours truly,
(Signed.) NJ. A. HANNA.
At caucus of the delegations from |
the American college Republican |
league, the delegation decided to cast |
for G. U. Gordon, the full fifty votes to |
which the league is entitled and to use |
every honorable means to further his !
as president of the RepUbli- |
can league of the United States.
The newspaper men who are compe- |
tent judges all agree that more artis- |
lie decorations and better effects were |