The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-08
SILVER NEN WIN.
Claim a Victory In Michigan Repub.
liean Convention.
RESOLUTIONS FOR GOLD STAND
ARD VOTED DOWN.

Unanimously Endorsed-Chaun-
cey Depew Makes a Speech and
Cautions Delegates that st. Louis Plat
form Must Be Sound On Money Ques-
tion-Pro-oeedings at indianapolis and
Other Places.
Detroit, May 7.-The Auditorium was
well filed with delegates and spectators
when Chairman A. W. Smith of the ex-
ecutive committee of the State Central
committee, called the Republican state
convention to order this afternoon.
He introduced Hon. Chaunoey M.
Depew of New York. Mr.. Depew made
ringing speech, which kept the audience
laughing and cheering alternately for
nalf an hour. He said that Patrick Henry
declared that we should not be governed
by British power or follow British policy.
BY returning to the policy of Great
Britain four years ago, we had been in
the valley Of humiliation since. The
causes which produced this change in the
country were incompetency, pig headed
ness and inability to run big govern
ment.
We are on the eve, said he. of a big
contest, which Is to decide the destiny OF
this country for the next century. and
there were but two great questions before
the people; first, the stability of our our
renoy; second the return to the old rock
ribbed doctrine of protection to Ameri-
can industries.
He declared that If the Republican
National convention did not declare for
sound money unequivocally, the great
states Of New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey and Massachusetts all as soundly
Republican as Michigan, will be put by
that act in the doubtful column. he re-
ferred to statesmen whose names are now
before the ublio. As he mentioned ALI
son, Morton and Reed in turn there was
q moderate applause. AS Mckinley's
name fell from the speakers lips there
was a spontaneous rising Of the delegates
in burst of wild applause, which lasted
couple of minutes. It was one O'Clock
when the convention was formally called
to order and the proceedings opened with
prayer by Rev. j. M. Barkley of this
city. Hon. A. o. James, temporary
CQa1Iuldus WAS lAUEOouCG0 ttAu OOllt6I6l
an address. his illusions to protection
and sound money were received with en-
thusiasm AMI when at the close of his ad
dress, he alluded to the different Presi-
dantial candidates. the name of Ohio's
favorite son again evoked wild applause.
At the conclusion of MIR. Janes's speech,
the committees were appointed. Chair
man James read telegram from Sacra-
mentO, which Iead.
dc rroatino to Miphioop
and reports eighteen votes instructed for
Mckinley and prosperity"
This was received with great applause,
which grew into wild outburst, when
another telegram from indianapolis was
rsad
"The Indiana convention has just in
struoted for Mckinley for Presidents"
The committee on resolutions reported: ::
The Republicans Of Michigan, In conven-
tion assembled, at this convention renew
faith in the principles of the Republican
party, which have brought unexampled
prosperity TO the nation in the past and
will restore prosperity In the future. We
| submit the following resolution: We be-
| fieve In the tariff duty on foreign impor-
tatIons, producing sufficient revenue for
the support of the government and so ad-
justed as to give protection to American
Industries and American labor how de-
pressed to an unparalleled degree, by
threatened andpartially accomplished free
trade, and to that end we ask the imme-
diate repeal of the present, unwise and
un-Ameriean tariff. and the enactment
of a tariff bill along the general lines OF
| the last Republican tariff act, known as
the Mckinley bill. with whatever modif-
| cations the present condition Of our in
dustries may require. We believe In the
principle of reciprocity as instituted by
Americas beloved statesman, James G.
Blaine and demand its restoration as a
wise and necessary protective measure.
The resolutions favored protection to
American bottoms and went ont
We are united In favor of the nomina-
ton Of VIM. Mckinley of Ohio by the
dent of the United States, and hereby in
| struct the delegates selected at this con-
vention to use all honorable means to
secure his nomination as long as his
name is before the national convention.
We are unyielding and upcompromising
in our demand for sound money. We are
in favor Of the use of gold, silver and
paper dollars In our currency, all main
tained at parity as to purchasing and
debt paying power. We are opposed to
any proposition that involves the depreoi-
alton Of any portion OF our currency, and
are opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. by this tcountry alone,
under the present conditions, believing
that such coinage would destroy the
parity and depreoiate and contract the
currency.
The resolutions expressed sympathy
with the people of Cuba. The line in the
financial plank declaring against the free
ana unlimited coinage of silver was re-
ceived with much applause. The resolu-
tion instructing for Mckinley raised a
wild roundsof enthusiasm.
S. W. Hopkins. on behalf of the
minority of the committee on resolutions
said the Republican national convention
Of 1899 had stood by bi-metalism, and de-
olared that the financial plank in the
| majority report just adopted, put the
party back to Clevelandlsm and bondism.