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upon his friends that they can do him
good service only In assisting TO make
Ohio solid for the man he will nomi-
nate for president at St. Louis. His
speech created q sensation at the first
session of the republican state conven-
tion ut Columbus on Tuesday the 10th.
Its reward was salvo of applause
which ratified the chandelier In the
ceiling. Appended Is the text Of Gen.
Fornker's speech:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Conventions: sincerely thank the state
central committee for the honor OF tenn
pozariiy presiding over this convention.
and most heartily thank you, gentlemen
Of the convention. for your kind and an
tfusiasttc greeting.
Ordinarily. AZ understand Il, n r.
thought TO be the chief duty OF the tenn
pcrary chairman OF a convention like this
20 discuss current political questions and
define party positions. Ordinarily should
make that kind OF an address on such an
occasion an this. IL IN possible you are ak
pccting some such remarks. III so you viii
be disappointed. for In my judgment. that
kind OF an address In not necessary under
the circumstances attending US here to-
day. IL II not necessary because every
may be discussed In the coming campaign,
the one great towering. supreme Issue I'm
tho contest OF 1896 Will be whether for the
next four years this country shall be ruled
by democracy or by republicanism--lap-
plauselr-and everybody knows In advance
what the verdict Will be. IApplause.l
Even our democratic friends understand
and can SEQ that the sweeping victories
or last year are TO be followed by still
greater and grander triumphs this year.
tApplause.l The republican party was
never 30 strong. never so powerful. never
90 popular. never 30 intrenched In the
hearts and affections OF the American pco-
pie as Il L. to-day: and so far. at least, as
Ohio Is concerned. never so united or har-
monious as al this very hour lGrcnt APP
plause.1 We have no differences or opin-
ion with respect to national questions or
policies. and we have no factional dissen-
sions 10 weaken our strength or divert our
attention from tho common enemy. lap
plause.l
Therefore II IL that. while we are here
for the purpose OF nominating q ticket
and declaring anew the faith that In In
us. we come also 10 the discharge OF
higher and more commanding duty. IL
has already been indicated by our chair
man. The GAINESVILLE convention declared
that the republicans of Ohio would this
year unitedly aud Enthusiastically support
the candidacy OF Gov. Mckinley. Jap
pinuse.I Tho time has come TO redeem
that pledge. and we are here to redeem II.
In every district and county convention
30 far held this year In this state he has
already been Endorsed. We assemble now
a. the representatives OF the republicans
OF the whole state for the purpose OF doing
the same thing. lAppiause.I We owe IL
20 ourselves. ns well as TO him, to do IL
with spirit. TO do II with earnestness. 20
do n with unanimity. TO do X In such a
manner. in short. as will signify 10 the
whole nation that he has now and will
have at the St. Louis convention the
united hearty, cordial, enthusiastic. I'M
qualified support OF Ohio. LGreat APP
piause.l
ut IL due. however, TO the republicans
or Ohio, and especially TO Gov. Mckinley
himself. that II should be said here and
now that our preference for him IL not
conceived In any spirit OF antagonism or
hostility TO any other man whose name
IL mentioned In connection with that high
honor. TApplausel The republicans OF
Ohio. do not lack appreciation for Thomas
H. Reed. or Levi r. Morton. or William Il.
Allison. or Matthew Stanley Quay. or any
OF the other great leaders who have been
mentioned IN connection with that honor
OR the contrary. we admire and love them
ALL and n the 81. Louis convention should
disappoint us and give It's honor 10 one OF
them. we here and now pledge 10 him In
advance the electoral vote OF Ohio by the
largest majority ever given I'm the history
OF the state. u is not that we love Caesar
less, but Rome more lGreat applause.l
william Mckinley Il our own. lie lives
here I'm Ohio and always has lived In our
midst. lApplnuse.l Ho Is our friend. our
neighbor. our fellow citizen. our fellow re-
publican. Shoulder 10 shoulder with him
we have been lighting the battles OF re-
publicanism I'm this state for generation.
We know him and he knows us. We know
his life. his character. his public services
md his fitness for the place for which he
has been named He has been our soldier
comrsde. our Representatives In congress-
our governor. BY all these tokens We here
to-day present him 10 the republicans OF
the other states Of the union an eur choice
and ask them to make him theirs. lGreat
applause.
I'm this connection II should be remem-
bered that he In identified with all that ~
good and great and grand and glorious in
the history OF republcanism. IApplause.l
When but n mere boy. answering his coun-
try's call, he shouldered his musket and
marched away after the Nag 10 the music
OF the union 10 make n record for gailantry
and heroism at the front on the battle
plause.l Returning and entering congress.
ne was soon there distinguished for his elo-
quence OF speech. his fidelity to duty, his
wise and conservative Judgment and his
ever patriotic and conscientious regard for
the rights OF the people.
Eighteen hundred and ninety found him
at tho head ~ the ways and means COM
mittee and leader OF the house. In that
position II fell TO his lot 10 frame and Sc
cure the enactment OF the Mckinley law.
fApplause.l That measure has made his
name familiar In all tho world. and has
made him exceedingly unpopular In almost
all the world outside OF the United States.
f0reat applause.l But II has correspond
ingly endearcd him 10 his countrymcn
Time has indicated his labor. The last
three years nave been years OF trial. They
have been years OF democratic rule; they
have been years OF education for the Amer
lean people In the school OF practical ok
perIonco. A. O result. the American people
know a great deal more about the tariff
now than they did In 1870. lApplause.l
Every business man has found out that.
no matter what kind OF business he may
be engaged IN. the tariff has a close, d.
rect relation 10 him. and tho wage worker
has learned that his prosperity depends
or the maintenance OF protective tarin
policy.
"As a result. I'm every section. In every
state. In every county. In every munici-