The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30

placed in nomination by F. G: Han
chett of Kane county. The nomination
was seconded by John DAILY Of Peoria.
DR.. Joseph Robbins of Quincy was
nominated by General E. B. Hamilton
/ of that place, a seconding speech being
made by Lawrence Sherman, of Ma
comb.
The roll of counties was then called.
As it proceeded it became evident that
Mr.. Tanner had not oyerestimated his
following When the last county was
called, and before the secretary @ha d
an opportunity to announce the result,
General Hamilton moved to make Tan
ners nomination unanimous. This was
quickly followed by seconds, and the
motion was carried amid enthusiastic
cheers
The footing of the roll call showed
that Tanner received 1853 votes, Hop
kins, 1873. and Robbins, 60.
Mr.. Tanner was escorted to the stand
by Mr.. Hopkins and DR.. Robbins, and
was given an ovation by the conven-
ton.
After the cheering had subsidized, Mr..
Tanner made brief address, in which
he said:
Republicans are fortunate that in
the coming canvass they can appeal
to very recent experience. When
facts become old they sometimes cease
10 DC INSTRUCTIVE.
DEMOCRATIC SOPHISTRIES
can always pervert history twenty
years after the fact, but experiences
of yesterday will yield neither to
SophistrieS nor perversion.
The arguments of this campaign will
be painfully tangible. Every mechanic
who thrusts his idle hands into his
pockets will know exactly how to vote.
1.-The circulating medium of nation
is its life blood. Sound money brings
confidence and encourages industry.
Ag'ftators and demagogues never do
greater harm than when they persuade
the people to tamper arbitrarily with
the standard of their currency.
1.-The Republican party of Illinois
stands for honest money. We proclaim
the same financial gospel in Cairo that
we do in Chicago and we do not have
to call upon our fellow Republicans of
New York to hold us level on finances.
Illinois Republicans know that if all
that has been written regarding
THE GREAT CRIME, OF 1873.
were literally true, it would have no
tendency to justify the greater crime
now proposed, of making fifty cents
worth of silver receivable by law upon
contracts made upon the faith and
credit OF the present dollar Oh gold.
Only the most wanton masdcap would
destroy the business and commerce Of
the United States by enacting such a
law even if it had the power. The
Republican party is the agency which
is to prevent such a disaster; and it
will not shrink one iota from it's great
Mr.. Hopkins was then introduced and
delivered a brief address to the con-
vention. He expressed the profoundest
gratitude to his friends who had fol-
lowed him unswervingly in the very
face Of defeat and declared his allie
gfence TO the man who had defeated
him, and promised to be found on the
stump during the campaign.
Nominations for the lieutenant gov
ernor being declared in order, the
names Of W. A. Northcott, Theodore S.
Chapman and David Ross were placed
before the convention. Two ballots
were necessary, the second resulting;
Northcott, III; Chapman, SS7; Ross, 231.
Mr.. Northcott was declared the nom
inee.
A motion to adjourn until 10 o'clock
tomorrow was voted down.
Nominations for secretary of state
We're then declared in order. There
were a few moments of confusion and
then there was a motion to adjourn
until 9 O'Clock tomorrow morning This
was hurriedly put, and at 5:45 the con-
vention was declared adjourned until
9 o'clock tomorrow morning.