The Portland daily press., 1896-06-18

8. 1896. sdH1s sdE1:
The supremacy of; the constitution of
| the United States.
The maintenance of law and order.
The protection of every American cit
| izen in his right to live, to labor and to
| vote.
| A vigorous foreign policy.
| THE enforcement of the Monroe doc
| trine.
rhe restoration of our merchant ma
rine.
Safety under the Stars and Stripes on
every sea. in every port.
At revenue adequate for all govern
mental expenditures and the gradual
extingulshment Of the national debt.
| A currency las sound as the govern
ment and as untarnished as Its honor"
whose dollars, whether of gold, silver or
paper, shall have equal purchasing and
debt paying power with the best dollars
OF the civilized world.
A protective tariff which protects,
occupied with reciprocity which recipro-
Gates, securing American factories to the
| free coinage of American muscle.
| A pension policy just and generous too
our living heroes and to widows and Or
J phans of their dead comrades.
| The government supervision and con-
| The protection of the people from all
pnlawful combinations and unjust exac-
tions of aggregated capital ana corporate
power.
| An American welcome to every God
fearing. liberty loving. constitution re-
specting, law abiding. labor seeking, de-
cent man. The exclusion of all whose
birth, whose blood, whose5 conditions,
whose teachings, whose practices would
men ace the permanency of free institu-
tions, endanger the safety of American
society or lessen the opportunity of
American labor.
The abolition of seotionalism, every star
in the flag shining for the honor and
welfare and happiness of every common
wealth and of all the people.
A deathless loyalty to all that is truly
| American and q patriotism eternal as
| the stars.
AS Senator Thurston closed his short
speech with the phrase "a patriotism as
ofty as the stars,' the air was rent with
| heers amid which he was heard to ask
| he official question, gentlemen, what
Is your pleasure
| Ths secretary rend letter from the
| chairman of the committee on oreden-
tials saying they were engaged in the
consideration OF the Texas case and had
not been able to complete it.
On motion of Gov. Bushnell of Ohio
the convention then adjourned until 2
p. N.
| Afternoon Session.
| ST. Louis. June 17.-There was the
usual delay in calling the convention to
order for the afternoon session, but the
waiting time was pleasantly whiled away
| by the strains of music. There was a
great pressure in all parts of the Immense
ball, and the galleries were packed as
we'll as on the floor. Palm leaf fans
were in ceaseless agitation. The heat
was very oppressive. 1t was 2.45 when
Chairman Thurston's hammer knocked
for order and announced that the session
would be opened with prayer by Bishop
Arnett Of Wilberforoe college, Ohio. The
Bishop invoked blessings OH the conyen-
tion and on the country. Mr.. Madden of
Chicago, presented q gavel made from q
portion of the house in which Lincoln
| once lived.
| The chairman expressed ths hope that
| the inspiration of the immortal Lincoln
| might fire the hearts of the convention
to higher patriotism. Judge Denny of
Kentucky presented second gavel made
from the wood which formed a part of
the homestead of Henry Clay, the father
of protection. Temporary Chairman Fair
banks responded, expressing his gratifi-
cation that the state of Henry Clay had
entered the Republican fold and trusted
/ that it would be found true to the
standard bearer of this great convention
| in November.
Mr.. Terrence Of Minnesota, presented
| i'll the name of that state to the chairman
of the convention, the table which stood
| in front of the presiding officer in 1899.
In accepting the table the chairman sent
word to the boys of Minnesota that ven
as the fathers of the republic handed
party of today hand down the government
under Republican institutions with all
the rights and privileges. and oppcr-
tunities for the boys to come. CHEERS
The report of the committee on creden-
tials was presented by Chairman Fort of
New Jersey. The report was in favor Of
seating Higgins delegation from Della
ware and the delegates at large and dele
gates from Texas, on the list headed by
John Grant. The rest of the report
! recommended that the roll of delegates
and alternates of the convention from
the several states and territories, as pre-
pared by the national committee for tenn
porary organization be approved as the
permanent roll of this con vention.
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa presented the
minority report from the committee on
credentials as follows.
The undersigned members Of your COM
mittee on credentials, dissent from the
report of the majority CT the committee.
We are unwilling to acceDt the roll of
delegates as made up by The national
committee. The national committee did
not attempt to consider the merits of
cases of any Of the $50 odd contestants,
only the regularity of the credentials
presented. being passed upon. So none of
these contestants. except those from
Delaware and those of the state at large
from Texas, had al hearing on the facts
involved by any competent tribunal, and
in those cases. no part Of the evidence
was read or considered by the committee.
The committee has persistently voted
down propositions to investigate the cases
from Texas, other than those from the
state at large, those from California,
from Louisiana, from Alabama, from the
twelfth district of MISSOURI
We deem 1t a most dangerous precedent
to permit the national com mittee to pass
final judgement On the election and
qualifications of the mem bers of the
national convention. This dangerous
exercise of power ought not to be SUBJ
mitted to any body Of men, but should
be retained in the hands Of tho conven-
tion alone. We recommend that the dele
CATION from the State of Delaware headed