The record-union., 1896-05-07

must most reverently bow, and there
is no Republican who reads the hand
writing on the wall, who is abreast of
the current of the times, tha. does not
feel and does not know tha, upon the
shoulders Of William Mckinley has
fallen the mantle of the great Blaine.
(Applause.)
He is to-day par excellence the ex-
ponent of those great undying princi-
pies which are so dear to every Repub-
Hcan heart and which we regard not
only as the bulwark of our party, but
as essential and vital to the success of
every Industrial interest in the United
States.
NO Republican, no man who believes
in lighting the furnace, no man who
wants to hear the whirr of the wheel
and the clang of the hammer, no man
who wants to see plenty smile again
unon this land, would hesitate to sup
port William Mckinley for President
OF the United States. (Applause) And
as Republican, training with Repub
licans, marching under the banner of
Republicans, believing in Republican
doctrines, l rise to second the motion of
Mr.. Knight" (Applause)
OPPOSED TO 1T.
Judge E. V. Spencer of Lassen took
the platform and said: Gentlemen OF
the convention: I was one of the nine
men at Minneapolis who voted for Pres
ident of the United States, and I can
not sit here in this convention and lis
ten to the charge of thrusting rusty
knife into the man whom l loved more
than any other man in the United
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in silence (Applause)
'I am opposed to the instruction of
the delegates in the positive terms pro-
vided for William Mckinley, and / beg
the privilege to give my reasons. but
first permit me to answer the slang
that has been hurled at the nine men
who stood true to their pledges at Min
neapolis. was elected by a convention
of men who offered a resolution and
it, was argued and was about to be
passed, tying my hands to vote for
Blaine I stood before them and said,
Gentlemen, in the name Of all that is
good and fair if you think me so mean
that I will not obey your will without
being tied to it, do not send me to Min
neapolis If you think have the honor
of a man, and that I will recognize
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instruct me, but let me stand up and
vote your will, as l shall do If permit
ted to go there
after begging not to be instructed
and after standing up in my manhood
and recognizing the fact that the will
of the people was my law and my con-
sideration, when I was acting as their
servant and their agent, I stood in a
caucus Of the friends of Benjamin Har-
rison in Minneapolis and saw 512 men
out of 900 delegates stand up and hold
up their hands and say I am positively
for Harrison.
Now gentlemen, as to this question Of
instruction. If a man is not alrea .y
instructed by the will Of this convention,
as 1t has been manifested by the demon
strations of enthusiasm which have
been exhibited here for William Nc
kinley, tell me, will you. how you can
tie him so tight that he will not crawl
away from you. If a man will accept the
nomination at the hands of this conver-
ton Tow, after the demonstrations
made, il he Is not instructed, 1t Is i'm
possible to instruct MIN. I am opposed
to instructions on any terms whatever.
I am in favor of sending straightfor
ward, clearheaded, broadminded, noble
statesmen and citizens to st. Louis"
The resolution was put to a vote and
carried, followed by applause and
cheers.
The Chairman-The question is upon
the adoption of the report as amended.
A PROTEST FROM YUBA.
W. NJ. Cutter of Yuba: "Mr. Chair
r -icb no fc, a
a matter of personal privilege TO my
self and the county 1 represent than to
the report 1t has been customary in
the past, and probably is right, to pre-
sent a platform to be adopted as 4
whole. am not certain but that in some
instances it ought to be presented seri-
atum. There is not a political plank of
national political issues in that plat
form that the delegates from Yuba and
Sutter could not indorse.
There Is a plank which Is nc
political issue, in regard to hydraulic
mining which may Or nay not be right,
but which we cannot determine from
the reading Of 1t by the Secretary. And,
therefore, although we shall vote on
the platform as a whole, we do not wish
to be bound by any plank Of that kind
and have it cast in our faces hereafter
that you voted for the platform and
therefore indorsed that plank which
may be against the interests of the pco-
pie we represent here.
And individually I wish to say, while
I do not wish to take up the time of
this convention by demanding that the
platform be considered seriatum, that
do not consider it right for the convep-
tion Of the Republican party IF this
State to endeavor in any degree, by any
means or in any way to lend it's aid to
force upon the majority OF the women
of this State what they do not ask"
(Applause)
A point of order was raised, but the
Chair permitted Mr.. Cutter to proceed
Mr.. Cutter. continuing, said: we
from the northern part of this State are
not in the habit, however, of trying to
choke off a man when he wishes 10
speak (Applause) That may be, per-
haps, because the most of US have been
in California longer. uaughter)
Now, while 1 shall vote for the adop-
ton Of the platform as a whole. / do
not wish to be considered as being
bound, being a member of this con-
vention by that plank in the platform
I have the poorest kind of an opinion of
any man, be he q member of this con-
vention or not, who will vote on that
matter, which simply concerns the
women of this State, contrary 10 the
wish of his wife, or his sister, or his
daughter, or his sweetheart And /
want this convention to understand
that, so far as I am concerned, while I
shall vote for this platform as a whole
! shall vote against that plank If the
wife of my bosom desires me to do so.