Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-17

lima, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey.
West Virginia, Delaware, California
and Alabama being in the front rows
and the other states coming behind
them in the order named. The other
tates were ixed in the sections fac
ing the platform on the left hand side.
An u was occupied by the assist
ant sergeant-at-arms in instructing
and locating his deputies, ushers and
assistant ushers, and in the meantime
9 band of musicians in the gallery be-
hind the platform played various airs.
The effort to incorporate in h tariff
plank a clause favoring a bounty in
sugar manufactured from beats, will
not be done for h reason hat it
would commit the party too strongly
to the policy of paying bounties. a
question upon which the party is more
or less divided. The subject will be
taken care Of in the general tariff
plank.
The Cubans now engaged in rebel
lion against the Spanish government
will find hope m comfort in the ex-
preston of the convention with rela-
ton to that subject. A separate plank
will express strongly the sympathy of
the. Republican party for CSban patri-
OTIS and a declaration will De incorpor-
ated. favoring the recognition of their
independence.
Civil service reform promises to give
rise to some debate in the committee.
\ determined effort will be made to
secure a vigorous plank endorsing civil
service and incidentally condemning
the 11InjniSfrafi tim for itc violation 30
civil service rules and regulations.
The contest between the advocates
and opponents of civil service promises
10 be warm n spirited, but it is be-
iievad that the friends of civil service
will carry the day. The proposed ship
protection plank drawn by Senator
Lodge, first found expression in the
Massachusetts platform. since which
time it has been Incorporated in the
platform of 10 different state conven
tons. 1t will read as follows:
W pledge ourselves to restore the
early American policy of discriminate
ing duties Cor the protection of our
shipping in the foreign carrying trade.
so that American ships, the product of
labor employed in American
sailing under the Stars and
stripes, ann and Differed and
owned by Americans. may regain the
carrying of American foreign COM
inerce."
Tickets for admission are being put
at the high figure of $40 for the set,
that is for every session of the conyen
ton. At l1.35 the delegations began to
arrive, those of California and Maine
being the first to enter the hall. They
did so without demonstration. AT u
noon all the delegations had arrived
and been seated without any special
demonstration.
AT 12.2G Senator Carter. chairman of
the Republican national committee
called the convention to order and
Rabbi Sale offered a prayer. At the
close of the chaplain's prayer Chair
man Carter said: This convention is
assembled in compliance with the
terms of a call issued by the national
committee on the 14th of December
1895. which call the secretary will now
proceed to read.
2 The secretary did so.in a voice which
inaudible 10 feet distance. and
frequent cries of louder"
Chairman Carter then aid Gentle
men of the convention. by direction of
the national committee, 1 present for