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Republican Contention.


 The republican national convention of 1896 is nov thing oi the past as is the party in the Pacific Coast states Tbe platform adopted against the protest of the delegates from the intermountain and Pacific coast states and territories is as follows:
 sion 10 the policy oi protection as the bulwark Of American indspendeHce and the foundation of American prosperity. It puts the burden on foreign goods, up- holds the AmencsD wcrkingman and the farmer. We denounce the presen, dem. ocratic tariff as sectional and destructive. The republican party rene~s it's pledge for the protection of ali American indus. tries against foreign competition. We believe m liberal reciprocity and just re. tallation We favor restoring the early American policy of discriminating duties Tor the upbuildiDg of our marine and the protection of our shipping We are un- alterably opposed to every measure cal. culated to debase our currency or impair the credis of the country; we are there. fore opposed to he free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world. which We pledge to promote when such agreement can oe obtained. The existing gold standard must be pre- served. All silver and paper currency now in circulation must he maintained at parity with gold and we favor all measures designed 10 maintain inyiolable the obligations of the United States and our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard"
 The foreign plank favors the Monroe doctrine and endorses the administration of President Harrison on the attitude of this country toward Hawaii. Demands ths protection of citizens abroad Fayors awarding Cuoin b4lligerent rights. The declaration is made in favor of liberal pension policy. Declaration is made in favor of arbitration between employer and employees, but no specifi; legislation is demanded. The building of the Nica- ragua canal by the government is ia. vored
 After the adoption of the platform fifty | four dele. ates left the convention and severed life long connection with the party Reed, Morton, Allison, Quay and Mckinley were placed in nomination, but before the roll call of states was completed Mckinley had the necessary maj iority to nominate The completed vote stood: Mckinley 66l E {; Reed 831a i; Morton 55; Allison 55. After an sdjourn- rnent of few hours the convention re assembled aud Garrett A. Hobart, ot New Jersey was nominated as McKin. ley's rhnning mate.
 This combination is owned body and soul by the money power and if elected
 will place the working people of Amer ica Tn bondage more sersile than that of the blackman anterior to 1860 It will be impossible for the republicans to carry
 Indiana, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming,
 California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, North
 Dakota, Montana, Washington, Oregon with total electoral vote of sixty. one. Iowa, 13; Michigan l3; Illinois "A and Nebraska 8; are made very doubtful states and together with tha solid south the election of William Mckinley and his gold bug platform will have gone glim- ming. Without the vote of an uncertain
 state an opposition candidate would lack
 but five votes of an election. The way