The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
KEY STONE STATE FOR QUAY.

tion and keciproclty-Ihe Elnhncial
 Plank.
 Harrisburg, April 2S,-The republican state convention was called to order in the opera house at 1O:S0 o'clock this morning by Frank Willing Leach of Philadelphia, chairman of the executive committee of the state committee. MT. Leach ofilciated in the absence of Sen ator and State Chairman Quay who went to Washington this morning. The auditorium was crowded and flags and bunting were profusely displayed,
 EX-State Treasurer Boyer of Phila- delphia was temporary chairman and in his speech on taking the chair eulogized Pennsylvania's record as a republican state for forty years with constantly increasing majorities and eulogized MT. Quay as follows:
 And now pointing to her fidelity in the past, promising the same measure of faith for the future, and represent ing to the people of the United States man beloved and trusted by her peo- pie. known and honored by the nation, unsurpassed in the wisdom of his statesmanship, unequalled in the distin- guished services he has rendered the cause of republicanism, Pennsylvania asks the great party to assemble in convention at St. Louis to listen to the voice of this great commonwealth and nominate for the great and distinguish ed office of president of the United States Pennsylvania's great and distin- guished son. Matthew Stanley Quay, i gered and her life threatened he loy- M ally and faithfully fought her battles, X on the field he was the hero of his men, in council he was the strong right arm of Pennslyvania's great war M governors. From leadership in his state he advanced to leadership in the nation until he became the head of the party organization and the trusted ad | wiser of all those engaged in it's man 4 agement. When the last republican president was elected those great abil- < ities and untiring labors led his party through one of the fiercest of great presidential battles to triumphant vic tory! All the nation knows that the genius of Matthew Stanley Quay won for his party the memorable contest of 1888. In the languages of a resolution < of the republican national committee upon his retirement therefrom his genius gave the superior generalship 2 and that gave the victory and re- N ceived the plaudits of the entire re- K publican party from the Gulf to the lakes and from ocean to ocean," E At every mention of the name of N Senator Quay the delegates cheered | loudly.
 The platform submitted to the con- Evention was as follows:
 "For fidelity to the principles of re- Epublicanism, Pennsylvania holds first rank among all the states. Year after Hyear it has returned great majorities flor the candidates of that party with Hno selfish demands for recognition of Hany of it's own citizens as a national \ Ecandidate. The time has come when 1.-the state which has so long and faith Efully led the republican column may Ejustly and properly submit it's own pre- bference for the republican nomination flor the presidency. In the presentation Fof the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay, the Republicans, not alone of Pennsylvania, [but of the entire union, will recognize Hone of their foremost leaders-Wise in EcounseI and brilliant and able in ac- ftion, at once the type of the American #citizen, scholar, soldier and states man.
 "First of all national issues stands protection, and first among it's advo- cateS have been the republicans of Pennsylvania. We believe in protec-
 ton as a right to all American indus
 tries, but as a special favor to none It should be neither partial, sectional nor hypocritical; it should be, as near ly as possible, equal and universal We are not pledged to any schedules but we demand the restoration of the pol icy of protection, and we pledge it as soon as the republican party shall be fully restored to power in the execu- tive and congressional departments of the government, and it shall be restor- ed equitably to the farmer and the min CT. to the manufacturer and the arti- san.
 "We demand the restoration of that wise policy of reciprocity which was framed by James G. Blaine and adopt ed by the wise and beneficent adminis- tration of President Harrison, to the great benefit of the commerce of the country, and which has been abandoned by the present democratic administra- tion We approve the policy of na- tional protection to our ship owners and the shipbuilding interests, by dis terminating dutiessin favor of Ameri- can shipping, in order that the Ameri- can flag be restored upon the high seas.
 sWe congratulate the administration of Governor Hastings upon it's wise determination in keeping within their proper limits, and yet remembering that it reflects the interests and views of a great and progressive state. It is justly entitled to the continued confi- dence of the republicans and the peo- pie of Pennsylvania.
 We reaff1rnl the declarations con- tained in the state platform of 1895, looking to needed reforms in state and municipal government, and to the puri- fcation of elections and the exercise of the elective franchise. We earnesly Recommend to the consideration of the next legislature the several reform bills promulgated by the republican state committee, and request the republicans of both houses to give them consider ation and support"
 The financial plank istas follows:
 Faithful to it's record, believing that the people are entitled to the use of the best money and anxious to restore and preserve the industrial and commercial
 prosperity of the union, the republican