The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-07

ceptiOn Of liberty and freedom Justlce
and equality. national integrity and
national honor In short, from the be-
ginning of the administration of Aba
ham Lincoln to the close of that Of
Benjamin Harrison the record OF the
Republican party is the story OF loyal
ty, of patriotism and Of magnificent
achievement.
The experience of the last three yeas
brings out in q clearer light the excel
lence of the splendid administration of
our fellow citizen Benjamin Harrison
-an administration under which we
attained measure of prosperity u1i-
eQualled in the history OF the govern
ment The Republican party is tho
party of honesty and prosperity. OF law
and order, of good wages, good mar
kets and good money, and it asks the
confidence and support Of the people
at this time, submitting for their ap-
proval the following statement OF
principles and policies which viii con-
tinue to guide and inspire its efforts
5Ehe Republicans Of Indiana are in ta-
vOr Of protection:
We demand a tariff that viii not only
secure the necessary amount OF reVe-
nue., but viii also afford equal and Ger
tain protection to the wage workers
and producers Of this country. We de-
mand that American sellers shall have
the first chance in American markets.
From Lincoln to Harrison under the
wise policy of protection and recipr0c-
ity we steadily decreased our bonded
debt, resumed specie payment, main
tanned the public credit kept unlll-
paired the gold reserve. increased the
wealth of the whole country and added
to the comfort and happiness of the
people to a degree unparalleled i'm the
history Of nations. The reversal of
this beneicient and patriotic policy by
the Democratic party has brought to
the American people nothing but dis
trust. deficit and disaster.
We therefore demand a return to the
sound Republican policy of protection
phatic in our demand for honest money
We believe that our money should not
be inferior to the money of the most
enlightened nations of the earth we
are unalterably opposed to every
scheme that threatens to debase or
depreciate our currency.
We faVer the use of silver as curren-
cy, but to the extent only and under
such regulations that its parity with
gold can be maintained, and in cOnse-
quence are opposed TO the free, unlim-
tied and Independent coinage OF sill
yer at a ratio of l6 to I. We demand a
rigid enforcement of all existing 1mnl-
] grafton laws by the national govern
+ ment and the enactment of such fur
/ ther legislation as wiIl the better pro-
/ tect our people against the influx of the
/ criminal and vicious classes of foreign
/ countries.
We believe in liberal construction
/ of our pension laws and condemn the
/ unjust and unfair policy of the present
/ administration in depriving eX-soldiers
/ Of their pensions without notice and
/ without a hearing upon charges filed
/ against them.
| Believing as we do in a protective
/ tariff, the leading issue before the pao-
tariff. the leading issue before the peO
| pie, we favor the nomination as pTesi-
/ dent Of the United States, of the man
I who perfectly represents a protective
I tariff and the cardinal principles OF the
Republican pafty, man who has de-
( voted his life to the defense of his cOun-
/ try in war and in peace, one. who, at IL
fought with Hayes and Crook and Sher-
( idan at Antieten and at Shenandoah
/ in the defense. OF cur nag against foes
within and for IA years in congress con-
/ tended against our cOuntry's foes from
/ without beating back British free
I trade and aggression which finally Un-
der the present Democratic administra-
tfOn obtained possession of our mar
/ l0ets and has almost destroyed our i'm
dHstrieS; a man. who. with the resist
( less shibbOleth protection and pros
I perity'' has challenged the attention OF
the commercial world and won the sup
/ port of every patriotic working man OF
! our country. whose life and work. open
as a book are in themselves a platform
/ and whose very name is magic-that
loyal American citizen soldier, states
man and Christian gentleman. william
/ Mckinley of Ohio. and the delegates to
the Republican national convention,
selected by this body. are directed TO
cast their vote for William Mckinley
+ as frequently ana continuously as there
is any hope Of his nomination
/ Owing to the great confusion during
the adoption OF the resolutions, it was
/ imDOsiDle to arrive at any accurate es-
innate of the vote of the opposing
forces The ayes were reinforced by
yells from the galleries and corridors,
| as were also the nays. but the indiCa-
/ tiOns We're that the vote was about 3
/ to I for the resolutions Ine renarlla-
BILE feature Of the affair was the sud-
/ den manner in which the whole matter
/ was apparently dismissed from mind
I by the crowd. There We're OF course,
calls for cheers for Mckinley after the
I adOntfOn of the platform and resolu-
tsons and the cheering was hearty and
| er thusiastic, but scarcely tnfee minutes
! ba,7 ELAPSED after the discussion of the
! ouestion which has interested the en-
/ fire country for months before the con-
ventAon proceeded with the election of
/ deleeA ties at large. apparently having
l entirely forgotten the entire prestden-
tiaI stu alton
men was. a great surprise for the oppO-
sition forces who could scarcely explain
! tho sudden and complete vote lit was
generally believed that the rumors Of
I a Harrison stampede had decided the
E ex-president not to appear before the
resolutions were acted upon and the
I complete failure of the faint hope that
his speech might change the Mckinley
sentiment left the anti-instruction peo-
ple without ground upon which to build
a show of strength.
The sympathy Of the spectators
seemed to be very largely with the Ohio
candidate and that also had somethins
to do with the discouragement of the
advocates Of an uninstructed delega-
ton.
During the afternoon Private Secre-
tarv Tihhot sent word to the conyen-
tfon hall that General Harrison haQ
decided not TO address the convention
The announcement caused deal oi
comment and much disappointment
among the delegates and spectato tors
No as-5,lanatf0n Of the ex-president's re-
fusal 10 appear was made further tha,I
The statement that he had never tu1l9
decided to accept the 1nViLaIioi. ~~'
[ denied himself to all interVleWers-
The four candidates for goEernoI 8
ceiving the largest vote on llrsl l.---,+ 9----9