The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
Convention at Harrisburg to Nominate
1asl State Officers.

Harrisburg. August 26.-The State Re-
publican convention met today to nomi-
nate candidates for state treasury and
auditor general Tho convention was
called to order by State Charm an
Elkins. The hall was well filed. United
States Senator Penrose was greeted with
loud applause.
The convention organized by the
election of State Chairman Elkins as
temporary chairman. Chairman Elkins
congratulated the party on it's victory last
November and Its prospects of success in
Pennsylvania this fall. He said every
ante election pledge was redeemed and
every promise was justified in the last
campaign in which there were state, as
well as national issues. Chairman Elkins
took up carefully the numerous local in
fuences that had tended to destroy sue
cess and told how they had been engi-
neered to make possible this result
In conclusion, he said: with more
gold on the Klondike; God in the harvest
fields; the Republican party directing the
administration of national affairs; the
Dingley bill on our statute books and Nc
Kiniey holding the reins of the govern
ment, peace and prosperity shall dwell
within our borders, let us hope, forever. :"
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania ratify
and reaffirm the doctrine enunciated in
the national platform adopted at St.
Louis in 1896 and approved by the Presi-
dent at the last Presidential election. We
rejoice with the President of the nation
upon the passage of the Dingley tariff
bill. Already the hum of reviying in
dustry is heard throughout the land and
the business interests responding eagerly
to the encouraging influence of this legis-
lation.
dollar wheat has sounded the death :
knell of the free coinage" heresy. In
the late Presidential campaign the
strongest bid made for the agricultural
vote by the Democratic party was the
promise that their success in that election
would raise the market price of wheat to
one dollar busheI--payable in silver.
They were overwhelmingly defeated and
the farmer now receives for his wheat one
dollar bushel-payable in gold, The
dollar he thus receives will buy in the
market two dollars and thirty-hv cents
worth of silver, as measured by the coin
age value of the metal.
We are here to renew the pledges of a
Republican party to maintain just,
reasonable ana oQulCaDle system OIL CIVIL
service, but we denounce President Cleve-
LAND for his partisan abuse of it's powers.
The standard of efficiency has been de-
graded, promotions and transfers have
been made for partisan reasons, regard
less of merit and in disregard of the spirit
of the civil service law. We demand that
the President of the United States, by
executive order, and Congress, by legisla-
tive enactment, at the approaching session
shall establish a civil service system that
shall meet the approval of the American
people.
We heartily and cordially endorse the
administration of President Mckinley
Although, but few months have passed
since his induction into the high office
for which he was chosen he has proved
himself worthy of the confidence reposed
in him by the American people and as
chief executive has met the highest ex-
pectations of the Republican party.
We heartily endorse the Intelligent,
business like and efficient administrator n
of the financial affairs under the manage
ment of the accounting officers of the
commonwealth. and we tender to both
houses of the federal Congress, our con-
gratuIations upon the happy result of
their deliberations upon the tariff. We
commend Gov. Daniel H. Hastings for
his faithful, honest and economical adj
ADMINISTRATION of state affairs and endorse
his watchfulness of the peoples interest.