The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-06-30
GOV. BUSHNELL

mo convention was called 10 order
in the elaborately decorated Armory
&hor4y after p. m. All the $500
sseAs were occupied As Congressman
0rosvenor, ex-Secretary Charles Fos-
-, Gov. BushDell, Senator Hanna and
Other leaders entered the hall thoy
wsrs given ovationA After music,
rraVsr wss offered by Rev. j. W. HUI,
a Foatoria- II. P. Grouse, chairman OF
SA0 statc central committee, before an
nosncanR the temporary officers Of tho
ounRcotbOn, reviewed the republican
tlUnphs in Ohio since 1893 and then
tAkrod1eed c. II. Grosvenov % the tom
PENry chairman Of the convention.
On 0rosvenor ssid he did not come 70 sound
. 'keVuotA" The St. Louis platform was the
hAU0Oso Of the party He said that the plat
AlEn bad not promised prosperity until Q
eD1ndat1en therefor had been laid, and that
fDundaaon would be found In the passage Of
prosective tariff bill He said that prosperi-
q - coming, and could not be sidetracked
On Ghe Cuban question he declared that Presi-
ona4 Mckinley would not fail TO respond 70 the
GI5 a the sufferers on the island, but that the
president would not plunge the country into
WI until an the arts Of diplomacy had failed
70 vfndioate the nations honor Mr.. Grosvenor
doisrcd IN vehement utterances against the
nAlse cry Of civil service reform, and said that
ell republicans were disgusted with Its work.
fngS He said that the coming democratic
state convention would declare for the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver at IS TO and proph-
esied that with IN Endorsement Of the Chicago
platform by the democrats they would be de-
fsated at the polls in November.
When the congressional districts
were called, it was announced that
there were contests in the Fourth and
Eighth districts, so that the state COM
mitteemen from those districts could
not be named until after the report on
credentials was adopted. The conven-
ton then adjourned until to-day.
Toledo, O., June 24-With the con-
test for the craftsmanship settled 80
decisively Tuesday in favor of Maj.
Dick and the entire Hanna slate, the
republican state convention proceeded
promptly at 10 a.. IN. yesterday with
the usual business. The report on
credentials was adopted without oppo-
Gition as it made no material difference
in the control of the convention which
VIVA overwhelmingly with Senator
Hanna The temporary organization
with Gen. C. II. Grosvenor in the chair,
Yves made the permanent organization
and the reports Of other committees
were readily disposed Of
When nominations for governor were
called for W. l. Weaver, of Springfield,
named Gov. Asa s. Bushnell for re-
nomination His speech, which was
leSdetory, was received with applause,
and ct l1:05 o'clock Bushnell was nomi-
natOd by exclamation. When the ap-
plsuse which greeted the nomination
had subsidized. Gov. Bushnell made a
hrief speech of thankA
The other nominations were then
made a. follows:
Lieutenant Governor-A. w. Jones
Supreme Judge-Jacob +. Burkett
Attorney General-Frank Monnett
6tate Treasurer-Samuel Campbell.
School Commissioner-LL D. Bone
brake.
Member Of Board of Public Works
@ 4 Goddard
Lieut. Gov. Jones and Attorney Gen.
Gal Monnett also addressed the con-
vsuticn In accepting their respective
nozninstionA
The convention adjourned Il 1880 p
N Immediately after the adjourn
want the NEW state central committee
oeghnised with Harry N. Daugherty