The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-28

its principles, is the leading spirit for the
! protection of American industries For
/ this year, for this crisis. for the voters OF
/ the Empire state, for the young men OF
/ the country and the upward ana onward
of candidates is the hero of Santiago, the
idol of the rough riders-Colonel Theodore
When Mr.. Depew had reached the
| point in his speech where he alluded to
/ the effect of Mauser bullets two or more
] men rushed down the aisle bearing a
/ big portrait of Roosevelt in rough
! rider uniform. There was three
/ minute interruption, and the picture
! was taken to the stage and set up
/ Mr.. Depew closed amid applause that
was almost a pandemonium.
Elihu Root, who had been substituted
| as delegate in the convention, was
/ and made a statement as to the ehg1-
/ bility of Mr.. Roosevelt to hold office
! He said Mr.. Roosevelt had always
/ voted in Oyster Bay and had merely
| removed his personal property to Wash
| ington. He had always paid
| taxes in Oyster Bay and had merely
| refused to pay taxes on property ne
| was using in " ashington and by ms
/ affidavit he merely said that he was not
a resident of New York.
When Mr.. Root read letter from Mr.
| Roosevelt to his lawyer asking for some
money and saying that he had expended
so much money that he was beyond ms
income, Mr.. Root said: Mr. Roosevelt
had expended that money to raise the
rough riders"
There was a great burst of applause,
| and then Mr.. Root closed by saying
that the documentary proof not only
showed that he had never lostGh1s resi-
! dence, but rather had paid money that
that he was not obliged to pay to re-
! tain it.
Edward Lauterbach made a personal
explanation of his connection with the
recent attack on Colonel RooseVelt's IN
eligibility.
At 7:15 Secretary Of State Palmer
moved a roll call and the motion was
adopted. Before it got through the New
York delegation it was evident that Mr..
Roosevelt had a practical wa1koVer,
and at 1886 enough votes had been cast
to nominate him.
At 7:41 the roll call was completed
and the vote was as follows:
Roosevelt 1853; Black, 21S.
The night session was not called to
order until 9:45 o'clock. The chairman
announced that the platform was ready
and General WOodford took the plat
form and read the resolutions. The
reading was frequently interspersed
with applause and when finished the
platform was adopted unanimously.
The platform cOngratulates the coun-
try upon the conclusion of the war with
Spain, and praises the patriotic Wis
dom, the patient courage and the broad
humanity which distinguished the con-
duct of President Mckinley during the
critical periods of diplomatic negotia-
lions and battle, and which now SuloS
him in the restoration of peace.
Citizens of every state and every
party fought and won under his COM
mand,' the resolutions continue, and
lingering sectionalism was burned out
in the heat of battle"
After praising the splendid heroism
of the army and navy, the platform
continues:
I've have abiding confidence that the
president will conclude this peace upon
terms that will satisfy the conscience; the
country. We realize that when the ne
cessities of war compelled our na[o 4i11e 70
destroy Spanish authority IN the AnIllIeS
and in the Philippines we assumed solemn
duties and obligations, aIlAe t9 the peoPle
of the island we conquered ana 10 the CIV
ilized world We cannot turn these Isl
them. unarmed for defense and untried in
statecraft, to the horrors OF dOmeStlc
mowers We have assumed the response
bility of victory. and wherever our flag
and the civilization which that flag en-
bodies and represents must remain ana
been the party of brave conservatism and
of triumphant faith in the nationality or
dent and statesmen and voters Of the Re
publican party will meet these issues as
fhe ISSUES ano Of THEN the pa ls''S % We nave
I'VE commend the annexation of Hawaii
in the interests of commerce, of national
security and national development.
I'VE renew our allegiance to the doc
trines of the St. Louis platform. We
cTafic Dolicies declared at Chicago. The
organized Democratic party of the nation
adReres to these policies Of free silver and
free trade and denies the right of the
courts and of the government to protect
persons and property from violence
to elect, not only our state officers, but
also representatives in congress and MEM
bers of our state legislature. That legis-
lature in it's turn will elect a United
States senator to succeed the present
Democratic senator from this state DEM
ocratic leaders declare they will conduct
this campaign upon state issues alone.
party secures the state legislature it will
re-elect to the United States senate that
Democrat who now represents ms party
there and misrepresents the state. That
senator supported the cause of free silver,
SUPPORTED the nloHIinees OF Ine Chlc cTg
heresieS of the Chicago platform, and
must, if reelected, continue to support
deceive the people by ignoring the an
archistic doctrine of that instrument in
congress and their senator, If they should
succeed in re-electing him, cannot and will
I'VE are ready to meet the Democrats
in all state issues, but in a larger sense
The election of Republican members of
congress and of a Republican state legis-
stand for the maintenance of the gold
standard and for such a revision of the
Dor of the country that every paper prom
Use to pay a dollar issued under the au-
thority of the United States shall be of
absolute and equal value with a gold dol
lar always and everywhere.
pledges we made at St. Louis
I'm the interests of American labor and
commerce, we believe that American pro-
ducts should be carried in American ships,
and we favor the upholding Of American
share in the carrying trade of the world
in time of peace and constitute an effect
i've naval militia in time of war"
The platform commends the administra-
ton of Governor Black. the work of the
legislature. and then deals with purely
state issues.
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