Evening journal., 1898-09-28

should not go along the line Of the
canal.
on the ballot Mr. Davies received TAI
votes and Dir. Kellogg 229, and Mr.. Da-
vies' nomination was made unanimous
For state engineer Senator Brown OF
Jefferson named Edward A. Bond Of
Jefferson, and he was nominated By ac-
clamation.
The usual committee to notify the
candidates of their election and to al
low the state committee to I'll vacan-
cies were named.
The committee to notify Colonel
Roosevelt Of his nomination consists Of
Thomas c. Platt, John r. Hazel. l.. N
Littauer, James A. Roberts, c. M. De-
pew Edward Lauterbach, Francis Hen
bricks, c. V. Collins, John T. Mott Ho-
bart Krums and George Malby.
The following committee was appoint
ed to be an advisory board for the state
committees:
Thomas c. Plat, Chauncey NJ. De-
pew. Frank Hiscock. Edward Lauter-
bach and Frank S. Witherbee.
The old eagle emblem was readopted
for the party.
This resolution was adopted:
Whereas, Under the constitution no
state officers are to be elected by the
people in 1897 therefore,
Resolved, That the Republican state
committee Is authorized to ill all VC-
cancies that may occur in any Office"
The convention at 1857 adjourned
sine die
Following is the new Republican state
committee as far as completed:
First district, Richard Higbie, Baby
lon; Second. William G. Wallace; Third
Michael ]. Dady Brooklyn; Fifth. John
G. Drubert. Brooklyn: Seventh, Hugh
McRoberts. Tompkinsville; Eighth, Cor
nellus Van Colt; Ninth, John Stiebling
New York; Tenth, Clarence w. Meade,
New York; Eleventh. George billiard
New York; Twelfth. Charles A. Hess,
New York; Fourteenth, j. Reisenweiber,
New York; Fifteenth. Frank Raymond,
New York; Sixteenth, w. IL. Ten Eyck,
New York; Seventeenth, b. b. Odell;
Eighteenth, G.. ID. b. Hasbrouck King
ston; Nineteenth, l.. +. Payn, Chatham;
Twentieth, William Barnes, Jr., Alba
ny; Twenty-first, J. Leroy Jacobs. Cal
70; Twenty second, W. w. Worden,
Saratoga; Twenty-third, T. j. Eldredge,
North Creek; Twenty-fourth, ]. T..
Mott Oswego; Twenty-nfth, Thomas
Wheeler, Utica Twenty-sixth, George
w. Dunn. Binghamton; Twenty-sev-
enth, Francis Hendricks, Syracuse;
Twenty-eighth. b. II. Davis Palmyre;
Twenty-ninth, j. Il. Packhurst, Bath;
Thirtieth, Irving l.. Hommedien. Or
leans; Thirty-nrst. c. w. Aldridge,
Rochester; Thirty ]. r. Hazel,
Buffalo; Thirty-thlrd, ]. A. Roberts.
Buffalo; Thirty-fourth, w. J. Glenn,
Cuba.
John S. Kenyon. who has been secre-
tary Of the state committee for many
years and who is now secretary of the
state railroad commission, resigned his
position with the state committee and
Reuben L. Fox, who has been chief
clerk Of the committee for a long peri
cd, was promoted to the secretaryship.
Benjamin b. Odell, Jr. was reelected
chairman of the committee.
The following is the platform of the
Republican party az submitted to and
adopted by the convention:
The Republicans of New York In con-
vention assembled congratulate the
country upon the conclusion Of the war
with Spain. 1t was not undertaken for
conquest, but for the sacred cause Of
humanity and for the just protection Of
American interests. 1t has resulted in
the complete triumph Of American arms
on land and sea, and we meet with res
dilute faith all the responsibilities which
our victories impose.
We congratulate the country upon
the patriotic wisdom, the patient cour-
age and the broad humanity which dis
tinguished the conduct Of President Nc
Kinley during the critical periods of
diplomatic negotiation and battle and
which now guide him in the restoration
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every party fought and won under his
command. All lingering sectionalisIn
was burned out In the heat of battle,
and today, with the war ended and
peace assured, all our people give honor
and praise TO the president who so
bravely and so wisely enforced the ma
tional will and upheld the national
arms.
We congratulate our army and navy
upon the splendid victories of the war,
and we welcome home our brave SOL
diers and sailors, who by their courage
and sacrifices have added a new dignity
to American citizenship and given new
power and meaning to our flag.
We have abiding confidence that the
president win conclude this peace upon
terms that will satisfy the conscience.
the judgment and the high purpose Of
the American people. We realize that
when the necessities of war compelled
our nation 20 destroy Spanish authority
I'm the Antilles and in the Philippines
we assumed SOLEMN duties and obliga-
tions alike to the people Of the islands
we conquered and to the civilized
world. We cannot turn these islands
back to Spain. We cannot leave them,
unarmed for defense and untried in
statecraft. to the horrors Of domestic
strife or TO partition among European
powers. We have assumed the respon-
sibilities Of victory, and wherever our
flag has gone there the liberty, the hui
manity and the civilization which that
flag embodies and represents must re-
main and abide forever. The Republic
an party has been the party Of brave
conservatism, Of wise progress and of
triumphant faith in the nationality of
this people. and we know that the pres
ident and statesmen and voters of the
Republican party will meet these is
sues Of the future as bravely and trl-
umphantly as we have met the issues OF
the past.
We commend the annexation OF Ha-
wall In the interest Of commerce. of ma