The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-01
FOR GOLD AND ANNEXATION
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS.
Agitation of the Silver Question
"Tends to Debauch The Public
Morals"-Eustis For Jvernor.

| st. Paul. Mimi, June S0.-The Repub-
lican state convention today nominated
the following ticket:
Governor-W. H. Eustis of Minneapolis.
Lieutenant Governor-Lyndon A. Smith
| of Chippewa county.
Secretary of State-Albert Berg of Chi
| cago county.
State AuditOr-Robert c. Dunn of Mile
Laos county.
State Treasurer-A- T. Koerner of
Meeker county.
Attorney General-W. B. Douglas OIL
! Clay county.
Clerk of Supreme Court-Dar S. Reese
| of Ramsey county.
Associated Justices of Supreme Court
c. L. Lewis of Duluth, c. l.. Brown of
Morris and John =. Lovely of Albert Lea.
Chairman Eli Warner of st. Paul called
the convention to order, with nearly eV-
cry one of the 1.75l delegates present:
Temporary organization faS erected
with w. Lee of Todd county as chair
man. In the afternoon the temporary
organization was made permanent
resolution endorsing Senator Davis
for reelection was adopted.
The resolutions committee not being
ready to report, the convention TOOK up
the state ticket. Captain Samuel r. Van
zant of Winona, William Henry EustiS
of HenneDin county and Judge L. VII
collins of Stearns county were placed In
nomination for governor.
The third ballot gave Eustis 800. where
591 were needed. but changes before the
vote was announced quickly brought
enough to nominate. and the st. Paul
delegation. moved to make it unanimous,
which was done with burst OF applause
of the sort invoked by William Henry
EustiS famous speech when ne almost
stampeded a national convention Tor
Blaine.
After the governor, the chief contests
were on secretary of state and attorney
general. Auditor Dunn and Treasurer
Koerner were renominated unanimously.
Two ballots were completed and third
commenced before the motion to re-
nominate Albert Berg unanimously was
made and carried. But one ballot was
needed for Attorney General Douglass, he
having nearly hundred to spare.
\ ballot was started between two can
didates for clerk OF the supreme court
but Reese's nomination was carried be-
fore the roll-calf was half finished.
ANNEXATION AND GOLD STANDARD
The war and money planks of the plat
form follow: I'VE are in favor of the i'm
mediate annexation of the Hawaiian
islands not only as an absolute necessity,
but as the fruition Of one of the noblest
aspirations of one of the long line of our
great statesmen and because such annex
alton would be of unquestionable adVant-
age to the American people.
We believe the national honor ana the
material interest O. Une sIneri"sta pe1-
pie require the maintenance of the pres
ent gold standard.
I'VE declare our unalterable opposition
to the free coinage of silver and all
schemes looking to the reputation and
debasement of our money and the re-
pudlation of debts. We condemn the con-
tinuai agitation of free silver as tending
to debarch the public morals and jeopar-
die the prosperity of the country. the
highest interests of which demand at all
times sound and stable financial systems.
We desire to especially commend the
wisdom and patriotism of the present adj
ministration for the management of the
war between this country and Spain.
which
every citizen. in that it is being prose-
cuted in the interests of humanity and
for no selfish ends whatever. To the end
that objects may be speedily realized and
the war brought 10 an early termination,
we pledge all the moral and material sup
port in our power"