The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-22
Republican Boss Owns the Ohio
State Convention.
GROSvENOR'S key NOTE"
NONE BUT HANNAITES' ARE
GOOD CITIZENS.
Mouthpiece of the Administration
VIII Not Fraternize With Any
Man Who Is Not a ''Loyal Repub-
lican"-McKinley Will Not With
draw the American Flag.

Columbus, O., June 21.-The Republi
can state convention today was almos
free from the factienal lighting of for
msr years. The national adminstra
ton" Republicans were so strong thai
the opposition to them was not fell
anywhere OF the four congressional
districts in which there were contests
that of the Twenty-first district. IL
which the delegation of Mayor McKls-
son of Cleveland figured, was the only
one OF any proportions. Inc Mchlssor
contest kept the committee on creoen-
tials in session all night. All the other
COW ests were decided against the al
ready very small minority. The new
state committee did not organize
awaiting the report on credentials, but
it is understood that Cyrus Huling Will
be chairman of the central committee
and Harry VI. Daugherty chairman OF
the executive committee, both close
friends of Senator Hanna. There are
differences of opinion in the committee
on resolutions as to the declarations on
the state administration and the boiling
Republicans in the legislature, and
these resolutions may be ignored to-
morrow.
OOfGIHOT buSDISit OCCQP1Sd d OoOh
seat on the platform today, and many
of the strongest Hanna men object to
any resolutions regarding his admin
istration or on the action Of the bolt
ing Republicans in the legislature.
When Hon. H. N. Daugherty called
the convention to order at 4 p. m, the
only disturbance was that in the sec
ton of the hall assigned to the Twen-
ty-first congressional district The
Hanna delegates got in early, through
the Indulgence OF an assistant sergeant
alarms, and pre-empted the seats.
The other delegates crowded into the
same seats, and both delegations partl-
cipated, but Chairman Grosvenor put
everything through in viva voce voting,
so that there was no collision.
Chairman Daugherty, in opening the
convention, strongly endorsed the war
against Spain and the presidents pol
icy, and had read letter from Senator
Hanna, who expressed regret at being
unable to accept the invitation to pre-
side over the convention, as he believed
he was better serving his party by re-
manning at his post in Washington.
Congressman GroSVenor was tempo
rary chairman and later became the
permanent presiding officer, the tempo
rary organization having been made
permanent.
GROSVENOR'S BLAST.
On being introduced as temporary
chairman, Congressman Grosvenor at
once entered upon a review of the rec
ord Of the present national administra-
ton. He praised President Mckinley
for having resisted the great pressure
to rush the nation into war with
Spain before any preparation could be
made for carrying on the war. Incident
ally he denounced the element in con-
gresS that had so perSistently demand
ed war during the earlier stages of the
trouble and which had since opposed
the efforts of the administration to raise
the necessary funds to carry on the
campaign.
Referring to the policy of the admin
istration in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines, Mr.. GrosVenor said
in part; -, .,,-
questions; new questions of national
policy One of them relates to the
question of whether or not we will take
hold and fOrtify ana eternally, with the
blessing of God, defend the Hawaiian
islands as part of the arritory of the
United States.
1T will be the policy of the admins
tration to plant the flag Of the United
States in Hawaii; to occupy it and to
fortify it and make 1t d part of the
territory Of the United States, and
when the war is over we will then set
tie the question of what sort of gov
crnment we will have over there. en-
thusiasic cheers.)
''Momentous issues are before us.
Great questions of politics, growing out
of the capture as I believe we shall
capture-foreign territory; questions
that will be new in American politics;
questions that will challenge the states
manship of the hour; questions that can
be settled better by the party that made
Mckinley president, than by any other
party that can be formed in the
United States Let us wait. 1t is not
important TO settle the status of the
Philippine islands now 1t is not i'm
portant to settle the character of the
government, the stable government
which we promise to Cuba. 1t is not
proper Just now to settle the status of
Porto Rico, for we have not got soldiers
On the soil of Porto Rico, but when the
time comes, you know and l know and
all The world knows that William Nc
Kinley, backed and supported by the
Republicans of this country, will settle |
all these questions periodically, wisely |
and from the standpoint of American |
progress in the career that God has
marked for US IN the world. Gap |
plause.)
1T make no representation except |
this: I doubt much whether you and (
I viii live to see the day when, by the |
order Of a Republican administration, |
and surely not by the order of McKin- |
leys administration, the starry banner |
Of your country's glory shall be pulled |
down from any Flagstaff where con- |
quests Of arms has placed it." Great !
applause.)
OHIO SITUATION.
Continuing, Mr.. Grosvenor touched |
upon the situation in Ohio, in the fol-
lowing words:
In the light OF these mighty sur
roundings. the glories OF your country
in contrast with the other countries of
the world, the pressing duty of the cit
izen1 Of the country to stand by the
of the government. how
how small is the factional
fight that singles out men to punish for
some supposed political error of theirs
lApplause.) How contemplate is the
greedy rush OF political power and
domination when the ultimate wish
and hope of every American citizen is
that the result in Ohio shall be to
strengthen and uphold the loyalty and
patriotism OF the American people.
lApplause.)
L am ready TO bury anything that
happened in the past if the man who
vas guilty of some wrong at the time
viii be an honest Republican today.
.Cheering.) ] am not willing TO frater-