The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-24
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
MEET IN CONVENTION TO NAME
CANDIDATES
A Platform Adopted Which Lauds the
Administration to the Skies.
Annexation Favored


State Convention which met here today in
Music Hall to nominate one candidate for
the short term for Supreme Judge. one
candidate for Superintendent OF Public In
struction and candidate for Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioner, was the largest
and most harmonious ever assembled in
Missouri. There were moro than thousand
delegates and twice as many visitors.
At 10:45 am. Chauncey I. Filiey, chair
man of the State Committee. called the con-
vention to order. He made short address.
reviewing the work done by the Republican
party in Missouri.
The convention took a recess until Z
o'clock to enable the Congressional dis
tricts to meet and select members OF the
Committees on Permanent Organization
and Order Of Business, Credentials and
Resolutions and the State Committee.
The following Is a synopsis OF the plat
form:
The Republican party of the state of Mis-
souri,, in convention assembled, congratu-
lates the nation upon the unparalleled Sue
cess of the administration of President Nc
Kinley, which has been distinguished for
wise craftsmanship and lofty patriotism in
both its domestic and foreign policy, and
for the efficient manner In which the war
has been conducted to an early and honor
able conclusion. And we hereby express
our approval of the terms of the protocol
imposed by the president between this
country and Spain as necessary conditions
precedent as to the suspension Of hostilities.
We extend our thanks to the American
army and navy for their noble sacrifice in
bah aI ~ hot
achievements in the Spanish-American war.
We reaffrm our faith in the declaration of
principles of the Republican party of 1896.
We are In favor of increasing our navy to a
size commensurate with our expanding
commerce and with the magnitude of the
interests of this republic which need pro-
lection. We favor an adequate system of
harbor and seacoast defenses and the
maintenance of regular and thoroughly
equipped army, sufficient In size, adeuua tely
to insure the defense of the nation at all
times.
We are in favor of the completion and
control of the Nicaragua canal by the
United States as a necessary measure for
the protection and extension of American
commerce and the perfection of our no.
tional defense. We reassert the Monroe
doctrine in its full extent as a principle
of our party, and we believe that the
United States should stand aloof from in
reference with the affairs and disputes Of
European powers when American inter-
ests are not involved; but we assert that the
Monroe doctrine does not compel our gov
eminent to abandon or to return to the
tyranny of Spanish rule any of the helpless
peoples who have by force of circums ia noes
in the conquest of the Spanish-Amerlcan
war been placed under our protecting care.
and we further assert that the Monroe doc
trine does not forbid the enlargement. AMI
extension Of American territory or the pro.
lection of American interests In the eastern
as well as the western, hemisphere and
especially In the Pacific ocean, where our
great coast line and the requirements of the
commercial development of our western
states establish paramount results Ind i'm
pose on our government corresponding du-
ties, and we therefore approve of the an
nexation Of the Hawaiian islands, and we
favor the acquisition and ownership of ad-
ditional naval stations and ports suffi-
Client to afford ample protection to our
rightful and naturally growing commerce
with Asia and other countries of the far
west. We believe in the upbuilding of the
American merchant marine, and we favor
such legislation by congress as will accom-
plish that end.