The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-16

l paper and silver dollar and every ob ! ligation for the payment of money, shall be redeemable in gold; and such changes in our present monetary sys- tenn as will furnish ample credit facili- ties for conducting business in all parts of the country, by the retirement of government notes and the issue of bank notes so secured as to insure their re- demption in gold of the present stand ard of fineness.
 TO the accomplishment of this result 1t cordially asks the cooperation and support of all gold democrats and pa triotic Americans and earnestly invites them to unite in the support of it's plat form and ticket.
 | It pledges itself to maintain the prin- ciphe of protection to American labor, and American industry, with reciproci ty, and favors such alterations in ex- isting tariff and revenue laws as the changed conditions growing out of the Spanish war may require, and those which may be found necessary from time to time, and it favors the most | stringent legislative prohibitions against cheap pauper emigration, pro- tecting to the fullest extent the Amer ican wage-earner against imported cheap labor.
 It believes in making our navy large enough to command the respect of all nations and adequate to the protection of all our interests in every part of the world, and 1t favors such an increase in first-class vessels of war and equipment as will enable the government to fully protect our country's interests in every quarter of the globe.
 It demands system of seacoast and harbor defenses commensurate with our interests and amply sufficient to protect us from successful hostile attacks, and sufficient increase of the regular army to man at all times these defenses in case of foreign war.
 It declares that the completion of the | Nicaragua canal had become absolutely indispensable for the extension and pro- lection of our trade and commerce and the carrying out of an adequate system of national defense, and it therefore de- mands that the government shall take the necessary steps to complete it as soon as possible and maintain the ex- elusive control thereof.
 It approves the annexation of Ha- waii and Is in favor of acquiring and controlling such additional lands na- l val stations and harbors as will enable us at all times to give the most con- plete protection to our growing com | merce with Asia and the countries of the far east
 It reaff1rms it's position in favor of up- building the American merchant ma rine, and demands such legislation by congress as will accomplish that end.
 The committee on finance in the re- publican legislature of 1895 recommend ed economy in all state expenditures and asserted it's belief that hundreds of | thousands of dollars might be saved by the pruning of state appropriations without detriment to any of its institu- tions Accordingly, the republican gen. eral assembly of 1897, in the line of this | suggestion, created a committee to make such investigation, whose report will be presented to the next general assembly, and the republican party therefore pledges itself, in the light of that report, to adopt such legislative enactments as will insure the most eco- nomical administration of all depart I ments of the state government, and such curtailment of state expenses as can be accomplished without detriment to the state and without impairing the efficiency of it's institutions.
 I It pledges itself to favor such legisla- ton as will reform and improve the or ganization of the Connecticut National Guard and provide it with the latest and best arms and equipment.
 It cordially endorses the administra- tion of state affairs by Governor Cooke and the state officers associated with him in the government of the state, and in the control of its offices and institu- tions, for the able manner with which it has been conducted, and extends it's thanks to him and to them for the economy, which has been shown to be practicable, as indicated by the &C., counts of the various departments, demonstrating prudent and economical management without detriment to any of the institutions of the state.
 We commend the Hon. George E. Lounsbury and his associates on the state ticket, nominees of this conven- tion, to the suffrages of our electors as men who will faithfully and efficiently serve the interests of our state, sustain the principles of the republican party as herein enunciated and fill with cred- it and with honor the high offices for which they have been nominated
 After the platform had been read and adopted Chairman Hill announced that nominations for governor were in or der. Hon. John H. Light of South Nor walk named Hon. George E. Louns- bury Mir. Lights speech was as fol- | lows:
 NIT. Lights Speech.
 MT. Chairman; Gentlemen of the Con-
 vention:
 It is grand to live in the evening of the nineteenth century in the full flow CT and glory of republican principles, and to feel the true majesty and power | of the American people.
 It is grand to be a member of the party which has led this people in mag | nificent steps from the old to the new.
 It is grand to know that the story of | the "good Samaritan" has been incor- | porated into our national life.
 It is grand to be citizen of the old | Commonwealth of Connecticut and to ] feel pride in her history and achieve | ments She had the first written con- stitution known to the world. and on her soil democracy found it's first voice. l Her system of government was grafted