The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-03
HULL PULLED OUT OF RACE
And Nominated Nash on Sec
ond Ballot.
M'KiNLEY is HEARTILY ENDORSED
In First Plank of the Platform-Com-
mended for His War Record and
Modification of the Civil
Service Rules
M'KlNLEY is HEARTILY ENDORSED

Columbus, June 2.-The republican state
convention today nominated Judge George
K. Nash, the favor1te of Senator Hanna,
for governor and ex-Congressman John A
Caldwell, the favorte of George B. Cox,
for lieutenant-governor, with the other
five nominations distributed among those of
less distinct party affiliations.
What was generally called the Hanna
Cox commission controlled the majority of
the S13 delegates, but it did not exercise its
power beyond the nominations of Nash
and Caldwell. The conference which
Hanna, Cox and others attended reached
a mutually satisfactory understanding and
did not conclude until 9 a. m, an hour be-
fore the convention assembled. 1t was all
over with Daugherty and the convention
will conclude it's work without protracted
session, as had been anticipated.
Guilbert and Huffman were nominated for
second terms without opposition. When
some of the delegates raised the cry of
"Slate," Geo. b. Cox himself was the first
to break the slate by changing the eighty
six votes of Hamilton county, which he
had cast on the first and second ballots for
Judge Hull for attorney-general, to James
Sheets. Judge Hull had been generally
considered as sure winner, as he had been
slated. In this case the antitrust as
well as the anti-slate element cut quite
figure.
Hull " ent Over to Nash
Judge Hull had been a candidate for gov
ernor, and when he withdrew after the
first ballot it was generally known among
> the delegates what his withdrawal meant,
and Dresentlv his s1nnort went to Sh on
the second ballot. In addition to the at
tempt, the field combined against the
slate. There was opposition to the plan of
anyone being a candidate for two places on
the ticket and Judge Hull was again de-
feated after very hard fight which oc-
cupied more time than any other business
in the six hours that the convention was in
session.
The only other place In which the slate
was broken was in the nomination for su-
preme Judge The incumbent, Judge Brad
bury, was a candidate for third term,
and he was opposed on that ground as well
as on the cry of slate
Outside of the unusually animated con-
tests for the nominations the feature of
the convention was its universal indorse-
ment of President Mckinley When the
plank in the platform "Commending the
president for the judicious notifications of
the civil service rules, recently promul-
gate were read there was very enthu-
siastic demonstration.
The ticket nominated was follows:
Governor-George K. NASH of Franklin
-Governor-John A. Caldwell
of Hamilton.
Supreme Judge-W q. Davis, of Marion
Auditor-Walter D. Guilbert, of Noble.
Treasurer-Isaac B. Cameron, of Colum-
biana
Attorney General-James NJ. Sheets, of
Putnam.
Member of the board of Public Works
Frank A. Huffman, of Vanwert.
The Platform Adopted
The following platform was adopted:
1.-The republican party of Ohio reaffirms
the principles declared by the St. Louis
platform.
1--WE earnestly endorse the great admin
istration of William Mckinley. 1t is dis
tinguished to a remarkable degree In the
history of national administrations. Under
the last democratic administration, and as
result of democratic policy, our indus
tries were destroyed, capital and labor were
unemployed, the poor suffered never
before in our history, agricultural products
could not be sold. because consumers could
not earn money with which to buy. and
every branch of trade felt the biightng
influence of the democratic tariff reform
hard times; the treasury of the United
States was depleted, and the gold reserve
money to pay current expenses, increasing
the public debt In times of peace by hun
dreds of millions of dollars.
1.-THE democratic para proposed to the
people as a remedy Or all these demo-
cratic ills a deprecated and dishonest cur
rency, which intensified every evil.
During all that period of depression
the republican party stood fast for the
principles and policies under which Amer
lean industries had been built up and had
flourishd beyond example-the principles
and policies under which the people had
prospered and the nation grown great for
a generation; stood fast for sound and
honest currency, and in 1896 elected to the
presidency William Mckinley, the best ex-
ponent of republicanism and true Amer
lean ideas and policies, the friend of every
American industry and the wise and pa
triotic defender and advocate of honest
money.
"Under his splendid republican adminis-
tration public credit has been restored the
prosperity of the people has developed;
our commerce has grown great; our trade
domestic and foreign, has increased to a
degree never before known, and the peo-
pie are looking with confidence for greater
things to come.
Republican Administration
"The magnificent achievements of our
army and navy In the war with Spain
for the liberation of the doWntrodden and