The record-union., 1899-06-03
Receives the Nomination on the
Second Ballot.
The Convention Harmonious and
Concludes It's Work Without
Amy Such Protracted Session as
Had Been Anticipated - A
Strong Platform Adopted.

Had Been Anticipated - A
Strong Platform Adopted.
COLUMBUS, June 2.-The State
ticket:
GOVERNOR, GEORGE K NASH of
Franklin.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JOHN
A. CALDWELL of Hamilton.
SUPREME JUDGE, w. 2. DAVIS Of
Marion.
q AUDITOR, WALTER D. GUILBERT
OF Noble.
TREASURER, ISAAC B. CAMERON
of Columbiana.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, JAMES M.
SHEETS of Putnam.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS. FRANK A. HOFF-
MAN of Van Vert.
The Republican State Convention to-
day nominated George K. Nash, the
favorite of Senator Hanna, for Gov
ernor, and ex-Congressman John A.
Caldwell, the favorite of George B. Cox,
for Lieutenant Governor, with the other
five nominations distributed among
those OF less distinct party affiliation-
What was generally called the
Hanna-Cox combination controlled a
large majority of the S13 delegates. but
it did not exercise it's power beyond the
nominations of Nash and Caldwell.
The conference at which Senator
Hanna, Mr.. Cox and others reached a
understanding did not conclude until
a. m. 1t was all over then with Mr..
Daugherty and other candidates, and
itswas known that the convention
would conclude it's work without any
such protracted session, as had been
anticipated.
Guilbert and Huffman were nomi-
mated for second terms without opposi-
ton When some of the delegates raised
the cry of Slate" George B. Cox him
self was the first to break the slate
by changing the Sc votes of Hamilton,
which he had cast on the first and sec
ond ballots for Judge Hull for Attorney
General, to James NJ. 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 a fig
ure. The change of votes caused a
stampede, and the rules were suspended
and Sheets was nominated by acclama-
tiCn before the call of the counties was
completed
This was the first break in the So
called Hanna-Cox slate, and it caused
the convention to go wild.
The cries of third term and of
slate" We're set up against Judge
Bradbury for Supreme Judge, and on
the third ballot w. z. Davis was nomi-
mated.
Isaac b. Cameron. the successful con-
testant for Treasurer, was generally
credited with being on the slate, and
he secured the Hanna Cox vote.
When the plank commencing the
President for the judicious modification
of the civil service rules, recently pro-
mulgated," was read, there was very
enthusiastic demonstration.
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS
THE AUDITORIUM, COLUMBUS
(O), June loving to midnight con-
ferences of leaders, the Republican
State Convention did not come to OK
der until 1920 to-day The hall seats
5000, but SO many tickets were given
out that seat holders could not secure
standing room. While the band dis
coursed, from the galleries there were
wild demonstrations as leaders came
into the hall.
The reports of the Committees on
Rules and Order of Business and Per-
manent Organization We're adopted.
Chairman Kerr returned thanks for
the Endorsement in making the tempo
rary organization permanent, and pro-
ceeded to call for the report on ere
dentials-
The report of this committee seating
the Cox delegates from Hamilton
County, the Holcomb delegates from
Cuyahoga, the Nash delegates from
Franklin and others, as previously re-
ported, was adopted without opposi-
ton.
The following platform was adopted:
THE Republican party of Ohio reaf
firms the principles declared by the st.
Louis platform.
I'VE earnestly indorse the great ad-
ministration of President Mckinley 1t
is distinguished to a remarkable degree
in the history of national administra-
TONS Under the last Democratic adj
ministration, and as a result of the
Democratic principles and policy our
industries were destroyed, capital and
labor We're unemployed, the poor suf-
1CiOd as itNCl DSiolS III Jul iiiStCIy,
agricultural products could not be sold
because consumers could not earn
money with which to buy, and every
branch of trade felt the blighting infiu-
ence of the Democratic tariff reform
hard times; the treasury of the United
States was depleted and the gold re-
serve disappeared The Government
borrowed money to pay current ex-
penses, increasing the public debt III
time of peace by hundreds of millions
of dollars.
The Democratic party proposed to
the people as a remedy for all these
Democratic ills a deprecated and dis
honest currency, which intensified
every evil.
During all that period of depression
and distress the Republican party stood
fast for the principles and policies I'M
der which American industries had
been built up and f1ourished beyond ,ex-
ample-the principles and policies I'M
der which the people had prospereo
and the nation had grown great for q
reneration stood fast for a sound anc
honest currency, and in 1896 elected te
the Presidency William Mckinley, tas
beet exponent of Republicandsm ant