The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28
MICHIGAN IN A DEADLOCK.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
GETS INTO TANGLE.
Six Candidates for Governor Are I'm
the Field, with ID. N. Ferry, the
seedman, Leading All the Others
Bliss Supporters Are Confident.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. June 27.-Ths
Republican state convention settled down
TO business this afternoon, and began ball
loting for governor at $50 o'clock this
evening, and at 10 o'clock tonight. as 1t
became apparent that the convention was
in deadlock. an adjournment was or
dered until tomorrow. Six delegates were
placed in nomination, these being: Aaron
T. Bliss, of Saginaw; Dexter NJ. Ferry.
of Detroit: Justus S. Stearns, OF Luding-
ton: Charles e. s. Osborne, of Sault Ste
Marie: James o'Donnell. of Jackson. and
Milo d. Campbell. OF Coldwater.
Ferry was In the lead on the last ballot.
having 2s4 votes, the number required 20
nominate being 42i. The committee on
resolutions has completed the platform,
which will be presented tomorrow. The
platform commends the administration of
President Mckinley; indorses the curren-
cy bin passed by congress. and the plat
form Of the Philadelphia convention; de-
clares renewed allegiance to the gold
standard, and expresses sympathy with
the South African republics. hoping that
peace may be speedily secured Upon the
question of trusts the platform says:
I'VE place our stamp OF disapproval
upon all combinations OF capital tending
to restrict competition in business. to Gre
ate monopolies. TO limit production or to
control prices, and we favor legislation
to that end"
Bliss workers were undeniabiy the most
confident people among the delegates.
convention assembled at IL O'clock today.
Those engaged in pushing the guberna-
toriai candidacy of the Saginaw colonel
seemed not only, to have held their. dele
gates together; but IL was conceded that
their strategy In making combinations
had proved more clever than the large
and influential following OF d. NJ. Fern,
from Lansing and many WESTERN Mich
igan towns. TO boom the candidacy OF
Secretary of State Stearns. 1t seems I'm
probable that nominations will be reached
days and perhaps longer. The convention
was called to order by Gerritt j, Diekma,
of Holland, chairman of the state central
committee Hon. Daniel p Marley. of
Port Huron. was introduced as the tenn
porary chairman.
1T win be found that the financial leg
1900, is the browning glory of McKinley's
administration. he said. The world now
knows that every dollar issued by our
government is just as good as a gold dol
lar. A Democratic-Populist victory this
fall would be a calamity because 1t would
be n threat against our currency, TO be
carried into effect at the first opportunity
The attack on this line would be largely
more dangerous.
There is no problem before the people
for solution that needs the attention of
the Republican party more than trusts.
1t is question upon which oil people are
agreed, and all political parties should
be agreed. Only the demagogue will at
tempt to say that 1t is n party question.
We must meet the demagogue and DEM
onstrate even to him that as party. we
have no sympathy with any institution
that would either enslave or rob the peo-
pie, but that on the other hand so far as
in our power lies, we will by statute and
constitutional amendment, II the power
is given, regulate and control those COM
binations in the interest OF all the peo-
pie"