The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-25
GRIFFITHS LEADS.
Among Republican Candidates
For Governor of Indiana.
Platform Endorses Administra-
tiOn of Mckinley.
DODGED PORTO RICO.
Promised Reference to Tariff
Bill Is Omitted.
Trusts Made Objects OF Mild
Condemnation.

Indianapolis, April 25.-The best of
feeling seems to prevail among the dele
gates to the Republican state convention
and from outward appearances the con-
vention promises to be harmonious.
The sole topic of conversation in the
hotel corriuors today was the nomina-
ton for governor upon which interest
apparently centers. Little is said re-
garding the platform, although it will
come before the convention at the open
ing session this afternoon and the NOM
nations are on the programme for to-
| morrow. Frank L. Littleton, former
| speaker of the house said today:
From present indications it seems to
me that Mr.. Griffiths will secure the
nomination.
The morning was devoted to district
meetings.
Live an avalanche the horde of dele
! gates to the Republican state conven-
| tion swepl into Tomlinson hall at
| o'clock this afternoon, and for a time
| there was pandemonium of enthusiasm
| When Chairman Hernley of the Repub-
| lican state central committee finally
succeeded in securing order he convened
the meeting with a brief speech. After
| the report of the committee on tempo
rary organization had been adopted,
Temporary Chairman Hanley was intro
| duced. Mr.. Hanley said:
| HANLEY'S SPEECH
| Charged with administering the gov
| ernment during one of the most trying
| periods in the nations history, the ad-
| ministration at Washington submits to
| the loyal people of the country the rec
| ord of the last three years without
| hesitation or fear, confident that it will
receive their approving judgment at
| the polls in November. Through the
! efforts of President Mckinley and the
| work of a Republican congress we are
living today under a new dispenSation.
| The horrid nightmare of a Democratic
administration has passed away, and
| we stand again in the broad sunlight
of a better day. During the last year
we have surpassed the red letter year
of 1892, and have set new milestone
upon the pathway of American prosper
ity and progress
| Happy indeed are the conditions
undePswhich We are assembled The oc-
casion Is pregnant with -hspe ard pur-
pose. 1t stirs to life glorious memories
| of splendid past and inspires within us
a just hope of a yet more glorious and
resplendent future.
The administration at Washington
has kept faith with the people Of the
republic Performance has not Jagged
behind, but on the contrary, has swiftly
followed the heels of promise. Sur
rounded constantly by new and strange
= | difficulties, confronted day by day with
problems complex and grave, moving
: hourly amidst events of vast and far
reaching import, the president and con-
gress have calmly and steadily pursued
the highway of craftsmanship, and
! amid II all nave 1Oun0 time TO give 10
! the platform pledges of 1886 the vitality
, of public law"
AN unsound currency, or a financial
l standard of questionable value comes
near being the root of all commercial
evils. For this reason one of the high
! est duties devolved upon the president
and congress was the adoption of g
sound and stable monetary system, the
5 creation of a standard which would be
! the same when contracts matured a.
when they were made. This the admin
istration has done by the enactment O
law, the provisions of which establish
the single gold standard and commit
f the country to its maintenance. BY thi:
t act we have written a new and brillian
: chapter in the history of the Republi
d can party and have minimized the evi
effects of another free silver campaign
7 upon the business interests of the coun
e try.
''The Republican party, conscious o
4 | it's duties in the premises, is SeIiOuSl.
r considering whether we ought not t.
d choose Capitalization OF governmental
{ authority rather than submit to tn
2 abuse and perils incident to centralize'
= Industrial and commercial power. mi
a means a constitutional amendment Civ
= ing to congress full power to deal will
q the entire trust question. AS it is neithe
}. the federal government nor that o. tn
# individual case has adequate authorit-
to legiSlate upon the subject This Ques
e tion is being considered with the fair
- ness, candor and patriotism which hav
> Republican party.
y by war and by treaty we have ac
: quired territory in the islands of tn
', sea. It is now too late to discuss tn
n n propriety of expansion. We have al
= ready expanded. The opportunity of tn
le anti-expansionist is past. He has ha
r his day in court and can not now b
le heard. 1t will be useless for the Kan
e Sas City convention to ask the America
p people for an injunction. They will nc
le undertake to enjoin an act that is a.
- - ready cOnsummated. We will not aban
n don the solution of the problem, becaus
j. It is difficult, nor will we refuse to bea
= our share of the White mans burdel
1T because it is heavy. The people of III
of republic can be trusted. We will Civ
D to the several peoples of those island
G the most liberal forms of governmer
"a suitable to their condition and consist
is ent with their Intelligence. They sha
at not be treated as mendicants, nor g
De helpless wards of an 1ndulgent guardlal
is They shall not be the victims of impel
b. ialism nor shall they be the independeI
Ie subjects of paternalism. On the COZ
40 trary they shall be taught the price
n liberty by being required to bear sue
an portion of the burden of their own gov
ernment as their resources shall fairl
and justly warrant.
ds Members of the Republican part
p may often differ upon the details of les
= | islation affecting this question but VI
Re ! on the great fundamental principle
-ic | which underlie it all-never-upon thes
n our heart and our mind are one. Oh
he of the discussion occasioned by the
n differences upon the Porto Rican meas
e De ure there finally came the calm cor
- servative patriotic and just judgrnel
m of the majority, which is now the Lax
It. The moment it became the law. diffe
n ences ended and the Democrat WI
consoles himself with the belief tn;
q this act of the administration will NJ
iiS have the endorsement of Indiana P
publicans does not know US. Let hi
stand still and watch until the ides j