The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-10
THE STATE CONVENTION
THE PYLER FORCES WON AT EVERY
 POINT YESTERDAY.

Probability of a New Member of tho
 National Comm Ittee from This State
 Hon. Charles F. Brooker May Succeed
 MT. Fessenden.
 Yesterdays session of the republican state convention was called to order by Chairman John R. Buck at 1O:3O yester
 day morning in the auditorium in Hart
 ford. The first business was the pre- sentation of the report of the credentials committee by the committee chairman, Senator Kendall of Suffield The report recommended the seating of the Fyler delegates from Cornwall and Bethle- hem. Representative Kenealy of Stam- ford presented a minority report of the committee in favor of seating the Fes- senden delegates from those towns. Af- ter considerable debate the Fyler dele gates were declared seated by vote of PAT to 220.
 The report of the committee on per- manent organization, recommending that the temporary officers of the con- vention be elected permanent officers was" then adopted and vice presidents were chosen, one from each senatorial district as follows: District 1. A. P. Day; 2, c. D. Barnes; B. Thompson S. Grant; f. A. J. Muzzy; 5, w. H. Wake lee; 6, George w. Couch; :, Samuel J. Bryant; 8, w. J. Atwater; g, F. H. Knowles; 10, c. w. Smith; il, J. B. Palmer; 12, Charles w. Lounsbury; 1S, John H, Perry; If, John A. Rusing; 15, J. H. Judd; 16, w. S. Johnson; IT, Charles H. Daniels; 1s H. H. Bridge man; 19, Thomas l.. Norton; 20. J. Dem- ing Perkins; 21, Charles E. Chapman; P, Charles Frisbie; 23, J. H. Buell., "A, D. Fuller.
 Chairman F. D. Robbins of the com mittee on resolutions reported the fol- lowing platform which was adopted;
 William J. Atwater of New Haven was made vice president for the Eighth district. Lawyer Robbins read the draft of the platform at 12:4O o'clock The mention of the name of President Mckinley was received with outbursts of applause. The platform follows:
 THE PLATFORM.
 The representatives of the republican party of the state of Connecticut in convention assembled here reaffirm their unwavering allegiance to the sound and patriotic principles contained in the platform upon which William Mckinley was elected president of the United States.
 We call the attention of the people of Connecticut to the fact that all import ant and vital promises made in that platform in relation to the gold stan dard currency reform and the tariff | have been strictly kept and made a part | of the law of the land by republican congress in the face of bitter and al- most unanimous democratic opposition, thereby again demonstrating to the na- tion that the republican party as the party of the people, always fearlessly and unremittingly protects and main- tains American credit. American indus tries and the wages of the American laborer.
 We call the attention of every loyal citizen to the fact that the grave crisis of war has been met and passed with out mistake or dishonor.
 Our soldiers and sailors have achieved great and complete successes on land and sea; sectional jealousies have dis appeared; sectional wounds have been healed; the flag of the union has been raised above all other flags in the re- spect and admiration of the world; the great republic has become the greatest of nations; independence and peace have been bestowed upon the oppressed and long suffering people of Cuba, and protection, liberty and the blessings of civilization are being secured to the in- habitants of Porto Rico and the Philip pine islands under the wise, fearless and honest guidance of the republican party.
 We recognize the fact that many diff ficult questions confront the nation in the government and control of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. We believe that those questions can and will be answered to the complete satis- faction of the inhabitants of these islands and in strict conformity to the terms of the treaty of Paris. We be- lieve that the glorious victories won by our brave soldiers and sailors were won in the cause of liberty, justice and peace. We believe that the nation has honorably and rightfully acquired abso- lute title to distant islands of great strategic and commercial value. We believe that it Is the high and sacred duty of the nation to secure to the peo- pie of these islands the blessings of liberty, peace and happiness
 We believe that the full and speedy f performance of this duty will meet with the enthusiastic and unqualified ap- proval of the people of the United States and we believe that the abandonment of the Philippine islands is internal l anarchy and external attack or to any other cowardly and weak policy sug- ! gested by the democratic party would entail untold suffering upon a helpless and oppressed people and bring world wide dishonor if not disaster to the United States.
 The marvellous increase in the wealth of the nation has encouraged large combinations of capital to attempt to , control the production and price of many important commodities. So far !, as these great corporations strive to lessen the cost of production without lowering the standard of wages to the end that they may successfully enter and command the markets of the world to the advantage of the American con- sumer and wage-earner they may be well endured. But the American peo- pie will never endure monopolies which l result in injustice to laborers or eXtor- tionate prices to consumers and we be-