Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-26
MYERS DRAWS A PARK PICTURE.
Country Fast Racing TO Destruction and
Assassination Ahead of Bryan.

an, created 4 sensation by his utter
| ances. Bryan did not finish his speech
| until after / i. III. yesterday. Myers
| drew dark picture. The country was
| fast racing to destruction. said he, and
| Mark Hanna, William Mckinley and
| Great Britain were driving ii. Then
suddenly turning toward Bryan, the
4 speaker eXclaimed:
| You may be elected, sir, by 4 million
| majority. but they viii not permit you
| 10 take the presidential chair. Look
| at the fate of William GoebeL. Men
| whose pastime is bribery find in muir
| der an amusement. Ohio was bought
| in 1896. the country was bought; il will
| be bought again 1900. and Mark Han
| mas reward for it is 4 seat in the
United States senate"
The masses of the country would
| continue TO permit the encroachments
of the classes. concluded Myers. until
finally too late for a restoration of
rights by the ballot. Then the sword
and gun. violence. FevolutiOn-a new
order Of things.
In Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg. Pa, April 2G.-The Re
publican state convention. which was
held in this city yesterday. cordially in
dorsed the administration OF President
hthluIAN anu instructed IIlG utltS1leS
TO the national convention at PhiIadel-
phia To support his candidacy for re-
nomination. The convention also de
clared in favor of the election of Unit
ed States senators in the same manner
that state officers are elected; indOrSed
Senator penrosc, the administration of
Governor Stone and other state Off
cials, and pledged its hearty and cor
dial support of Colonel NJ. =. Quay
for reelection TO the United States
senate. The convention also nominated
Senator l.. Il. Hardenbergh. of Wayne
county. for auditor general. and Galu-
sha y. Grow. of Susquehanna county,
and Robert l.. FOerderer of PhiladeI-
phIa. for representatives. large. The
Endorsement OF Colonel Quay was op-
posed hy Senator William Flynn, of
PittSburS. the leader of the anti-Quay
Republicans i'll the last legislature.
Flynn Offers Three Revolutions.
Flynn explained that hc was in SYM
pathy with the platform in everything
except this plank and moved that ii be
stricken out. His motion was defeat
ed and the platform was adopted aS re-
ported from committee. Flynn offered
three resolutions prepared by Quay's
opponents. The first was read without
creating much comment. The other two
were greeted with jeerS and misses so
that not Il dozen delegates knew what
the clerk was reading. The first two
resolutions referred to the prevalence
of election frauds and made the pen
atty not less than ten years imprison
ment and diSfranchisement. The third
favored the electionof United States
senators by the people. The three
Flynn resolutions were not considered
l., I,sI t1, Lot.
i'm session the names of twenty eight
district presidential electors were an
uounced.
Quay n DeIegate-nt-Large.
As dclegateS-at-large Senator Quay.
ex-senator Charles \. Porter and
lanes Elverson. of Philadelphia; Il. W.
Green. of Emporium: eXRepreSenta
tive John ii. Leisenring. of Wilkes
barre: Representative William COnnell.
of Scranton: state Chairman Frank
Reeder Of EaSton. and ]. Il. Steele. of
WeStmorciand, were unanimously
elected.
MckinIey and Hanna Triumph.
Columbus. o.. April 26.-The ticket
nominated by the Republicans here
yesterday WIS as follows: Secretary
of state. Lewis &. Laylin: supreme
Judge John y. Shauck: board of public
works. Charles y. Goddard: state
school commissioner. l.. II. BOncbrake:
dairy and food commissioner. j. T..
Blackburn: presidential eleCtorS-at-
large. Colonel Myron r. Herrick and
General W. i. orr: delegates -at-larGe
Joseph +. Foraker. Governor
George Il. Nash. General Charles Dick,
General Charles GroSvenor. Alternates-
at-large-Hon. Charles Foster. Hon.
Nyron q. Norris. Hon. w. e. Brown,
4 In "A Nc II ininT
and Hanna convention and its plat
form iudorSed everything done from its
Inauguration by the Mckinley admins
tration. and favored the suppression OF
harmful trusts.
Figures ora the Illinois senatorshiP-
Springfield. Ills, April 26.-Includ- |
ing Yesterdays conventions senator
CullOm has :S55 instructed delegates 10 |
the state convention and there are 12l
delegates from counties which passed |
resolutions indorSinE his candidacy for
reelection. but not inStTuCtinG. There |
are ninety-one anti-Cullom delegates, |
fifty contested and 229 uninStructed
and doubtful. For governor Reeves
has l39 instructed and 80 uninstructed;
Yates. 13l instructed and 80 unin- |
Strucjed: Hanecy. "a instructed and A
uninStructed: Brown. Instructed:
Carter. l. uniuStructed; 31S are doubt |
full
Democrats of Alabama
Montgomery. Ala. April 26.-The
Democratic state convention yesterday
afternoon nominated Hon. w. J. sam
ford FOR governor and adjourned for
the day The platform To Ice adopted
will iudorSe Bryan FOR president. reaf-
firm the Chicago declarations of 1895.
and warmly iudorse Morgan's course
IN congress.
Populist Fares on Railways
Denver. Anril- 36.-J. \. EdGerton. |
secretary Of the national committee of
the Peoples party. announces that all
the railroads have conceded a half fare
rate from all parts OF the country TO
the national convention at Sioux Falls
s. =.