The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-25
SANE OLD FOE.
UnhOly Alliance of Political Ne
CATION and Yagaries
Is What Chairman of Wisconsin
Republicans Calls Opposition.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 25.-The Re
publican state convention to choose four
delegates at large and to ratify the Sc
lection of delegates made in the ten
congressional districts to the national
convention at Philadelphia met at noon
today in the Davidson theater in this
city. The convention was called to order
by Joseph 3. Treat, chairman of the
Republican state central committee who
introduced James C. MOnahan of Dar-
man MOnahan said in part:
To-day the accredited delegates of
Wisconsin's magnificent army have met
for the purpose of endorsing a national
Republican administration that stands
for faith kept, promises fulfilled and
pledges redeemed and to elect and in
struct her delegation to vote for the re-
nomination of President Mckinley.
Several times during the history of
our nation an administration has pre-
sented strong reasons for an endorse
ment by the people, but never before
has there been more to commend and
less to censure than in the present.
In the coming fight we are to meet
the same old fOe-One that in ideas is
three parts Populist and one part Demo-
crat, but in numbers is three-fourths
Democratic and one-fOurth PopuliSt-an
unhOly alliance of political negation and
| long Whiskered vagaries. They will
nominate w. J. Bryan, who, whether
| he is being appointed colonel of q silver
| regiment in Omaha, suffering from a
| military lockjaw in Florida, resigning
! his commission in the army before the
/ close of the war, lassooing a panther in
| Texas, or talking politics to Chautau-
| qua assembly at so much per talk, is
/ wrong on every question and is consist
| ent only in his inconsistencies.
| president Mckinley will be renom-
! mated, and as in 1896 these men will Op-
| pose each other in the great contest Of
| 1900. If the Republicans do their duty
as they did in 1896, there can be but one
result-the triumphant reelection of
| President Mckinley.
There stands our leader, and there,
| speaking for themselves are his official
acts. President Mckinley has not only
| kept faith with the people by fulfilling
| ante-election pledges but has grandly
| risen to meet new conditions and un-
| looked for conditions. He has been
| weighed in the balance of public opinion
and found not wanting. His admins
tration will live in history as one of the
brightest and best in the annals of his
tory"
At the conclusion of Mr. Monahan's IS
speech, committees on resolutions and
permanent organization were appointed
and recess taken until 2:3 p. m.
Following is the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions:
I'VE reaffirm the principles expressed
| IN the platform of the national Repub-
lican party of 1896, popularity approved
and endorsed at the last national cleo
tion and commended and justified by
subsequent events.
we are gratifed that experience
neither constrains US to recede from
the high position then taken on ques-
tlOns before the country, nor to subor-
dinate views then vehemently supported
to meet the exigencies Of a new cam
paign.
I'VE hereby express our profound
qualification that the present congres.
. Of the United States, conformably tC
that platform by formal Legislative
enactment, has established as u per
manent standard of value the gold COLI
of the nation.
, I'VE endorse the strong. brilliant anC
progressive administration of our presi
; dent, VIM. Mckinley. under which ou
national domain has been enlaI ged
new lustre added to our arms, and un
paralleled increase Of wealth and pros
perity secured to the country
The administration of Governor Ed
ward Scoheld is also endorsed.