The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-25
FOLLOWERS OF M'KINLEY HOLD A
CONVENTION RULED BY
MIR. HANNA
EOSE OTHERS NEEDED APPLY
OPPOSING REPUBLICANS WE'RE
STRICTLY DEBARRED FROM
HANNA LOVE FEAST
INSULT FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY
1t Is GratuitOusIy Given by the
Chairman of the Hanna Gather
ing-COmmittees Are to
Report Today.

COLUMBUS, O., April 2.-The Repub-
lican state convention made great ad-
ministration demonstration here today.
Usually there Is only one keynote speech
that Of the temporary chairman-but
there were two today, and the one that
caused more comment than any other
convention speech IN the history Of the
Ohio Republicans was by Senator Hanna.
1t was very much of a Hanna day,
without dissenting or discordant notes.
The senator arrived early in the morn
ing, and was engaged all forenoon in re-
ceiving visitors. Several delegations call
ed on him In body, and he responded in
speeches. At the district meetings In the
afternoon his friends were selected on the
new state committee, and all other COM
mittees. There were sharp contests in
some districts, but they were mostly be
tween so-called preferences.
When Senator Hanna entered the con-
vention hall there was great demonstra.
ton, and he was forced to bow his ac-
acknowledgements from the. platform.
In all the speeches and proceedings to-
day there was no reference at any time
to the tariff, the currency question or
other former Issues.
State Chairman Myron A. Norris, of
Youngstown, called the convention to
order.
Robert NJ. Nevin was introduced as the
temporary chairman, and he made de,
cisive hit In his forcible delivery, and
especially in the peculiar emphasis he put
on the words las an admiral" in refer
ring to Dewey. He said, in part:
when we look back but four years and
see the condition Of the country when
term, and compare 1t with today, we can
scarcely believe that~only four years have
elapsed At that, time labor was seeking
employment, mills and factories were
closed, farm produce was selling at the
lowest prices, and the people, instead Of
building for the future, We're wondering
whence would come their daily bread.
HAS there been anything in the past
of the Democratic party that would war
rant it being placed in power? Has it
changed any since II had power2 Has 1t
changed any since 1896? Does it not still,
through its mouthpiece and it's leader,
insist upon the Chicago platform, with
all Its Vagaries, all its demagoguery, all
It's revolution? Who would want to be a
Democrat? Who would want to belong to
that party who finds its chiefest source
of power and promise, in the want of
Who wants to belong to a party that
goes in partnership with the chinch bug
drought and failure of crops in order
to win? Who wants to belong to a party
the members of which know that as the
price of labor goes down their hopes of
success go up?''
CALLS FOR HANNA.
After the demonstration at the close o.
his address, Chairman Nevin attempted to
wi 10 of c{O 5a
ing the congressional districts for their
respective selections Of members of the
committees, but the convention was
bound to call out Senator Hanna. In re-
sponse to the repeated calls, Senator
Hanna kept shaking his head. During
the day he was worn out by visitors and
had to keep his seat while shaking hands
at the hotel with those who kept passing
by to greet him. The delegates would
not listen to the call for business until he
responded, and the galleries joined loudly
in the calls for him. Senator Hanna
arose and spoke as follows:
''I am sorry that I have not the
strength nor the voice to comply with
your request, and therefore l rise only
to express my feelings of qualification at
this kind reception, and to echo the senti-
ments expressed by your chairman that
ulation to the Republicans of Ohio Zap
plause), both as a representative body
and in carrying out the spirit of the hour
by the expression OF good cheer and good
for the Republican party when We find
gathered together such personnel, filled
with the kind of spirit that is manifest
all kinds in Columbus today And
nJw, that we have established the fact
that we do know our business (great
Laughter and cheering), my next sugges-
tion is that we proceed to do it. Renew-
ed cheering) And / modestly suggest
that from my standpoint we have plenty
nf fn, Il -,l,1,
said the Republicans Of Ohio and the Re-
publicans of the United States are con-
fronted today win many new PROPOSE
tions and questions which lie like tangled.
grass in our pathway; with the Demo-
cratic party attempting to raise new is-
sues upon every move or policy made by
their opposition to the party. ! say the
spirit of the hour is one of absolute fear
lesSness on the part of the Republicans
We are conscious of, as your chairman
has said, fulfilling every promise made
We undertook for four years the care
of the government. At our convention in
policy of the Republican party, upon
which has been builded the material in
terests for twenty-odd years. We prom
ised such reforms and economic meas
ures as would produce material benefits
to the country, and we went further and
SAID that we go beyond the ideas of our
come from the perpetuation of such a
policy. The best evidence of the success
or that party Is in what we have ac-
complshed and achieved as affecting the
material interests of this country
IMPERIALISM INDORsED
THE results of the war with Spain are
not accidental. The destiny which has
been written for this country must he
filed in the natural order of things. IT
was but one step forward in the direction
of the duty set for us to do. and no
matter what influences may be thrown
around us to impede our progress it can
not and will not stop. (Renewed cheer
ing.)
81 do not care whether you call 1t inn
perialsism or expansion. The destiny of
this country is written, and any party
or combination of men that attempts bv
any subterfuge or makeshift in politics
to stop the power and progress of this ma
tion will go down under it just as the
Democratic party has gone down. (Re-
newed cheering.) We are proud of our
record; we are proud of our business ex-
perience, and we are glad to have had
the opportunity to demonstrate to the
world that the policy and business prin-
ciples of the American people meant the
civilization and Christianization of the
whole world. Tremendous cheering.@
1t Is that success in material things
which gives us that opportunity and
makes it possible to accomplish those
Now that we are embarkine in +b;.