The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26

| NOluInouS, u, April 2o.-The RepuD-
lican state convention here today was
OF national significance. The dele
gates and alternates at large represent
close personal, as well as political
/ friends of the president, and the plat
form is just as it came from Wash
ington, with the addition Of the anti
TRUST resolution and the omission of the
Porto Rican resolution.
The so-called Hanna" slate on del
egates and alternates at large, and
the state ticket went through without
any breaks. There was, however. op-
position to Food Commissioner Black
burn, because he was running for a
/ third term, and for other local reasons,
and to General GrOsVenor for delegate
from the friends of Ex-Governor Bush
nell. The opposition, however, was
unsuccessful.
Attention was called to the fact that
1 General GroSvenor was a delegate at
large four years ago, and that he had
/ been district delegate to national
conventions ever since the Republican
party had existed. At this convention,
1t was charged, he was more than the
| chairman OF the committee on resolu-
I tons, that he had brought the plat
/ form with him and had successfully
resisted any material revision.
| Opposition to Grosvenor.
The efforts OF the Bushnell men to
! substitute some one in place of Gros-
venor mace an unusually interesting
| scene, which reached its climax when
| j. Frank MeGrew, ex-representative,
4 and son-in-law of former Governor
| Bushnell, was speaking on his amend
n1ent TO strike out GrOsVenOr and in
! sert Hanna NfcGreW eulogized Hanna.
! whom he has heretofore opposed, and
4 said the Democrats would make cap
ital out of the action Of the Republi-
! cans Of the state If Senator Hanna was
not made one of the big four
! When Senator Hanna was finally
] called to the front of the platform. the
I speech of the ex-represantative caused
the senator to proclaim emphatically:
What do 1 care what the Democrats
! say about me?''
| In declining to be a delegate. Sen
ator Hanna delivered a philippe
| against what he termed ''expediences. -
| When Senator Hanna said he would not
Gerve as a delegate, there was a mo
/ ton to strike out GrOsvenOr and insert
! Ex-Governor Foster.
Mr.. Foster stepped to the front of the
! platform and declined, because he
would not want to break the excel
lent slate that has been brought to
Ohio from Washington
Delegates Are Chosen.
The resolution making Foraker,
| Nash, Grosvenor and Dick the dele
/ gates at large was offered by ex-Sen-
! ator Massie Of Grosvenor's congress
/ sional district, and the Bushnell men
charged that it was the Grosvenor plan
/ TO avoid ballOung. AS soon as his
| resolution was adopted, General eros
! venor offered a resolution just like it
/ by which the four alteTnates at large
| were also selected in a bunch without
| any of the forms of presenting names
or balloting.
! When the convention reasEambled at
! l p. m. the reports of the committees
were adopted, including one making
! the temporary organization permanent.
| The committee on credentials found
/ the only contest in Washington cO'@ty,
I and reported in favor of seating both
| delegations, with each having one-half
vote
Ex-Represeptative Taylor, who led
| the opposition, insisted this report
would be like congress allowing Roberts
Of Utah one-fourth vote and his three
wives each o1.e-fourth vote. Tavior' 5
motion to seat the delegates selecte
under the call OF the state committee
and unseat the contestants carried.
! Yeas, 455; nays, 35S.
General c. H. Grosve7pr, from the
committee on resolutions, ISOu reported
the platform, which was adopted
The platform reaffirms the dectara.-
ton of principles adopted by the 81
Louis convention in 1896, and contin-
ues:
Platform Adopted.
Eve cordially endorse the wise ana
patriotic administration Of President
Mckinley, whose signal achievements
in war and peace, in craftsmanship and
diplomacy, mark an epoch in the his
tory OF the nation, and whose brilliant
success Justifies and demands, in the
highest interests of the country, the
uninterrupted continuance through an
other term of his great, but uncOmplet-
e6 work
Confronting unprecedented require
ments at home and unexampled respon-
sftihty abroad, he has met them with
a courage, fidelity and strength which
have given him an enduring place in
the confidence and affection of his
countrymen.
EVERY pledge Of his administration
tas been faithfully redeemed. IL has
61lSpelled long business depression, re-
stored the protection Of American labor
and industry, reawakened universal
confidence, re-established a prosperity
unparalleled, assured TO labor the
steaGiesi. employment and the highest
pay, ooened new fields of enterprise
and new markets for trade. It has
brought to agriculture a better condi-
ticn than for many years, fixed the gold
standard upon firm foundations of law,
ana made our national currency larger
In volume and sure in value, and lifted
our. national credit TO the highest plane
any nation has ever reached.
War For Humanity.
In the broader field of world duty
and influence, it has met an unavoid-
able war for humanity with unequaled
vigOr and success; has crowned the
nasltChleSgs triumph of cur arms on sea
and land with the courageous accom-
plishments of it's solemn and high obli-
cations; has faithfully studied and