The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Effort Was Made to Throw Grosvenor
Overheard, hut Marcus Aure-
Iius's sNay, Was Needed.
NO BREAKS IN EITHER SLATE
DESPITE A STRONG FIGHT BY BUSH
NELLs FOLLOWERS.
State Ticket and Delegates Chosen
An Eulosistic Mckinley Plat
form Adopted.

COLUMBUS. o., April 25.-The Republic
an State ticket:
Secretary of state-LEwIS c. LAYLIN
Supreme judge-JOHN A SEAUCK.
Board of public works-CHARLES A.
GODDARD.
State school commissioners. d.
BONEBRAKE.
Dairy and food commissioners. E.
BLACKBURN.
Presidential electors at Iarge-COL. MY
RON T. HERRICK. GEN. w. p. ORR.
Delegates at large-SENATOR JOSEPH
y. FORAKER, GOVERNOR GEORGE X.
NASH. GEN. CHARLES DICK. GEN.
CHARLES GROSvENOR.
Alternates at large-HON. CHARLES
FOSTER, HON. MYRON o. NORRIS.
HON. w. c. BROWN, GEORGE A. MY
ERS.
The Republican State convention here to-
day was really Presidential occasion. The
personnel of the delegates and alternates
at large represent close personal as well
as political friends of the President and
the platform is just as 1t came from Wash
ington. with the addition OF the antitrust
resolution and the omission of the Porto
Ricen resolution.
The so-called Hanna slate on delegates
and alternates at large and the State ticket
went through without any breaks. There
was, however. opposition to Food Com
missioner Blackburn because he was run
ming for third term and for other local
sreasons and TO General Grosvenor for dele
gate from the friends of Ex-Governor
Bushnell
!. When former Governor Bushnell opposed
the election of Hanna three years ago Gen
eraI Grosvenor wrote letter to former
client who was then an applicant for a
pardon and that letter was revived at this
convention. Then there were others in the
convention to whom the Bushnell men
called attention to the fact that General
Grosvenor was a delegate at large four
years ago and he had been district delegate
10 national conventions ever since the Re-
publican party had existed. At this con-
vention they charged that he was more
than the chairman of the committee on
resolutions; that he had brought the plat
form with him and had successfully re-
sisted any material revision.
The efforts of the Bushnell men to sub
stitute some one I'm place of Grosvenor
made an unusually interesting scene. 1t
was opened by Judge Gilbert II. Stewart.
of Columbus. who had spent the night op-
posing General Grosvenor in the commit
tee on resolutions. on which they were both
J. Frank McGrew. ex-representative and
son-in-law OF former Governor Bushnell,
was speaking on his amendment to strike
out Grosvenor and insert Hanna. McGrew
eulogized Hanna, whom he has heretofore
opposed, and said the Democrats would
make capital out of the action of the Re-
publicans of the Presidents State if Sena-
tor Hanna was not made one of 1.-THE big
four"
When Senator Hanna was finally called
to the front OF the platform the speech of
ex-Representative McGrew caused the SEN
ator to proclaim emphatically: What do
! care what the Democrats say about me?"
While the senator's speech to-day was on
state affairs, and especially on fractional
and personal preferences. it was delivered
with more force and feeling than his ad-
dress OF yesterday. In declining to be
delegate he delivered a philippe against
what he termed expediencies.
When Senator Hanna said ne would not
serve as delegate there was a motion to
strike out Grosvenor and insert Foster.
The Bushnell men formerly had not been
friendly with Charles Foster Ex-Governor
and ex-secretary of the treasury, but to-
day IL was with them anybody to beat
Grosvenor. Foster has in recent speeches
made several thrusts at Hanna and Gros-
venor. and when he stepped to the front
of the platform he said he declined be-
cause he would not want to break the
excellent slate that had been brought to
Ohio from Washington
The resolution making Foraker, Nash,
Grosvenor and Dick the delegates at large
was offered by ex-senator Massie, of Gros-
venor's congressional district. and the
Bushnell men charged that it was the Gros-
venor plan to avoid balloting. AS soon as
this resolution was adopted General Gros-
venor offered resolution just like it by
which the four alternates at large were
also selected in a bunch, without any of
the forms of presenting names or ballot
Ing.
General Dick and General Grosvenor re-
turned to Washington tonight, Governor
Nash left for Boston and Senator Hanna
for Cleveland. The latter will not leave
for Washington till Saturday The con-
vention was unusually harmonious. with
the exception OF the personal fights made
on Grosvenor and Blackburn. both Of whom
won.
THE OHIO PLATFORM.