The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-25
A HANNA DAY.
National Republican Chairman
the Chief Figure
At the Ohio State Convention
at Columbus.
HE SOUNDS KEY NOTE
Of the Approaching Campaign
in Speech.
HE SOUNDS KEY NOTE
Replete With Praise of the
President and Party.

Columbus, o., April 25.-The Rerub- |
lican state convention made a great ad- |
ministration demonstration Usually |
there is one keynote speech, that Of the |
temporary chairman. but there were |
two on this occasion, and the one that
caused more comment than any other
convention speech in the history of Ohio
Republicans was by Senator Hanna 1t
was very much of a Hanna day with
out dissenting or discordant notes. The
senator arrived early in the morning
and was engaged all forenoon in re-
ceiying visitors. Several delegations
called on him in a body and he re-
sponded in speeches. At the district
meeting in the afternoon his friends
were selected on the new state commit
tee and all other committees. There
were sharp contests in some districts
but they were mostly between So-called
preferences. When Senator Hanna en-
tered the convention hall there was a
great demonstration, and he was forced
to bow his acknowledgements from the
platform.
In all the speeches and other pro
ceedings there was no reference at any
time to questions of currency, the
tariff or any other former issues. State
Chairman Myron A Norris, of Youngs-
| town, called the convention to order
Robert NJ. Nevin, the temporary
/ chairman. made a decisive hit in his
| forcible delivery and especially in the
| peculiar emphasis he put on the words
'.as an admiral in referring to Dewey
After the demonstration at the close
of his address, Chairman Neviu at
tempted to proceed with the order of
| business, but the convention was bound
| to call out Senator Hanna
| In response to the repeated calls Sen
ator 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 in to greet him The
| delegates would not listen to the call
| for business till he responded, and the
| galleries joined loudly in the calls for
| him till 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 rise only
| to express my feelings OF gratncatlon
| at this kind reception and to echo the
sentiments expressed by your chairman,
that this convention is a subject OF
congratulation to the Republicans of
| Ohio (applauSe), both as a repreSen-
tative body and in carrying out the
| spirit of the hour by the expression of
good cheer and good sentiment on every
side 1t augurs well for the Repuo1-
can party when we find gathered To-
| gether such a personnel filled with the
| kind of a spirit that is manifested on
all sides in Columbus today. AID now
, | that we have established the fact that
we know our business (great laughter
| and cheerS), my next suggestion IS thai
we proceed to do it (renewed cheering)
| and I would modeStly suggest that
;
1 business to do. AS your chairman has
said, the Republicans Of Ohio and the
Republicans of the United States are
confronted today with many new prop
ositions and issues thrown around US
like tangled grass in our pathway by
the Democratic party attempting &c
raise new issues upon every move OF
! policy made by the government, seek
! ing some issue, some opportunity tc
manifest their opposition to the policy
| of the Republican party
Il say the spirit of the hour is one
of absolute fearlessness on the part OF
Republicans. We are conscious. as oul
I | chairman has said, of having fulfilled
| every promise made. We took this
| country into our hands and under oul
/ care after four years of the creates
vicissitudes through which we have
ever passed in history At our conven
| ton in St Louis we announced the pol
| icy and the doctrine of the Republican
| party upon which had been builded tn
material interests for twenty odd years
| We promised such reforms and eco
: nonic measures as would produce ma
l terial benefits to the country. and w
went farther and said that We VIII g
! / bevond even the ideals Of our father
in the great results which must com
from the perpetuation of such a policy
r ,Yhe best evidence Of the success o
| that policy is in what we Rave accom-
nIisbed and achieved as affecting tn
material interests of this country
Your chairman made some statement
s with reference to the growth of our ex
mort trade. Why, he did not state hal
Of II The balance of net trade in favo
of the United States during the las
century preceding this administratio
| amounted to $311,0 100000.
e I'm one hundred years that was tn
net balance to the credit of the Unite
States in our trade with the world.
1 | three years of the administration
/ President William Mckinley the ne
balance as shown by the books OF tn
| limited States treasury is 81, 400, 100000
y. 0Csreat applause and cries of GOOD
= It is 1,109 900, 900 more accomplished
those three years than had been az
- | cornpliShed in 100 years preceding NInol
, cheering) and then looking into the fac
of such results,I repeat your chairman
., | words DO we want to change? Do v
want any different business comolns
ftions for us2 Do we want any d1f1erel
policy for the American people tina
which is building up and making US II
greatest. the richest and the stronge
: nation on earth? The laws OF commerc
x regulated by the best economic mea
- ures are as infallible as the law OF n;
ture We have proven to this countl
, and to the world that our policy
n economics is irresistible and must su
n coed and in the few years OF trial TIL
~ we have had under this administratio
- we have proved that in the ratio of pr
- | gress every year, looking ahead to Oh
ar enormous wealth and gain, that '
"a | shall be made stronger and be given f
" better and wider opportunities to
good in the march of Christianizatit
and civilization Of the world
l. THE results of the war with Spa
are not accidental The destiny whiI
Mt | has been written for this country mu
be fulfilled in the natural order
things. Tt was but one step forward
a. the direction of the duty set for US
do and no matter what influences mi
be thrown around US to impede our pr
ee gress it can not and will not ste
| (Cheering)-
I do not care whether you call it II
ne perialisTn or expansion. The destiny
this country is written, and any par
rs or combination of men that attemp
lie by any subterfuge or make shift in 20
y. tics to stop the power and progress