The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-22
Brief Convention of Pennsylvania Re
Journalism Was
TWO CANDIDATES SELECTED
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS WRESTLING
WITH NOMINATIONS UNTIL LATE.
Col. j. Hampton Hoge Named for Gov.
ernor-Iowa Democrats True
to w. j. Bryan.

HARRISBURG, Aug. 21.-The Republic
an state convention which met in the Har-
risburg Opera House to-day TO nominate
Judge William p. Porter. of Pittsburg. for
Supreme Court judge. and State Represent
alive Frank G.. Harris, Of Clearfield, Tor
state treasurer. was a most unusual gath
ering. The convention met at IL a. m. and
adjourned at 1870 p. m. The ticket was
nominated by reclamation. United States
Senators Quay and Penrose and other par
~ leaders were absent. There was an un-
usually small attendance of active party
workers, and a large majority OF the dele
gates never attended a state convention
before. Judge Potter was formerly Gov
ernor Stones law partner and was APP
pointed to the Supreme Bench last year TO
succeed the late Judge Green. Mr.. Harris
Is serving his third term in the House OF
Representatives and has always been a
follower of Senators Quay and Penrose.
The platform on which they were nomi-
mated Endorses the national and state ad-
ministrations and the United States sena-
tors, commends the last Legislature, con-
coded the right of labor and capital to or
ganize and d%enounces yellow journalism"
J. 0. Brown, Pittsburg's director OF pub
lie safety, was temporary chairman of the
convention. and David IL. Lane. of Phila-
delphia. permanent chairman. Mr.. Brown
Is the personal representative of Senator
Flynn, of Allegheny, former leader of the
anti-Quay Republican organization. Mr..
Flynn was urged by Governor Stone and
other leaders at a conference last night at
the executive mansion to serve as tenn
porary chairman, but he declined. He was
a delegate, and for the first time in many
years took no active part in the proceed
ings. Mr.. Lane is a personal and political
friend of Mayor Ashbridge, OF Philadelphia.
Gen. Frank Reeder. of Easton, was re-
elected chairman of the state committee al
a meeting of the candidates of the conven-
ton. The speech Of the chairman and
the nominating speeches were noteworthy
for their brevity.
The yellow journalism" resolution adopt.
ed by the convention follows:
I'VE are amused, rather than concerned
by the declarations of the late Democratic
State convention, for we. readily recognize
as all the people must, the cooperation OF
certain newspapers in their preparation
which papers. failing in their attempt &c
disrupt the Republican party, have crawled
under the tents OF Democracy witt their
stale and false charges and succeeded in
having them adopted as a Democratic
platform. We believe in surrounding the
press with every constitutional guarantee
vouchsafed to it since the foundation of
our government, but 1t is a public menace
that these constitutional guarantees should
be so misused as to have permitted many
of our newspapers TO have degenerated into
a yellow journalism such as Is detrimental
to any State or country. We charge the So
called yellow journals with being subsid.
lied by the full PACED advertisements which
they carry. The advertiser is permitted tC
dictate, and at his behest these newspapers
have perverted the news columns and the
editorial page from being an honost record
OF daily events to a labored attempt to mis-
represent facts"