The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-27
JERSEY REPUBLICANS
FRANKLIN MURPHY NoMINAT-
 ED FOR GOVERNOR.
Attorney General Griggs Presides Over the Convention and Defends Insular Policy-Confidence Ex-
 pressed in Roosevelt.

Trenton. N. J., Sept. 26.-The sub-com- mittee appointed last night by the Re- publican State Committee to prepare a platform for submission to today's guber- material convention was in session until nearly o'clock this morning. The com mittee submitted the resolutions to State Chairman Franklin Murphy. who will be nominated for Governor today.
 MT. Murphy gave his approval and the platform will be adopted without opposi- tion.
 The following is the platform:
 'The blow which ended the life Cf our beloved President was cruel, inhrman and lawless It was aimed, not at the gentle and lovable Mckinley, but at the lcpub- antees liberty of person and Safety of property. Any doctrine which Justifles or encourages assassination is utterly hostile to civil station and the welfare of man. kind and must be no longer tolei ated In this country and we demand and insist that laws, State and national, he enacted for the effective suppression or sucn teachings.
 The pledge of President Roosevelt that he will continue absolutely unb-oken the policy of President Mckinley has our un- qualified approval and commends our loyal support.
 if continued in power the Republican party pledges itself to guard the som ces of income of the State and to use the surplus thereof for the further reuuctlon of the rate of local taxation, the tnlarge-
  of our good roads, the oeneAt of our asrl- culture and our industries and Ire col3- mon interest and welfare or the Fhole people,
 The convention was called to order shortly after noon by Senator L' C Stokes of Cumberland County. s .,
 There were 800 delegates. all or tne party leaders were here except Cmteu States Senator Newell, who, on account of illness, missed his first convention Tn twenty-siX years.
 Former United States Attorney General John w. Griggs was selected as tempo rary chairman. In his address ne re- ferred to the death of President Mchln- ley as follows:
 MT. Mckinley was great leader who believed in his party; yet his policy was not that of vitupcration but one or pat rioeism and reasoning and he aiWayS had the respect even of his polltlcdl opponents. This should be lesson to us in the manner of conducting campaign at this time. We should appeal 10 tne reason of every man. The Mckinley poi 4Cy was conceded by every one to De one of peace and prosperity for the country. The foundaation of this policy was a sound system of finance, the maintenance of a frienrly reatiOn with the other powers of the earth, the insular policy which was horn of the necessity or war and which was confirmed by our highest courts'
 As to ouh insular policy, MT. Griggss said it did not mean the comforting or citizenship on eighty odd tribes in the Philippines any more than in the psaSSt pstS our policy meant the conferring or GU zenship upon our Indian tribes. nor dld IS mean policy of oppressive taXaton ot the inhabitants of our new posSessloHS' hut policy of henehcence The Demo cratic party, said MT. Griggs. had no policy as 1t could agree neither on ant imperialism or free silver. the paramouht and supreme issue in the mind or tne Kansas City convention and of the paTtV.
 A delegate from Essex named van Riner who said he was an old time W nls, wanted the resolutions amended so " lo condemn the Democratic party TOT nav ing preached the doctrine Of antrim pcrialism which be said was the Iouhua1 Nas tion of nihlism in the United StaIesI anu Sa,. led to the murder of President McNlII,eS
 Major Carl Lentz and Senator ;c5 MGCal ter sought to have Van Piper decsa[eu s del out of order but Chairman GrieRs Ir cided that Mir. Van Riper was Tn orue' II he had any amendment to offer ,
 Van Riper then launched out inou a1t.h cSampioning of the Boers and ne hi'a,n- I,I,- ed his talk without presenting .iG ay an[ndmnnt. and the resolutions, ss oI +to inallv or"r d. were adopted Nnen n. the h': LesolntioIs were adopted. notioH ,S SS General Consdon was adopted UT tnap p-es, eIe officers of the convention send Io df fS, C, m R0o 'svelt ccpy of that part paI r' 3r 'l'e pattorm "NDressing confidence lil f iiit-i, E.,
 VT. Nurph- was nominated TUT N0'- ti TOT ny exclamation.