Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-25

administrations ofPresident Nc Kinley
and Nash and the services of Hanna
and Foraker, and republicans in the
house. calls for the denomination of
Foraker and reaffirms all previous
declarations on the money question,
tariff, reciprocity, and favors strength
euing the navy in order to restore
our merchant marine to preeminence
upon the sea. 1t urges the speedy
construction of canal through
the isthmus, favors the renewal of the
Chinese exclusion act and liberal
pension laws and denounces all at
tempts to disfranchise the negroes
Regarding trusts the platform says:
''We recognize the right of both labor
and capital to combine when sUch
com bination is wisely administered
for the general good, but combin-
ations which create a monopoly to
control prices or limit production are
evils which must be met by effective
legislation, vigorously enforced"
Columbus, o., June 2j.-The Repub-
yesterday afternoon with large at
tendance. At the conferences during
the forenoon interest ccntercd in the
control of the new state committee, the
construction of the platform and the
fight that the state AntiSalOon League
was making against the denomination
of Lieutenant Governor Caldwell. The
issues on Caldwell and the resolutions
were being agitated last night, but the
contest for state committeeman resulted
in what is called a unanimous victory
for the Hanna men. who include the
friends OF Governor Nash and others.
The result assures the reelection of
Representative Dick as chairman OF
tie. state executive committee. When
the delegates met at 2;30 y. III. by con-
gressionaI districts the Hanna men
swept everything in the twenty-one
districts.
Hnnnn Men Beat "CharIey" Foster.
In the Thirteenth district Charles
Foster. eX-secretary of the treasury, eX-
governor. eX-representative and for
many years a delegate-at-large to ma
tional conventions, was defeated for
member of the state central committee
because of his opposition TO Senator
Hanna. Ex-Governor Bushnell had
been elected as delegate. and had
been made chairman of the Clark
county delegation. but at the meeting
OF the delegates of his district il was
informally announced that ne would
rot attend the convention. His friends !
gave some very pointed reasons for his !
absence After his defeat Charles Eos
ter Vehcmcntly addressed the dele
gates of his district on cliques and in
trigues and on the dangers of local
Imperialism"
Hanna Men Are "the People,"
While the Hanna men captured all
the committees they gave special at
tention to the committee on creden-
tials, as well as to the state commit
tee, so that none of the Daugherty |
delegates could he seated. !
The Hanna men have never before
been able TO control the party organ
ization i'm the Columbus district. but
yesterday. although Hon. Harry Nj.
Daugherty made a personal appeal in
a strong speech at the meeting of the
Twelfth district. the Hanna men Sc
cured everything.
Proceedings I'm the Convention.
The convention men at p. m. For
aker and Hanna were loudly cheered
as they came upon the stage together.
Nearly all the Ohio Republican repre-
sentatives in congress and members of
the legislature and other leaders were
seated upon the large platform, over
which were displayed the portraits of
Governor Nash and Senators Foraker
and Hanna. Among those. occppylng