Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-21
NAM e BELKNAP.
Nominated for Governor of Kentucky
Roosevelt Endorsed.

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fof governor ........ ..................
......... Morris b. Belknap of Louisville
For lieutenant governor ..... ............
-. 1880. ....J. B. wilhyt of Ashland
......... John A. Black of Barboursyile
For auditor. George Welsh of Danville
For attorney general ...............
$500. William Beckner of Winchester
For secretary of state. ..... .........
........ -. ]. C. Speight of Mayfeld
Louisville, KY, July 17-Despite the
belief in many quarters that the re-
publican state convention would de.
velop surprise and that a dark
horse" would win the nomination for
governor, Colonel Morris B.. Belknap
Of Louisville won hands down, defeat
ing Clifton j. Pratt.
His delegates were true to him, al
though the name OF former Governor
William o. Bradley was placed in
nomination, and despite Bradley's re-
fusal to run was read in the ballot.
Augustus E. Wilson. who was sup
posed to be Mr.. Belknap's nearest
competitor. was not presented to the
convention.
lndorse Roosevet's Administration.
President Roosevelt's administration
was heartily commended in the plat
form. Another, feature of the docu..
,ment was the denouncing of lawless
murders, whether in Servia or Ken
lucky" and Governor Beckham was
scored for exercising his pardoning
power in cases where the crime was
encouraged.
Mr.. Bellnap the nominee, is a
wholesale merchant who is well known
outside of the state.
The Platform.
The platform, which was adopted
without dissent, was in part as fol-
lows:
I'VE congratulate the people of the
United States and its new possessions upon
the unparalleled prosperity achieved under
national republican policies that have main
tanned the public honor, fostered industry,
stimulated enterprise, extended American
commerce. strengthened American influ-
ence, and ennobled citizenship by giving
security to labor and capital alike, and in
surfing to every man who works standard
of living and expectation worthy of Amer
lean civilization and civic sovereignty. We
stand for the continuance of existing re-
publican financial and tariff policies
I'VE express the highest appreciation of
the record that President Roosevelt has
made in continuing the great work begun
by William Mckinley, and in himself deal
ing with the new problems that he has had
to solve, in his handling of the Philippine
question, in his firm management of the
Venezuelan crisis: in his wise and cour-
ageous course with reference to the an
thracite coal strike; in his honest efforts
to secure justice in Cuba: in his zeal for
the Panama canal; in his vigorour demand
for official purity and honesty and punish
ment of the corrupt and dishonest: in his
resolute stand against the closing of Chi
nese ports to our trade: in the success
achieved by his practical efforts to enforce
the law against unlawful combinations
and in the encouragement he has given to
the laying of Il cable across the Pacific
which brings us into closer touch with the
Philippines than we We're with the Louisi
ana territory or with California when ac-
quircd. He has shown himself a strong
executive. as he is an ideal citizen, and
we heartily and enthus' astically are for
his nomination for the presidency in 1904
Call for Order in State.
I'VE denounce assassination and lawless-
ness, whether in Servia or Kentucky, as
destructive of civilization, and call upon
the enlightened intelligence of the state,
through its legislative. executive, and judi
cial agencies, to emplay remedies to re-
establish order and punish crme within our
borders.
I'VE especially arraign the present state
chief executive for so exercising the par
doningpower MS to subserve political and
partisan purposes, with the certain effect
of encouraging crime by virtually render
ing criminals of democratic political faith
immune from punishment.