The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-04
Republican State Convention in
Ohio Most Enthusiastic
The Platform Endorses President
Roosevelt-Senator Hanna Given
an Ovation.
He SPOKE OF PROSPERITY
HARMONY PREVAILED.


Columbus, o. June 4-Senator For
aker, as permanent chairman of the
Republican state convention, was pee
sented today amid cheers by Senator
Hanna. Senator Foraker spoke in the
highest terms of Senator Eanna and
announced that peacemakers had dis
pensed with all contests that thresten-
ed the convention and that one ticket
would be presented Buckeye Republic
cans by the convention as unit. The
platform was adopted unanimously,
and endorsed President Roosevelt for
reelection.
Yesterday afternoon the hall was
crowded when the convention was
called to order.
Ovations were rendered leaders as
they entered the hall, notably to Sena-
tor Hanna and Foraker and Myron T.
Herrick, and when Senator Hanna
was introduced as temporary chairman
the demonstration was long and loud.
Chairman Clingermsn in introduce
ing the temporary chairman of the
convention said;
Gentlemen of the convention; 1t
would be absurd on my part to at
tempt to introduce to an audience of
Ohio Republicans your temporary
chairman. There are no more words
of praise that may be said of him. Ev-
erybody knows him and loves him.
Therefore, without taking further
time, now have the pleasure of pre-
senting to you your temporary chair
man, the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna"
(Long and continued applause.)
Senator Hanna said: "Mr. Chair
man and gentlemen of the convention:
congratulate the Republican party
Of Ohio upon this splend id representa-
tive body, and speak for the Repub-
lican party of Ohio the wish that
your deliberations will be governed by
Judgment and proper spirit" zap
plause.)
After praising Governor Nash and
declaring that Ohio had been unusu-
ally blessed in the way Of good admin
istratior by Republican governor, SEN
ator Hanna continued:
what can be said of Ohio can be
said of our nation. Republicans to-
day can congratulate themselves that
in the direction of the national affairs
they have realized all they hoped for
and all they expected in the admins
trstion Of Theodore Roosevelt. Great
APPLAUSE We look back but few
short months, when that heroic young
man, standing under the gloom of that
awful tragedy at Buffalo, feeling and
approaching the responsibilities which
had come upon him and in the pres
ence of the American people made
that sacred promise to them that to
the best of his ability, with his heart
full of desire, 1t should be his aim to
carry out the policies of President No
Kinley. (Long-oontinued applause
And how we'll he has succeeded we
all know. And we all feel-as this
convention will express-an apprecia-
tion Of that admir- alton. We all real
ize that to the young heroic president
is due rs coming from his heart the
most patriotic, unselfsh and energetic
devotion to the interests of the people
and the principals of his party. (Long
continued applause.) Standing in the
presence Of the American psople and
hearing those words, the solemn i'm
port of which indelibly impressed it.
self upon all who stood near him, no
one can doubt his motives or even his
ambition. No one can place him in
the category Of an American whose
ambition is greater than his patriot
ISM" Continued applause.)
The dominant idea expressed by SEN
ator Hanna with regard to national
politics was that the Republican par
ty can go before the country on its rec
ord of protection for American INDUS
tries and national prosperity.