The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
NOMINATED
 DELEGATES Republican Convention | Meets. ROOSEVELT ENDORSED Platt, Depew, Odelf and Black 1 Go to Chicago. Congressional Dispute in 33rd New
 York District Between Fassstt and Gillett Was Not De- cided-odell Chairman.

New York, April i2-The Republican State Convention in session today nomi- mated as delegates at large and alter mates to the National Convention at Chi cago. Senator T. c. Platt. alternate j. Sloat Fassett; Senator c. NJ. Depew, al ternate Louis Stern: Governor B. B Ouell. alternate Erastus c. Knight Frank s. Black. alternate Henry c. Brewer.
 The platform strongly endorsed the ad. ministrations of President Theodore Roosevelt and Governor B. B. odell and tho delegates at large to the National Convention are directed to use all hon. orable means to secure the nomination Of Theodof9 Roosevelt There was soms discussion over the fact that these 'di' rections'' included the delegates at large but Governor odell explained that ir this way: Since 1880, when we aban' doned the plan of selecting the district delegates, the State Convention has moi and Indeed cannot instruct the district delegates. Those delegates are elected and if desired by their home conventions are instructed. This direction of the con vention to the delegates at large to SC cure MT. Roosevelt's nomination is thu strongest possible way in which the mat ter could be put"
 The Congressional dispute in the Thirty third District between adherents of J Sloat Fassett and present Congressman | Gillett was left practically without set | clement so far as the convention wal concerned except that the Mongin-Fas sett delegation in the convention wa seated permanently and the controversl over the Presidential nomination wil have to be decided by the contestant themselves. Charles A. Schiren of Brook iyn and George Urban, IT.. of Buffalo were named as electors at large. Immediately after the adjournment tn I state Connmittee unanimously electel Governor odell as chairman. | Speech of Depew.
 Senator Chauncey F. Depew was intro duced as temporary chairman. The Sen ator. who was received with prolonge cheers, spoke in part as follows:
 Senator Depew in opening paid hagl | tribute to the deceased leaders Of the Re publican party and said:
 "The task of the Republican party whei it came into power with Mckinley and Republican Congress was to remove han dicaps on American enterprise and ener gy and furnish the basis for prosperity l The enactment of the Dingley law am the gold standard of value; wonderful results which followed in the South a we'll as in the North, In the East as wei ss in the West. was fitting close to tn contributions made to the greatness o | our country and the happiness of ou people by the Republican party from 1St to the close of the 18th century" 1.e Senator briefly sketched the event which culminated in the revolution | Panama and said:
 Panama Canal Treaty.
 "When Panama fulfilled the threa known to all the world for months an successfully accomplished her revolution the President acted within his constitu ltional privilege with the directness couT age and wisdom characteristic of hi whole public life.
 The speech of Representative Cockra In the House last Saturday, the Senate ldeclared, was because the President. fo lowing the example of President Cleve
 land, had by executive order fixed tn
 limit of partial and total disability fC
 the veterans of the civil war.
 Mir. Cleveland and his commissioner (
 pensions had interpreted the pension aC
 of 1890 to mean that 1t was within tn
 power and the duty of the executive
 state the years for partial and total dis ability when the veterans would receive
 
 had fixed total disability at 75.
 Federal Pension Act.
 Roosevelt had revived the tyranny (
 Henry VIII. had marched with Olive
 Cromwell at the head of his army int
 the House of Representatives and dis
 persed the members to their homes an
 arrested the calcitrant minority by r'
 ducing by executive order Cleveland's
 years of total disability five years. or TO-"
 .. Passing to a discussion of presidentii candidates the Senator said:
 The campaign is to be conducted
 tho opposition almost solely against ta if and President Roosevelt. We accel , the challenge upon the Dingley bill aI point to what 1t has accomplished.
 He called attention 70 the President achievements when Assistant Secretar
 of War. which position he gave up
 take upon himself the perils of a can
 paign in Cuba" and concluded: He had probed deeply the great depar ments of the government and prosecute and convicted those of his own househo nf faith who were found guilty. He el forced the law when direct predictions 2 disaster were made and in doing SO Io ] the favor of some of the ablest an strongest of our financial leaders. but tt Supreme Court has sustained his actio l. and the markets have rebounded wit l. that phenomenal rise in the securiti' which demonstrates the judgment of tt investors of the country"
 Former United States Senator Warn'
 Miller then introduced the resolution fl troduced at the last Republican convel " ton by Senator Quay, asking Congress ! investigate the alleged disfranchisemei of negroes in Southern States. T Platform Adopted
 The platform reaffirms the devotion . the Republicans of New York to and col fdence in the principles of the party. . declares that the election and inaugur ' ton of William Mckinley and the rest a ration to power of a party pledged to u ~ encouragement of domestic activity, 2 ' honest system of finance and the expal /. sion of our commercial interests was fo .r lowed by the enforcement If these pol r cies The Democratic party, the pla
 form asserts, with imperialism and mi itaryism as its slogan, attempted to mi , Head the people into the belief that tl II. territorial aggrandlzement was the ut = mate object Of the Republican policy ar
 lonered the fallacy of free silver at u