The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-27

Columbus, o., July 27.-Former
Secretary of the Interior Garfield
this morning announced that his
name must not go before the Repub-
lican convention as candidate for
governor. Senator Dick then pre-
scented the strongest stand that the
platform of an Ohio convention has
ever seen. The failure of Garfield
leading supporters to stand and fight
caused him to withdraw and give
way to the stand-patters. They quit
when they saw defeat. Nick Long
worth looks strong. The platform
agreed on by the resolutions COM
mittee endorses the tariff, President
Taft and the new tariff commission.
It favors a ship subsidy and en-
dorses conservation and the further
amendment of the antitrust laws. ii
was adopted unanimously.
The governorship nomination was
anybody's' fight up to the last min
ute before the opening of the con-
vention. The hall was jammed. No
slate at all was made. The eandi-
dates are Judge o. B. Brown, Carmi
Thompson and Warren G. Harding.
All expressed confidence in their own
nominations.
Walter f. Brown. of Toledo. was
reelected chairman of the state con-
troll committee last night.
The platform says the achieve
ments of congress and the admins
tration are unequalled in history and
constitute faithful adherence to the
Republican platform pledges. 1t
says the tariff is revised in accord
ance TO the Republican doctrine.
Preliminary Skirmish.
The first trial of strength between
the regulars" and "progressives" i'm
the Republican state convention
here resulted in favor of the regulars
by a wide margin. Congressman
Paul Rowland. of Cleveland, who
has charge of the progressive plat
form, was defeated for the chairman
ship of the resolutions committee by
la vote of Is to 3.
Immediately prior to the vote
Rowland announced that while he
would not quibble over the phrase
ology. IL the platform were in sub
stance unsatisfactory to the progress
sives, he would bring a minority re-
port to the floor of the convention.
Nine of Ohio's Republican con-
gressmen are members of the resolu-
lions committee and all supported
the tariff bill, which was one of the
issues of the convention. General ].
Warren Keifer, member from the
Seventh dictrict has since maintained
that the schedules were not high
enough.
As soon as the committee went
into session word was sent that
James r. Garfield, leader of the pro-
gressives here, would be heard.
Senator Burton was selected per-
manent chairman of the convention.
Longworth's Speech.
Congressman Nick Longworth, as
temporary chairman. made the first
speech of the convention. He said in
part:
81 have seen during the past ten
years, this gravel held by men of
national reputation. men whose
names are household words. | have
listened to the speeches of temporary
chairman of the eminent Republican
and former governor, Myron T. Her.
rick; of him who was one of the
most dominant and forceful figures
of his day. the well beloved Mark
Hanna: of that man of real elo.
auence, whose fame as a great de-
batter in the United States will never
die. Joseph Banson Foraker; of that
tried and true public servant, the
worthy son of a splendid sire. James
Garfield: and of that man whom We
especially honor here today, the
greatest living Ohioan. William
Howard Taft, president of the United
States. To be the successor of such
men as these is a distinction so great
that the day will never come in my
life when it will not remain green
in my memory
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