Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-28

Columbus O., July 27.-With can cidate for governor who was nomi- hated by a combination of regulars and progressives." an1 a platform pronounced good by the former ele- ment and ninery-nIne per cent good by the latter section Of the party. the Ohio republican convention broke up and went home today in a state or much contenJment
 The Ticket.
 The ticket is made up as follows:
 For Governor-Warren G. Harding of Marion
 For Lieutenant Governor-F-rancis w Treadway of Clev eland.
 For Secretary of State, Granville w. Mooney of Austinburg-
 For Attorney General-C. Grant Denman of Toledo
 For Treasurer of State-Rudy A Archer of Belmont county.
 For Justices of the Supreme Court Will E. Crew of AIcConnellsville. and Augustus N Summers of Springfield
 For Clerk of the Supreme Court John S McNutt of Salem
 For Dairy and Food Commissioners -RenIek w Dunlap of Kingston
 For Member of the Board of Public WOrk-George H. Watkins ot Ports mouth
 For Commissioner of Common Schools-John W. Zeeler of Findlay
 The Nominee for Governor.
 Warren G Harding. the nominee for governor. was It various times in the preliminary sdua bbles of the conven- 1son described as --everSbody's second choice He is the editor of a news paper al Marion. he has been lieuten- ant governor and United States sem stor- He is known in the state as an effective stump speaker and has serv- cd in that a paciIy for other candi- dates Tor years
 No Lone and Bitter Struggle.
 Until today. however. it had ap- peared beyond reasonable expectation that the convention would arrive at the consideration of any second struggle George E. Cox of Cincin- Ea-i had said that he would stay with Judge Oren B. Brown of Dayton to the rhirtieth ballot if necessary. the ssprOEressiVes-' were refusing to con sz6er anybody but James R. Garfield. who was not however. an announced candidate. and the men ordlnarHy identified with the national aGmlnls- tration side and state politics were supposed 10 be hopelessly divided be- tween Secretary of State Carml Thompson and Mir Harding
 Garfield and Thompson Withdraw. 2, The finish of the fight was peculiar. MT. Garfield announced that his name would nor be presented as candidate. Simultaneously Secretary Thompson withdrew from the field, and. like MT. Garfield. without any announced req son
 AIr- Cox broke the news Of Secretary Thompsons withdrawal on the conven- -ion floor. and the Brown msn for the 1-Sr time claimed a victory on the hrst ballot Then the Cuyahoga county fCIsveIendD delegation. of which Sen 1 Etor Burton was chairman. gave 96 votes to Congressman Nicholas Long worth
 Judge Brown. who was second on the 1 first ballot with As votes. dropped to 5s3 on the second ballot. and the l --anrea sod n 1sz. Nearly all the .-progressives were voting for Harding The 96 | CieveIsnders. who all voted for Long | worth on the second and third roll 1 calls were yelling wildly for the Gin l cinnati man On the third ballot by | the time the vote had reached Hatnfl- 1 ton county. the Longworth candidacy l xzs advancing in great strides
 Chairman Cox surrendered with dis cretio1- He arose and cast the 9l | Hamilton county votss for Harding All but Is0 of the Brown supporters. l part of whom had voted before Hamll- i ton county was reached. went over to 1 Harding. and the nomination was made | by the good margin of 551 votes over | -ar nearest competitor-the Cincinnati | congressman. who did not want to run for governor
 Nomination Made Unanimous.
 The nomination was made unanimous end the fight was over.
 The Platform.
 The platform opened with a warm endorsement of President Taft. declar- ing that the record of achievement of thIs administration and the SiXty-f first congress is unequalled i'll our history, and guarantees faithful adherence to a1f the pledges of the last republican republican congress next November is inperatively necessary to accomplish the entire programme of the Taft ad- rninistrsticH.
 Of the tzrif it says: The tariff has been revised in accordance with the republican doctrine of protecting home industries and American labor It did not raise the rate Of duty on a single common food product. The increases made were on luxuries and articles not of ordinary use It affords no more tries Of the natic-1, and is fair alike zo consumers. latoTers and producers. No tariff bill was more unjustly as sailed l. has justified the exnecta- rions of it's friends by turning s na- tfonzI deficit into a surplus. while. at the same time reducing the average rate Of all duties Its maximum and minimum rates have operated to give us for the first time equality of oppor- 1unity with other nations in our for eizn trade
 The republican party. through con- gress and the president, have given free trade with the Philippines with such limitations as to sugar and tobac co zs will afford protection to domes tic industries. and has established a customs court Recognizing inequalities due to changing conditions. or that otherwise may b. found tO exist. congress has provided 8 tarin board, with an ample . spprofrsati0n for the investiga ton of tl-- dinerencrs in tine cost of produc- ton at home and abroad. so that if anx rates are found to be higher than rpt eSSarv Jo afford labor q high wage and capital 2 fair return. those rates win be reduced Praise is given to the railroad law, and Ihe rrin-i iple of conservation of our national resources is cordially en- Scrzsd Enforcement of existing laws e -<e-nanded-