The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 26, 1896, Image 6
(UNLET
NOMINATED.
UOUAKT.OKKKW .IK It SKY, IS T1IK
SKCONI) MAN.
The Convention Com Wild Over the
Kcsult. The Sliver Slcn Wulk Out
Amid .leers und Hisses.
Tho first tiny of tho convention opened
with unclouded skies and with tho prospect
of extremely hot weather.
At 13:20 Senator Carter, chairmen of tho
Republican national committee, called the
y Convention to order. I5y this time nil tho
delegates and nearly haJf of the gallery space
wore filled.
The chaplain, Rabbi Snale, opened with
prayer, the whole assembly standing as tho
chaplain Invoked the divine benediction.
Chairman Carter then called the convention
to order, and introduced Hon. Charles
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WILLIAM1 M
chairman. Ha mado n Ions speech which i
Was frequently applnudcd. Ho could uot he j
heard at n groat distance. HK referenco to
" the impossibility of compelling llfty-eout
dollars to circulate in unliuMtod numbers on |
parity with gold win greeted with a lout! J
burst of nppinuse, while Senator Teller :
smiled sardonically ami one of the Western j
delegates in the rear emitted n dismal owl I
'. all.
Mr, I.Atr.b, delegate front Virginia, offered
8 resolution which was agr- <? ! tc that until a
permanent organisation is fit ted tho convention
will !? ^uvi-rnml ?>y the rules of tho ,
la-1 Kepubl.nri convention.
A resolution was ah. adopted ordering
that roll of States and Territories be .alio1
and enoli delegation unr.oan :e th* i:nm?vs of i
the persons elected to servo ou the several
committees as follows: On orunni ration, !
rules, credentials, resolutions A!s < that all
resolutions In respect to the platform stiali ;
ho referred to tho committee without do- ,
hate.
The States wore then called for their soleo
Hon of d"!e rates as members of tho several
committees.
u lien no- nainovf Sen..tor Teller was announced
ua a member of tho committee on
rules for his Statu there was a small outburst
of applause, after which tho cali was
proceeded with.
When Massachusetts seat up the name of
3enntor Lodge as its repre* ntative on tho
committee on resolutions.there was:i counter
lemonstratlon on tho part of the ir dd standard
men.
Mr. Clavt. ii, of Arli.iiis;i', -?>nt up a resolution
whieh he ih'Mrej ? . have r . I and
referred, hut objection via* mad- t > a being
read hi:-1 it was r-'f-rnd w .:i; it r -a ling. It
related to tho detormn.at: a ot . '.ton coiltents.
kWm^m ISAjf
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gfe< Sp
where the republican* n*ati<
(The auditorium scats .rbjut ton thou.san 1
Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan aa 1 A Irr.rul Farrag
gallery. Each win framed iu American fin.
Another resolution fr >m the colored pie
of Illinois n.T-' ting their right*
as a race was treated !u a liito manner. After
an announcement of the places an I times of
moating of tho four c? mnr.ttees, the convention
at 1:47 adjourned.
The platform committee conduced its
labors behind b st'd doors.
Just as soon a-the committee or. oredeatiuls
had organised, Mr. .1. Cohen. ?.f N
bruska. submitted the following r - elation,
Which was adortel:
"That the roll of d"iegatos and alt-'rnatc*
prt pared by tho notional committee for the
purpose of th>< tetnf" r iry Tgar.untion be.
and the same is heresy a I>pl?iJ by this committee
as tho truo and correct roll of the del.
egates unil alternates <.f the convention, an I
that this committee proceed with tli" hearing
of contests referred to by the national committee,
vis: Tho delegates ur. I alternates I
from tho State of Delaware ami the delegates
and alternates fro;u tbo State of Texas."
This is regarded as a victory for McKlnley
men, who desire to shut out uay further
hearing of contests.
The following text of tho financial planlc
was adopted by the sub-eotnmitteo on resolutions
to bo reported to the full committee:
"The Republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. It caused tho tnactment of
the law providing for tho resumption > f specie
payments in 1879; slnco then every dollar
has been as good us gold. '
"Wo are unalterably opposed to every
uiensuro calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We are,
t h c re / of o. .o p p osod to free, coinage jOftllver
egcept by i nCe r nation at agroemenr, ana vu v.
such agreement can be ootnined the existing
gold standard must be preserved. Our
stiver and paper now In circulation as cur
n -y must be maintained at a parity with
gold, and we favor all measures to maintain
Inviolably the obligations of the United
States itud all our money, whether coin or
paper, at the present standard, the standard
of tho u ost enlighten d nations of tho earth.* 1
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cr. ond day's i'kni i:::d:nos. .|
The early morning hours ? >{ the second day i i
of theeouvention wore cloudy and threatened ) (
a rather disagreeable, ralty condition of |
wcftlher, but just before the hour fixed for the i
ir.i "tlug?10 a. in.?the clouds tegan to disperse
and there win every appearance of <
sultry weather, by 10 o'clock bur liy half i
the deleg.ites were present, but they k'-ot
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, ... i.,.- ij.j., nunu iu" ' mi i uia- I
court ! popular iir-?. In tti nioniittan* llio !
irivl!?Tii'.s woro t>"iii^ (llltvl tip. at?-l when u* >
liikl Mr. I'airlianks eailivl the convention to |
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order there wore few .seats uutor.nnO- I either
irt the galleries or ia the .-ootious assitfued to
d'ue;?uteS and alternates.
Since yesterday's adjournment the arrangement
of the floor hail ander^ono a
ehaiijp*?the positions of several States
Iiuvidk' lio??u shifted and in a way that is not
v? ry saii.-taetory to the reporters, because
ml of havitnc Senators Teller, i f Colora
Lodfje, f Ma.ss.'iehiisetts; ? huuncey M.
Di pi-w and 1 hoinus f. I'lati. of New York, I
1:1 i iose proximity to t ach otln-r un l to the |
I'j rters, they have been remove 1 to re-'
!ii..te quarters in th'.'e.-i-'k of tin? h id where
tie v an neither he steu nor hear 1 from the i
plat form seats.
The eonveiition was alh,l t> order at i
10.t"?, three .piarters on an in u behind .
tune, wh '.i prayer was ofTc.vi hy the ltev. j
lor. W. <i. Wiliiams.
'The Senator from Massachusetts," sai 1
the chairman, and Mr. I.od^e ros-- ami 1 aiplan.-e
an 1 -a'd: ... ?ay. i:. ! eh.ulf j
of tin- eommiltee on resolutions that the sube
'minittee has eoinplrted a draft of a plat- |
f rrii an 1 tiiat it is now under eomoderation i
I y tin* full eoUimlttee. Tin' . mmittee is hi.- !
aide to report this tr.oruui? and a-k .eav ? to J
sit during this n.ortdiu;'--e-si,.,, hoping to
b ah|e to report a platform f t riu it?les to
tin-aftiTiioon-essioti. ami, in !?.?hali <>f the !
unnir.tee, I ask that lea- f tin- tiven
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Mr. "i Mai.u', :u i r i:it I ;
or r tli.it tli llr.-t in r^l r was tho !
r- ,. rt tin* >>:: 1-iitials, l>ut
t li iiriiiaii <?\-Tris! tt i tli - itr >mi?l '
i '.'.l it hn.l ' "a till att'l l.a 1 .
t i ti r- ,i.|y to r ; r'. T!i<* . ; .rt >f ll;u j '
> t- -.it. :. | rn. iinMit rirat.i.t.iti r. ivai i
i. [ r-'Si-nt'-.l a:. I r -rt I. it n.vn 1 s.-nat r j
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TXAE CONVENTION WAS riELD.5 '"" *
,.< Colossal portraits of Wa-'tir.jjfon,
;:t io >kol l.nvni' I oil tilH il'-lo^-at"* from tho 1
Tim pint form is at tho loft of tho pluture. j
rr. ? 1 too :a- tic -aiit-at-ir-.:s anl
ti. -r r-'ir.; r.irv 11': - r-? porn; no n*. o.tloors
of t:?f o.v.-iiti a, ! J. r. a".i-t f vl-o-pros.
i t :11-. :'r a .. S'-.t".ii- ?ht loubytho j
(I-; VM'.ioii. ! In1 r a !;:i_r tu" .Ht of vi-a
p.- sol-nts . i;.t rru! :?* 1 1 y iippiauso as
; ; '...if nainos *v to r m !.
M r. . f Mar) ia:. 1, ma tho j, >iot of
or:--r that although tho > .uvontion i?.:_r 111
ri;-it.?iit or\*anl?-.atii n it u:M n >t u-t upon
it until tho r-port of tho on to.
i|":iti.iN lia I (oy-ii a t 1 upon. Thorn was
no ooavaj.ti >n h>-ro now, ho sanl. Tho
ii .iraisin verrtih-il tho j.oji.t . rb r an 1
I r o-.p'.iv put th>< ip:> ti on on th a 1 tptioa
of (!: report of pormanont nrf
i.n/.atioii. NVt.llo a 11 i/._r * 'to tak'-n,
Mr. Mu 1<1 ina lo aaotiior p unt i or<l t tnat
ti;o r .11 of Stat* s must bo .-1110.1 a -o rlintf to
t..o ruled.
Mr. Mil'Men, of Chicago, presented to |
the ctialriuan u gavel made from a poitiou of
the houso In which Llneolu once lived. [
Judge Denny, of Kentucky, presented a sec !
oud gavel made from the wood which formed
part of tho homestead of Henry Clay, the
(atherof protection. Mr. Torrance, of Mm- j
ucsota, then presented, in the name of that
State, to the chairman of the eonventlon. tho ;
table which stood in front of tbo presiding |
officer in iss'j.
The ehairmnu of tho committee on resolutions
was recognized and reported that the
platform would ho ready at S p. m.
The preamble to tho platform Is said to
address Itself to tho "awakened Intelligence,
experience and conscience" of tho country
after "reaping the bitter fruits of four years
of Doinocrutlc control." It scores the Democrat!"
party for Its record, unparalleled in
apneity. dishonor uud disfavor. It renews
md emphasizes Its allegianco to the policy of
protection us the bulwark of American industrlal
independence and the foundation of
American development uud prosperity. It
Jeuouuces tho present Doinoerntio turifl us
? -44.
lectionnl, partisan ana ono-siueu, anu uts
clares for a liberal reciprocity aud just relation;
it says tho repeal of tho reciprocity
arrangement was a national calamity. Dem
j':r;iuu riue uas ruiuiessiy siruciv uovvu reciprocity
anil protection, un'l both must bo
re-established. It mentions sugar and wool
is instances of tho unjustuess of Demofratie
policy. Tho Cuban plauk demands
that an armed force of tho
United States shall be promptly interposed
to restore peace 011 tho islan I. holding it to
fie neees-ury that tho people of Cuba achieve
political indefieudence, 1; pledges sympathy
In the struggle again*t a corrupted and barbarous
Spanish monar'hy. Tho Monroe
! >etrino is endorsed, and an extension of tho
civil servico favored, while tho use of nubile
money for sectarian purposes Is opposed. It
condetns the f.diulntsiration policy ou pension
s, and advocates l?uilding tlie Xicarragua
canal by tho government. It favors restricted
immigration. The currency plank
is assent yesterday.
( hairruau Harry liingham, of Pennsylvania,
ehuirmnn of the eommit'eo on rules,
read the report of tho committee. Tho rules
re omtnended were identical with those
heretofore in force. Among the changes, Inlian
Territory was given six, votes instead
if two, una aiusku rour votes instead ol
iwo.
Til a report was adopted. Mr. Qrosvenor
moved to adjourn until tomorrow at 10
o'clock a. tn. The chairman declared in
favor of the ayes, and 5:07 tho convention
adjourned accordingly.
Tlllltt) l>AV'fl rnOCEEDINOS.
Rev. John Sc.>tt,of Florida, offered prayer.
\t 11:35 the ebairtnan called for tho report
if the committee ou platform. Foraker was
received with cheers. The preamble to the
datform ail vert.s to tiio calamitous results of '
democratic rule. aud chargej that purty with '
leapaeity to direct the country's alTairs.
['he turili plunk extols protection au?l tie- '
rounces the present tar:lT as sectional. Tho '
psestion of rates is declared to he practical 1
in I t > l.e ^en? ral hy tho conditions of time
tad production.
Ample protection is promised tho produc- !
rs and mauufnoturors of wool and woolens
in I the rest- ration of and eucourageraent
0 the tner? haut marine is promised.
Liberal pensions are advocated and gener- ;
mis treatment of all pensioners; a vigorous '
in I dignified foreign policy is advocated.
L'lie Hawaiian Islands should he uuder our
outr d. No foreign power should be per- 1
nitted to interfere with the Nicaragua canal.
1'ite purchase of the Ihinisli Isles is advocated
and Armenian massacres are deaouie'i
d. The M ?nro" Idoctrineis reasserted
to it.- full extent. We shall not interfere
with the existing European possessions on
this hemisphere, lait such possessions must
not he extended. The repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements made hy the last ltepuhlii-au
administration was a national calamity.
Ueciproeity and protection go hanu in haud.
The l leinocratio administration is condemned
for nut keeping faith with the sugar proilucer.
The Republican party favors such
1 rote, tion as will lead to the production on \
Arnerieau soil of all the sugar which the
American pet. p'o use an?l for wliieh they pay \
other countries one hundred million dollars
annually.
The government of Spain having lost con- ,
tr.d of Cuba and being unable to ported the (
prop, r'.v or lives of re-idem Atneticans, or
to comply with its treaty oh|;.*atioDs, we be (
lieye tile I'niled States government should (
i-tivviy a-.-its iui'ueuco and good o 111 cos to (
rest, re peace and give iud''nendoiiee to the
island. Tlif eontmuod enlargement ??f tin* <
die navy an t a system of harbor
. a defenees js .strongly nrseil. The .
of i.literate immiirrnnts is favored t
i:i'i ivil : -iT'. is a l\ ..mated; a free ballot Is ,
iemanded and lyiii'hi.r-fs are denounced. 4
l'he remaining planks favor 'In* free
losa -.-t'-ad j-oli -y i f the If puMiean party,
die ulmi-siun >!" t!i?* renriinin.? territories,
ti '.vara^iasr teniperan-'e.and favors w? man's
rights. Cheers jtreeted the ilnnueinl, ree|[ ro
ity and t ' .baa l ianas. Eleven doieyu:i>n
an ! two-thirds of the States rose and
heered the de darati'oi against the coinage
>f sllv r. Fora\? r tuov? 1 the adoption of
die platform. F-her was recognized, and
il'fer d tif taii.ority rep rt. There was loud
heeriai' la tip* -iiver States when Teller
IPum*.
!1 11. i'e.ier -aid if tn?* sold plank was
td-ipte.), lie amst sever .lis Oolllieeiiotl with
die ; irty. lie was eijeere.l and hissed.
n'ii:na i i s- i it i ni:s:iii:sr.
The ehairma:. direct"i the eall of States
r nominations ! 1'reshleut. Tito llrst
tate eall I vas I i". .. wit Mr. ISahlwiu, of
oiiaeil i:ia:;s, ea:a?' to tip-platform and
i<i:i.i:iat > 1 se;,at rAi.ts in.
Senator l.mi'.'e, . f Mas.-a itusetts, norr.ilat
! rhni.ia* It. i'.ee the noiau1atson heiiat
otidiv :i|i|ilaieled. I > pew performed it like
?ervi in behalf of ti iv. M rton, of Now
V. >rk.
Si-eat .r-I'..ra'-C"r put MeMinley's nnmo
i a miliar. After - mio hitter ahu-e l(f ,
dp- i> eao -rat; party, he ._*ut to V.Kmley's
ii.a i.e. aa ! the convention w-mt w.ld.
The hiveati in j i ve it-elf i;p to uare-tr.iiae
1 yelliau, dp- r::;_*. honi-Mowini; and
at-'alliir.r. Idem a i nrrait of M ifinley was 1
h"i - I n line with ?':. !'i.i'." l State.- Unit !
r un 111 ea'dery. lammr tip- [ latform and the |
tie.-riir," h-'min '^'T H.:ain, t? whim the
i'.u. ! ; i >' iyi:iu'. "llaily I; mi'i '
ft." i' th- i?v i.r; >:i j intli" -ho- '
ru.-. A!t-r a'. I i-t r.tiirit"* of thin
k:n<i >t "din.;- tii?- >-ii ' -iran t? raj.
for a r'-st irati >a of >>r I'T. I ;t without avail. '
I 'r :..'-r -too I 1 :rinali this wil l ?? -'-in*.
-:iiiii?uj lii- api roval. \Vh"ii or.l--r had 1
u.'arly r-'-tor- I. vr-. H. \V. 11. Strong
i ulifornia. wh ha 1 ; r"-"nt"'l th" '
I am. - iu h nor of <?ii; i-hoi vj mad"
!i"r a;>;'-araii ? t!-" li >or, waving on" of
l:t"m. at il aii >t!i r <:n-- ntroll"d outr r"ak of
I'-inporary la- .nity > I. Aft??rtwenty- '
:r,i.i:iii-.t of in v-.-satit turmoil Mr. For- 1
a c--r va- a!"?W".| to r"?iun" las s|ii--.-?-li. H"
- a 1 from what ha 1 o vr.rr" !. it was evident
tip- i-ouv'-utioti had h'-ar-l of i:is "andidnt"
i. -fo.--. H" t-lost-1 aa "io'|U"iit peroration
hv sahahttiiiir, in Hi" uatii'J ??f !? <!"l"Ki?t".s.
W.-n. M-'lviiii"v's namo for th nsidorntion
of th- .-onv-iiTi->ii. Mr. M-'ph'irii th-ri took
tti" i-liair an I S.-nator i'tiitr-t->ri was ro.-oifiii.'."
I and s'-i-oa-lr.l tiio nomiuatian of >S"Kiui'-y.
tl >vni >r Hastings, of Pennsylvania, nominated
Sonnt ir Quay, ami J. M. Vane", a
N -^ro. from I. "ii-iiiu i. -""oi?d--d M"Kiiil"y\- 1
in ninati >a.
ih" ro.I ill o' stat-s wis th-ii h'-jjun.
A iha'iia 1 >il -v th a" for M >rtoii ami 1
:<>r M Kiiih'y. Aika-isns md ?' illfornlit --.i-t :
-o.i ! vo'.-s tor M iloiioy. ? >nn""tl"ut i-nst
II v f >r 1 I ami -i-vn for M Kinl'-y. IMa- J
.-. ir ; soli'l v .t" f >r >1 Kn.i'y; Florida |
i"r M 'Kiiii'-V; <> -onri? two < >r I; I.
t v ?f ir lay an I 11 : r M -Kinl'-y. Oia-ofj
tiio rolort-'l ilult .rat"- from Florida, amid <
aii/r. j>rot"-ts. ii.-;-*"l on "hull"n>fiii;r th"
v.it". an 1 S-init-'r Thurston, wlio had n-i..n
- i tip- hair. -i-! -1 that th riiflit to
ii.tii--ii_r?- -!ioi;ii| I.- "iv"n '-v-ry -h-Innate.
'! ti" i|"i<-k'ation h.-ini; polh-i] i; was found
th it M >rtoii In I two votm in I'.ori a arid
M -hinh-v o11iv -'\ ii stt-ad of 1-j.jht ,t. at.- 1
noiiniii'o l.v t"" "hairiinin of t!i" d"l"uat'."ti. j
II:i. is lauo ii c d for M -Kiuh-y, W" '
challenged and a {> -II -bowed n > chang . !
Indiana cast its So vnt#a f >.- M<-Kinl< y, Iowa J
ust Its 20 votes for Allison-. K'tn-us r )!'.'
Kinloy. 20; Km'U'ky, 2(i f >r MeKi-iio ,
Louisiana cast a . oilous vote. Ii ilfa vuif for
Allison, half a vote for Quay, four (or K"ed,
and eleven for MoKinloy, and so the voting
wont on until Massachusetts u'?v.> one voto
for McKinlev ami tlio re.-t for iteed. Tho
McKinlty column steadily increased. Wiion
Mississippi's IS votos wore oust for MeKit ley
another of tho colored delegates demanded
a noli, which showed one voto for Quay
and 17 for McKinloy. Montana oast ono
voto for McKinloy, ono for Don Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, on? blank and
one absentee. 1 ho chairman called the name
of Mr. Hartmuu's alternate and ho voted I
blank. There was a decided sensation when
the vote of Now York was challenged by
Warner Miilor. It had been announced us
54 for Morton and 17 for McKinloy. Joseph
H. Newmans was absent in tho first district
and the name of his alternate was calleiL
Mr. Grulor raised a laugh by saying : He
is just leaving tho room to avoid voting."
The next aiternate was called and voted for j
McKinlev. The delegation voted solidlv for
Morton uutll hall' the votes were re eived,
wheu the vote weredivided between MeKinley
and Morton. Then oauie unite a number of
breaks for MeKinley an?l three absentees
wore noted in tin' ninth district. The voto I
was Morton 51, MeKinlev 17. Wheu Ohio j
was reached the requisite number of votes j
were given to name MeKicley and the eon- I
venlion reeogniziug the faer without an- |
nouneement broke into elieers. Texas delay- j
ed the final announcement by a challenge by
one of tlie dis-atisiled colored brethren. An- I
other colored delegate challenged tr.e
vote of Virginia and again delayed th?>
eall. Virginia's vote on a poli stood
lteed 1: MeKinley 'J.'l. All tl;e rest of the
roll of States went solid for MeKinlev. New
Mexico east one vote f.>r Allison and also
MeKinley. Alaska east its newly conferred
four votes for MeKiniy. The absent delegate
from New York, Mr. i'arkhurst, hero appeared
and by unanimous oousent. east Ids
vote for Morton, making the total vote:
Morton .">o; MeKiniy 17. All the States having
been called. the president anitotiuce I that
Win. MeKiniy nad received GO' votes, and
the scene of an hour before was r meated.
Delegates and spectators arose and cheers
and huzzas rent the air.
TLomaj 13. Heed, the chairman sai l, had
received ^ i: votes; Quay, 01,' ; Levi 1*. Morton,
5S; Allison, 85,'j. and Don Cameron, 1.
Lodge, Hastings, l'lntt and IIendorson. of
lowu, all pledge their States' support to MeKinley,
the former moving to make the nomination
unanimous and the others seconding
the motion. Murk llauuu was called for ami
responded. There was no response to calls
for "Quay."
HOilART roil VICE rilESXDENr.
Mr. Morgan G. Uulkeley, of Hartford,
Conn.; Garrett Hobnrt. of New .Jersey;
Charles Warren Ltppett. of Ilhodo Island;
Henry Clay Evans, of Kentucky, and Gen.
James A. Walker, of Virginia, were put In
nomination for Vice President. Ilobart was ;
nominated on the ilrst ballot.
Thurstou and Fairbanks were made "hairmen.
respectively, of the two committees to
notify the nominees for President and Vic j
President.
The result of the ballot for Vice-President
was announced as follows: Ilobart, 533C;
Evans, 277' Uulkeley, 39: Lippitt. s; Walker
24; Heed, 3; l'hur.-ton, 2; Frederiek Grant. 2;
Depew, 3; Morton, 1; absent 23.
The convention adjourned sine die at 7:53
p. m.
NKGKO DKMOCKATS.'The
National League Issues a Call.
A call for the National convention of the
Negro National Democratic League has been
issued from the headquarters of the executive
committee in Indianapolis. Iud. The call
is addressed to "The members of the Negro
National Democratic League and to ail negro
Democrats who are in accord with Democrats
principles as taught by (.trover Cleveland
and our brave leaders of negro Democracy."
The National convention will be
held at Chicago on Tuesday, August 11.
Every loyal negro Democrat who believes in
organized negro Democracy is invited to
tnko part.
The chairman of each State league D requested
to see that the St ite convention is
ailed in sulli dent time. The States wiii be
illowed delegates in proportion t*? the uumoer
of negro v-.teseast for Grover Cleveland
In lS'J:!. T il" e invention will be composed of j
it lea-t 2f<) dieegaies. with a repr.-s-ntation
from thirty-three States. Tim call i- signed 1
>v I.- Sliii.i.i.ie tCn.irie:L'i eveutive e.vi - >
nittee Negro National Hemoeratio League.
FAMINE IX CHINA.
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Throatoiis to 1*11*uj;** the Most Prosperous
Portion* In tlio Direst Misery.
A terrible (amino, which threat-ms to
plunge the most prosperous portion of Tonkin,
China, into tlio direst misery for many
years, is desolating the country. Tie' harvest
has boon a failure, and the natives
throughout the whole of tin* country a:. I in
the most miserable eonditi.>:i. In Hanoi the
other day, a mother offer-d her three infants
for 8 cents, preferring to hand them over to j
a European rather than sou t.ieni perish from
hunger in her arms.
Inhabitants emigrate from the country en- t
masse to the city to begfor sit*'cnatiee, while ;
nutny other.-are going about pillaging and
perpetrating acts ?.f tiie gr>>-- -t violence.
Several eases ot cholem are r ; >rte I 'r..:n
the provinces, where the famine has beeu
felt most stvereiy.
PAYINO INDEMNITIES.
The United States Squaring l'p Scores
Injuries Done to Foreigners.
The United States government performed j
nn not of justi -f under its treaty provisions
In paying som indemnities for injuries done
to subjects of ; ?rcign t atious l y American j
citizens. S?>-retary Oinoy gave to Senor j
Cnron Fnv.i, the Italian nmbns-a h?r, a eheeg
for ilft.Odf) to t?o turne 1 over to the families :
of the four Italians who were killed by nn !
Ameri -an mob at Walsobtirg, (' i!., last July, j
and Sir Julian raune.-fo;.., the Jtritish ambassador,
was given a cheek f r rl.fOO for
the relief of the haw-on .naii.'y, lirili-o *e
jel,ts, who were liadlv bandied u> Ni'or**';a,
and 41.000 ior on? lSu.ii, ih? | .r-? c( an
Eugirh shit-, who was -hot ia the r!--ri...?
lhol4vt*e riotd in X*?\v Orlwin* last fail. T.'ii
ui on by was appropriated by Congress.
TIIK KAISKK TO PKTKUIIKAO
lie Telegraphs on the Keith Annlvcr
ary that tIIIoo?l Is Thicker Than
SVatcr."
Upon the occasion "( tli" celebration in !
perlin of tic two hundredth anniversary of !
tlio hirtii of Marshal KHtli, who was h,,rn
June ll. iaid whs killed at the head of
tie* Prussian army in the hiittlc with tic Austriiins
at llo -likir 'li. o t. 14, 175**. tic :n":n- !
hers of the municipality of I'etericad. s -.it- |
laml, when* K hth wastiorn, wired tic Kaiser
a congratulatory message. Tic K:np*r<>r in
reply tele^raphe I an expression of his
thanks, and added:
The glorious ileatli of K-ith at II xdikirel
testilled again to tic truth a the saying tiiai
"blood is tin -ker than water."
A Virginia Trust (Company Assigns,
Tic ltoanoke I. >an. Trust and Safe I>opos- |
it Company ha.-eiosed its door-. A deed of
assignment was 11, -1 conveying all assets to 1
j.uccn H. Cocke. Tlcre are ah out *20(1,000 i
of deposits, wlu*h ;t is In-lcvc I will l>? paid I
in full. Tic a -sets amount to over j"XM,000, I
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Full Text of the Kesoltitioti* adopted ut
tlie National Convention.
The Republicans of tho United States,
assembled by thdc representatives iu
National Convention, appealing for the
popular nnd historical justification of
their claims to the matchless achievements
of thirty years of Republican
rule, earnestly and contldentlv address
themselves to the awakened intelligence,
experience unci conscience of their countrymen
iu the following declaration of facts
and principles:
For the ilrst time since the Civil War the
American people have witnessed the calamitous
consequences of full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the Government. It
has beea a record of unparalleled incapacity,
dishonor and disaster. In administrative
management it has ruthlessly sacrificed
iudlspettsable revenue, entailed an uuceasing
deficit, eke 1 out ordinary current expenses
with borrowed money, piled up the
put Uc debt by 9S63.000.000 in time of peace.
forced ut) adverse balance of trade, kept a
perpetual menace hanging over the redemption
fund, pawned American credit to alien
syndicates ami reversed all the measures and
results of successful Republican rule. Iu
the broad efTcct of its policy it has
t,rf.-inlt.it.imnie 1,11 ,.),f... I l..,l...trv
an I trailo with prolonged depression, closed
factories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and '-rippled American produ tlon
while slimu'cuiug foreign prodtiotion for the
American market, p.very consideration of
puhlio snfetv anl individual interest demaiuisthat
the Government shall he rcseue.l
from the hands ot tin so who have shown
themselves ineapnble of conducting it without
disaster at heme and dishonor nl-road
and shall be restored to the party which for
thirty years administered it with uucouailcd
fdeoess aud prosperity.
Tlic Tariff I'lati!:.
We renew anil crnphnsiz ? otir allegiance to
the policy of protect' >. as tho bulwark of
American ileitis;rial independence and the
foundation of American development an 1
prosperity. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and encourages lioine industry;
it puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods; it secures tho American market
for the American producer; it upholds the
American standard of wages for the American
workiugman: it puts the factory by the
side of the farm and makes the American
farmer les9 depen lent on foreign demand
ami price; it diffuses general thrift and
founds the strength of all on the strength of
each. In its reasonable application it is just,
fair and impartial, equally opposed to foreign
control and domestic monopoly, to sectional
discrimination and individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic tarifT
ns sectional, iujurious to the public credit
tin (I destructive to business enterprise. We
demand such ail equitable tarilT on foreign
imports which com? into competition with
American products as will not' only furnish
adequate revenue for the necessary expenses
of the Government, but will protect American
labor from degradation to the vrnge level
of other lands. We arc not pic lgod to any
particular schedules. The question of rates
is a practical question, to be governed by the
conditions of tin4 time and of production;
the ruling and uncompromising principle is
the protection and development of American
labor an i industry. The country demands
a right settlement, and th,4n it wants rest.
Wo believe the rep" ilof the reciprocity ar- I
rangetU'-nts negotiate 1 t?y the last Hep'ublioan
Administr itioii was a National calamity,
and we demand their renewal and extension
on such terms as will equalise our trade with
other Nations, remove tin- restrictions which
now obstruct the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries, and secure
enlarge 1 markets for th-4 products of our
farms, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity art4 twin measures
of lb publican policy, and go band in
hand. Democratic rule lias recklessly struck
down both, and both must bo re-established: .
protection for what we produce; free admission
for tho necessaries of life when we do
not produce; reciprocal agreements of mutual
interest which gain open markets for us
in return for our open market to others.
Protection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures our own market for ourselves;
reciprocity builds up foreign trade
and littils an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present A (ministration
for not keeping faith with the sugar producers
of tips country. Tee Kopubli'*au party
favors .-ui'h protection as will load t*> the
production on Ameriean soil of all the >ugar
which tho American people use, and for
wluch they pay other countries more than
SlOh.Oiin.i 00 annually.
To till our products?to those of tho mine
and tli" Meld a- well as those of th" >h?ip an I
f ictori?1<> hemp?to wool, the product of
the great industry of sheep husbandry, jlwcil
as to the ttuisiic I woolens of the mill ?
we promise the most ample protection.
Wo lavor restorinir the enrlv American
policy of ili.-criiuiii.itiny duties for tho upiiulliliii'4
of our mcr-'haiit nmriue ami tho
protection of our shipping iu ties f-.roign
carrying trndo, s> that American ship-?the
product of American labor, employed in
American shipyards, sailing tin b*r tie- Stars
an I strip" -, mil manu 1, officered au<l
owucil l>y American;?may regain tho carrying
of our foreign oummeree.
Till' Colli l'lUllh.
Tho Republican party is unreservedly far
fiiuii"! money, it caused the enactment of
tho law providing for tho resumption of
specie payments in sineo then every
dollar has been as goor. as g >ld.
Wo are unalterably opposed to every
nu-u-'iro calculated ilebase our currency
or in.pair the credit of our e cialry. We are
therefore opposed to the tree c .initio of stiver
except by international agreement with
tho leading eotntnor"ial Nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such agreement can be obtained
tho exist!in; gold standard must be
preserved. All our ; bvor and naner eurrency
must bo maintained at a parity with
gold, and wo favor all measures designed to
maintain inviolably tie* obligations of the
United States and all our mor.cy, whether
coin or paper, at tho present standard, tin*
standard of tae most enlightened Nations of
the earth.
Pensions.
Tin* veterans of the Union armies deserve
and .-lion! I five lair tr.iiment ami generous
recognition. Whenever i>r cable
they should be yiveu tin; preference in tin*
matter of employment, and they are entitled
to the enactment of -itch laws as are best
t III' 11 Ml l?~ 4 I ' 4M" 111'- i II 111 I I .11'-III ?>1 lilt*
pledge- made to th'.'iu in tin' dark days of
the country's peril. We denounce the prae.
tice in the 1' ?nsiou Bureau. - > r 'kiessly and
unjustly carried on by the present Adinintstratioii,
of reducing pensions and arbitrarily
dropping names (roia the roll.-., as deserving
toe severest ooudemnati ?n of the Amerlean
people.
Fori'lsn Delations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
Arm, vigorous and digmtlod, an 1 all our interests
in the western hemisphere earofully
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian Islands
should bo controlled by the United
States and no foreign I'ower should be p?.mitted
to interfere with them; the Nicaragua
Canal should be built, owned and operate. 1
by the United States; and by th > purchase of
the Danish Islands we sh-uil I secure a proper
and much needed naval station in the West
ladies.
The massacres in Arn:->iua have aroused
the deep sympathy and us: indignation of
th" American peoph.. and we Ixaieve that
the United States should exercise all the inllueiiee
it can properly exert to bring those
atrocities t" an end. in Turkey American
residents have been exposal to the gravest
dangers and American properly destroyed.
There an 1 ovrywli -re Am rieaueit!/.en?. an i
American property u.u-t be absolutely protected
at all hazards and at auv cost.
Monroe Doitrine.
\Vc reassert the Monroe do.'frinc in its full
extent, nil I we rcailirui the rigid of the United
States to give tise i|o 'trine elYoet by responding
to tiie appeals of any American
Stat * for friendly Hit Tveutioti in ease of
European oncgi aghaient. Wo have njt in
(terferod, and shnll not Intwfero, wilh th?
existing possess'oils of any European Power
in this hemisphere, but those possessions
must not, on any pretext, bo exteuded. Wo
hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawal
of tho European Powers iroin this ,
hemisphere, to the ultimate uuiou of all of
the English speaking part of the continent
by tho free consent of its inhabitants,
Cuba.
From tho hour of achieving their own Independence
tho people of the United States
have regarded with sympathy the struggles
of other American peoples to free themselves
from European domination. We watch with
doeo-nnd abiding interest tho heroic battle
of tho Cuban patriots against cruelty audoppression.
and our best hopes go out for the
full success of their determined contest for
liberty.
The Government of Spain, having lost control
of Cuba, utid being unable to protect the
property or lives of resident American citizens
or to com pi v with its treaty obligations,
we believe that the Government of the
United States should actively use its influeuco
ami good offices to restore peace and
give independence to the isiuud.
The Nav.v.
The pence nud security of tho ltcpublio
and tho maintenance of its rightful luflpoace
among tho Nations of tho earth demand
a naval power commensurate with its postthai
and responsibility. Wo therefore lavor
tile Ci>titlnii?*tl nnliiri*i?m#iTit nf th * 11IIvv* iiinl
a eompleto system of harbor ami sea coast
defences.
rorolcn Immigration.
For tho protection of the o quality of our
American cttl7.eu.ship ami of t'a?? wages of
our workinginen against th? fatal coiupi tilion
of low-priced labor, we demand that the
immigration laws be thoroughly enforced
ami so extendi)'1 as to exclude from entrance
to the United States those who can neither
read nor write.
Civil Service.
The Civil Service law was placed on the
statute book by the Republican party, which
lias always sustained it. and we renew our
repented declarations that it shall be
' thoroughly au<l honestly enforced .mi extended
wherever practicable.
FTt'c I'.allot.
We riemend that every citiron of the
United States shall h> allowed to cast one
free and unrestricted ballot, and that such
ballot shall be counted and returned as
cast. ?
I.ynrhlng*.
Wo proclaim our unqualified condemnation
of the uncivilized and barbarous practices,
well known as lynching or killing of
human beings, suspected or charged with
crime, without process of law.
National Arbitration.
We favor the creation of a National board
of arbitration to settle and adjust differences
which may arise between employers and employed
engaged in interstate commerce.
IlotiieMtenilft.
We bo'.iovo in au immediate return to the
free homestead policy of the Republican
party, and urge the passage by Congress of
the sadsfnetory Free Homestead measure
which has already passed tlio House and is
now ponding iu the Senate.
Territories.
We favor tho admission of the remaining
Territories nt the earliest practicable dat*\
having due regard to the interests of the people
of the Territories and of the United
| States. All the Federal officers appointed
for the Territories should be selected from
I bona tide residents thereof, and the right of
self-government should bo accorded ju fur
;i.s practicable.
Alaska.
We believe the citizens of Alaska should
have representation t:i the Congress of the
United States, to tho end that tuevlIul legislation
may be intelligently euactud.
Tempera nre.
We sympathize with nil wiso nml legitimate
efforts t'i lessen and prevent the evils
| of intemperance and promote morality.
filclttN or Wmimn.
Tito Republican party is mindful of the
rights and interests of women. Protection of
American industries inciudesequtil opportunities.
equal pay for equal work, and protection
to i ho home. \Yo favor tho admission of
w< men to wiiler spheres of usefulness, and
weieoine their co-operation in reselling the
eountry from Democratic and Populistietr.Ismriiagcuout
and tr.Rrule.
Such are the principles and policies of tho
Republican party. By these principles wo
will abide and these policies we will put into
e\o ution. We ask for them the considerate
judgment of the American peoole. ( on.'ldeat
alike in ttie history of our great partv and in
t.ie justii e <>f our cans-*, we pr 'sent our piatlorm
an i ourcandllates i:t the full ns-urauco
that ill" election will bring victory to the Republican
party and prosperity to tuo people
of the United States.
GREAT ADVANTAGE TO FARMERS.
American Government to Kstablisli a P.iologl
cut Survey.
Tite Secretary of Agricuitur will establish
a department to he eaile | the bio.nrei?v
Til i r-*nult eviifiiitu 1 ! ? te*
a tremendous economic advantage. A'.;ri
culturists, horticulturists ;>nd >t?ok raisers
are to ho Kivtm chart." showim-r lie* exact
positi >u ot euoh State ami Territory \tIhti
| certain animals ami vegetables ati he advantageously
raised. Thcso will : sup; !> .
nien'.ed bv u lar^a catalogue e uitaitilmj-very
laiel animal and vegetable oi th? world, ami
imlienting the areas in which tivy tnuy !> >
raised >r cultivated by Americans. Millions
I dollars are thrown away each year by
farmers un?l other producers who plant seed
in the wrong soil or climate, or who undertake
to breed animals w)i'*re the ntmospliero
and food resource is uncongenial. An elllclent
corps of naturalists connected with the
biological I nrenu will make a dctuile 1 survey
of the whole country, counting ami
classifying the living species foiin I in each
county of each State mi l Territory. They
will also mde the conditions of climate, altitude
and soil, ami will note how far each
condition inlluemavs the distribution of the
species. The chief of the new survey will
be I>r Hart Merriam. A survey of the
entire country will he made ami charts will
then lie published showing the exact h>catir.u
of the various species. No other country in
the world has ever instituted u survey of
tliis kind.
PLAGUE OF CATS IN WASHINGTON.
Government Ilespnnsilile for tin* Troublepome
I'Vliio' Army.
What tr> <! ? with tl:?* arrnv of stray cats is
a problem that Washington will l?o called
upon to solve before a great while. The
city is overrun with tramp cats ami they
make the nights hideous witli their yowls.
A nervous itizen has tiled a complaint with
the district authorities. This citizen suggests
that some humane method of putting
the eats to death should be adopted by the
city. The Government is largely responsible
for the plague. A few years ago the Treasury
building became overrun with rats. After
.-very way of nxteraiinuting them failed,
several hundred eats were turned loose in
the vaults. The rats soon disappeared, but
the eaH increased rapidly and became a
great nuisance, not only in the Treasury
building, but throughout the city.
Armenians In the milled States.
The lO.ubO Armenians in the United States
liberally support the one newspaper of tliejr
language printed in this country. The letters
"1 the Armenian alphabet greatly resemble
the Lleorew in style.
Kalloon Karon.
n.illoon races will be a feature of tho
Providence (!t. I.) State Fair in September.
If you want to steer well keep your eyes
looking on tin* ground at a point uot less
than thirty feet ahead of the bicycle.