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PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD PAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD'
VOL- IV.
DUNN, N., C. WEPNESPAY. JUNE 24, 1996-
N0.25:
H e KINLEY
NOMINATED.
HOBART, OF NEW JERSEY, IS TUE
. SECOND MAN..
The Conveutlon .Goes "Wild Over th
Ilesult. The Silver 3Ien Walk Out
Amid Jeers and Hisnes.
The first day of the convention opened
with unclouded skies and with the prospect
tf pitrpinf-ly hot weather.
At u :2f s -i . itor Carter, chairman of the
Iij.ui'Nin national committee, called the
Convnti n to order. By this time all the
A-A--: - -i.-i l uearly hair of the gallery apace
wT'' Hi;'
n;. . har iuiii, Rabbi Baale, opened with
jTayiT, th.- whole assembly standing as the
.hnj l iin Invoked the divine benediction.
( hii!rri.-tri carter then called the conven-
H. i ., ',r'.vr and introiluport ik i
V. 1 :i:r: .i:ik., of Indiana, as temporaiy ;
WILLIAM
chairman. He made a long speech which
wn frequently applauded. He could not bo
bear-l at a great distance. His reference to
the impossibility jof compelling fifty-cent
dollars to circulate in unlimited numbers on
parity with gold was greeted with a loud
rnirt of applause, while Senator Teller
smiWt.ardonieally and one of the Western
delegatus in the rear emitted a dismal owl
call.
Mr, I.amb, delegate from Virginia, offered
resolution which was agreed to that until a
permanent organization is effected the con
vaittou will be governed by the rules of the
last lpublican convention.
A resolution was also adopted ordering
tbat roll of States and Territories be called
ami ea'h delegation announce the names of
the persons elected to serve on the several
committees as follows: On organization,
rule?, credentials, resolutions- Also that all
resolutions in respect to the platform 6hall
be rferred to the committee without de
late. TLe Htates were then called for their seleo
tim j f .!.i;ates as members of the several
committees.
!i--u tu name of Senator Teller was an
iio;iu. ti as a. member of the committee on
rules for his State there was a small out
burst of applause, after which the call was
pronwded with.
When Massachusetts sent up the name of
Senator Lode as its representative on the
committee on resolut!ons,tbere was a counter
demonstration on the part of the gold stand
ard men.
Mr. Clayton, of Arkansas, sent, up a re-
solution which he desired to have read and
relorre l, hut objection was made to Its being
rea 1 and it w:us referred without reading. It
related to the determination of election contests.
WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONTENTION WAS HELD. V
, (The auditorium seats about ten thousand people. Colossal portrait! i ot Whtogton
Lincoln, Oraat, Sheridan and Admiral Farragut looked downed on
gallery, eq was framed in American flags. The platform Is at the left of the picture.
Another resolution from the colored peo
of lyinois affecting their rights
& race was treated la a Cke manner . After
a announcement of the planes and times of
7,VnSf the four committees, the con
nuon at 1:47 adjourned.
i.w Plform committee conducted Its
5?r8 behind closed doCri.
ti.i 1 soon a the committee on creden-
had organised, Mr. J. O. Cohen, of Ne
v?A'" Emitted the following resolution,
ESS? adopted i
inat the roll of. delegate and alternates
PK pared by the national coinrnfttee for the
Pffipose jot. the temporary otflidlktlsLfcfl.
X"19 8mels hereby a4opT3 WtETAn
aa the true and eTrr&t Tell Aae del.
I and alternates of the oonveftldk e,nd
committee procee wita ice nearwg
ftesta referred to by tai national eom-
.tlii The delegate .and alternates
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from the State of Delaware and the delegates
TMtr 'ffP k&e 8Ute of Texas."
mn il tsgarded as a Tictory for McKinley
? Jl Wh? deaire to Bhu out any farthe
hearing of contests. 1 i-rwier
wSonth11 l 1116 anclal plank
SS o by tbe 9ub"ommittee on reso
"t th I" committee,
sound nPUbliran Part7 13 uaraervedly fof
hS.T,1'61119 enactment of
i- Providing for the resumption of spe-
fT3"113 1X1 187&' 8lnce 'nen every dollar
has been as good as gold.
are. unaltfbly. opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We are.
therefore, .opposed to free coinage of. silver
rcept by interhatlonal agreement: ana mw
such agreement can be obtained the existing
goi4 Btandard must be preserved. Our
saver and paper now in circulation as cur
rency must be maintained at a parity with
golcl and we favor all measures to maintain
inviolably the obligations of the United
btates and all our money, whether eoin or
i apvr' at the Preaent Btandard, the standard
of the nost enlightened nations of the earth,
btCOND LAY 8 FKOCEiUISGS.
The early morning hours of the second day
f the convention were cloudy and threatened
a rather disagreeable, raiLy condition of
weather, but just before the hour fixed for the
meeting 10 a. m. the clouds tegan to dis
perse and there was every appearance of
sultry weather. By 10 o'clock hardly half
the delegates were ptesent, but they kept
pouring in all the time while the band dis
coursed popular airs. In the meantime the
galleries were being filled up, and when at
last Mr. Fairbanks called the convention to
McKINLET.
order the"re were few seals untenaniecTelther
in the galleries or in the sections assigned to
delegates and alternates.
Since yesterday's adjournment the ar
rangement of the floor had undergone a
change the positions of several States
having been shifted and in a way that is not
very satisfactory to the reporters, because
instead of having Senators Teller, of Colora
do; Lodge, of Massachusetts; Chauncey M.
! Depew and Thomas C. Piatt, of New York,
I in close proximity to each other and to the
reporters, they have been removed to re
j mote quarters in the back of the hall where
; they can neither be seen nor heard from the
platform seats.
i The convention was called to order at
10:45, three quarters on an hour behind
time, when prayer was offered by the Bev.
Dr. W. G. Williams.
"The Senator from Massachusetts," said
the chairman, and Mr, Lodge rose amid ap
I plause and said: "I desire to say, in behalf
! of the committee on resolutions that the sub
committee has completed a draft of a plat
form and that it is now under consideration
by the full committee. The committee is un
able to report this morning and ask leave to
sit during this morning's session, hoping to
be able to report a platform of principles tol
the afternoon session, and, in Denan 01 me
committee, I ask that leave of the conven
tion." Leave was Immediately granted.
Mr. Littlefleld, of Maine, made the point of
order that the first business in order was the
report of the committee on Credentials, but
the chairman overruled it on the ground
tbat that committee had been called and had
not been ready to report. The report of the
committee On permanent organization was
then presented and read. It named Senator
J. M. Thurston, of Nebraska, as chairman.
made the secretaries, serfeaht-at-arms "and
other temporary officers permanent officers
of the convention, and gave a list of vice-pres-idents.one
from each State.as agreed on by the
delegation. The reading of the list of vice
presidents was interrupted by applause as
popular names were reached.
Mr. Mudd, of Maryland, made the point of
order that although the convention niight
manent organization it could not act upon
It until" the report of the committee on cre
dentials had been acted upon. There was
no convention here now. he said. The
chairman overruled the point of order and
promptly put the question on the adoption
of the report of committee on permanent or
ganitiop. - While a rising yote being taken
grTMuddimade another point of order thai
the roll of Btttet must tx called aocordin to
Mr. Sadden, of Chicago, presented lo
the chairman a gavel made from a poition of
the house In which Lincoln once lived.
Judge Denny, of Kentucky, presented a sec
ond gavel made from the wood which formed
part of the homestead of Henry Clay, the
father of protection Mr. Torrence-, of Min
oesotaj then presented, In the name of that
State to the chairman of the convention the
table which stood la front of the presiding
officer In 1832.
The chairman of the committee on resolu
tions was recognized and reported that the
platform would be ready at 8 o. m.
The preamble to the platform Is said to
address itself to the "awakened intelligence,
experience and conscience" of the country
after ''reaping the bitter fruits of four years
of Democratic control." It scores the Dem
ocratic party for its record, unparalleled in
capacity, dishonor and disfavor. It renews
and emphasizes its allegiance to the policy of
protection as the bulwark of American in
dust rial independence and the foundation of
American development and prosperity. It
denounces the present Democratic tariff as
sectional, partisan ana one-siuea, anu ue
Clares for a liberal reciprocity and just rela
tion; it says the repeal .of the reciprocity
arrangement was a national calamity. .Dem
ocratic rule has ruthlessly struck down reci
procity and protection, and both must be
re-established. It mentions sugar and wool
as instances of the unjustness of Demo
cratic policy. The Cuban plank de
mands that an armed force of the
United States shall be promptly interposed
to restore peace on the island, holding it to
be necessary that the people of Cuba achieve
political independence. It pledges sympathy
in the struggle against a corrupted and bar
barous Spanish monarchy. The Monroe
doctrine is endorsed, and an extension of the
civil service favored, while the use of public
money for sectarian purposes Is opposed. It
condems the administration policy on pen
sions, and advocates building the Nicarragua
canal by the government, It favors re
stricted Immigration. The currency plank
Is as sent yesterday.
Chairman Harry Bingham, of Pennsylva
nia, chairman of the committee on . rules,
read the report of the committee. The rales
recommended were identical with those
heretofore in force. Among the changes, In
dIanTerritory was given slx TOtejLJastead
of two, ana Aiasfca rour votes ' Instead' oi
two.
The report was adopted. Mr. Qrosvenor
moved to adjourn until tomorrow at 10
o'clock a. m. The chairman declared in
favor of the ayes, and 5:07 the convention
adjourned accordingly.
THIRD BAY'S PBOCEEDINOS.
Rev. John Scott, of Florida, offered prayer.
At 11:35 the chairman called for the report
of the committee on platform. Foraker was
received with cheers. The preamble to the
platform adverts to the calamitous results of
Democratic rule, and charges that party with
i-icapacity to direct the country's affairs.
The tariff plank extols protection and de
nounces the present tariff as sectional. The
question of rates is declared to be practical
and to be general by the conditions of time
and production.
Ample protection is promised the produc
ers and manufacturers of wool and woolens
and the restoration of and encouragement
to the merchant marine is promised.
Liberal pensions are advocated and gener
ous treatment of all pensioners; a vigorous
and dignified foreign policy is advocated.
The Hawaiian Islands should be under our
control. No foreign power should be per
mitted to interfere with the Nicaragua canal.
The purchase of the Danish Isles Is advo
cated and Armenian massacres are de
nounced. The Monroe Doctrine Is reasserted
to its full extent. We shall not interfere
with the existing European possessions on
this hemisphere, but such possessions must
not be extended. The repeal .of the reciproc
ity arrangements made by the last Republi
can administration was a national calamity.
Reciprocity and protection go hand in hand.
The Democratic administration Is condemned
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro
ducer. The Republican party favors such
protection as will lead to the production on
American soil of all the sugar which the
American pec pie use and for which they pay
ether countries one hundred million dollars
annually.
The government of Spain having lost con
trol of Cuba and being unable to porteCt the
property or lives ot resident Ameiicans, or
to comply with its treaty obligations, we be
lieve the United States government should
actively use its influence and good offices to
restore peace and give Independence to the
island. The continued enlargement of the
the navy and a complete system of harbor
sea coast defences is strongly urged. The
exclusion of illiterate immigrants Is favored
and civil service is advocated; a free ballot is
demanded and lyncnings are denounced.
The remaining planks favor the free
homestead policy of the Republican party,
the admission of the remaining territories,
encouraging temperance, and favors woman's
rights. Cheers greeted the financial, reci
procity and Cuban planks. Eleven delega
tions and two-thirds of the States rose and
cheered the declaration against the coinage
of silver. Foraker moved the adoption of
the platform. Teller was recognized, and
offered the minority report There was loud
cheering In the silver States when Teller
arose.
11:33. Teller said if the gold plank was
adopted, he must sever his connection with
the party. He wi3 cheered and hissed.
OjnATIONS FOB PRESIDENT.
The chairman directed the call of 8tates
for nominations for President. The first
State called was Iowa, when Mr. Baldwin, of
i ouncil Bluffs, came to the platform and
nominated Senator Allison.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, nomi
nated Thomas B.'Reed, the nomination being
loudly applauded. Depew performed a like
service in behalf of Gov. Morton, of New
York.
Senator-elect Foraker put McKinley's name
in nomination. After some bitter abuse of
the Democratic party, he got to McKinley's
name, and the convention went wild.
The convention gave itself up to unre
strained yelling, cheering, horn-blowing and
cat-calling. Then a portrait of McKlnley was
hoisted on line with the United States flag
from the gallery, facing the platform and the
cheering began over again, to which the
band responded by playing. Rally Round
the Flag," the convention joining in the cho
rus. After at least twelve minutes of this
kind ot proceedings the chair began to rap
for a restoration of order, but without avail.
Foraker stood during all this wild scene,
smiling his approval. When order had
nearly been restored, Mrs. H. W. B. Strong
of . California, who had presented the
plumes in honor of Ohio's choice made
her appearance on the floor, waving one of
them. aLd another uncontrolled outbreak of
temporary insanity occurred. After twenty
five minutes of incessant turmoil Mr. For
aker was allowed to resume his speech. He
said from what had occurred, it was evident
the convention had heard of his candidate
before..- He closed an eloquent peroration
by submitting, in the name of 46 delegates,
Wm. McKinley's name for the consideration
of the convention. Mr. Hepburn then took
the chair and Senator Thurston was recog
nized and seconded the nominatlan of Me
Kinley.
- Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, nom
inated Senator Quay, and J. M. Vance, a
Negro, from Louisiana, seconded McKinley's
nomination.
The roll call of States was then begun.
Alabama led off with one for Morton and 19
for McKinley. Arkansas and California ca3t
solid votes for McKinley. Connecticut cast
five for Reed and seven for McKlnley; Dela
ware a solid vote for McKlnley: Florida(
eight for McKinleys Georgia two for Reed,
two tor Quay and 22 for McKlnley. One of
the colored delegates from Florida, amid
angry protests, insisted on challenging the
vote, and Senator Thurston, who had re
sumed the chair, decided that the right to
challenge should be given every delegate.
The delegation being polled it ww found
tbat Morton had two votes in F.orl'a and
McKinley only six ii stead ot eight as an
nounced by the chairman ot the' delegation.
Illinois annouxoed 36 for McKlnley, v-i
challenged and a poll showed no ebangr-.
Indiana cast its 30 votes for McKinley, Iowa
cast its 26 votes for Allison: Kansas for Mc
Kinley. 20; Kentucky, 26 for McKialev
Louisiana casta curious vote; half a vote for
Allison; half a vote for Quay; four for Reed,
and eleven for McKlnley; and so the voting
went on until Massachusetts gave'one vote
for McKinley and the rest for Reed. :The
McKinley column steadily increased. When
Mississippi's 18 votes were cast for McKkley
another of the colored delegates demanded
a poll, which showed one vote for Quay
and 17 for McKinley. Montana cast one
vote for McKinley, one for Don Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania, one blank and
one absentee. 1 he chairman oilled the name
of Mr. Hartman's alternate and he voted
blank. There was a decided sensation when
the vote of New York was challenged by
Warner Miller. It had been announced , as
54 for Morton and 17 for McKlnley. Joseph
II. Newmans was absent in the first district
and the name of his alternate was called.
Mr. Oruler raised a laugh by saying : '-He
Ls just leaving the roots. avoia voting."
The next alternate was called and voted for
MeKinley, The delegation voted solidly for
Morton until half the votes were received,
when the vote were divided between McKinley
and Morton. Then came quite a number of
breaks for McKinley and three absentees
were noted in the ninth district. The vote
was. Morton 54, McKinley 17-; When Ohio
was reached the requisite number of votes
were given to name McKinley and the con
vention recognizing the fact without an
nouncement broke into cheers. Texas delay
ed the final announcement by a challenge by
one of the dissatisfied colored brethren. An
other colored delegate challenged the
vote of Virginia and again delayed the
call. Virginia's vote on a ! poll stood
Reed 1; McKlnley 23. All the rest of the
roll of States went solid for McKlnley. New
Mexico cast one' vote for Allison and also
McKlnley. Alaska cast its newly conferred
four votes for McKlnly. The absent delegate
from New York, Mr. Parkhurst, here ap
peared and by unanimous consent, cast his
vote for Morton, making the total vote:
Morton 65; McKlnly 17. All the States having
been called, the president announced that
Wm. McKlnly had received 66 votes, and
the scene of an hour before was repeated.
Delegates and spectators arose and cheers
and huzzas rent the air.
Thomas B. Reed, the chairman said, had
received 84 votes; Quay, 61; Levi P. Mor
ton, 58; Allison, 85. and Don Cameron. 1.
Lodge, Hastings, Piatt and Henderson, of
Iowa, all pledge their States' support to Mc
Kinley, the former moving to make the nom
ination unanimous and the others seconding
the motion. Mark Hanna was called for and
responded. There was no response to calls
for "Quay." i
HOBABT TOB VICE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Morgan G. Bulkeley, ot HartfSrd,
Conn.; Garrett Hobart. of New Jersey;
Charles Warren Lippett, of Rhode Island;
Henry Clay Evans, of Kentucky, and Gen..
James A. Walker, of Virginia, were put in
nomination for Vice President. Hobart was
nominated on the first ballot. !
Thurston and Fairbanks were made chair
men, respectively, of the two committees to
notify the nominees for President and Vice
President. u
The result of the ballot for Vice-President
was announced as follows i Hobart, 533;
Evans, 277; Bulkeley. 39; Llppltt, 8; Walker
24; Reed, 3; Thurton, 2; Frederick Grant, 2;
Depew, 3; Morton, 1; absent 23.
The convention adjourned sine die at 7:55
p. m.
The voto on the call of states result
ed as follows: I "
The Vote for President.
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Alabama ......19
Arkansas 16
California. ....18 .
CoVo'do(bolted).. ,
Connecticut. . . 7
Delaware....... 0
Florida 6
Georgia. 22 .
Idaho (bolted) . . .
Illinois 46 .
Indiana 30
Iowa
Ksnaas 20
Kentucky 28
Louisiana. .4. .11
Maine....,.
Maryland 15
Massachusetts.. 1 .
Michigan 28 ,
Minnesota, ....13
Mississippi ....17
Missouri ......34
Montana 1
Nevada... .... 3
Nebraska 16 .
NewHampjuire.. .
New Jersey.... 19
New York 17
North Carolina 19.
North Dakota.. 6 ,
Ohio ...4 .
Oregon 8 ,
Pennsylvania.. 6 .
Rhode Inland.
South Carolina 13
South Dakota. . 8
Tennessee 24
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4
12
1
29
8
1
55
53
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia.
Washington. .
.21
. 3
. 8
.23
. 8
5
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3
3
West Virginia. . 12
Wisconsin .....24
Wyoming....'.. 6
Arizona........ a
Naw Mexico. . . 9
Okalahoma 1
Ind. Territory.. 7
Dint. Columbia..
Alaska 4
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Totals my, 53 61 84K 35,'X 1
Necessary to a choice L 454
Total tiumbei delegates present 906
Th Vote for Vice President.
Hobart. BuDxeloy. Evans.
Alabama 10 1 11
Arkansas 10 1 5
California. 14 1 S
Connecticut....'. - ' 13 ....
Delaware 6 .... ....
Florida 5 i .... 3
Georgia 5 j .... 21
Illinois 4 ! .... . 4
Indiana 12 16
Iowa. 8 I 10 5
Kansas 20 1 .... . ...
Kentucky , 8 i .... 17
Louisiana. A . ... 8
Ma n - 2 2 5
Maryland 11 1 1
Massachusetts ..14 4 12
Michigan 21 .... 7
Minnesota .... 12
Mississippi 13 .... 5
Missouri 10 4 .... 23
Montana I ; .... ....
Nebraska .....18 j .... ....
Nevada 3 .... ....
New Hampshire 8 i .... ....
Naw Jersey 20 .... ....
Naw York 72 ....
North Carolina V .... 20f
North Dakota S .... 3
Ohio 25 6 la
Oregon 8 .... ...
Pennsylvania..... ...... 64 i .... ....
South Carolina S .... 15
South Dakota 8 .... ....
Tennessee m .... 21
Texas ll .... 12
Utah 5 .... ....
Vermont 8 .... ...
Washington 8 ; .... ....
Wiiconain S ! .... 0
West Virginia.. 13 I .... ....
Wyoming..... -6 .... ....
Arizona 8 .1 1
Oklah fflt 4 ; .... a
Indian Territory 6 .... ....
Diltrxt of Columbia.... 2 ... ....
Alaska..; 4 .... ....
ToUIj. ........... 655; S3
Rhode Island, Lippitt 8".
Virginia, James A. Walker 24- - "
Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, R.ed S.
Jtidiana, MitsoUrL Tbursxm 2.
Lentnckr. Maine, Depew 3.
JIaiue, Morton L
owa, Grant 2.
Absent Montana 3, Nevada 8, Texas 7, CjF
rdo 8. Total absent, 23.
Necessary to a c oiee, 448.
THE CANDIDATES.
Sketches of the Republican Nominees
for President and Vice-President.
William' McKinley, Jr., was born at
Niles, Ohio. February 26, 1844. He enlisted In
the United States army In May, 1861t as a
private soldier, in the Twenty third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out as
captain of the same regiment and brevet
major In September, 1865. He settled at Can
ton, 8tark county, Ohio, where he has since
resided, and entering the legal profession was
prosecuting attorney of Stark county from
1869 to 187L He was elected as a Republi
can to every Congress from the Forty
fifth to. the Fifty-first, Inclusive, though
In the Forty-eight Congress his election
was contested, and his opponent was
seated by the House late In the session.
He soon became a recognized leader,and par
ticularly as an advocate of protective tariff.
In the Fifty-first congress he was made
chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in that capacity prepared the bill
(H. R. 9416) to reduce the revenue and equal
ize duties on imports, which became famous
as the McKinley bill. The bill passed the
House May 21. 1890. and went through the
Senate September 10th. It was sent to a
conference committee, whose report was
agreed to by the ' House September 27th and
the Senate September 30th, and was approved
by the President on October 1st. In the fol
lowing Congressional elections Major McKln
ley was not successful, but In November,
1891, he was elected Governor of Ohio by a
majority of about 21,000 over ex-Governor
James E, Campbell, after a campaign of na
tional interest, inasmuch as it was fought
almost exclusively on the tariff issue. At the
Republican National Convention, in Minne
apolis In 1892, Governor McKinley was made
permanent chairman, and received 182 votes
for the nomination for President. In Novem
ber, 1893, he wa3 re-elected Governor of Ohio
by a majority of over BU,uuu votes.
Garrett A. Hobart, ot New Jersey, who was
nominated by his party for the vice-presidency
at the St. Louis convention, Is a power in
the Republican party, although somewhat
unknown to the masses. His place as a
leader has been won on pure merit. At
twenty-seven Mr. Hobart's capacities were so
well appreciated by the Legislature of his
tstate that he was made speaker oi the House.
His father was a man of means, and lived in
style at Long Branch. Garrett was educated
for the bar, and began practice at Paterson,
f loquent speaker, with a head full of sound
political logic, and had a way of solving
difficult situations that drew men about
him and wedded them to his leadership.
Born a politician, he loved the difficulties
and dangers of politics, and became as valu
able to his party in a Democratic State as a
skillful pilot to a shop-owner in a rocky
channel.. His grand coup, irom a party view,
was the carrying of New Jersey for the Re
publicans at the last gubernatorial election.
From that time he has been marked for the
vlce-presldentlal nomination. Mr. Hobart's
personality is attractive. . He is five feet
eight and one-half inches in height and is
rather heavy. He has an honest, open face,
smooth-shaven, save for an iron-gray must
ache. His hair Is gray, his eyes are big,
brown, and lustrous, and his dress is ultra-
fashionable. His only jewelry is a solid gold
watch fob. Mr. Hobart is fifty-two.. He has
declined congressional honors many times.
He is married and has a son.
- In 1872 he was elected a member of the
New Jersey House and was re elected and
chosen Speaker. He declined an election In
1873 and 1877. he was elected senator from
Passaic county. He was re-elected to his
position, and served in the office from
that time until the expiration of the year
1832, being president pro tem. of the body
the last two years be was a memoer.
In 1884 he was nominated by the Republi
can caucus cf the legislature for United
States senator, but not elected as the legisla
ture was Democratic and John R. McPher
son was chosen. In 1884 he became a mem
ber of the Republican National Committee.
: He has been active in business life. He is
the president of the Passaic Water Company,
the Acquackanok Water Company; the Pat
erson Railroad Company; the Consolidated
Lines, the Morris County Railroad ai d the
People's Gas Company. He is a director in
several national banks, including the First
National bank of Paterson, and the Paterson
Savings Institution. He i3 also on the direc
tory board of the New York. Susquehanna
and Western railroad, and Lehigh and Hud
son River railroad, the Barbour Flax Spin
ning Company, the Pioneer Silk Company,
the Edisoi. Electric Illuminating Company,
the American Cotton Oil Company, and some
forty or more additional corporations. With
many of these concerns he holds the position
of legal adviser.
Mr. Hobart Is a resident of Paterson. where
he has a beautiful home, which is the centre
of the social amenities of the city.
STOR3I IN THE WEST.
Crops In Iowa and Nebraska Destroy
ed With Loss of Life.
A terrible windstorm passed over
ftnuBliean Citv. Neb., Saturday, and did
much damage, and resulted in some loss of
iir The towns touched by the storoi have
not been heard from, but it Is known tnat the
residence of P. Duncan was completely de
molished, and the debris strewn in all direc
tions. Mrs. Dancan was killed and Mr.
Duncan, two sons and a teacher badly hurt,
and may die.
- At Mason City, Iowa, the heaviest rain in
eighteen years fell. It fell to a depth of over
four Inches. In the north and west part of
. k(v t wsua aranmnaniedbv ball and wind.
and crops for a distance of twenty miles, twoJ
miles wide, were aestroyea. orn wmca w
not cut off was destroyed. Bye and barley,
because of its early maturity, suffered most.
American Firemen In London.
The international fire brigade tournament
was opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall,
London, Saturday. Chiefs Hosmer, oi
Massachusetts and Eton of Hartford, Conn.,
were present in behalf of the International
Fire Engineers' Association of the United
States and representatives from the New
York, Illinois, Michigan, and Florid as
aoclaUona were also In attendance.
OABBETT A. HOBABT.
f THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
roll Text of the Resolution Adopted at
the National Convention.
The Republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives in
National Convention, appealing for. the
popular and historical justification of
their claims to the matchless achieve
tnenta of thirty years of Republican
;rule, earnestly and confidently address
themselves to the awakened intelligence,
experience and conscience of their country
men In the following declaration of facts
and principles: t
For the first time since the Civil War the
American people have witnessed the calami
tous consequences ot full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the Government. It
has been a record of unparalleled Incapac
ity, dishonor and disaster. In administra
tive management it has ruthlessly sacrificed
Indispensable revenue, entailed an unceas
ing deficit, ekei out ordinary current ex
penses with borrowed money, piled up the
frabli debt by $262,000,000 in time ot peace,
oroed an adverse balance ot trade, kept a
perpetual menace hanging over the redemp
tion fund, pawned American credit to alien
syndicates and reversed all the measures and
results of successful Republican rule. In
the broad effect of its policy it has
precipitated panic, blighted industry
and trade with prolonged depression, closed
factories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and crippled American production
while stimulating foreign production tor the
American market. Every consideration of
public safety and individual interest de
mands that the Government -shall be rescued
from the hands of those who have shown
themselves incapable of conducting it with
out disaster at home and dishonor abroad
and shall be restored to the party which for
thirty years administered it with unequalled
success and prosperity.
The Tariff Flank.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance to
the policy of protectfot. as the bulwark of
American Industrial independence and the
foundation of American development and
prosperity. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and enoourages home in
dustry; it puts the burden Ot revenue ou
foreign goods; it secures the American market
for the American producer; it upholds the
American standard of wages for the Ameri
can worklngmant it puts the factory by the
side of the farm and makes the American
farmer less dependent on foreign demand
and 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 f Dreign
control and domestic monopoly, to sectional
discrimination and individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic tariff
as seotional, injurious to the publio credit
and destructive to business enterprise. We
demand such an equitable tariff on foreign
imports which come into competition with
American products as will not' only furnish
adequate revenue for the necessary expenses
of the Government, but will protect Ameri
can labor from degradation to the wage level
of other lands. We are not pledged to any
particular schedules. The question ot rates
is a practical question, to be governed by-the
conditions of the time and ot production;
the ruling and uncompromising principle is
the protection and development of American
labor and industry. The country demands
a right settlement, and then it wants rest.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last Republi
can Administration was a National calamity,
and we demand their renewal and extension
on such terms as will equalize our trade with
other Nations, remove tUe restrictions which
now dbstruct the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries, and secure
enlarged markets for the products of our
farms, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin meas
ures of Republican policy, and go hand in
hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck
down both, and both must be re-established:
protection for what we produoe;.free admis
sion for the necessaries of life when we do
not produce; reciprocal agreements of mu
tual 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 our
selves; reciprocity builds -up foreign trade
and finds an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present Administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar produc
ers of this country. The Republican party
favors such protection as will lead to the
production on American soil 6f all the sugar
which the American people use, and for
which they pay other countries more than
tlOO.OOO.OOOexnnually.
To all our products to those o f the mine
and the field as well as those of the shop and
factory to hemp to wool, the product 6f
the great industry of sheep husbandry, as
well as to the finished woolens of the mill
we promise the most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the up
building of our merchant marine and the
protection of our shipping in the foreign
carrying trade, so that American ships the
product of American labor, employed in
American shipyards, sailing under the Stars
and Stripe?, and manned, officered and
owned by Americans may regain the carry
ing of our foreign commerce.
The Gold Flank.
The Republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. It caused tne enactment of
the law providing for the resumption of
specie payments in 1879; since then every
dollar has been as gooc as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We are
therefore opposed to the free eclnage of sil
ver except by international agreement with
the leading commercial Nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to pro
mote, and until such agreement can be ob
tained the existing gold standard must be
preserved. All our silver and paoer cur
rency must be maintained at a parity with
gold, and we favor all measures designed to
maintain inviolably the obligations of the
United States and all our money, whether
coin or paper, at the present standard, the
standard of the most enlightened Nations of
the earth.
Pensions.
The veterans of the Union armies deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gen
erous recognition. Whenever practicable
they should be given the preference in the
matter of employment, and they are entitled
to the enactment ot such laws as are best
calculated to kscure the fulfillment of the
'pledges made" to them in the dark days of
.the country's periL We denounce the prac
tice in the Pension Bureau, so recklessly and
unjustly carried on by the present Adminis
tration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily
dropping names from the rolls, as deserving
tne severest condemnation of the American
people.
Foreign Relations.
' Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm, vigorous and dignified, and all our in
terests in the western hemisphere carefully
watched and guarded. Th Hawaiian Isl
ands should be controlled by the United
States and no foreign Power should be pa -mitted
to interfere with them? the Nicaragua
Canal should be built, owned and operated
by the United States; and by th j purchase of
the Danish Islands we should secure a proper
and much needed naval station In the West
.Indies. I
, The massacre in Armenia have aroused
.the deep sympathy and just indignation of
the American people, and we believe that
the United States should exercise all the In
fluence it can properly exert to bring those
'atrocities to an end. In Turkey American
residents have been exposed to the gravest
, dangers and American property destroyed,
i There and everywhere American citizens and
i American property must be absolutely pro
tected at all hazards and at any cost.
j Monroe Doctrine.
We reissert the Monroe doctrine in its full
ex tent, and we reaffirm the right of the Uni
ted States to give the doctrine effect by re
sponding to the appeals of any American
State for friendly Intervention in ease of
! European encroachment. We haye not lu
terfered, and shall not Interfere, with th
existing possessions of any European Power
in this hemisphere, but - those possessions
must not, on any pretext, be extended . We
hopefully look forward to the eventual with
drawal ot th European Powers froni this
kamlinhM tn tha niHmita nnlnn nf all Of
the Engllsh'speaking part ot the continent
Dy tne ireo consent oi usinnaoiianis,
Cuba. .
From the. hour ot achieving their own In
dependence the people of the United States
have regarded with sympathy the struggles
ot other American peoples to free themselves
from European domination. We watch with
deep and abiding interest the heroic battle
of the Cuban patriots against eruelty and op
pression, and our best hopes go out for the
full success of their determined - contest for
liberty. i I
The Government of Spain, having lost con
trol of Cuba, and being unable to protect th
property or Uvea of resident American citi
zens or to comply with its treaty obliga
tions, we believe that the Government of th
United States should actively use its influ
ence and good offices to restore peace and
give independence to the Isiand. ,
TheNavy., ;
The peace and security of the Repubila
and the maintenance of its rightful influ
ence among the Nations of the earth demand
a naval power commensurate with its posi
tion and responsibility. We therefore favor
the continued enlargement ot the navy and
a complete system of harbor and sea coast
defences. ' : !
Foreicn Imuoicratlnn.
For the protection of the equality of our
American citizenship and of the wages of
our workingmen against the fatal competi
tion ot low-priced labor, we demand that the ;
Immigration laws be thoroughly enforced !
and so extended as to exclude from entrance
to the United States those who can neither,
readnor write. j '. i.;- I .
Civil Service. .
The Civil Service law was placed on the .
statute book by the Republican party, whioh f
has alwavs sustained it. and we renew our
repeated declarations that it shall
thorouarhlv and honestly enforced and
be
ex
tended wherever practicable. I "i '
Free Ballot. ' T
We demend tbat every citizen of the
United States shall be allowed to cast one
free and unrestricted ballot, and that such
ballot shall be counted and returned as
oast, . , .. ' j,
Lynching:. . j
We proclaim our unqualified condemna
tion of the uncivilized and barbarous prac
tices, welt known as lynching or killing of
human beings, suspected or charged with
crime, without process of law. i - j
National Arbitration. :
We favor the creation of a National board
of arbitration to settle and adjust differences
which may arise between employers and em
ployed engaged in interstate commerce.
Homesteads. ; ! 1
We believe in an immediate return to the
free homestead policy of the Republican
party, and urge the passage by Congress of
the satisfactory Free Homestead measure
which has already passed the House and Is
now pending in the Senate. ' ; 4' - i .
Territories. f I J
We favor the admission of the remaining
Territories at the earliest practicable date,
having due regard to the interests of thepeo- ;
pie ot the Territories and of the United
States. All the Federal officers appointed:
for the Territories should be selected from1
bona fide residents thereof, and the right of
self-government should be accorded as far .
as practicable. t ,
Alaska. .
We believe the citizens of Alaska sh6uld
have representation In the Congress of j the
United States, to the end that needful legis
lation may be intelligently enacted. " : , ;
Temperance. i
We svmnathlze with all wise and leglti-'
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evila
of intemperance and promote morality.
Klghts of Women.
The Republican party Is mindful of the j
rights and interests ot women. Protection of
American industries includes equal opportun
ities, equal pay for equal work, and proteo- :
tion to the home. We favor the admission of
women to wider spheres of usefulness, and
welcome their co-operation in rescuing the
country from Democratic and Populisticmis- (
management and misrule. .1 j
i Such are the principles and policies of the
Republican party. By these principles we J
will abide and these policies we will pot into ;
execution. We ask for them the considerate
judgment of the American people. Confident
alike in the history of our great party and In j
the justice of oar cause, we present our plat-
form and our candidates In the full assurance ;
that the election will bring victory to the Re
publican party and prosperity to the people j
oi tne united states.
CREAT .ADVANTAGE TO FARMERS.
American Government to Establish a Bio- 1
logical Survey. j .
The Secretary of Agriculture will establish
a department to be called the bio
logical survey. Tne result? is expected to: be :
a tremendous economic advantage. : Agri '
culturlsts, horticulturists and stook raisers
are to be given charts showing the exact
position of each State and Territory where
certain animals and vegetables can be ad-1
vantageously raised. These will be supple- i
mented by a large catalogue containing every ;
land animal and vegetable of the worldJ and i
indicating the areas in which they may be
raised or cultivated by Americans, aitiuons
of dollars are thrown away each year j by
farmers and other producers who plant seed
in the wrong soil or climate, or who under
take to breed animals where the atmosphere
and food resource is uncongenial. An effi
cient corps ot naturalists connected with the ;
biological bureau will make a detailed sur
vey ot the whole country, counting and
classifying the living species found In each
county of each State and Territory. They
will also note the conditions of climate, alti
tude and soil, and will note how far each
condition influences the distribution of the
species. The chief ot the new survey will
be Dr. C. Hart Merrtam. A aunrey ot the
entire country will be made and charts will
then be published showing the exact location
of the various species. No other country In
the world has ever instituted a survey of
this kind. . : ' ' - ,
PLAGUE OF CATS IN WASHINGTON.'
, - -' I ; " - .,f M I
Government Responsible for the Trouble
some Feline Army. j ;
What to do with the army of stray cats is
a problem that Washington will be called:
upon to solve before a great while. The.
city is overrun with : tramp eats and they:
make the nights hideous with their yowls.
A nervous citizen has filed a complaint with
the district authorities. This citizen sug- ;
gests that some humane method of putting
the cats 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 rata. " After
everv way of exterminating them failed,
several hundred cats were turned loose in
the vaults. The rats soon disappeared, bui
the cat Increased rapidly and became a
great nuisance, not only In tne treasury
building, but throughout the city.
Armenians tn the United States. j
The 10,000 Armenians in the United Slates
liberally support the one newspaper of their
lantruajre orlnted In this country. The let
ters of the Armenian alphabet greatly re-,
semble the Hebrew in style.
" Balloon Baeea.
Balloon races will be a feature of the
Providenoe (B. L) State Fair in Septem
ber. . 'r "-' ' " j '.
If you want to steer well keep your eyes
looking on the ground at a point not less
than thirty feet ahead of the bicycle.