Show GOVERNOR mckinley the author of or the Prot protective ettive tariff bill nominated by acclamation FOK FOR OF IDE THE Bl ClEIE SHIE great einzig republican ip etches bj sy boraker ro For raker and sherman COLUMBUS 0 june 17 the second on day a y of the R republican pu can state convention yen t on 0 opened ned with prayer atter after which there the report rt of the committee on credentials was presented abd adopted the committee on permanent or baniz stion reported the name of gaan gen eral bushnell Cu ahnell for permanent ch chairman r ma not of the convention ills address was brief I 1 nominations were then decla declared red in order and ex governor foraker arefe to present the name of 0 william mckinley for governor when he appeared the delegates fairly went wild with enthusiasm resold he said gentlemen of the convention I 1 h have ave now a moat most pleasing duty to perform this contest upon which we are about to enter ia is to be in some ree respects pacts of an unusual character not only is the governorship of ohio at t stake bat but the contest involves iov olvea more more than the governorship more than the galls beneral eril am embly more ln public in it reaches into national politics A united states senator will depend upon its result and more important etil than all this it will determine whether ohio Is to go into the great national contest of 1892 at the bead head of the lie its publican or at the bead head of the dmock democratic aft c col column nm n applause we shall win this ficht b t but we must not be content with winning it we must win it triumphantly decisively and overwhelm overwhelmingly Y and to that end wemusa we must select for our standard bearer that man who of all L 11 others can most surely command 0 our or undivided strength it is not my privilege to point hi him m out it ia is no mans privilege to point him hin out that has already been done by common consent all have turned in one direction one man there is who measured by the exigencies of this occasion stands full head and shoulders above above all his comrades and that man is william mckinley prolonged cheers and applause there are many reasons why be should be nom nominated bated in the first place be he has been tried and is no experiment he ile has been a long time in the public service he has hag been identified with evary great measure of the republican party in both field and forum his ilia tariff course has been boon ona ono of patriotic conviction and time will justify this conviction vic tion 11 cheers i this convention today means that republican voters of ohio got together rand and are proud of their party and its principles proud of its representation sen tation in official place in both state and nation we are proud of that conservative patriotic man general harrlson Harr laon on who sits site in the white house honse cheers and applause we are proud droud too of that brilliant magnetic statesman who has taught law to europe with respect to america james 0 blaine prolonged cheers hat tassin and an waving for over ft la minute we are proud also of the representation of ohio in the cabinet of the president of the united Sta states teg in the person of charles foster applause we are proud of the one great senator who baa has served bis his state with such distinction that he j justly as fly deserves the distinction of standing at the heal of the grand men in the greatest legislative body on earth fC heera chios lookout mountain is ti the Is political battle upon which we are entering and william mckinley jr is the joe hooker of the its republican 91 alican party arty cheer cheers and we are t the e boys F who intend to follow him up its steep and lugged tugged mountain eides sides and help him plant the flag of republicanism in triumph there a applause e and next neit year inspired by y this achievement all the columns from maine blaine to oregon will be turned i against the common enemy their lines linee will be broken and before the they will be swept back into the depths ut of defeat defea and despair applause 1 I move you air mr chairman that that the rules of this convention b be aua Us and that by reclamation acclimation we nominate as our candidate for or governor that brilliant brill lint statesman soldier and orator william mckinley prolonged cheers colonel robert Har lanthe colored orator of cincinnati seconded mc ate Kin leya leys nomination on behalf of the colored voters of ohio with wild cheers of affirmation the convention declared major mckinley nominated for governor and a committee wa was appointed to apprise him of big his nomination and escort him to the hall ball his ilia appearance was the signal fur another enthral enthusiasm aam agm 1 I now have the pleasure said the chairman of introducing to you your r next governor wm win mckinley Me Kinley 11 again the enthusiasm burst buret forth and ind one tho thousand asand frantic cheering che erine struggling republicans and waved their theli bats hate and tans fins pounded with their citti canes sand and re name mckinley mckinley the hero of the day received ill his honors boners modestly simply bowing bi bis acknowledgments iia ile spoke an follows lows mr air chairman and gentlemen of 0 the convention I 1 accept the nomination you have tendered me sensible of the honor and tee responsibility which it implies the election ol 01 this year idof is of unusual importance not only determines the tile practical character ot of the administration of the state for th the 0 coin coming ing two years but because it involves the choice of the legislature whose duty it will be to elect a united states eena sens tor for and whose further duty it will be a to district the state tor for representatives in congreso congress under the tile cans census and wipe from the tile status books t the he crime against republican publican Ke suffrage perpetrated by the present democratic legislature happily we present a party in ohio olito without adiv islon in I 1 ital to ranks without a break in its line the platform which you have adopted meets my approval the republican party of ohio approves the adin lion ol 01 president harrison Har riBon and extends to it hearty congratulations the party is in favor of regulated liberal pensions pensions to our soldiers and sa sailors lots and in a sound currency it la is in favor of gold and silver and also paper money based upon coin all equal and at all times interchangeable equal in fact and in law we wo are confronted by areal a real danger which prudent men of 0 all parties a should hould seek to avert before it is too late the public credit and bound sound finances must be preserved and every scheme to 0 o destroy it must be met with C courage 0 u r and intelligence and repell repelled e A by the mighty lity force of public opinion nion I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 dacia ia better risk defeat which can only be temporary than capitulate with demagogues so or surrender to dishonesty adolp the g platform indorses endorses indor ses th thi protective tariff we bava have protected american amerteen products and american labor so long aa as foreign products can be found to tax which compete with oar our own in our own market we propose to tax them rather than to tax our own the democratic party prefers to tax do domestic meath products rather than imported their tariff legislation would benefit every country but our own we follow in our tariff policy the ilton illon and clay ar aad d webster and lincoln in and garfield Gir Celd tilly pursue the fallacies of cobden and bright and calhoun and the statesmen of the lute late southern confederacy they are pledged now to impede if they can prosperity until after the neit next presidential election that Is their mission this year business disasters will bring them cure sure pol political defeat idle furnaces farn acee dismantled factories eilent silent minea mines unemployed workmen an and d general distress are sure harbingers of democratic victory they are discon discouraging raging industrial activity through their press and orators every everywhere where and every day and it breaks re a their hearts to see any manifestations abst lons alof irr hearts ife t i of f industrial du advance advancement ment in the united states they 0 swear wear at every attempt to esta establish b lish new factories and bald wo ald gladly frown them down it is the same sneer which has been exhibited toward our industrial since 1801 1861 but in duite of them we now lead the world in manufactures agriculture and aln ing in a and ad we will pr prosper osper under the new law in spite of the tile fale false omens at and d disparaging p referring to the talk among the free f free traders about the increased duties under the new law major mckinley said that 33 per percent cent of them were tor for the better protection of the american farmer 23 28 are upon wine and 8 spirits which will hardly birden barden the farmers 5 upon tobacco and agricultural products no like recognition of a agricultural industry can be found in any previous tariff legislation while securing to the farmer a home market by increased protection the reciprocity clause is intended to extend his foreign market and upon terms term a moe favorable than those accorded to competing agricultural coon countries tries it is a significant BigniS cint fact that the articles which the llie farmer most frequently frequently buys bear less tariff than an under er the law of 1833 and the products which he eells sells bear a higher duty than ever before turning to state major ajor mckinley charged the democratic rd pd in ministration I 1 ration and legislature I 1 with depriving a legally elected republican lieutenant go governor vornor 0 his seat without wit hoit legal contest with ma kingan unjust and partisan congressional gerrymander ryman ry mander derand and with un unparalleled paralleled extravagance trava gance in to state expenditure immediately after the close of mc N re Kinle Kin leys stirring speech there were loud cries cries A sherman dh erman sherman the familiar figure ol 01 the senator finally emerged em ergel from the crowd in the rear of the ball hall and again the enthusiastic seine of 0 the convention was re enacted in bis his a speech ch senator sherman eulogized ri the to reviewing its work froni from the time of its ila continuing sherman said 11 we Ws therefore can none etly claim that our party has been the faithful servant of the people and is fairly entitled to their confidence con and support but we do not reel our claims upon this tact fact alone we invite the strictest scrutiny into the cn induct duct of the present administration of benjamin Harri harrisod sov the recent republican Beg lamin pu ican congress in connection with president harrison dealt with all the leading domestic dome itic questions of the time and with the moat important que questions scions with foreign nations every one of these has either been fettled settled or is in the way of settlement the administration of cleveland nothing but the sublime e egotism 0 of cleveland in his alpo opposition gifun tola protection policy his wanton sympathy y in with union soldiers and ill hia narrow notions of finance and pa public alic credit lie ile devised and accomplished nothing the democratic house passed the mills tariff bill but it was rejected by the senate and by the people in the election of 1883 1888 goblo in n marked contrast with this the republican administration and nd the recent republican congress first in importance was the revision of 0 our raven us laws this bill was subjected to the moat most ca carofill refill scrutiny cru tiny in both houses was passed as a republican measure and waa was approved oved by the president it ia is in my judgment a wise law and will bear the most careful scrutiny it la is a air fair law for it extends its benefits not only to the artisan but to the farmer and producer in every field of employment by long experience in passing upon t tariff stiff billa bills I 1 saw that the mckinley bill more carefully and I 1 beneficially protected the farmer in big productions than an any previous measure of its kind and its ita yin inevitable evitable effect in encouraging manufacturers will give rive the farmer the best beat possible market for his crops the bill dill has received and will bear discussion angwill and will improve on the I 1 dew ew features of the bill rela ing to sugar and tin plate will soon demon strate increased duty soon to be put upon tin plate will develop and has afton ufton already edy developed the tin mines in several states and territories GO so that we may confidently hope that in a short period P we will be sweetened by untaxed an taxed home sugar and protected by untaxed tin veto plate 11 the he arts of the demagogue which were at the last election pla blaed ed upon the credulous to deceive them as to the effects of the mckinley bill will soon return to plague their inventors and this republican mea me sura aeura with its kindred measures of 0 reciprocity and fair pay to american ships will be amoni among the boasted triumphs of our party in which our democratic Democrat ia friends will as usual heartily acquiesce the state of ohio is an important factor in this great union of states and the people 0 of ohio are Republic Ke publican all the state Is one that baa has taken a cons conspicuous part in the grout great drama of the past t in an evil hour and under wild id delusions d el ohio elected the recent democratic legislature with this warning behind as us let us not be backward or laggard in the tile civic contest in november bat but with a ticket worthy arthy of oar choice let as us appeal to our fellow citizens to place again our honored elate state at the tile head of the republican column cheers Cb oeral senator sherman referring ferrini re to the currency question epke at BOBIO somo length dying T tte is anale amt t good money and plenty of it they want all their money of equal value so that a dollar will be the fame same whether made of gold silver or paper the demand tor for the free coinage of silver without limit is a demand that the people of the united states shall pay for silver bullion more than its market price a demand that ought not to be made bythe by the producer of any commodity there is no justice or equity in it if 11 granted by the united states alone it will demone demons gold and derango derall ge all the business I 1 I 1 1 P av 4 TL T L 2 bil I 1 I 1 transactions of our people there ia 18 no DO power strong enough to establish a fixed ration of value except by ill the g concurrence ot of the commercial nations of the world what we ought to do and what we do now under the silver law of the last con co nereas eress a it cou con pervasive perva tive republican measure is a to buy the entire product of the sliver silver mined in the united states at ita its market value and upon the security of that silver depos deposited ted in the treasur treasury isene treasury notes to tha the futa full amount of most of the bullion in this way we add annually to our national currency circulation notes 0 ot I 1 undoubted value equal to gold to an amount equal to or greater than the increase of our population and the increasing business buei nees of our growing country the committee on resolutions reso lations then reported the platform which was adopted a for lieutenant governor andrew L I 1 harris larris of preble county was nominated on the first ballut the closing of the ohio republican state tate convention was by any ny scenes cenes of distention eye every r y nomination was made on the first ballot for fur every office except governor there were from froin three to half a dozen candidates but on the first ballot the nomination na lion of 0 the loa loading dinic candidate ale bac each h time made unanimous in one respect the proceedings differed froni from those which have |