Show I CANT DOWN MARK HANNA j o I r His Ruling Hand I the Ohio Republican Convention I I HIS WEN WERE NAMED FOR STATE OFFICES 1 I 4 1 I Struggling Against His Dictation I Was Without Avail I i The Opposition Forces Did Not Stand I the Semblance of a ShowPlaced I His Favorites I as Candidates for the Governorship and Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Governorship and Paid Little Attention to the Minor Offices 1 The Platform ± THE HANNA TICKET GovernorGeorge I Nash of 4 Franklin I Lieutenant Governor John A Caldwell of Hamilton 1 I Supreme JudgeW Z Davis of j Clarion Auditor Walter D Guilbert of i Noble Treasurer Isaac B Cameron of Columbiana 1 Attorney General James M Sheets of Putnam Member of the Board of Public Works Frank A Huffman of Van wert 3 wer 3i Columbus 0 June 2The Republican Republi-can state convention today nominated J George K Nash the favorite ot Senator Sena-tor Hanna for governor and exCoa gressman John A Caldwell the favorite favor-ite of George B Cox for lieutenant governor gov-ernor with the other five nominations distributed among those of less distinct party affiliations What was generally called the Hanna Han-na o combination controlled a large majority or tne sis delegates out It am not exercise its power beyond the nominations nom-inations of Nash and Caldwell The conference at which Senator Hanna Mr Cox and others reached a mutually satisfactory understanding did not conclude con-clude till 9 a m an hour before the convention assembled ° It was all over then with Mr Baugherty and other candidates and it was known that the convention would conclude its work without any such protracted session as had been anticipated antici-pated Guilbert and Huffman were nominated nominat-ed for second terms without opposition opposi-tion When some of the delegates raised the cry of slate George B Cox himself was the first to break the slate by changing the eightysix votes of Hamilton which he had cast on the first and second ballots for Judge Hull for attorney general to James M Sheets Judge Hull had been generally considered as a sure winner as he had been slated In this case the antitrust as well as the antislate element cut quite a figure Cry of Slate Raised The proceedings had been quiet and I orderly till the order for the nomination nomina-tion of attorney general was reached There were nine names presented for this nomination among them being Judge M L Hull of Sandusky whose name had been presented earlier in the session for the nomination for governor The first ballot was proceeded with in such a manner as Indicated the nomination nom-ination of Judge Hull when an apparently appar-ently organized chorus began the yell of Slate Slate and the proceedings were interrupted by the cries of Slate every time votes were announced an-nounced for Hull Both the first and second ballots were without result When the third ballot began the cries of Slate were renewed re-newed In a deafening chorus and it was then that George B Cox changed the eightysix votes of Hamilton county from Judge Hull to James H Sheets This caused a stampede and the rules were suspended and Sheets was nominated nomin-ated by acclamation before the call of the counties was completed This was the first break in the so called HannaCox slate and it caused the convention to go wild The delegates dele-gates continued to yell Slate when the order of supreme judge was reached The names ot J P Bradbury of Pomeroy W Z Davis of Marion and C C Shearer of Xenia were presented Judge Bradbury has served two terms of six years each on the supreme bench and the thirdterm idea had previously pre-viously been defeated in the cases of State Treasurer S B Campbell and Attorney At-torney General Frank Monnett The cries of Third term and of Slate were set up against Judge Bradbury and on the third Ballot W z Davis was nominated Endorsement of McKinley Isaac B Cameron the successful contestant con-testant for treasurer of the state was generally credited with being on the slate and he secured the HannaCox vote Outside of the unusually animated contests on the nominations the feature fea-ture of the convention was its universal univer-sal endorsement of President McKinley When the plank commending the president pres-ident for the Judicious modification of the civil service rules recently promulgated promul-gated was read there was a very enthusiastic en-thusiastic demonstration In presenting the name of Mr Daugherty Mr Holcomb of Cleveland said he hoped the convention would tolerate no dictation And when Mr Daugherty was called out after the nomination of Judge Nash the defeated candidate said among other thirigs that he hoped he would at least be allowed al-lowed to live as a private citizen in the Republican ranks Outside of these utterances there were today none of the stings that are common at conventions and that were frequently heard on previous days this week in both public and private utterances utter-ances of leaders The Platform The following platform was adopted The Republican party of Ohio reaffirms re-affirms the principles declared by the St Louis platform We earnestly endorse the great administration ad-ministration of President McKinley It Is distinguished to a remarkable degree in the history of national administrations administra-tions Under the last Democratic administration a adminis-tration and as a result of the Demo erotIc principles and policy our industries = in-dustries were destroyed capital and I labor were unemployed the poor suffered fered a never before in our history agricultural products could not b sold because consumers could not earn money with which to buy and every tarnch of trade felt the blighting In lluenee of the Democratic tariff reform hard times The treasury of the United States was depleted and the Un1ed Stte wa deplet te gold reserve disappeared The government ment borrowed money to pay current expenses increasing the public debt in times of peace by hundreds of millions of dollars The Democratic party props to the people a a remedy for all thee dishonest Democratic ills a depreciated and honest currency which intensified ever ev-er eviL The Election of McKinley Daring all that period of depression and distress the Republican party stood fast for the principles and policies under which American industries had been built up and flourished beyond example the principles and policies under which the people had prospered and the nation had grown great for a generation stood fast for a sound and to honest currency and in 189G elected the presidency William McKinley the best exponent of Republicanism and true American ideas and policies the friend of every American industry and the wise and patriotic defender and advocate vocate of honest money Under his splendid Republican administration ad-ministration public credit has been restored the prosperity of the people has developed our commerce has grown great our trade domestic and foreign has increased to a degree never before known and the people are looking with confidence for greater things to come The magnificent achievements of our prmy and navy in the war with Spain for the liberation of the downirodJpn and oppr > sed people of Cuba from the domination of Castillan despotism accomplished ac-complished under the master guidance of a Republican administration are necessarily subjects for highest encomium en-comium by a convention of Ohio Republicans Re-publicans To the same master guidance guid-ance controlled by the great principles that have shaped the high destiny of the Republican party from Lincoln to McKinley the people can safely commit com-mit the solution of the momentous problems of the future of Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines Refers to Expansion Their wise solution will vastly increase in-crease our foreign trade spread American Amer-ican civilization abroad and add to the honor and power and glory of this great nation naton Ge commend the president for the judicious modifications of the civil service rules recently promulgated for the national defense for the reinforcement reinforce-ment of the navy for the enlargement of our foreign markets for the employment employ-ment of American iiorkingmen in the mines forests farms mills factories and shipyards AVe demand the Immediate Im-mediate enactment of legislation similar simi-lar to that favorably reported to each branch cf the Fiftjfifth congress at its last session so that Americanbuilt Americanowned and American manned ships may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce We commend the action of the SCent SC-ent thk general assembly of Ohio in passing the stringent laW on our statute books prohibiting the organization organ-ization of trusts and we denounce t I such unlawful combinations as inimical inim-ical to the interests of the people We congratulate the people of the state upon the fact that a Republican legislature l legis-lature enacted this law and we demand its rigid enforcement We pledge our party to such further legislation as experience may determine necessary to prevent the formation and operation of such iniquitous and dangerous combinations gerous combInaton |