Show T HANNA HARMONY Hannas faction triumphed yesterday in the Ohio Republican state convention conven-tion Frantic appeals for harmony were made by Hanna Foraker Huling I and Kerr and George M Nash chairman chair-man of the state organization was nominated nom-inated for governor on the second ballot bal-lot In his speech on taking the chair Mr I Kerr aroused the greatest enthusiasm and did more than any one in drawing I the warring factions together For Republicans Re-publicans are so wedded to the single gold standard that the barest mention of bimetallism causes them to forget Hanna Alger and all the other evils ol their party except that of monometal lism Chairman Kerr on the financial issue sounded the keynote of his party for the next campaign when he said We promised in 1S36 that 1 given the power we would make such amendments to our currency laws as would correct their evils and plant our monetary system sys-tem upon a basis sound and enduring No power was given us to make amendments amend-ments until the election of the present congress and within forty days after It bad come into existence a Republican committee of its members met and Dre pared a plan In fulfilling that pledge Asa As-a member of that committee I am not at liberty at this time to disclose even the substance of its determination but as a member of the Republican party I am at liberty to declare what the Republican party proposes to do now that it has I l g sb g ngr power in both branches of congress and in the executive I proposes to enact Into the form of law the gold standard and then i proposes to keep every dollar in uso in the country up to that standard stand-ard It is the purpose of the Republican party according to every authority that has spoken to fasten the gold standard upon the people as securely w possible so that it will be next to an ImpossibilIty to rid themselves of the bondage Still men say that the siJver issue has been eliminated as a living factor from the politics of the day It cannot can-not even be made an issue of secondary importance no matter what new issues may demand consideration For just as soon a the Republican party undertakes under-takes to carry out its pledge to reform the currency and favor the bank trust there will be one of the greatest fights that ever occurred in a national congress I con-gress There will be more silver talk than ever before and the issue will eclipse all others before the people by the time that discussion is ended |