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We must select for our standard-bearer that man who, above all others, can most surely command our undivided strength. We must have for our leader a fit representative of our views with respect to every living issue, and one who, in his record and his personality, is the best type we have of the illustrious achievements and the moral grandeur of Republicanism. He must have a sure place in the confidence and in the affections of the Republicans of Ohio. He must be able, because of their esteem for him, to command not simply their unfaltering but their enthusiastic support. Such a leader we have. It is not my privilege to point him out; it is no man's privilege to point him out. That has already been done. By common consent all eyes have turned in the same direction. One man there is who, measured by the exigencies of this occasion, stands a full head and shoulders above all his comrades-and that man is William McKinley, Jr. There are many reasons why he should be nominated. In the first place everybody knows him. He does not need any introduction anywhere. Every Republican in Ohio not only knows him, but every Republican in Ohio loves him. And that is not all. Every Democrat in Ohio knows him, and every Democrat in Ohio fears him. His name is a household word throughout the Nation, and throughout the whole world, wheresoever civilization extends, it is familiarly spoken. It is no exaggeration to say that never in the history of our State has any man been nominated for the Governorship by either party who, at the time of his nomination, was such a distinctively National and international character.

Governor Foraker then enumerated Major McKinley's services to his country, beginning in 1861, when he enlisted as a private soldier, and traced his record through a career of thirty years, and challenged any man to find a spot or blemish either in his political or his private life. In conclusion he moved that the rules be suspended and William McKinley, Jr., be nominated for Governor by acclamation.

The motion prevailed amid great cheering. The following Committee was named to escort Major McKinley to the stage: William H. Enochs, of Lawrence; Senator Sherman, of the State of Ohio," Edward S. Wallace, of Clarke, Robert

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Harlan, of Hamilton, and Robert M. Nevin, of Montgomery.

While the committee was absent the "Apollo Quartet," of Columbus, sang several popular selections.

Major McKinley having been presented to the Convention, made a lengthy speech of acceptance, in which he reviewed the history of the Republican party in a scholarly and entertaining manner. Referring to its record, in the course of his address, he said:

Conscious of political integrity, firm in the conviction that the party is right, that its principles are best adapted to the wants and welfare of the people, we invite the fullest discussion, and in the end the intelligent and well-considered judgment of the electors of the State. We avoid no issue, we shirk no responsibility, we run away from no party doctrine, we apologize for no public measure of our making, and are ready to defend our acts against assault from any quarter. We do not invoke our past record as our only warrant for the confidence of the people, although we turn to it with pride and satisfaction. There is not a page of it we would obliterate if we could, nor is there a line which any lover of freedom or mankind would strike from its glorious pages. Can this be asserted by or of any other political party? There has been no lack of courage and patriotism and devotion to the people's interests by the party in the past, beginning with the leadership of Lincoln and Chase, Seward and Wade, to that of Grant and Garfield, Hayes and Blaine, Sherman and Harrison, and there will be none in the future. The party has met every emergency, has responded to every call of the country, has performed with fidelity every duty with which it has been charged, and has successfully resisted every enemy of the Government and of the people, whether that enemy was seeking the Nation's overthrow in open war, the violation of its plighted faith, or the destruction of its industries. Whether against slavery or repudiation-fiat money or free trade, the Republican party has stood firm and immovable for right and country, for freedom and free homes, for the public credit, a sound currency, and for the maintenance of our industrial independence and the dignity and elevation of American labor. Its position upon all these questions has never been doubtful or deviating, and in regard to those which are applica

ble to the present situation it will take no backward step. If the party, in any of these great struggles, has lost one here and another there from its own ranks, it has more than supplied such loss by taking from the other party many of its strong and conservative men, whose love of country and concern for its soundness and financial welfare have lifted them above and beyond party obligations.

When the cheering that greeted Major McKinley's closing sentences had subsided, Senator Sherman was called for and responded with one of his plain but exceedingly interesting and sensible speeches which was well received by the Convention.

For Lieutenant Governor, Henry L. Morey nominated Andrew L. Harris, of Preble. Jacob Pugsley, of Highland, named David M. Barret, of that county. W. H. A. Reed, of Toledo, named Charles P. Griffin, of Lucas, Joseph C. Heinlein, of Belmont, seconding his nomination. George W. Rawlins, of Springfield, named the "bona-fide farmer," John W. Barger, of Pike. Mr. Harris was declared the nominee of the Convention on the first ballot.

Ebenezer W. Poe, of Wood, was renominated by acclamation for Auditor of State, on motion of Samuel M. Taylor, of Champaign.

For Treasurer of State, the following were presented: William T. Cope, of Cuyahoga; Samuel B. Campbell, of Jefferson; John M. Sheffield, of Huron; and Lot Davies, of Jackson. There was no nomination when the roll call of counties was completed, but several of them changed to Cope before the result could be announced and thus gave him the nomination.

Marshall J. Williams, of Fayette, was renominated by acclamation for Judge of the Supreme Court.

John K. Richards, of Lawrence, was nominated on the first ballot for Attorney

General. His opponents were Fax F. D. Albery, of Franklin; E. B. King, of Erie; and W. H. Wiggins, of Ross.

For Commissioner of Common Schools, there were numerous candidates-Jay P. Treat, of Ashtabula; William J. White, of Montgomery; Edward J. West, of Clinion; Oscar T. Corson, of Preble; Warren Darst, of Hardin; E. B. Eberly, of Medina; Joseph F. Lukens, of Warren; W. S. Ebersole, of Wayne; and Elijah Burgess, of Knox. No one received a majority of the votes cast but Corson was nominated by the changes after the roll-call was concluded.

Charles E. Groce, of Pickaway, and S. S. Troup, of Montgomery, were candidates for Member of the Board of Public Works and the former nominated.

Frederick B. McNeal, of Miami County, had the distinguished honor of receiving the first nomination by a State Convention for the office of Dairy and Food Commissioner it having been changed from an appointive to an elective office.

The Committee on Resolutions, through Albert C. Thompson, Chairman, had reported at the conclusion of Senator Sherman's address, the following platform:

The Republicans of Ohio, in Convention assem

bled, reaffirm and express their adhesion to the principles which have guided them heretofore in promoting the prosperity and happiness of the American people.

1. We reaffirm our devotion to the patriotic doctrine of protection, and recognize the McKinley Law as the ablest expression of that principle, enacted in fulfillment of Republican promises, and we pledge ourselves to its support, always having in view its improvement as changed conditions or experience may require.

2. We favor such legislation by Congress and in the State as will, in every practicable way, encourage, protect and promote the interests of agriculture in all its departments; protection of labor and the rights of

laborers, such as will grant to toil its full and just reward, is among the first obligations of government.

3. We demand protection for the wool industry equal to that accorded to the most favored manufacturer of wool, so that in due time American wool-growers will supply all wool of every kind required for consumption in the United States.

4. Thoroughly believing that gold and silver should form the basis of all circulating medium, we endorse the amended coinage act of the last Republican Congress by which the entire production of the silver mines of the United States is added to the currency of the people.

5. We demand, and will continue to demand until finally and absolutely secured, the free exercise by every citizen of the supreme and sovereign right to cast one ballot at lawful elections and have it honestly counted.

6. While inviting to our shores the worthy poor and oppressed of other nations, we demand the enactment of laws that will protect our country and our people against the influx of the vicious and the criminal classes of foreign nations, and the importation of laborers under contract to compete with our own citizens, and earnestly approve of the enforcement of existing laws by the present National Administration.

7. We favor economy in the administration of National and State affairs, prompt and effective restraint of combinations of capitalists for purposes unlawful or at variance with sound public policy; ample educational facilities for the whole people; the reservation of the public lands of the United States for homesteads for American citizens; and the restoration to the public domain of all unearned railroad grants; and we contemplate with pride the progress of Republican legislation and administration in all of the directions named.

8. The Republican party, ever mindful of the services of the heroic men who saved the Union, favors liberal pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and a generous care of their widows and orphans.

9. The patriotism, ability, and wisdom of the Administration of President HARRISON command our cordial approbation and support, and we especially commend the policy of reciprocity by which our trade may be vastly increased by commercial treaties with other nations; and we also commend the vigorous foreign policy of his Administration which has commanded the respect of foreign Nations for the flag of our country.

10. We commend the patriotic services of our distinguished fellow citizen, Senator SHERMAN, and his Republican colleagues in the Fifty-first Congress.

11. We congratulate President HARRISON, and the country, upon the selection of Hon. CHARLES FOSTER as Secretary of the Treasury, assuring as it does an able and efficient administration of that great department of the Government.

12. We denounce the late so called "Ripper" Legislature of Ohio as the most corrupt and incompetent, and the administration of JAMES E. CAMPBELL as the most partisan of our State. We denounce the present Governor of Ohio for having converted the benevolent institutions into political machines, making political merchandise of the sufferings and calamities of the helpless wards of the State; and we point with pride to the more patriotic and wise management of State affairs under the administration of Joseph B. FORAKER. We denounce Governor CAMPBELL and the Sixty-ninth General Assembly for violating their party pledges and the rights of local self-government by legislative reorganization of numerous towns and cities for solely partisan purposes. We denounce the late "Ripper" Legislature for having sanctioned and encouraged the increase of local taxation and for increasing the expenditure of the State more than $500,000 in excess of the appropriations of any previous two years, thus bringing the State to the verge of bankruptcy in spite of the generous appropriations made by a Republican Congress in the Act refunding the Direct Tax. We denounce the late "Ripper" Senate of Ohio for unseating the legally elected Lieutenant Governor, thus robbing the people of their right under the Constitution to select an important public officer, and we appeal to all intelligent and patriotic people of Ohio to unite with us in the recovery of the State from the hands of the party which for two years past has disgraced it.

After some announcements as to the meeting of the State Central Committee, the Convention adjourned sine die.

The new State Executive Committee chosen by the Central Committee was composed as follows: William M. Hahn, of Mansfield, Chairman; William S. Matthews, of Gallipolis, Secretary; George W. Sinks, of Columbus, Treasurer; Asa S. Bushnell, of Springfield; Clinton D. Firestone and M. R. Patterson, of Columbus; Harry B. Morehead, of Cincinnati; Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland; Joseph E. Lowes, of Dayton; George Field, of Tole

do; Julius Whiting, Jr., of Canton; and Edward S. Wilson, of Ironton.

The Democratic State Convention was held at Cleveland, Wednesday and Thursday, July 15th and 16th. The platform approved of the administration of Governor Campbell and the acts of the General Assembly. The declarations on the tariff and finance were these:

We are opposed to all class legislation and believe in a tariff levied for the sole purpose of producing a revenue sufficient to defray the legitimate expenses of the Government economically administered. We accept the issue tendered to us by the Republican party on the subject of the tariff as presented by the so-called McKinley Tariff Act, confident that the verdict of the people of Ohio will be recorded against the iniquitous policy of so-called protection, championed by the Republican party in the interest of favored classes against the masses.

The minority report was defeated by the vote of yeas 301, nays 400, and the majority report accepted by practically the same vote.

The Hamilton County delegation attempted to stampede the Convention into supporting Lawrence T. Neal, of Ross County, for Governor, but James E. Campbell, of Butler, had an overwhelming majority over both Neal and Virgil P. Kline, of Cuyahoga, who was also voted for.

The Convention was very boisterous and disorderly at times and was enlivened by a fist fight in the Hamilton County delegation during the progress of the proceedings. The other nominees, each of whom was. chosen on the first ballot over one or more competitors, were: Lieutenant Governor, William V. Marquis, of Logan; Auditor of State, Thomas E. Peckinpaugh, of by the party then in power as an iniquitous altera- Wayne; Treasurer of State, Charles F.

We favor a graded income tax.

We denounce the demonetization of silver in 1873

tion of the money standard in favor of creditors and against debtors, tax-payers and producers, and which by shutting off of the sources of supply of primary money, operates continually to increase the value of

gold, depress prices, hamper industry and disparage

enterprise; and we demand the reinstatement of the Constitutional standard of both gold and silver, with the equal right of each to free and unlimited coinage.

The platform also denounced the Republican billion dollar Congress" and congratulated the people "on the defeat of the odious Force Bill."

A minority report signed by eight members of the Committee on Resolutions was as follows:

We believe in honest money, the coinage of gold and silver and circulating medium convertible into such money without loss; and we oppose all legislation which tends to drive either gold or silver out of circulation; and we believe in maintaining the coinage of both metals on a parity.

We also recommend that the resolution declaring for a graduated tax on incomes be stricken from the platform.

Ackerman, of Richland; Attorney General,
John P. Bailey, of Putnam; Judge of Su-
preme Court, Gustavus H. Wald, of Ham-
ilton; Commissioner of Common Schools,
Charles C. Miller, of Erie; Food and Dairy
Commissioner, Ambrose J. Trumbo, of
Lawrence; Member of the Board of Public
Works, John McNamara, of Summit.

The Peoples Party State Convention was held at Springfield, Thursday, August 6th.. The platform adopted was very lengthy, including demands for Government loans directly to individuals, and the free coinage of silver (no ratio expressed). Candidates were nominated for all State offices to be filled, headed by John Seitz, of Seneca County, for Governor. An attempt was made to secure the endorsement of this Convention for all or a part of the Democratic State ticket, but it was a failure.

The canvass that followed was one of

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the most remarkable and exciting in the history of the State. The nomination of the author of the new tariff law brought the tariff prominently to the front and made it the chief issue. Other National issues were not ignored, but the Democrats realized that the defeat of Major McKinley would be a blow at the Republican tariff policy from which it could scarcely ever recover. To that end they brought into the State the leading tariff reform" orators and the ablest Democrats of the country to talk to the people. Governor Campbell was prevented by illness from taking part in the earlier days of the contest, but Major McKinley began a systematic visit to each of the eighty-eight counties of the State to make addresses. One of the resolutions in the Democratic State platform was a declaration for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Governor Campbell had announced his willingness to "chance" free coinage, but Major McKinley declared his opposition to that issue. Though differing politically, the two candidates were personal friends, and both requested at the earliest opportunity that the campaign committees eliminate all personalities from the contest. Their advice was heeded and thus was avoided what had been a very useless and uncalled-for feature in previous campaigns. Once during the canvass, on October 8th, the two nominees met in joint debate on the silver and tariff questions at Ada, Hardin County. An immense audience assembled, divided almost equally politically and both speakers were greeted cordially, not an unpleasant incident marring the proceedings. Both State Committees claimed a victory, but, judging from the great Republican gains in that immediate section of the State, Major McKinley may justly be

credited with having been the victor. Much of the interest in the campaign arose from speculation as to the strength of the newly organized People's Party. The Democrats tried to entrap its leaders into an endorsement of their ticket, but failing in this they tried to create the impression that the party was under the domination of the Republican State Committee. It was also argued that the tariff issue was dead, because of the great number of Democrats elected to the Fifty-third Congress, and through the latter incident many of the rank and file of the Democratic party were deluded into the belief that Mr. Campbell's election was assured. But they were soon undeceived, the Republicans gaining a complete victory. The form of the blanket ballot having been changed at the previous session of the Legislature, many persons made the mistake of voting but for Governor. The vote cast for the head of the ticket exceeded that cast for other State officers by nearly 30,000. About 12,500 Republicans and 17,500 Democrats made this mistake. vote was as follows:

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