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Coat in? Conventions.
Democratic, Chicago, Tuesday July 7.
. Populist, St. Louis, Wednesday, July 22.
Free Silver, St. Louis, Wednesday,
July 22.
M'KINLEY AND HOBHRT.
The Standard Bearers of the
Republican Party.
OUBD MONET PLATFORM ADOPTED
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larewell Address.
FIRST DAY'S SESSION.
St. Louis, June JO. Auspiciously and
serenely, beneath a sky across whose
, arched dome not a cloud floated, the
chieftains of the Republican party from
the pineries of Maine to the orange
groves of California; from the ever
glades of Florida to the placid waters of
Paget sound, met in council Tuesday,
aad, in the presence of about 8,000
spectators, entered upon the work of
electing candidates and enunciating
policies for the campaign of 1896.
At 10 o'clock the baud of 40 pieces
took its place in the gallery above the
speaker's stand and at 10:20 struck up
the rousing -air, "Black America."
Called to Order.
At 11:20 Senator Carter, chairman of
the national committee, who was to
call the convention to order arrived.and
gave his final instructions to the secre-
CARTER OPENING CONVENTION.
taries and reading clerks. The 480 seats
reserved for the press were filled with
busy newspaper men, and the click of
telegraph instruments already began to
carry the music of the convention to the
world at large.
Hon. C. W. Fairbanks of Indiaua, was
introduced as temporary chairman and
delivered a short speech in arraignment
of the present administration and in de
finement of the issues. Then followed
the announcement of the list of officers
and secretaries and the first session was
over with. It was a rather tame begin
ning for a Republican national conven
tion, but there was nothing in the pro
ceedings to provoke any great excite
ment or enthusiasm.
SECOND DAY'S WORK.
. St. Louis, June 1?. At 10:20 o'clock
the magnificent baud struck up a medley
of patriotic airs, which was received
. with cheers aud plaudits by the packing
galleries. The belated leaders moved
down into their places. Piatt and Gov
ernor Bushnell of Ohio came in to
gether. The Tioga statesman jostled
ex-Senator Waruer Miller as he passed,
bat no sign of recognition passed be
tween them. The feud between the
New Yorks leaders was bitter.
The convention was in comparative
' order upon the introduction of Dr.
Wilbur 6. Williams, pastor of the
Union Methodist Episcopal church of
St. Louis, who made the prayer.
The committee on resolutions was
not ready to report, nor was the creden
tial committee heard from. Efforts
were made to adjourn. Finally after
the convention had been at a standstill
'for some minutes, Sewall of New Jer
sey, moved that the report of the com
mittee on permanent organization be
accepted. There were angry cries of
"no, no," but Chairman Fairbanks put
the question and the motion was car
ried. When the reading clerk intoned the
committee's report to the house an
ROUBced the name of "John M. Thurs
ton of Nebraska" to be permanent
chairman, there was an eruption of flags
aad cheers from the delegates, and a
demonstration greeted the name of "U.
8. Grant of California."
Wild aad Tamaltaeaa Sceae.
The reading of the report on perma
eat organization was followed by a
Wild and tumultuous scene. Mr. Mudd
SXNATOB THUMSTOX.
si Maryland jumped to his feet and
loadly protested against action upon the
laoott. "It can be received." he
moated, "bat it cannot be acted upon. I
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mitteehas acted there is no conven
tion." Mr. Fairbanks ruthlessly over
rated the point of order and left Mr.
Jfndd angrily shouting on tho floor.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey and
Congressman Sereno Payne of New
York were designated to escort the per
manent chairman to the platform.
Mr. Fairbanks, with a plume of the
national tri-solor piaoed to the breast
of his black frock coat, stepped to the
front, meeting the trio as it ascended
the steps and grasped the Nebraska
senator by the hand. Thurston faced
the arena with his hands clasped be
hind him and began to speak. He said:
GIXTLKMEN OF THE CONVENTION: This
happy memory of your kindness and con
tdsace will abide in my memory forever.
My sole ambition is to meet your expecta
tions, and I pledge myself to exercise the
Important powers of this high office with
absolute impartiality. I beseech your
cordial co-operation and support to the
end that our proceedings may be orderly
and dignified, as befits tho deliberations
of supreme council of the Republican
party.
Eight years ago I had tfc distinguished
honor to preside over the convention
which nominated the last Republican
president of the United States. Today I
have the further distinguished honor to
preside over the convention which is to
nominate the next president of the United
States. This generation has had its ob
ject lesson and the doom of Democracy is
already pronounced. The American peo
ple will return the Republican party to
power, because they know that its admin
istration will mean:
Tho supremacy of the constitution of the
United States.
The maintenance of law.
The protection of every American citi
sen in his right to live, to labor and to
vote.
Vigorous foreign policy.
The enforcement of the Monroe doctrine.
The restoration of our merchant marine.
Safety under the Stars and Stripes, on
every sea, in. every portion of the world.
A revenue adequet for all governmental
expenditures and the gradual extinguish
ment of the national debt.
A currency "as sound as the govern
ment and as untarnished as Its honor,"
whose dollars, whether gold, silver or pa
per, shall have an equal purchasing and
debt-paying power with the best dollars of
the civilized world.
A protective tariff which protects,
coupled with reciprocity, which recipro
cates by securing the best market for our
products, and opening American factories
to the free coinage of American muscle.
A pension policy just aud generous to
our living heroes and to the widows and
orphans of their dead comrades.
The governmental sujiervision and con
trol of transportation lines and rates.
The protection of the people from all
unlawful combination aud unjust action
of aggregated capital and corporated
power.
An American welcome to every God
fearing, liberty-loving, constitution-re-Fpecting,
law-abiding, lalkor-secking de
cent man.
The exclusion of all whose birth, whose
blood, whose condition, whose teaching,
whose practices would menace the per
manency of fne institutions, endanger
the safety of American property or lessen
the opportunities of American labor.
The abolition of .sectionalism every
star in the American Hag shining for the
honor and welfare and hanpiuc-s of every
commonwealth, and of all the people.
A deathless loyalty to all that is truly
American aud a patriotism eternal as the
stars.
No I'oiot of His Speech Ixwt.
The punctuation of almost every sen
tence of his address was a period of
yells, round off with a fringe of manual
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THURSTON DEMONSTRATION.
applause aud stamping. Thurston is a
tall, slender, dark-faced, black mous
tached, spectacled, scholarly looking
man, but he wields a voice keyed for
the stump, every word reaching to
the farthest corner of the gallery.
As the committees were unable to re
port the convention adjourned to 2 p. m.
Afteraooa Seaatoa.
It was exactly 2:40 when Mr. Thurs
ton again called the convention to
order. Quiet came with the first crack
of the gavel. Mr. Thurston called upon
Bishop Arnett, president of Wilber
force college. Ohio, to come to the plat
form. The name of this eminent colored
divine evoked a round of applause.
At the conclusion of the prayer there
were several gavel presentations, and
Chairman Thurston called for the re
port of the committee on credentials.
Delegate Fort of New Jersey, the chair
man of the committee, mounted the
platform and read the report. It rati
fied the action of the national commit
tee in all the contests except Delaware
and Texas, in which the national com
mittee made no findings. In these two
latter states the report recommended
the seating of the Higgins delegation in
opposition to the Addicks delegates in
Delaware and the Grant in opposition
to the Cuney delegates in Texas.
The minority report recommended
the seating of the Addicks and Cuney
delegations in Delaware and Texas and
the recommittal of all other contests.
Tharatoa'a First DecMoa.
The first shock of battle in the conven
tion was at hand. No sooner had Mr.
Hepburn completed the presentation of
the minority report, than Mr. Fort de
manded the previous question on the
adoption of the majority report, which
was carried with a shout. Then came
the first demonstration of the so called
combine. From the Maine section arose
a delegate to demand a roll call on the
question and from Iowa came another
voice seconding the demand. There
apon the roll call began. "I make the
point of order," shouted Hepburn, "that
several state delegations are contested
and have no right to vote on this
question." "The chair overrules the
point of order," responded Mr. Thurs
ton, promptly, his voice ringing out
like a pistol shot. Howls of disapproval
went np from the contingent which had
lost its point, charged with a buzz of
hisses from the angry ones. The roll
call was followed with intense interest,
as all realized that it was the first test
ef strength of the forces in the great
convention. When at last Chair
mau Thurston announced the result,
543Ji for ordering the previous question
and S59ii against," the McKinleyites
howled themselves hoarse. The major
ity report was then adopttd and conven
tion adjourned.
THE LAST SESSION.
St. Louis, June 19. The Republican
convention nailed their principles to the
masthead Thursday and placed in com
mand of the ship which is to bear them on
to fortune or disaster in November their
popular idol. William McKinley, Jr., of
Ohio, and Garrett A. Hobartof New
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and at tho last moment before the lines
were cast off, some of the members of
the crew, who had shipped in many a
Toyage, rcfuhod to subcribe to the new
shipping articles and walked down the
gangplank. The convention was held
in session for 10 hours to accomplish
FORAKER READS THE PLATFORM.
the work cut out for it yesterday,
and the scenes at different time were
tragic, dramatic and inspiring. Fully
15,000 people were in the vast
auditorium to hiss or cheer. The bolt
of the delegates from the west was fully
discounted, but it nevertheless furn
ished the most dramatic incident of the
day.
Refaaed to Sopport Gold.
Led by Senator Teller they had
Wednesday declared their intention of
refusing to subscribe to the gold plank
in the platform, but yesterday, after
Senator Teller had made his final appeal
to the convention not to take the step
Which would drive him and his col
leagues out from the ranks of the party
which in the past honored them and
they had delighted to serve, and the
convention had voted 818 to 105
to stand by the gold declaration in the
platform, no one who witnessed the
scene will forget to his dying day the
picture of Senator Frank Cannon of
Utah, facing from the platform 10,000
iratf , hissing, jeering people as he read
the valedictory of the silver men. He
stood erect and defiant, his pale face set
in grim determination as those before
him tried to cry him down, until the
very courage he displayed won for him
the admiration which compelled silence.
When he had finished the reading the
crowds in the galleries burst out again
with jeers and cries of disapproval, bnt
in the most courtly fashion he turned
and shook hands with Senator-elect
Foraker, the chairman of the committee
on resolutions. Permanent Chairman
Thurston and others on the platform.
Then locking arms with Senator Teller,
the two men left the stand and moved
between the walls of yelling delegates
ta where the standard of the Idaho
delegation stood. There they were
joined by the handsome, stalwart Du
bois, and the three continued their
march to the main door, their followers
falling in behind them as they moved
along. It was a small band, several of
the delegates from the states of Utah
and Montana, notably Senators Carter
and Mantle of the latter state, pre
ferring to subscribe to the platform than
to sever their allegiance to their party,
and the delegates, only a few of whom
displayed any bitterness toward what
they believed to be the misguided
course of their colleagues, breathed a
sigh of relief when it was over. Never
before has there been a bolt from the
Republican party, although Wendell
Phillips and some of the more radical
Republicans held a convention in Cleve
land in 1864 aud placed in the field a
ticket in opposition to Lincoln and
Johnson. The radicals of that occasion,
however, withdrew their ticket and re
turned to the foil before the election in
November. The silver men who bolted
SENATOR HENRY M. TELLER,
yesterday immediately perfected plans
to place Senator Teller in nomination
as an independent silver candidate for
president, in the hope that the Demo
crats at Chicago, if controlled by the
silver men, would place his name at the
head of their ticket.
Seleetioa of Staadard Bearers.
After this sensational incident the
convention turned with evident pleas
ure to the work of selecting the stand
ard bearers. It was a foregone conclu
sion that McKinley would be nominated,
but the pent up enthusiasm of the
friends of the Ohio candidate found full
vent. The speeches of Baldwin of Coun
cil Bluffs, nominating Allison) of Sena
tor Londe, nominating Reed; of Hast
ings, nominating Quay, and of Depew
nominating Morton, were eloquent and
masterly efforts and were received with
the greatest enthusiasm by their respec
tive supporters, but it was the nomina
tion of McKinley by Foraker which
turned the convention into bedlam.
Save for the wild tumult that followed
Senator Wolcott's speech placing Blaine
WHALiR M'KINLKT.
in nomination at Minneapolis four years
ago, the demonstration that occurred
yesterday has had no parallel in a Re
publican national convention, at least
in length. The Minneapolis demon
stration continued for 27 minutes; that
of yesterday fell short of that record
but 90 seconds. Of course it lacked the
zest that comes after a long and uncer
tain contest of giants, .and if in a meas
ure mechanical, it did not want for in
spiration and enthusiasm. The dele
gates listened to the opening words of
the speech of Foraker in silence, await
ing the first mention of McKinley.
Not seWaa like Um Rear off Nlacara.
Bat at the mention of McKiutey's
name the explosion came. MarkHanna
climbed on his chairin front of the plat
form, hw haadkerchief held aloft. 15,
000 people in the galleries rose surbI
taaeomsly and 15,000 throats gave forth
their wikleRthmMssa. Thebjack
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seemed also to rise on masse, save here
and there a delegate of the opposition.
Silk American flags aud long, tri-col-orcd
plumes waved frantically, while
tho noise was like the deep, steady roar
of Niagara. An Ohio delegate seized
the Buckeye standard and held it aloft,
until it was seized and carried to the
platform, and opposite the stand an
enormous portrait of the choice of the
convention was hoisted to the
gallery. Just at the close, -as the
shouting thousands were ready to sink
from sheer exhaustion, a man wearing a
Napoleonic cocked hat of the first em
pire came out from beneath the galleries
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and pushed his way over the press
benches to the platform. Altogether
the scene was a remarkable one and
testified to the popularity of the candi
date who has been placed in the field.
McKinley's vote exceeded the expecta
tions of his friends, as he received
661, within a vote and a half of 200
more than a majority, and almost three
times as many as his five opponents.
The nomination was immediately made
vuanimous, with enthusiastic speeches
from the representatives of the oppos
ing candidates aud there was the usual
felicitations. Murk Hauua was obliged
to respond to a call to address the con
vention. The Secnnd Place.
After the decision of thePlntt forces
in New York not to present the name
of Gov. Morton, owing to the war
waged against him by the Warner
Miller faction, the nomination of Hobart
of New Jersey became a certainty. Mr.
Hauna and the McKinley itflueuce
was thrown for him, aud although
there was an attempt to concentrate
the west on Evans of Tennessee, the
influence was to potent. Besides it was
the general sense of the delegates that
the situation required the nomination
of an eastern man for vice president.
The nominating speeches were brief.
Bulkeleyof Conueticut, Lippitt of Rhode
Island and Gen. Walker of Virginia
were also placed in nomination, but it
only required one ballot to determine
the contest. Hobart received 530
votes. 90 more than a majority; Evans,
his nearest competitor, received 280J..
Story of tlin Day.
Senator Foraker crowded to the front
and climbed the steps to the stage while
the crowd sent up a shrill yell. The
platform which he began to read was,
with a few immaterial changes in its
verbiage, tho one telegraphed through
out the country on Tuesday night.
The audience and delegates followed
the reading with intense interest. The
reference to the administration of Ben
jamin Harrison evoked the first demon
stration, but louder still came the roar
when words of the platform pledged the
diarty again to the doctrine of protection
in the interest of Americau labor and
American industry. The reference to
the restoration of the iolicy of reciproc
ity as the twin brother of protection
also came in for a round of applause.
Protection to the sugar industry aroused
the Louisiana delegation to cheers, and
the merchant marine plunk brought the
Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts
delegations to their feet with three
cheers.
Caused the Galleries to Participate.
The first sentence of the platform
pledging the parly to sound money,
started a great uproar among tho dele
gates ou the floor, but the galleries did
not participate until unalterable opposi
tion to the freo coiuage of silver was
read. Then the delegates, led by Sena
tor Lodge aud Colonel W. A. Stone of
Pennsylvania, rose en masse. Fans,
canes and hats waved wildly until the
pit looked like a hurricane tossed sea,
and the galleries roared their approval.
For two minutes the tumult continued.
The mention of the "gold standard,"
while received enthusiastically by the
Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New York delegations, did not arouse
such great enthusiasm.
Democracy and Populism was given a
good natured cheer and the motion
which Senator Foraker made to adopt
the platform was also cheered.
Set the Westerner Wild.
One of the crucial moments of the
convention was at hand. The chair
man announced that he would recog
nize "tho mover of a substitute for the
majority report, the gentleman from
Colorado, Mr. Teller." The name of
Teller set the westerners wild. In little
scattering squads the haudf uls of dele
gations who had been sitting under the
banners of Colorado, of Idaho, of Utah,
of Nevada, California and Montana, and
some of those from Tennessee and other
western and southern states, were on
their feet waving hats, flags, umbrellas,
fans, handkerchiefs, and shrieking like
madmen. The fire spread to the gal
leries and swept across them un
til they seemed to be the most
unanimously carrying the cheer. It was
an unusual division of enthusiasm.
Down in ?he arena was little patches of
vocal fire, blazing in small spots .here
and there from a broad, dead level, calm
field of silence. For two or three 'mi
nutes the uproar continued. Minutes
are long at such crises, each second
beats slowly, so that the outburst seemed
to be a protracted one.
The substitute was as follows:
We. the undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, being unable to
agree with that portion of the majority
report which treats of the subjects of coin
age and finance, respectfully submit the
following paragraph as a substitute there
for: The Republican party favors the use of
both gold and silver as equal standard
money, and pledges its power to secure
the free, unrestricted and independent
coinage of gold and silver at our mints at
the ratio of IS parts of silver to 1 of gold
Teller a Striking Figure.
Senator Teller, as he stood on the
Sitform to make his final protest to tho
publican party against the adoption
of a gold standard policy, was a strik
ing figure. Tall and gaunt, he wore
the old fashioned frock coat of
the old time statesman. His face is
deep furrowed with lines of thought,
and no one who .beheld him doubted
his honesty of purpose.
It was not until toward the close of
his speech that he became both' impres
sive and pathetic. HiB review of his
long service in the party visibly af
fected him. As he realized the
stp he was about to take
he drew himself together for a final ap
peal and declared in au earnestness that
impressed all who heard him, that in
his opinion the morality, the religion
and the salvation of the coantrywere
at stake. -
At the close of Mr. Toller's speech
the applause, especially from the silver
states, was tremendous.
Mr. Foraker then moved to lay the
substitute ou the table. The vote was:
Ayes, 818,; nays, 105.
Mr. Dubois of Idaho was recognised
by the speaker and he asked for a special
vote on the financial plank of the major
ity report alone, and the result was:
Yeas. 812; yeas, 110j. The cheering
which followed was tremendous. Then
by special privilege Senator Cannon be
gan to read the valedictory prepared by
the silver men.
There was little enthusiasm on the
floor, bnt several times the galleries
broke loose. As he declared impressively
that he and his associates would cling
to the fame, let the name go where it
would, a Pennsylvania delegate shouted:
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Goodby;" and one from North Caro
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lina yelled, "Take a train for Chicago."
The 'galleries hooted, but Chairman
Thurston was obliged to interpose and
appeal for order. When he said that
they would return to their people un
sullied, the authority given them be
cause the party of freedinen had be
come a party of oppression, the first
great scene followed.
Cafllacalnsly Faced the Asdleaee.
A thousand throats from the floor
hissed their resentment in the face of
the speaker on the platform, and in an
instant bedlam reigned. The galleries
hissed, shouted loud and long. Senator
Cannon unflinchingly faced the irate
audience. His face was pale, but on it
was a look of grave determination and
he did not wince as he looked those who
were hissing all about him in the eyes.
Chairman Thurston tried vainly to
stay the torrent of disapproval and re
store order. At last, when he could
make himself heard, he set the conven
tion off by a ringing statement that the
Republican party did not fear the dec
laration that was being read,
stasias History.
The delegates, except the bolting dele
gations, rose to their feet en masse and
cheered. From the galleries 12,000
throats sent out their brazen approval,
cheer followed cheer. Arms waved
frantically. Canes, handkerchiefs, hats,
umbrellas all swayed, and swayed like
branches in a storm.
When the signatures were read, Mr.
Cannon folded bis document and de
liberately turned and, reaching across
the desk, grasped Thurston by the hand.
Teller did the same.
As Teller and Cannon stepped into the
aisle, a dozen silver colleagues rose and
followed them out.
Nomlaatlaa; Speeches.
The nomination came as the culmina
tion of one of the most exciting scenes
ever witnessed in the history of a na
tional Kepnmican convennon. xneaaj
had been consumed by the bitter strug
gle over the adoption of the financial
plank of the platform. Senator Teller
had made his impassioned plea for tho
retention of his favored plank indorsing
the free coinage of silver. The con
vention had by au overwhelming vote
rejected the free coinage plank and
adopted the platform as it had been re
ported by the majority of the committee
on resolutions.
Then came the reading of the formal
address of protest by Senator Cannon of
Utah and the dramatic exit of the silvei
delegates.
The fact that Senator Pettigrew ol
South Dakota joiued the silver Republi
cans in their bolt proved the surprise ot
the day. He said after leaving the hall
that he had formed the determination
to join the movement several weeks ago,
as soon as it became apparent that the
gold standard platform would be
adopted. When the senator left his
seat several Republicans who were sit
ting near him shook him cordially b
the hand, aud Senator Proctor of Ver
mont walked to the door with him, ex
pressing regret as he went and shaking
the Dakotan by the hand as he joined
his silver friends on the sidewalk. He
walked with the other bolters to the St.
Nicholas hotel, spending the afternoon
in conference with the leaders.
Finally the platform was out of tht
way and the decks cleared for action.
Chairman Thurston ordered the secre
tary to call the roll of states for the
presidential candidates. Then it wai
that the floodgates of oratory we
opened wide.
Ilaldwla Spoasors Alllsoa.
Charles N. Baldwin, the well known
lawyer of Couucil Bluffs, was the first
to presentavorite son to the conven
tion. In an eloquent address he pleaded
for the nomination of Senator William
B. Allison. He was heartily cheered,
but tho cheers were confined to the del
egates in the immediate vicinity of the
seats occupied by the Hawkey e delega
tion. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts fol
lowed and named to the convention
Speaker Thomas B. Reed. At the close
of his address an attempt, evidently
carefully planned, was made to start
one of those overwhelming demonstra
tions which signalized the attempt at
Minneapolis four years ago to stampede
the convention to Blaine. An immense
portrait of Speaker Reed was unrolled
from the galleries. It was greeted with
cheers, -and immediately the Reed men
started the cry: "Reed! Reedl Thomas
B. Reedl" The demonstration, how
ever, failed, for the rallying cry was
kept up for less than a minute.
Depew Spokesaaaa For Mortoa.
Ohauncey M. Depew of New York re
ceived an ovation when he took the
platform to place before the delegates
the name of Governor Levi P. Morton.
While Mr. Depew was concluding hit
eloquent presentation there were quiet
indications that the McKinley men
were preparing a little demonstration of
their own. Pages commenced to bring
into the hall McKinley banners cased
in brown wrapping paper. From un
der the seats occupied by the Ohio dele
gates were produced tin horns in large
quantities and these were distributed.
Foraker Names the Wlaaer.
When Ohio was called Governor
Bushnell announced that Senator-elect
Foraker would speak for the Buckeye
state.
Senator Foraker had spoken but a few
minutes when he rounded up an elo
quent paragraph by naming tho man
soon to be made the party's choice fot
president and cheering commenced.
Other speeches followed in quick suc
cession. Senator Thurston's in second
ing the nomination of McKinley being
warmly greeted.
At 4 30 the chair ordered the roll call
for the first and only ballot for presi
dent. The total vote gave the following re
sult: McKinley, fGIJ; Reed 81;
Morton, 58; Quay, 61.; Allison, 35j;
Cameron, 1; total vote, 922; absent, 23.
The announcement was the signal for
another demonstration.
Made It Vaaalataas.
When the motion to make the nom
ination unanimous was put the dele
gates rose en masse. The general im
pression was that the convention would
take a recess at this point and thou
anas of people left the hall, bat the
delegates were determined to close the
work of the convention before adjourn
ing. They supported Mr. Lodge's mo
tion to proceed with the nomination of
the vice president with great mnan
unity.
Samuel FessendeR of Connecticut was
recognised to aoaiiate Governor Balk-
Fort Xaaaea Beftact Far Ylea
General Hobart was named
Franklin Fort of Newark. The
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was loadly cheered, the New Yorkers
joining with the Tfew JerseymeRiR
the deRMRstratioR. S. W. K. Allen of
Khode Mand nominated Governor
Charles W. Lipmitt. Delegates from
the southern states cheered when Tsr
bsss6b was called and W. RaRdolpk
presented the name of Henry Clay
Evans. Virginia presented the name of
General James A- Walker.
The roll call began at 7:10. The ad
herents of Mr. Evans wer veryes
thosiastic and loadly cheered every vote
announced for him. but when Penneyl
vania cast her 64 votes for Hobart his
Romimatioa was gained aad delegates
began to leave.
Pending the announcement of the
vote, a resolution was adopted, utahing
fJhairmau Thurstou chairman- of the
committee to inform the presidential
nominee of his election and Temporar
Ohairman Fairbanks to wait on the
vice president for the same purpose. A
resolution was adopted, thanking the
city of St. Louis for fulfillias all its
promises in the entertainmen: of the
convention. The vote was pimounced
as follows: Hobart. 533); Evi as, 280 ;
Bulkeley. 89; Walker, 24; Reed. 8; Fred
Grant, 2; Thurston. 2; Depew, 3;
Brown, i: Lipnitt. 8: absent. 29.
The nomination at Hobart was
Inanimous.
Coaaty Sapervinors.
PBOCEKDIXaS OF THE BOABD OF EQUALIZATION.
Jane 9, 1888. Board convened as board ot
equalization at 9 o'clock a. m., John Wiggins,
chairman. . Pohl, clerk. Roll call, present.
Lisco, Moffett, Bolf, Becher, Bender and Olson
and Mr. Chairman.
There being no parties appearing, the board
adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m.
Jane 9. 1898, 2 o'clock p. ni. Pursuant to ad
journment the board of equalization re-convened
with John Wimintt in chair, E. Pohl clerk.
Koll called, all board prevent. No parties ap
pearing the board adjourned at " o'clock p. m.
until 9 o'clock a. in., June 10, 1898.
June 10, 1H. 9 o'clock a. m.-At this time the
hoard of equalization ro-convt?ned" with Jobs
Wiggins in chair. K. Pohl clerk. Koll railed
all board present. 'There being no basineas
present the board took receas until 2 o'clock
p. ni.
June 10, 1393. o'clock p. ra. At this time the
lioard of equalization reconvened with John
Wiggins chairman. E. Pohl clerk. Koll called,
all hoard present. C. A. Speice appeared before
the board as attorney for Thomas Murray, ap
pealing from the decUion of tha board of equal
ization of the city of Columbus, in their assess
ment of lots ." and 6, block 41 and lots . and 6, in
block 37 and lots 1 and 2. in block 115, claiming
that said assessed valuation was too high aad
requested that the same l assessed at a lower
valuation.
M. Vogel appeared before the board, appealing
from the decision of the hoard of equalization of
the city of Columbus, in their assessment of his
personal property.
Moved by Sup'r Lisco to refer the applications
of Murray and Vogel to the committee on claims
and samo being seconded the roll was called for
vote on said motion, Becher, Lisco, Rolf and
Wiggins voting "aye," Bender. Olson and
Moffett voting "no," motion declared carried
and said claims referred to committee on claims
consisting of Rolf. Bender and Olson.
Moved that the clerk he instructed to change
the entry on the assessment booksof Iup town
ship on part of lot 8, in section 8, township 17,
Range 2 west, owned by Christian Bienz, from
80 to 10 acres, as it appears from the record that
said tract only contains 40 acres.
Communication of the Union Pacific Ky re
garding lot 7. block 211, in the city of Columbus
was referred to Sup'r Lisco as a committee of
one to investigate and report thereon.
Communication of the B. A M. It. R. Co. rela
tive to the levying of taxes by the county was
read and on motion of Snp'r Rolf was referred
to the county attorney, with the request that he
report thereon by 2 o'clock p. m. June 8, 1898.
Carried.
Moved by Sup'r Lisco that the board proceed
to equalize the different townships. Carried.
On motion the board adjourned until 9 o'clock
a. m. June 11, 1898.
Thursday, June 11, 1896, 9 o'clock a. m. Board
of equalization re-convened with John Wiggins
chairman, E. Pohl clerk.
Moved by Snp'r Lisco that the board proceed
to equalize personal property. Carried.
On motion or Sup'r Bender the following
equalization of personal property prepared by
Sup'r Becher, was adopted, to wit:
CATTLE.
Add to the assessed valuation of Rbmark
township. 20 per cent $ mc 00
Add to the assessed valuation of Sherman
township. 5 per cent a 00
Add to the asM-ssed valuation of Grand
Prairie township, 5 per cent ! 00
Add to the assessed vslustiou of liuiuph-
rey luwiisuip, iu per cent. 2ftJ 00
Add to the aessd valuation of Itutltr
towrsbip, iti per cent
Add to the assessed valuation of Loup
township, 10 per cent
Add to the assessed valuation of Gran
ville towm-hlp, lOpervent
Add to the assessed valuation of Juliet
township, lu per cent
Add to the ttstessed valuation of St. Ber
nard, 5 per cent .
XMOJ
175 00
248 00
X17 00
93 00
Total addition on cattle S 3048 CO
Deduct from assessed valuation
of Columbus twp, 10 per cent. .f 797 00
Deduct from assessed valuation
of Creston twp, 10 per cent 246 00
Deduct from assessed valuation
Shell Creek twp, SO per cent.. . SCO CO
Deduct from assessed valuation
Lost Creek twp, 5 per cent 159 OU
Deduct from assessed valuation
- Burrows twp, 15 per cent 408 00
Deduct from assessed valuaiiou
Woodville twp, 12 per cent.... 399 00
Total deductions on cattle. .i 2807 lO iSu7 00
Total increase on cattle valuation.. 179 00
HOUSES.
Add totheasaesed valuation of Columbus
township, i percent S1I3U CO
Add to the assessed valuation of Uismark
township, 5 per cent 245 CO
Add to the assessed valuation of Sher
mau township. 4 per cent 161 00
Add to the assessed valuation of Creston
township. 8 per cent 410 CO
Add to the assessed valuation or Shell
Creek township, 7 per cent 317 00
Add to the assessed valuation of Humph
rey township, 8 per cent 413 00
Add to the assessed valuation of Lost
CreeK township, 0 per cent 4C4 00
Add to the assessed valuation of Bur
rows township, S per cent 103 0u
Add to the assessed valuation or Joliet
tousbip, 3 per cent . 138 00
Add to the assessed valuation of St. Ber
nard township, 1 per cent ... . 54 00
Total addit'ou on horses 13455 00
Deduct from assessed valuaiiou
Urand Prairie twp. 5 per cent. JS 238 00
Deduct troui assessed valuation
Butler twp, 5 per cent
Deduct from assessed valuation
Loup twp, 14 per cent
Deduct from assessed valuation
Granville twp, 2 par ceat...
Deduct from assessed valuation
Monroe twp. 2 prr cent
leduct Irom assessed valuation
162 00
308 0Q
89 00
141 00
Woodville twp,.lS percent 799 00
Deduct from assefsed valuation
Walter twp, II per cent 929 00
Total deduction on horses... S27S6 00
Totat iutrrase of valuation on horses....!
MULES AND ASStX,
Add to the valuation ef the city of Colum
bus, I per cent $
729 00
HI
.via to ;r.e vttiuatioa orcoluiubus town
ship.i!7per cent 144 00
Ad I to the valuation of Sherman town
ship, 9 per cent 14 09
Add lu the valuation of Creston town
ship, 1G per cent: 54 0U
Add to the valuation of .Shell Creek town
ship, 10 per cent ao CO
Aad to ine valuation 01 urand iTairie
township, 10 percent
Add to the valuation 01 Humphrey town
ship, 10 per cent
Add to the valuation of Butler township
3ptr cent... .-. ,
Add to the valuation of Loup township,
per ceo..... .-..-...........
Add to tfte valuation of Lost Creek towa
ship,3percent Add to ta: valuation or St. Bernard
township, Oper cent
509
S3 00
400
400
14 00
10 00
Tota) additions on Mules and Asses.. $ 282 80
Deduct from the valuation of
Granville twp, 12 per cent t 17 00
Deduct from the valuation of
Monroe twp, 24 per cent 110 09
Deduct from the valuation of
Woodville twp, lo per cent. ... 28 00
Deduct from the voluation of
UaJkertwp, 21 percent 118 00
Total deductions on mules aud asses S 273 OS
Total increase on valuations. 19 8S
On motion the board adjourned until i;so
o'clock p. ra.
June 11, ibm, ihj p.m. Hoard or eqaauzatioa
re-convened with John Wiggiaa chairaua, E.
Pohl clerk. Boll called. aU board preaaat.
Moved by Snp'r Bolf that the board proceed to
!" the
at of the rati aetata ol tha
(coaaty. Motioa carried.
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Is sotontlf le pis feexHnar. It l a eclencs when It Is kne
tight, tout everybody does not do It right. Perhaps you
don't. You feed your pigs till they are six months old, and
they average to weigh 140 or ISO pounds. That's not
enough. Peed them
Standard
Peed It with their grain or
wslgh 200 pounds each
That will give you at least
I StsHKfs.rd Food
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Standard Food can be had of our local Agents In 28-lb.
boxee at S3.00 per box. That amount will feed 26 or SO
young pigs r whole month.
TKF.LtUm
I F. N. ST&VENSON, Agent, Columbus.
I Dr. H. E. AYERS, Agent, Lindsay. 2
M.
Aad thereupon the board added to the assessed
valuation of:
Bismark township 8 per cent, amount
ing to the sum of $ 3.91ft CO
Shell Creek township 8 per cent, am
oontingtothesnaiof 5,470 00
Grand Prairie township 2 per cent. am
ounting to the sum of 1,291 00
St. Bernard township 12 percent, aro
oonttag to the sam of ttTiHftt
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vfoooviue rownsnip is
per cent, am-
ounting to the sum of.
7.919 00
Total addition-to real estate. $5,324 00
And thereupon the board deducted from the
assessed valuation of:
Crestoa township 3 per cent.
amounting to the sum of ..$ 2,034 CO
Lost Creek twp. S per cent.
amounting to the sum of.. 4,825 00
Walker township. .1 percent,
amounting to the sura of.. 4,681 CO
Total deduction on
cVlalt
real
11,!V13 00
Total increase of valuation on
real estate $13,XI 00
Sup'r Lisco presented the following report,
to wit:
Your committee to whom was referred the
Communication of thn II. P. Itr in rvmnl tn !
7, block 224 of city of Columbus would recom
mAWrl EK 4La aklnMBw . "- - At &
cu.ru. uuu mr cicn w? lUHiucim wiai UHn
receiving satisfactory proor that said lot 7.
block 224 in the city of Columbus has been
washed away by the Loup river, to strike said
lot from the tax list.
R. Y. Lisco. Committee.
On motion the above report was adopted.
Moved by Sup'r Bender and seconded by Sup'r
Moffett that there be and is hereby levied uion
the taxable property of Platte county, Nebraska,
for the year 1855 the following taxes and Icvit.
to wit:
Mills.
ror county general fund t 9-io
For soldiers' relief fund S-10
ror payment of interest oa jw,ux.u0 re
funding bonds 2
For poor farm fund 8-10
ror road mud
For bridge fund 2
Total levy V
For payment of interest and 10 per cent
of the principal on S25,000 00 Colum
bus preciuct railroad bonds fiu
Payment of interest oa $ 10,000.00 Colum
bus towmdiip Loop river bridge fund.. 2!i
For psyment of balance on Loup and
Butler precinct bridge bonds 3
Labor tax be levied and assessed on every r
son liable under the statutes. Same motion
carried unanimously.
The county attorney now appeared and re
ported that the county was not restricted in the
levy of taxes as therein claimed.
The committee on the claims of Murray and
Yogel made the following report, to wit:
Your committee to whom was referred the
appeals from the board of equalization of tlm
city of Columbus of Thoe. Murray and M. Vogel
would report that lota 5 and 6, block 57, owned
b T. Murray and assessed for $u-VX0O be reduced
to $450.00 and the lota 5 and 6, in block 44 and
lota 1 and 2, in block 145, remain as assessed.
That- M. Vogel's assessment of $900.00 made by
the Columbus city board of equalization be re
duced to $800.00.
A. O. Rolf, Chairman.
Peter Bexdek,
Nils Olson.
Moved that the above report he adopted.
Carried.
Moved by Sup'r Moffett that there be and is
hereby levied upon the taxable property of tho
respective city, village and townships of said
Platte county, Nebraska, the following taxes,
to wit:
Bridge.
Township. Mills.
Humphrey 2
Granville. 2
St. Bernard 0
Walker 2
Woodville. 1
JoUet 2
Barrows. 2
Grand Prairie 0
Sherman 2
Bismark. 2
Shell Creek 3
Lost Creek 2
Monroe. 1
ljOQp. ..... .... .... 2
Columbus 2
Butler 0
Village of Creston. 0
Road.
Mills.
0
0
0
General.
Mills.
"3
3
Total.
MiUs.
5
5
4
5
7
5
7
7
3
7
5
7
6
t
1
2
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
2
3
3
215
10
2
2
2
0
0
0
7
3
2
10
Vil. PlatteCenter.. 0
Vilhwe of Lindsay- 0
0
10
10
village ox uaapbrey water tand. 7 mills; gen
eral fond, 3 mills; total 10 mills.
Mills.
City of Columbus, iatarest on water bonds. 7
City of Colambns, interest on Loup river
bridge funds 5
City of Columbus, interest on Platte river
bridge funds 1
City of Columbus, interest on general fund 10
Total 23! x
Carried unanimously.
Total additions to assessed valuations. $32,117 80
Total deductions to " . 17,409 00
Total increase in assessed valuations
of county $14,703 60
Total increase in assessed valuation
city of Columbus i,t)8r, GO
Total valuation of the real estate and
personal property, including rail
road property ia Platte county.. ..2,Sal.793 80
Oa motion the board of equalization adjourn
ed until 8 JO a. m. June 12. 1&9U.
June 12, 1898, 8:30 o'clock a. nu-Board of
equalization re-convened with Hon. John Wig
gins in chair, E. Pohl clerk. Roll called, all or
board present.
Whereupon the board adjourned until H
o'clock a. m. June 13. 1SMJ.
June 13, 1&9S, 8 o'clock a. m.-Board of equali
zation re-convened as per adjournment, Hon.
John Wiggins chairman, K. Pohl clerk. Hull
called, full board present.
Minutes of the board of equalization read and
on motion approved.
Thereupon the board of equalization adjourn
ed sine die.
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