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The Political Field

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Day
24
Month
April
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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New Haven, Conn., April 23.- It was fully half an hour after the time appointed for the reassembling of the Connecticut Eepublican oonventlon, when that body was ready to proceed to business. ExCongressman William E. Simonds was made permanent chairman. After a brief address the chairinan called for nominations for.delegates at large to tho national Republican convention, and the following were ohosen: Ex-G-overnor Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford, John I Hutchinson of Essex and Arthur B. Brewer of Stanford. The platform, whioh was next read and adopted, opens with a declaration in favor of a proteotive tariff and the reciprocity plan advocated by the late James Gr. Blaine. Upon the eurroncy question the oonvention &ays: "We are unalterably opposod to the issue of unsecured paper currency, eitherby the government or the banks; the free coinage of silver at any ratio, and favor a single Standard of valué, and that" Standard gold. We believe that this policy, with a sound aud stablo ourrcncy upon a gold basis, wiU furnish aufSjlent revenua to meet all requirements of the government and properly support it." Pledged to tlie Nominee. In other seocions tho piatíurm declares for discriminating duties in favor of American vessel bottoms, for adherence to the Monroe doctrine, for increased coast dofense, and a larger navy, for the exclusión of pauper, insaue and criminal immigrants, and for the care of deserving sailors and soldiors of the Union. The electoral vote of Connecticut is plodged to whoever may be the nomiuee of the Republican national conventiou for the presidoncy. In lesa than an hour from the time the convention was called to order its buainess was flnished and adjournment followed. Noither Reed nor McKinley were meuuoned in the convention. Among the delegates, however, there waa considerable enthusiasm for these two aspirants for the presidential nomination. No other candidatos seemed to be thought of.

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