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Republican convention opens amid flags and brass bands
Chicago reports the Republican national convention convened with Senator J C Burrows as temporary chairman. He lauded the party record, praised tariff revision to protect American industry and labor, and pledged a platform aligning with Lincoln, Grant, McKinley, and Roosevelt. A monetary commission was discussed and attention turned to the party line and nominees.
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William O. Waters
Burrows
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
John. R. Malloy
Columbus
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Asher C. Hinds
Washington, D. C
P. J. Muldoon
Tobias Schonfarber
John Wesley -Hill
New York
Lorenzo D. Case
Charles Brooks Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ernest Walker Smith
Hartford
Conn
Philip M.heofele
St. Louis
H. ¥. Tobin
Vinton
Charles H. Harger
Abilene
Kaw
Allen Mollis
Concord
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Reading
Thomas W. Wilkemson
Wodwardaville
Albert Berg
Beau
Army
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Congress
Monetary Commission
Lincoln
Grant
McKinley
Roosevelt
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