Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-19
The Ma.,nrhu.e1, Ee.oluilons.


The resolutions Of the Massachusetts, Re
publicans adopted at Worcester. are worth
reprlnting entire. They are as follows:
Rcsolred. That the republicans Of Massa-
chusetts emphatically disapprove Of and
condemn the action OF those members Of the
last Congress. republicans and democrats.
who availed themselves Of the occasion oian
increase Of the salary Of the president, and
of the Judges of the supreme court and OF
the members of the cabinet, supposed 10 be
Just and necessary for the future, to secure
TO themselves a disproportionate and extra
VACANT compensation for past as well As
future services.
Resoircd, That while we recognize the full
right of every citizen to express and act up
on his convictions upon all questions ofpub-
lie interest. no person holding public Office
has the right to seek 10 influence the action
of his suhordinates by exciting their fear Of
loss of place if their opinions or action shall
differ from his own; and we call upon the
president, further, 10 remove all public off,
GERS who have improperly interfered with
the independence of the republicans OF Mas
sachusetts in the management Of their local
concerns. whenever the fact Is proved TO his
satisfaction.
RcSolred, That the adoption Of a policy
which shall 80 reduce ireights on railroads
that the raw material, food and coal Of the
west and south, shall be exchanged at the
least possible cost for the manufactures of
New England, Interesting the whole conn
try, l. vital TO the industries Of Alassa-
chusettS that the power vested by the con-
stItutiOn in congress TO regulate commerce
between the states includes jurisdiction
over this great subject; and that we call
upon congress and our State legislature 50
10 exercise all their powers over the rail
roads and all such monopolies.
ReSolred, That the republican party Is
the party Of temperance, order and law;
that it tavors the honest and impartial exc
cution in good faith of all laws, especially
those for the suppression of crime and IN
temperance and disorder that the charac-
ter and details of such laws must be such as
the people shall decide through their re-
personalities chosen 10 the two branches Of
the legislature, and when 50 determined
should be obeyed cheerfully by all law abid-
ing citizens until repealed by the same au-
th0rity
RaS0lrcd, That We demand such lcrisla-
on the hours Of labor as will secure the ten
hour system for women and minors en-
ployed in the factories Of Massachusetts,.
RcS7lred. That every great achievement
for personal liberty. for the preservation Of
the Union, for education, for the elevation
OF labor, for the elevation of women. for the
extension Of the suffrage, which has been
accomplished IN this country for genera
ton, has been due TO the republican party
that while none Of these great causes has
anything TO hope in the future from any
other source. while every new truth. every
claim founded on Justice. will in the future
as in the past. find its earliest converts. its
generous recognition, its strongest adyo-
Gates and it, first victories among the re
pubhcans of Massachusetts: and that the
pressing duty of the day Is to secure honesty
and purity, the rightof the people peace
ably to assemble and take counsel on public
matters, and select their agent free from
violence, intimidation and fraud, the right
TO hold caucuses and conventions without
being cheated, bullied. and we therefore
call upon all honest republicans, however
they may differ on other questions. or how
soever they may have advanced in their re-
ception OF new ideas, to unite in purging
the commonwealth and the nation of yiO-
lence. treachery and corruption.
ReSctred, That the republican party Of
Massachusetts feel Just pride in the
achievements of that national administra-
tion which they 50 largely helped TO elect.
and to which they have been 50 faithful and |
true that they renew their expressions of |
gratitude to President Grant for his. great |
services, civil and military, and that they |
will stand by him in all his efforts for the |
honest payment of the national debt in gold, |
to which the faith Of the nation is plighted, |
in his efforts to place the civil service of the |
country on purer and higher level so that |
federal Offices may hereafter be used to serve |
the people, and not to bribe them, and in all |
the other great measures foreshadowed in |
the republican platform of 1872
Resolred, That the republicans of Massa-
chusetts look with pride upon the republi- |
can administration of the commonwealth |
and recognize in their candidate for Cover |
nor, William B. Washburn. the same Jual- |
tiles of good sense. fidelity and uprlghtness,
the same watchfulneSs for the public interest |
and care for tie public welfare which be
has so eonspicuously exhibited as one of our
in Congress. and we COM
mend him and his associates upon the ticket
this day nominated to the hearty support of |
the good people of the commonwealth.