Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-11
BEN. BUTLER BADLY BE ATEN.
He " ithdraws His Name and wash
bu- n Receives q Unanimous NOmt.
natfOm-The Platform.

nottOm-The Platform.
The convention, after listening to an address
from ex- Gov. Bullock, chairman, yesterday af
ternoon took q recess, and reassembled at 8
O'Clock. Mr.. Rice moved that the galleries be
thrown open. Gen. Butler said his friends had
gone home as the galleries had not been thrown
open in tie morning, ard he contended that It
would be merely filing the galleries with citi-
zens Of Worcester II they were now opened.
motion was made by General Butter himself,
and carried.
BUTLER WANTS FAIR PLAY.
General Butler said: s.There is this differ
enee. made the motion two years ago within
fifteen minutes after the convention was called
10 order: only appeal to the fairness of this
convention. II the galleries are thrown open
now it will be practically filing them with cit
liens Of Worcc ter, to the exclusion of the rest
OF the Commonwealth. have high respect
for the citizers of Worcester, laughter, j very
high respect, renewed Laughter, ard it Is in
creasing every day, [uproariops lau yeter,l bat
ask them to give us Iair play The galleries
were thrown open by vote OF 531 to 4SS.
HE WANTS TO GET RID OF DELEGATE GREEN.
considerable portion of the a. ternoon ives
consumed in discussing preamble and resolu-
ton, offered by Gen. Butler, directing that a
delegate named Green be debarred rom voting
in the convention, as he had declared his inten-
lion not TO vote for Butler if nominated. The
by George F. Hoar and W. W. Rice in opposi-
ton, and General Butler, John L. Swift, Gen.
Briggs, of Pittsfeld, and others, in favor.
A BOLT ALWAYS IN ORDER.
Rev. James Freeman Clark, an anti-Butler
delegate of West Roxbury, took strong ground
in favor of the right of every delegate to vote as
ne ne chose at the election, regardless Of the &C
was always in order. A motion of George n
Hoar, that the resolution be referred to the
committee on credentials, was adopted by a
vote OF 5ei to 500. Pending motion by Gen.
Butler to verify the former vote by which the
re- olution was referred, the convention took a
recess until 1880 O'Clock.
BUTLER wITHDRAws HIS NAME,
AT the opening of the evening session, Gen
Butler took the floor and withdrew his motion
to verify the result of the last vote by counties
He said he was Satisfied that the majority of the
delegates were In favor of the renominatio of
Gov. Washburn, and he did not care to DELAY
the business Of the convention by parliamentary
tactics. He declared anew his feaity to party
and said he did not want to do anything to cause
dissension in its ranks. He consequently with
drew his name, and said he saw no cause to run
independently.
wAsHBURN NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATIoN.
Gov. Washbprn was then renominated by &C
clamation.
The nomination of Gov. washburn was re-
cetved quietly. A feeble effort was made to
question the vote, but 1t was drowned In a storm
of noes.
The remainder of the state ticket was made up
as follows, without opposition Lieutenant gov
erDor, Thomas Talboat, of Bellerlca; attorney
general Charles X. Train, Boston; secretary OF
state, Oliver Warner, Northampton; auditor,
Chas; Erdicott, Canton; treasurer, Chas. Adams,
Jr., North BroOkfeld.
Hon. Chas. Allen, of Boston, chairman of the
committee on resou,.ous, reported resolutions
which were sdopted. While they were pend
ing, Gen. Butler took the floor, and in a sp ech
of some length accepted the situation and
counseled that they be adopted.
THE PLATFORM
condemns those members OF Congress who
availed themselves of the occasion of an in
crease of the fllary of the President, and OF the
judges OF the Supreme Court, and of the mem
beers of the Cabinet-suppos-d to be Just and
necessary for the future-to secure to themselves
adisproportionate aud extravagant compense-
ton for past as well as future services; calls
upon the President to remove all public officers
who have improperly interfered with the ind :
pendence of the republicans of Massachusetts, In
the management of their local concern when
ever the tact is proved to his satisfaction; calls
upon Congress to increase the powers over rail
roads and other monopolieS demands that re-
publicans purge the commonwealth and the
nat.on of violence, from treachery and corrup,
ton; calls for such legislation as VII secure the
ten-hour system foe women and minors EN-
Rloyed in fne Ma 7sachuSetis fact)ries; declare
that the republic IN party is the party of tenn
perance, order and law; and that it favors the
honest and impartial execution in good faith OF
all laws, especially those for the suppression o
crime, intemperance and disorder.