Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-18
by Kisses and groans and cries of s'put him

any Democrat could nominate Butler as
Democratic nominee. For fifteen years he has
opposed every Democratic principle. When
| the speaker said it was proposed to put him in
the field the Presidential candidate there
were cries of eyes! Yesp' and three groans
were given for the speaker at the conclusion of
| his speech.
| committee resolutions was appointed,
consisting of delegate from each Congress
sional district.
| Mr. Cook said it would take some time for
| the committee on resolutions to make resolu-
| tions to suit the convention and moved recess,
which was taken till Up NJ.
THE PLATFORM.
| Upon reassembling the convention reso-
| olutions reported follows:
| The Democrats of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts by their duly appointed dele
| gates in convention assembled hereby reaf6rpl
| and reiterate their adherence to the time-hon-
ored pr1nciplee of Democracy enunciated and
acted upon by Jefferson, Madison and Jackson.
| and pledge their best exertions to make them
| effective in the guidance of the government of
the nation, SO that all people of all States may
| be maintained in their rights, subordinated
| only to the rights and powers of the federal
| government defined and limited by the con-
stitution framed by our fathers, and the
amendments thereto which subsequent expert
enee has found necessary.
RESOLVED, That we condemn and will strenu-
ously try to reform extravaganza in State ex-
penditures the unnecessary increase of officers
the waste of the public domain, which should
not have been given away in large portions
| endowments to aid individuals corporations,
but reserved for the use of actual settlers only,
SO that homes could easily have been Cbtainable
by the industrial classes the failure of
profitable employment in other enterprises
whose production is the only source of wealth
to the country.
ResOlUed, That with exceeding shame and sor-
row we have seen President, elected by the
votes of majority of the people, at election
held in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution, set aside and the people deprived
of his services in that high Office by series of
most astounding forgeries and perjuries, the
possibility of the successful existence of which
weakens the very foundation of the republic.
Our grief has not lessened because this mon
strous wrong was done by aid of unconsti-
tutional commission, which found it necessary
by party majority to refuse to receive evil
dence of potent frauds in the electoral votes
in order to consumnlate the act. We theref ore
unhesitatingly declare that no man ought to be
permitted to hold office who is tainted with
fraud and corruption, and if it can be done
without rebuke by the people, then, indeed we
tions.
Resol0ed. That long continuance of one party
| in power in the nation and especially in the
commonwealth, leads to corruption, affOrding
opportunity and temptation for maladminis-
tration and population, and multiplication of
salaried officers, many of them unknown to the
constitution, thus removing the responsibility
for msgovernment from the officers elected di-
rectly by votes of the people. and giving in
fact the administration of the commonwealth
into the hands of officers unconstitutionally
appointed by the executive so as to interpose
commission between it and the
people for the just accountability
of executive officers for extravaganza
and the accumulation of unproductive prop
erty in the hands of the State, tho purchase
and care of which has been paid for by a
bonded debt of many millions purposly plac-
ed in foreign countries, so that it might be
held investment free from taxation,
which have SO burdened the people with debts,
State and municipal, to be paid for by con-
slant increase of taxation and exactions upon
the people in time when all enterprises are
hindered, when Industries in bust
and labor gets no just equivalent for its toll,
/ make 1t OF paramount necessity that the adj
ministration of State and municipal affairs shall
be thoroughly and efficiently reformed.
| We therefore reproduce the platform for the
State government as set forth by the Demo-
cratic party in its convention in 1875. more
extended reference to which is found in the
address of our candidate for Governor to the
| citizens who asked him to be candidate, and
| in which he pledged himself to undertake to
reform all such abuses.
| Resozued, That we deprecate the tendency of
| legislation, growing year by year, to place i'm
| pediments in the way of a free exercise of the
rights of suffrage by the poor and laboring
men. The Democracy hold the ballot as an in
born and inalienabe right of free citizens. All
| legislation, therefore. should tend to give them
the full enjoyment of this right. All acts
passed to restrict or hinder it's exercise, under
any pretense whatever, are unconstitual
and void, and should be repealed. By the con-
stitution Of the United States, the fact that a
citizen is man, g yes him prima ,facie evidence
to vote, and he should have the right to have
| his name registered wherever laws require
registration. That no law ought to be passed
| requiring citizens earning daily bread by daily
| toll to spend his time proving his right to vote
| before any tribunal whatever. On the con-
| trary, whatsoever denies that right should be
held to make good that denial.
Resolved That We call upon all citizens of
| whatever political views to unite with the De-
mocracy in the election of legislative and exec
| utive officers who will faithfully carry out
these great measures of SO much needed re-
| form, but by doing we do not hold them
pledged to any further cooperation with the
party. or bound to it save as they recognize in
all things the justice and wisdom of their
principles.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously
THE TICKET
The ticket was completed by the following
nominations:
Lieutenant Governor-John F. Adams, Of
North Adams.
Secretary of state-Chas. M. Strauss, Of
bingham.
Attorney deneral-Caleb Gushing. of New
burg.
Auditor-J Boyle o. Reilly, of Boston.
Treasured. N. Skeelings, of Winchester
The Seizure of the Hall,