Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-19
Massachusetts Republicans.

man. A resolution offered and referred to
the committee on resolutions demanding that
the corrupt, incompetent and unnecessary Off
GERS and employees lntrenched in the Boston
custom house and other public officers of the
State shall at once be discharged and such
places the public good requires be filled with
honest. God fearing, law-biding citizens:
NOMINATIONS.
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 18.-The informal
ballot in the Republican convention stood,
Talbot 81 Land 266. BENZ. F. Butler received
was received with misses and laughter. On mo-
tiOn Of MIR. Nichols the informal ballot was
made formal and Henry Thomas Talbot was
declared the nominee for Governor with but
one dissenting voice.
John D. Long was nominated for lieutenant
governor, Henry L. Pierce for secretary of state,
Hon. Chas. Endicott for treasurer and Hon.
Geo. Morton for attorney general.
THE PLATFORM.
The committee ON resolutions then made the
following report:
We the Republicans of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts, in convention assembled,
Resolve, First-That the Republican party, in
spired by it's past, gathers increased courage for
the work which remains to be DONE renews its
allegiance to the high principles which have
guided 1T thus far, and having preserved the
nation existence pledges itself to preserve the
Secondhand the Republican party is COM
mitted to the maintenance of the national
credit, and keeping of the public faith with all
creditors of the nation. We rejoice that the
resumption of specie payments has been SO
nearly accomplished. We insist that all lawful
means shall be taken to insure such resump-
ton within the time fixed by law; that all
| paper currency shall be redeemab1e in coin at
| the will of the holder, and that both coin and
currency shall be kept at all times at par with
| the gold standard of the commercial
world. We believe that the American people
are too honest to want to violate their pledge
| anything which has neither value in itself nor
| represents value, and have too much regard
| for their honor and prosperity to prefer unre-
deemed and unredeemable promises instead Of
money which shall pass current at its full face
| value in every market of the world.
| Third-That refunding of the national debt
| at a lower rate of interest should be carried
forward as rapidly as possible, that the strict
| est economy in expenditures should be used
| and the Industries of the country relieved from
taxation so far as honor, good faith and neces-
sity will permit; that civil administration
should be maintained in it's honesty and eff
cheney by the executive department., which
should take the responsibility which belongs
| to it of maintaining nominations
| to Office without dictation control from
other departments of the government and
should, in the exercise of this power, use the
same care and good judgment, and demand the
same fidelity and devotion to duty that are re-
| quired in the management of important BUSH
ness offices, and we will cordially support every
measure which shall be deemed necessary to
raise the civil service to the high place of
honesty and efficiency demanded by the Gin
| cinnati platform and the Presidents letter of
| acceptance.
| Fourth-That mindful of the condition of
| the industries of the commonwealth and of the
| decline in value of property and in the earn
ings of labor and capital, it is the imperative
duty of town and city governments, and Of
| the State government, to use the strictest
economy in the administration of public affairs.
| We demand that the legislature shall make
no new grants of public moneys in aid of pri-
vate enterprises; that public indebtedness shall
not be increased; that the reduction
already made in public expenditures
shall be vigorously continued, and such changes
made therein may be for the benefit of the
commonwealth; that the system of taxation
shall be modified that each person will contri-
bute.i proportion to what he is worth to the end
that there shall be substantial relief from the
existing burdens Of taxation.
Fifth-We commend the efficiency and in
tegrity with which all departments of the State
| government have been carried on and we de-
nOunce as false the charges of mismanagement
| made against it's administration. Although
| initiation of the currency has caused extrava-
gance in public and private life and influenced
legislation without distinction of party to au-
| thorize unnecessary and unwise appropriations,
| which are not to be repeated, yet the State has
been we'll and honestly governed.
Slxth-Ihat the commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts has prospcred for more than two cen
turtles, because her citizens have looked to
the interest of all, and have labored together
for the commonwealth, and when this union OF
interest and action which has endured through
seasons Of depression and disaster ceases, hel
prosperity must They who would TO
ment discord by falsely teaching that our com
munity is composed of hostile classes whose
interests are antagonistic, are public enemies
whose defeat is essential to the public welfare
and should be accomplished by the united
efforts of all honest men.
Seventh-That the success of the bold at
tempt to place an open repudiator in the exec
utive chair of this renowned commonwealth, il
an announcement to the world that for tn
first time in her history Massachusetts has wa
| vered in her devotion to honest finance, and i
Indifferent to the sacredness Of the publi
faith.
Eighth-That the Republicans of Massachu
setts will keep all their pledges and will STAN
by the President of the United States in hi
efforts to keep his. We cordially comment
/ the purposes and integrity Of hi
administration, his frmness in resisting to tn
limit of his constitutional power all efforts t
depreciate the currency or to violate the plight
ed faith of the nation, and his constant en-
deavors to promote the restoration of good wi
and of social and commercial intercourse bt
, tween citizens of all parts of the country.
Ninth-That we confidently recommend t
the people of Massachusetts the nominees Z
l this convention as men whose character an
ability are guaranty they will wisely, pr,
a IDENTIFY and efficiently administer the govern
/, ment of the commonwealth.
g The resolutions were unanimously accepte
e and confirmed.