The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-09-24
MASSACHUSETTS, DEMO-
CRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION.
THE BUTLER DELEGATES TAKE
POSSESSION az THE HALL
AND REFUSE THE OTH-
EHs ADMIITANCE.
a Lively Time, Resulting, Of
Course, In the Nomination
Of Butler.

I hbOuN % % CLOCK tllls nOfuluk botnc ib'
Butler delegates, headed by DIR. Nc
Sheehy, Of Boston and other ardent
Butler men, entered Mechanics Hall
and proceeded To elect y. s. Hughes,
of Boston. Chairman, and declared
/ their intention 10 remain till the con
yention was fully organized.
At 5.05 this morning DIR. McSheehy
| sprang TO the platform and nominated
General Butler for Governor, and three
/ cheers were given forthwith.
Then speeches followed by McSheehy
aud many others. Many OF the har.
Bngues we're very violent Nearly
every delegate declared that he would
stay there till forcibly thrown. An.
other shouted out that he would "vote
for Butler ia spite OF the devil or any
other man.
These remarks were loudly cheered.
At about o'clock the Butler men,
having possession Of the hall, placed
ID. Powers, Of Springfield, in the chair
and proceeded to business. After q
long wraDgle, Mayor Platt took the
platform and said that the persons
then in the hall might remain, but that
no others should be admitted.
Mr. McDavitt (Butler's secretary
made a motion that a committee be
nominated TO see that only delegates
bearing credentials be admitted to the
hall. Carried.
The committee was appointed and
retired, and before they returned, q
rush was made for the hall. One ont
slider forced the door aud was closely
followed by a mob. The doors were
then closed by the police. At this
juncture Major McAfferty entered the
hall, and was received with cheers.
The Hon. Edward Avery stepped up
on the platform and said: ''By re-
quest OF the Democratic State Central
Committee i am here TO announce"
Cat-calls and Kisses followed each
other in rapid succession, Avery main
tanning his position upon the plat
form.
A delegate moved that Avery be re-
gu ,sted TO leave the platform.
The chairman decided that Avery
must leave the platform, which he re-
fused TO do.
The chairman then decided that no
motion was in order till the Commit
tee on Credentials reported.
Major McAfl'erty jumped TO his feet
and said that Avery was ambitious for
the honors Of a martyr. He wanted to
go out 10 the blue bloods and inform
them that he had served them. He
had done their bidding. He wanted
to go out and inform the men who call.
ed the members OF the convention
Communists. He had performed that
duty. He was anxious to relieve his
bowels. and should he allowed To do so.
"I am authorized, said Avery,
again commencing To speak, but cat
calls and misses again interrupted the
speaker. who was obliged To cease
speaking.
Excited delegates requested Avery
to "Iook in the glass and see If he
knew himself. laughter.
Mr.. McAfierty again tried to speak
urging the convention % listen to
what Avery had to saw
The excitement nj this point beggars
description. Delegates were brandish-
ing canes, etc. Finally Avery got the
platform, and declared the convention
adjourned until Wednesday. the 18th OF
September.
Intense excitement followed, amid
which Avery retired from the hall.
When the State Central Committee
fully realized that the Butler faction
had control of Mechanics Hall. they
appointed a committee TO see what
could be done toward procuring hall
They waited upon Mayor Pratt about
10 o'clock this morning, and informed
him Of the state OF affairs. After the
Mayor went to the hall, he wrote to
the committee as follows:
Mechanics Hall was taken posses.ion of
this morning. between 4 and q ocl0ck, by
some disorderly persons, who broke down the
entrance thereto. aud at l045 are now In
possession Of said hall. demanded that
SAID persons leave the said hall at the request
OF the State Central Committee which they re-
cannot be cleared except by violence, anc
perhaps, bloodshed Respectfully yours.
CHAs. Is. PRATT, Mayor.
On receipt of the above, the State
Central Committee unanimously voted
to adjourn the convention till Wednss-
day Of next week, at Faneuil Hall, in
Boston. This action was rendered
necessary from the fact that Buffers
friends have secured all available halls
in Worcester, and the leaders also take
the ground that, after the mob proceed
logs which have taken place here to-
day. they can go before the people and
lead a movement that will crush Butler.
The Hon. Richard s. Spofford was
then elected permanent chairman. In
his speech, Mr.. Spofford alluded to the
- hA lakAr,naw Il ...I a.
nounced the bondholding and banking
monopolies. He was heartily applaud
ed.
At the conclusion OF Spofiord's s
speech John l.. Rice, of Springfield,
nominated Gen. B. +. Butler for Gov
ernor amid cheers and great excitement
the delegates all rising.
Mr.. Cook, OF Boston seconded the
nomination.
At this point, amid the most intense
excitement, John G.. Calvin took the
floor and denounced the action Of the
committee, being repeatedly interrupt
ed by Kisses, groans and cries OF "put
him out The speaker asked how in
the name Of God. any Democrat could
nominate Butler as Democratic NOM
inee. For 10 years he had opposed
every Democratic principle. When
the speaker said it was proposed TO
put him in the field as Presidential
candidate there were cries OF Eyes,
yes. !"
Three groans were given for the
speaker at the conclusion OF his speech.
THE ADDRESS or THR BoLrING DENoCRArs.
woRcHEsTER, September 1.-THE
following address was adopted about
noon at an adjourned meeting Of the
State Democratic Central Committee:
TO g.s DcB,cci ats Of Massachusetts.
WHEREAS. A delegate convention 81 the
Democrats of Massachusetts for the nOmina-
ton Of candidates Tor state officers was called
by the state Central Comnlttec OF the Demo
cratic party. to be held at Worcester this day,
and
wHERTAs II is found at the hour Of assem-
hlagc OF said convention that Mechanics Hall
the hall engaged by the committee for hold.
iag the convention, Is In possession OF mob,
publicly announcing Itself a. acting 10 the iu-
ierest Of Benjamin r. Butler, which entered
the hall by stealth and by force, by ladders.
through windows. and by breaking down
doors.
forms said committee BY letter, copy OF
which y hereto appended that said bali car.
not be- cleared and placed within the control
of aid committee without force. and proba-
by hloodshed; row
TheyrTors. rhc State Committee Of the
Democratic party Of Massachusetts, believing
that said convention cannot with safety be
held this Gay a. Worcester and declaring the
riuht of free and peaceful asscnblage Of all
deibcratiye bodies, gathered Tor political pur-
poscs A. a foundation principle Of all Demo-
/ cratic action. do hereby declare and proclaim
said convention. called to be holden az Nor-
/ cester. postponed % be hcld A. faneuil Hall.