The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-19
BAY STATE POLITICS.
MEETHNG OF THE MASSACHUSETTS,
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

MEETING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS,
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
! Failure of N Resolution DenOunclng Bnta
| Ter. offered I'm the state Central Conn
mtttee-The Proceedings In Deaail-
Talbot Nominated ON the First Bal
| lOt-The Platform.
WORCESTER. Sept. 1s.-All the morning cal1-
| cussing. which subsidized after midnight last
night. has been In active progress. From among
| the new arrivals the friends Of Hon, George
Marston profess to have gained many acquisi-
| tions and are prepared to make O. stronger
showing for the attorney generalship than was
belieyed yesterday. It was understood year
but It Is now asserted that matters are pending
which he desires to finish before he leaves the
office. The Marston people are disg9sted at
never be In so finished q state that he can con-
venienIttlIy Ill transfer It to another.
Wo Mnjney OF hopafoWn " t mas succeeded 80
hoped by his friends that he will be able to de-
sure success on the second. The Talbot men
are confident and await the hour Of nomination
with h9 imnpert1rbable z composure.
| session this morning, lasting from until IL
o'clock. discussing an address to the people as
miee It denounced np Buer and bis fooWers f
in unmeasured TERMS His friends were char
acterized as Communists, and an appeal was
rescue, the state from the red hand
Of pillage Rg s, and ID ilame bqt this vas
| notably E, l.. Norton of Charestown, and E. w.
Sprucely, Of Boston. by the most vigorous op-
position. The discussion was animated, these
abusng the Intelligent voters Of Massao6usetts sr @
| who had declared an honest intention of voting
for the man n an Of their choice. The :" anything to
have the clause stand. Finally the whole mat
| ter was referred to the executive committee,
| with full power.
Another matter which caused row was
| an attempt to force Mr. Plummer, of New
buryport. member of the committee. to re-
sign. The matter, was first brought up by Mr..
Plummer was Butler man. and said he should
| resign. The gentleman refused to 10 this He
all The candidates of the convention, but should
Gen. Butler. # this, did not satisfy his col
| leagues they might take any action they pleased
but cel tainly he would not resign.
This created considerable excitement and
the members would have been glad to vote for
his expulsion. no one desired to offer the mo-
tion. therefore Mr.. Plummer remains
applause, the convention digniaries left off
discussing Buffers chances and opened bust
ness ness: The crowd Of delegates vas emineently
made demo1nstrations against, procrastinating,
which the throng m Of Interested outsiders In the
galleries g aided q q The speaker took the gave
will read the call for this convention" which he
d1d,and then went on TO say: We the accredited
proud of the past and serene for the future
We have no excuses to offer agd no promises to
make We saved the country from armed re-
bellion once and will save it from Communism
and anarchy"
AS soon as business was ready to be taken up,
Rice was chosen TEMPORARY NJ 'ohh oharman man Of the
convention. Col. Rice made a speech and
thanked the convention for the honor con
Mr.. Hall, OF Boston, nominated as temporary
secretary G. G. Crocker.. of Boston. who was
unanimously chosen to officiate.
nj r. Hyde, of Boston, movedthat a committee
OF three from each congressional district be
appointed to nom nate a committee on per-
Mr. Pamger Of Boson mnGn weS fbfed
tee on credentials consisting, of one from each
county, be appoonted by the chair. ADOPTED.
withdrew to consult Mr.. Theyers addressed
the convention. He said:
Gentlemen, we meet to-day, as many Of you
nave met before. as representatives of the Be-
publican party Of Massachusetts, the great
party Of freedom. Justice and progress. Proud
ability to grapple with the issues Of the pres
ent, and hopeful in regard to its future we
have have no excuses to offer. no pledges to make.
iNted under the sun bas accom- plished 50 much
for oh humanity and Christian civilization. It
saIed the when b9ge with ana
planse
triotism and harmony which, has always char
aetertzed the deliberations of the Republicans
of Massachusetts" [Applausel
be referred to committees without debate.
Mr. Hyde from the committee nm on permanent
committee. consisting of Fl. Fl. Taxon, of
Quincy, sam'l B Rudge, of Camb ridge. and G.
l.. Gardner of Palmer. escorted Mr. Claflin to
q DjHffOTm
Prayer was Offered by Rev. Mr.. Kindegborg.
He offered up a fervent petition, referring to
Lord to save the convention from themselves
and demagoguism. He had little faith in men,
but m hsked divine guidance that the convention
men,, He assumed that God had raised up the
RRepublioaan A. party to be pure and God-fearing.
Maine from being repeated in this common nm
wealth. and that He would imbue the leaders
Wln VT sense OF their + responsibility in meeting
would vote in the fear of God and be true to
right principles
maa,n5uscript, AZ and was loudly applauded.
The committee on credentials reported 329
cites M and towns represented by 1924 delegates.
W. hesolped. We, the Representatives of tie
Republican party Of Massachusetts in coven-
tion assembled. demand that corrupt, incom-
entered u the Boston Custom House and other
eharged and Sucn places as the public good
requires be filled with honest. God fearing,
capable law-abding citizens.
recess for half an hour was then taken.
n Previous to the recess an Informal ballot for
Governor was taken, resulting: Talbot, S51
Long, 206; Butler 2; Bird. 1; Devens, 2; Pierce,
2.
The convention reassembled at O'clock.
On motion Of Mr.. Nichols, of SoutG Boston,
b informal ballot was declared formal, and
/, 1n. Thos. Talbor, of Billenica. declared the
Re publican nomi minee for Governor. The nohl-
na tfon was made unanimous. !
e on John D. Washburn, of Worcester, with a !
7ar euiogy: nominated as Lieutenant Cover |
or he Hon. John D. Long. of bingham. A |
ote b ballot resulted: Long 1856. Baker 81 Hill.
reth 7.s Mr.. Long was declared the nominee. |
BUTLER'S NOMINATION.
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