Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-02
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS. Inviting Nominees to Meet
 Certain Defeat. NONE FOR SLIPPERY BENJAMIN. An Offer of Nomination Quick-
 Iy Declined. Reduction of the Debt. A NOTABLE DECREASE FOR
 THE LAST MONTH.
POLITICAL.


 The Massachusetts DemOcrncy-Peace in
 inc Camp-Butler Not Anxious to Be
 KnocIxed Down Agafn-TwO ssT's'' Put
 Up For a Target.
 WORCESTER, Sept. 1.-The Democratic State
 convention was called to order at 11:15 in
 Mechanics Hall by Jonas H. French, of
 Gloucester, who briefly congratulated the De- mocracy of the State on the reconciliation
 that had been effected between the factions of
 the party Major McCaferty, of Worcester,
 was made temporary chairman, who made
 congratulatory speech of the regulation or der. General Butler, on entering, was re-
 ceived with great cheering, to which he only
 bowed his acknowledgements from the plat
 form After the appointment of committees
 there was call for speech from Butler, to
 which the chairman replied, "In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye,' his failure to respond greatly
 disappointing the convention. The commit
 tee on permanent organization reported P. A. Collins, of Boston, for permanent chairman. He made speech of twenty minutes on talk ine the chair Mr. Tarbox, of Lawrence, of fered the following
 Resolved That the functions of the committees ap
 pointed respectively by the Mechanics Hall and Fan emil Hall conventions of last year terminate and
 the joint committee of thirty hitherto selected for
 suc committees shall constitute the Democratic State Committees to hold office until the first day of July 1884, with power to fill vacancies, if any shall occur. After speeches by MT. Tarbox and MT Reed, of Charlestown, the resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority. The vote was doubted, and the resolution was carried a second time almost unanimously The committee on credentials reported that 4L,o.o ,,,ara I 0l5 deIeoafaa reOreSentinQ 327 cities and towns. There were no contesting delegations, and the report was accepted. At 12.2O D. m the convention took 0 recess for one hour.
 After the recess the convention reassem- | bled, and Q motion having been made to nom- l mate General Butler @ candidate for Gov l ernor by exclamation, the General arose and | addressed the convention, stating that it was | his unalterable determination not to allow ! the use of his name in this campaign. At 2:2O | D. m the convention proceeded to ballot TOT | Governor On the first ballot Charles F. | Thompson, of Gloucester, had 533 votes ana William Gaston AT. Thompson was then unanimously declared the nominee. The l ticket was completed as follows Lieu | tenant Governor, J. N. Durham o1 Pittsfield Secretary of State, General I'M. T. Donahoe of Somerville; Au ditor Charles R. Field of Greenfield Treas ! urer Colonel F. J. Parker of Newton Attor ney General, F. A. Collins of Boston. Presl
 dential electors at-large: Hon. J. G. Aboot ! of Boston, Colonel Jonas Fl. French o Gloucester Hon. Reuben Noble, of West ! field, announced that Hon. J. N. Dunhan ! positively declined to serve as a candidate fo any office. A. E. Thompson, of Woburn
 was then nominated for Lieutenant Governor
 The convention at 3:25 adjourned with cheer for Thompson and Thompson.