Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-23
POLITICAL.
Green back Convention in Massachusetts.


Greenback Convention in Massac husctts.
WORCESTER. Mass. September 22 The
greenback convention held in Horticultural
Hall to-day consisted of 200 delegates, among
them one woman.
The convention was called to order bv
David j. King. chairman of the State CEN
trail committee, and Eugene l.. Flaherty,
secretary, read the call.
Mr.. King congratulated the party and dele
gates upon the favorable auspices under
which they met. lie concluded his remarks
by announcing the temporary organization,
as agreed upon by the State central commit
tee, as follows -
President-Joshua Halves. Worcester.
Secretarics-Eugene II. Flaherty, Boston;
Amos c.. Robinson, Lynn; Timothy DAILY,
Boston.
Horace Binney Sargent was nominated by
reclamation for governor and George button
of Springfield for lieutenant governor.
Resolutions were reported endorsing the
Chicago greenback platform and candidates
demanding full legal tender notes instead of
National bank notes. and that government
shall issue the currency; censuring the Sec
rotary of the treasury for paying bonds at a
premium, when they might be paid at their
face by paving of the bonds with cash in the
treasury and by substitution of greenbacks
for National bank notes; deprecating main
tenance of the National bank system; the
soldiers should receive as good dollar as
the bond holders; demanding the enforce
ment of the ten hour law and exclusion of
children from factory labor; asserting the
right of suffrage is the unalienable right of
all persons, without money and without price;
opposing granting our public lands to corpo-
rations and demanding that they be retained
for actual settlement.
On motion of Mr.. Brophy of Boston, the
platform amended by adding the follow
ing: eve demand abolition OF the contract
system in penal institutions of the State
Mr.. Reed of Worcester offered a resolution
against the use of intoxicating drinks and
tobacco, which created considerable amuse-
ment. Ii was voted down and the platform
was then adopted.
Mr.. Marble of Worcester offered the fol-
lowing rs resolution THAT the green
hackers of Massachusetts herein assembled,
send greeting 10 Scion Chase and others, for
nominating straight grcenback ticket in the
state Of Maine. The resolution was lost IN
the general tumIt, and was left pending.
Mr. Brophv made a motion to add the fol-
lowing THAT tine action of Benjamin +.
Butler III gong over to the democratic party,
which has opposed le2isiatio IN the interest
OF the iaoorer anu people, ana VINO follows
party when mas placed upon us tlcket Ior lhe
l,isn o''.e y. -. s,." VI ",e .a.
usurncrs that could he found. !. denounced:
and hot no deserves condemnation of all the
,,reonhact nar,v and l,bor;ng mon and the
saonar ,ho ,,,r,, l. r,r,od 81 all sucb men tho
snoncr !, can accomnl;sb the great reform we
aos;rn ;, ,TL;s wos roteJ down no,uitbstan1-
inc nearly half the convention was favorable
To it.
| Report of committee on associate nomina-
| tons on ticket was accepted. a minority re-
port offered by Mr. Brophy nominating
Wendail Phillips and Dyer ID. Lum for
electors being voted down.