New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-16
WORCESTER CONVENTION.
MASSACHUSETTS, FOR EDMUNDs.

MAKE NO SPECIAL fIGhI-SAhoNS VE'"OAAAVN'
TO GRANT.
. The State Convention of the Republicans of
Massachusetts was held at Worcester yesterday,
senator Dawes presiding. Parker Chandler,
of Boston, announced that the supporters OF Mr..
sherman and Mr.. Edmunds would act in con-
cert. General Banks, Ex-Governor Boutwell,
and George L. Rufin made speeches in favor OF
General Grant, and the Rev. James Freeman
Clarke spoke in opposition. The Edmunds men
were in the majority and elected their ticket
sor delepates at large. Mr.. Boutwell,
dec,ared that either General Grant or
Mr.. Blaine would be nominated at Chicago. A
platform was adopted reafirmng the principles
of the Republican party and recommending
Senator Edmunds to the support OF the dele
gates. The platform compEmented the adm'n-
istration of President Hayes.
THE PARTY AGAINST A THIRD TERN.
. spEwCH BIZ Mr.. pAwEs-MR. HoAR, Mr. GOODMAN
Mp sASFoRp AND PROFESSOR sEELYE DELE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL"
fRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WORCESTER, Mass, April 15.-The MASSACHUSETTS,
Republicans held good tempered, buslness-hke
Convention to-day, and got through with theT
work at so early an hour that the delegates were
able 10 get of for their homes by the afternoon
trains. The majority against the candidacy OF
General Grant was Of such magnitude that the re-
,plt left ON the minds of the minority very little OF
the bitteruess which Is often produced by close
contest IL must be said to the credit OF the third
form man that they behaved in an unexceptionable
manner. presenting what arguments they couIo
uroe in behalf of their candidate with dignity ana
fairness. and accepting their defeat with goou
grace.
The Edmunds men, who controlled the Conven-
tiop also merited commcpdation for the moderation
tbey showed In respecting the feelings OF their an
taeouists, and refraining from passing the anti
tbird.term resolution adopted by the Massachu-
setts Convention in 1875. Some OF them wanted 10
hit General Grant hard in the platform, but wiser
counsels prevailed.
oauous of the Edmuuds men was held
in the morning, and a ticket for dele
gates TO Chicago was agreed upon. The Grant
leaders framed ticket without the formality
of n caucus Mr.. Sberman's interests were
looked after BY General Fearing. the secretary OF
the National Sherman Club at Washington and by
Special Treasury Agent 0Byrne. parlor was
onened last evening for the Sherman headquarters,
but no attempt was made to run a ticket Inc
Sherman men content to fall in at the rear OF
the Edmunds esson believing they said. that
their candidate was q second choice of the Edmunds
men and would get their votes when the impractl-
eab,litg of the Edmunds movement should be de-
monstrated. The Blaine men in the Convention, for
various obvious reasons, made no display of their
strength.
The Convention was called to order by Ebon F.
Stone. chairman Of the State Committee who made
short and acceptable speech, counselling harmony
and prudence.
THE PERMANENT OFFICERS
The Committee on Permanent Organization re-
ported the following list Of permanent officers:
T.os-Prsmdents-George D. Robinson. Oliver Annes w.
Fe Es%% A9SS E1fsT w eSs SGG5
william G. Harris, Isaac Fenno. Henry Pierce ZaGha-
erns sa S1S Hin Tiomss Gafeld E. P. Dodge, Bishop
George l. Davis, John II. Hooper, Robert r. Bishop, T.
S.Da Rasss rIsSe Je1et Josiah
Lasel, James W. stockwe Apneus HaId'ng u,. WiiIam
Baytcn George Ma5s2n sa%oe s0TC ssnGw
a sass, wlis@ 4 Tyler j. +. Robinson, Justin Dewey
Seereieries-Edwsrd H Haskell. Geo. H. Foster, James
wSmmi;tse STs nt on oreSs%s.Ssswiam B. Kimbal VIII
@ CHARLES 4 = T Srln1e HSrstic Wellington: v G MOODY
esr sSis acEa % 'ffeRSS Sa csnda henry f.
The Committee on Resolutions appointed by the
Chair was as follows:
John E. Sanford, Thos. C. Bates Wm A. Tower, Cbas.
DelapO Chas Z. Goldman, Daniel e, Damon, n ~ Dag
Stephen osgoOd f. G. Greenhalge, Warren E. Locke, W.
W. Rice, 7. K. Ware, Geo. Z. Merriam.
SENATOR DAWESS ADDRESSs
The permanent president was Senator Dawes,
who spoke for nearly an hOuf presenting. in clear
and thorough manner the of the Presidential
canvass now opening. The following extract will
give an idea of the tone and argument of his adj
dress:
Let us understand. II what will be gained by
triumph lost by defeat. in the great political cam
paign we are about 70 enter THIS is the last Presiden
tal election under the apportonment OF political power
States, now hopeessy Democratic, have had, BY the
emancipation OF their slaves, fifteen at least added TO
IKE s pn%Ssr q Se Esoa
power gained BY making 3 Of Of s syss % sS
freedmen who are its basis but by their masters who
%Gc S % mOr W pass out Of their hands after
the Of this year aud be lodged with the strong
human a. n" laws " sand and human plans. Uness, there
.Ss .SS appsoseSpS Ss eiestioP @"st SieG 70 the
Inevitable and exe up al nope Of e5. power IN the
ether hand makes an indefinite lease of power possible
peae its own rule no ser1pe or law has as vet been
hoe 70 restrain Success L. alsS necessary condition
whien control Southern politics will not long adhere to
the Spn. Of 9on snS s II nssa T The
Democratic party Will therefore enter th" contest with
But Of far greater Importance than more struggle
for power between Two political parties are the issues
suit Let no man deude himself into the belief that the
reness between ns Two gsas pa5s ~ nal ptS SO %o
taronsns are becoming any the Icss radical and peril
ous Tbey are travelling different ways, dyergng
farther aud farther from each Other and are maintain
ing theoses Of gov rnment and policies OF adminstra
ton as wide apart the poles. The struggle Tor the
mastery between those conflicting theories and oppos-
Inc policies hos arrayed party against party with dis
tuetpess Of DIVISION Marked and force more vo
lent each year generation pasf TILL their setteDent
car be no longer postponed. The next election will de-
ternne not only with whom political power shall here
after rest but also questions of goYerDm grave and
vital involving the future OF the institutions under
which We live.
Frst, aud before all else 10 importance, will IL be de-
ced whether under tho Constitution, the Nation the
State is sovereign, and whether there power lu the
ono TO maintain its life and authority 10 the other
ruifh Xhefher the Nation AhAu