The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-29

Party State Conventions, and
What They Did.
List of the Nominees, Platforms. Etc
MASSACHUSETTS pENocRArx


mated Gen. b. +. Butler for Governor by
acclalnation. The remainder of the ticket
If as follows: Lieutenant Governor, Samuel
w. Bowerman; Secretary of State, ID NJ
SHILLING; Treasurer ana Receiver General,
William A. Hodges; Auditor, John T.
Sweeney; Attorney General, George 4. Very.
The platform declares in favor OF the
nations supremacy within constitu-
tional limits, without touching upon
the States integrity; demands equal
rights, protection, privileges and burdens
4 for all citizens, regardless nt pex or race; "A
| tree ballot and a far count; honest md
/ economical expenditure OF public moneys;
/ radical reform OF the civil service based
NJ on PendletOns bill and Willis anti -assess-
ment measure; declares against sumptuary
laws which infringe upOn the euCred rights
| OF public liberty" and pledges the party TO
! support all reasonable Legislation tend NJ TO
lessen hours of labor and 10 increase and
/ protect the wages of laborers Following ia
/ the tariff plank
I'VE demand thorough and immediate re-
| form of the tariff. We Gull upon Congress
! to reform the present war taxes, that hum
/ drcdS of millions may not be, aS now, need
! lessly extracted from the earnings of our
! people 70 lie in the treasury as n temptation
| 70 wicked and reckless appropriations for
extravaganza public buildings and useless
\ and wasteful river and hGrDor bills; that no
| taxes should he levied upon the neccssaries
/ of life or upon raw material which il not
! found or produced in our country; that the
! tariff shall be 40 judiciOusy adjusted that
! American commerce shall lie fostered, and,
/ above all, American labor elevated and
amply rewarded We affirm that all these
results can be fully realized under tariff
/ limited in amount to the sum necessary and
! adequate for revenue"
NEW YORK REPUBMcANs.
The State Convention of the New York
Republicans was held at Saratoga The first
ballot for Governor gave Charles ]. Folger
223. Alonzo h. Cornell $50. james w. Wads-
worth 90. John II. Starin 49, and John Q.
! Robinson 6, with 349 necessary to choice.
/ On the second ballot, after mnumerable
! Changes had been announced, Folger was
| nominated by 257 votes, Cornell receiving
%, and Wadsworth is The result was
/ greeted with tumultuous cheers Warner
| Miller, United States senator, said the friends
OF Gov Cornell had labored necessarily to
secure his nomination, and moved that the
nomination of Judge folger be made unani-
nous This was done
The ticket was completed AZ follows:
Lieutenant Governor, B. Patt Carpenter;
/ Chief Justice Court of Appeals, Judge An
! drews; Congressman Large, A Il. Hep
! burn. The platform declares in favor of
"honest money, pure elections, the
| regulation OF traffic in Intoxicating
| liquors. the protection of home industry,
and the necessity OF restricting the power
! and influence OF corporations declares that
"monopolies expressing the people or UNI
| fairly discriminating against local interests
! are wrong in principle and should not be
| tolerated.; that stringent legislation should
be enacted to secure purity AMI honesty in
/ the primary elections, and that ali possible
/ safeguards should be thrown about these
! sources of political action OF the people; that,
! while there are varying opinions ON the sale
! of liquors, we subscribe to the principle that
/ the propositions on that subject, like all 9TH
! er propositions for change in the tundamen-
| tai law. ought TO be submitted to popular
! vote; that the civil service should be- placed
| upon II proper basis by adequate legislation,
SO az TO give facilities for the execution of
/ the law now upon the statute book,
with q competitive test for admis-
sion to the service SO arranged as TO
! secure the necessary qualification
/ for the position, together with fixed term
! for the incumbent, removal from office dur
! ing the term OF his appointment 20 be only
for cause" The national and State adminis-
! trations are indorsed, and President Arthur
is lauded for his veto of the River and Har-
! Dor bill.
| CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS.
Marshall Jewell presided over the Con-
necticut Republican State Convention at
New Haven, and the following ticket was
! placed in the field: Governor Gen William
! II. Bulkely; Lieutenant Governor John d.
| Candee; Secretary of State, = T. Stanton;
! Treasurer, julius Converse, Comptroller,
Frank d. Short The platform de
! clares adherence TO the principles If
the party; refers to the record OF the
! Republicans in the past; promises support
! TO President Arthur and praises his course;
favors the submission 20 the people at a
special election TO be held for the purpose,
nm 1aVat fS,f
tive TO the prohibition and sale OF intoxi-
eating liquors, and OF enforcing the peoples
| VIII; asks for the regulation OF the eXpendi-
lures by yearly appropriations; and, after
| thanking the State officers declares that the
! growing influences of the great corpora-
/ tons should be jealously watched, and the
assumption OF undue power should be
promptly checked.
MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICANS
The Republican State Convention of Massa-
| chusetts which convened at Worcester was
! presided over by Senator Hoar The follow
| Ing ticket was nominated: Governor Robert
| H. Bishop; Lieutenant Governor Oliver Ames:
! Secretary OF State, Henry h. Pearce: Treas
urer and Receiver, Gen Daniel A. Gleason:
| Auditor, Charles X Ladd; Attorney General
Edgar j. sheridan The platform condemns
! fraud in elections, expresses admiration
| for the action of the Republicans in Con
! gress In the contested election cases. asks
for revision of the tariff and reduction of
taxation, and indorses the administration of
| President Arthur IA wise, honest and patri-
! Otto The following is the cvil-scrvice re-
form plank of the platform: The work Of
reforming the civil service which vas COM
menced by the Republican party, and
In favor of which il alone stands
committed in declaration and in any
| measure of practice, il becoming
| more generally recognized IA of paramount
importance and essential To the security and
/ permanence of our institutions While in
I discriminate censure OF our Civil-seryice
servants is tiagrantly unjust the evils in
| serarable from the present system are con-
! fessedly grave. Merit, not patronage. must
! be the basis of official tenure. As initiatory
! 70 a complete remedy, we earnestly demand
SUCH Legislation concerning subordinate
offices as shall embrace the following pro-
! visions:
j. Appointments shall be made only upon
orcn impartial, practical tests of the illness of
applicants, giving due preference 90 persons dis
ablcd In the military naval service of the
country.
p No removals shall be made without cause.
or Tor partisan reasons, for the failure TO per
form partisan service.