Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-09-28
lla...ehu .stt. Democratic Convention.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. Z6-At lO:l53
Jonas H. French, chairman of the State.
committee, called the democratic c0nven-s
tien to order and Col. Convey, secretary,
read the call. While the call was being
read j. w. Chandler rose and addressed
the presiding officer but was not recog-
nized and remained standing until Col.
Convey had finished, when n A. Plymp-
ton, OF Worcester, arose and addressed
the char. Chandler insisted on Aisright
to be heard but French decided that
Plympton had the floor. This was greet
| ed with misses in several parts OF the hall
and for while there was quite O comme-
ton. Plympton moved that the officers
of the State committee be the temporary
organization Of the conyention. This
motion was declared carried but was
doubted and an uproar ensued which was
promptly checked by French who called
upon Rev. Mr.. Sunnis to offer prayer At
the CONCLUSION Of the prayer French adj
dressed the convention. He spoke at
some length on national affairs and re
viewed the recent address at the republic.
can State convention, referred to the adj
ministratien of Gov. Butler in the high
est terms, detailing the important events
occurring IN the past year and predicting
a victory for the democratic party
tAAOOEuCoVIA IAC SOAAtl IA tAC SOuCiu.
clusion Of French's speech there was gen.
erous applause.
The various committees were then an
nounced. The committee on organiza-
ton soon reported. 1t named E. Averny
as permanent chairman and w. Convey
as secretary. Averny then addressed the
convention. lie thanked them for af-
fordlng him the privilege of presiding
over their deliberations. He referred
briefly to national affairs, devoting his
remarks mostly to Massachusetts. The
administration of the present governor
during the past year is highly compli-
mentary to the action of Butler in his
zeal to weed out corruption and to put
the commonwealth of the state on an
honest basis. In the subject of equal
rights as advanced by the republican
party, he said: How can the party that
requires greater qualification Of poor
white men in Rhode Island and Massa-
man in the south, the one intelligent and
capable of voting for himself, the other
ignorant and thoughtless, dare to claim
in its favor equal rights After review
ing the different points of the republican
platform he thus concluded his address:
When reduced to plain English, strip
ped of needless verbIage, this republican
platform might have been condensed 10
thls Our only belief IS in the cohesive .
power of official patronage, our mortal
fear is Gov. Butler, therefore we would
carry back the administration to those
happy days when offices were flied with
good republicans and official incompe-
tency or malfeaeance was condened or
concealed; from this and other evils, may
God save the commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts.
p "A. Collins nominated Butler and
in speech VIM. A. Summons SAID:
"The blue blood of cavalier must go
down. The gentleman who presided
over the republican state convention is
one of the aesthetic representatives CT
Beacon Hill and his course there lllustra-
ted hew easily 1t is to descend from the
position of gentleman to that of
blackguard.' =
The committee appointed to nominate
the remainder of the state ticket report as
follows: Lieutenant governor, Fred. o.
Prince: secretary of state, Chas Marke,
treasurer and receiver general, Calvry
II. ingalls,; attorney general, John w.
Cummings; auditor, John Hopkins.
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows:
The democrats Of Massachusetts in con-
vention assembled enter upon the cam
paign with the certain assurance that tn
people of the state will record more
glorious victory than that of 81. The
national outlook for 's4 is cause for
congratulation and the signs Of coming
triumph are everywhere apparent. With
majority IN the lower house of congress
with democratic government in twenty
FIVE states, all we need IS harmony and
.l>,.o1 fr4,
| again place in power that good old demo-
cratic party, under which for more than
twenty five years, country showed de-
gree of progress such as has never been
equalled by any nation in the world
First, We reaffirm the platform of prin.
piles adopted by the last democratic ma
iional convention at Cincinnati and be-
| lieve that its adoption by the people will
| correct the manifold abuses now existing
in the administration of public affairs,
bring back the government to the purity
and efficiency which characterized it un-
der democratic rule.
Second, We reattlrm the principles and
State platform of 80, which were endsrs-
ed by the people of the commonwealth.
| We believe in the supremacy of the ma
tion and integrity of the State, in equal
rights without limitation of race or sex,
impartial freedom of ballot, IN honest
and economic expenditure in State and
I nation, in Thorough reform in the pub
lie service in which fitness and not favor
shall regulate appointments, Ia a tariff
limited IN amount to the sum necessary
and adequate for revenue, also in the alb
clifton of excessive war taxes in these
days of peace, and in still further re-
ductien of extravaeant expenditures. We
oppose all sumptuary laws which in
fringe upon the sacred rights of personal
liberty, favor the Introduction Of board
of arbitration for the purpose of recon-
Cling differences between employers and
employed in order that better UNDER
standing may exist between capital and
laber and a more healthful condition of
the Industrial interests of the State may
be brought about and commend to the
careful consideration Of the legislature
the necessity of a law which will secure
to all employees compensation from their
!; employers for any personal injuries they
may receive while in the discharge Of
their duties.
Third, The investigation of affairs at
Tewksbury has disclosed incompetent
supervision exercised over that instltu-
tion. want of proper system in account
ing for public money appropriated for its
support and indifference to human suf-
, fering.
Resolution 4th is also devoted to
Tewksbury affairs, and after reciting the
abuses developed therein approves the
energy and perseverance shewn by Gov.
Rnflor fo nreveut waste and sec,,re ncop.