The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-09-29

Butler Unanimously Nominated After Pre-
Iiminary Work and Resolutions.

Butler Unanimously Nominated After Pre-
Iiminary Work and Resolutions.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 28.-At 1915
Committee, called the Democratic con-
ventiOn to order, and Col. COVeny, secTe-
tary, read the call.
Mr.. French called upon Rev. Mr..
Simms to offer prayer. At the cOnclu-
sion of the prayer French addressed the
convention. He spoke at some length
on national affairs, reviewed the recent
address of the Republican state cOnVen-
tiOn, referred to the administration of
Governor Butler in the highest terms
detailing important events that have Oe-
CURED the past year, and predicted a
great victory for the Democratic party
throughout the country.
The committee on organization repOr-
ted the name of Edward Avery for per-
manent chairman, and j. W. COveny,
secretary. Avery then addressed the
convention. After reviewing the differ
ent points of the Republican platform,
he thus concluded his address: "When
reduced to plain English, stripped of
needless verbiage, this platform (Repub-
licln) might have been condensed into
this: Our only belief is in the cohesive
power of official patronage, our mortal
fear is Governor Butler; therefore we
would carry back the administration to
those happy days when the offices were
filled with good Republicans, and official
incOmpetency OF malfeasance was either
cOndOned or concealed. From this and
other evils may God save the common
wealth of Massachusetts,
p. A. Collins nominated Butler, and
William A. Simmons, in the course of a
speech secOnding the nomination, said:
"The blue blood and cavalier must go
down. The gentleman who presided
over the Republican state convention is
one of the aesthetic representatives of
Beacon Hill, and his course there illus
trates how easy it is to descend from the
position of a gentleman to that of a
blackguaTd."
Butler was unanimously nominated.
The committee appointed to nominate
the remainder of the state ticket report
ed as follows: Lieutenant Governor,
Frederick o. Prince; Secretary of State,
Charles Marke; Treasurer and Receiver
General, Cavity II. Ingalls,; Attorney
General, John w. Cummings; Auditor,
John Hopkins. The committee on resO.
lutiOns reported a platform, which was
adopted.
The fourth plank Is devoted to the
Tewksbury affairs, and after reeiting
the abuses therein developed, approves
the energy and perseverance shown by
the Governor to prevent waste, and Sc
cure economy in the state institutions.
The fifth cOmmends Butler to the peO-
pie of the state, as the only vOlun-
teer soldier ever elected Governor of
Massachusetts,, and urges his re-elec-
tiOn.
While the resolutions were being read
the presence of Governor Butler was an
nOunced, and the convention rose and
cheered him as he was escorted to the
platform. He said the people of the COM
mOnwealth and all who were in favor of
reform and good government had rati-
fed his nomination last year. 1t now
remained for him to give an account OF
his stewardship. He had made recon-
mendatiOns, but not one of those rec
concentrations had passed the legisla-
ture, which sat longer than any legisla-
ture ever sat before, and much longer
than he hoped any legislature would
ever sit ag ain. One of his recommend
atiOns was to protect passengers on rail
road trains from murderOus Obstruc
| tiOns. As 1t was recommendation OF
the executive, of course 1t did not pass
Butler, protesting to feel no anxiety fol
his own election, begged his hearers tC