Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-27


ton to order, and Col. Convey, secretary
read the CALL While the call was being
read ]. W. Chandler rose and addressed
the presiding officer, but was not recog-
nized, and remained standing until Col
Convey had finished, when N. A. Plymton
of Worcester, arose and addressed ths
chair. Chandler insisted on his right t.
be heard, but French decided that Plym
ton had the floor. This was greeted with
misses IN several parts of the hall, and fol-
a while there was quite commotion
Plymton moved that the officers of the
state committee be the temporary organ
1zatlon of the convention. This motion
was declared carried, but was doubted and
an uproar ensued, which was promptly
checked by French, who called upon Rev.
MIR. Simms to offer prayer. At the con-
clusion of the prayer French addressed
the convention. He spoke at some length
on national affairs, reviewed the recent ad-
dress at the Republican state convention,
referred to the administration of Govern
or Butler in the highest terms, detailing
the important events occurring in the past
year, and predicting a victory for the
Democratic party throughout the coun-
try.
On the conclusion of French's speech
there was generous applause. The various
committees were then announced. Thayer
Of Worcester, moved the appointment of
committee to nominate fifteen members of
a state central committee. Thomas J.
Gargan of Boston claimed that he had the
floor before Thayer, but French decided
Thayer held the floor. After the motion
had been put the chair recognized Gargan,
who said: "There exists an idea in this
convention that the state committee de-
sires to perpetuate itself. The action of
the presiding officer thus far has not been
in accordance with the usages of Democra-
tic conventions. Let US have committee
made by the convention, and not by
the committee Itself. 1 move that the
delegates from each county select one
name, and these shall be a committee"
ton, and said: Il am opposed to this cut
and dried work, and oppos-
ed to a list with which the con-
vention has had no more to do than had
the Republican state convention. This
has been called Buffers convention, but
let it not be said by anybody but the con-
IL.
Thayer, of Worcester, said he expected
this outbreak, but those who favored it
were in the minority and would be over
ruled. Powers, of Springfield, was recog-
nized by the chair, but Coffey insisted on
being heard on a point of order. The
chair would not listen to Coffey and there
was a scene of great confusion. Quiet
having finally been restored to some ex-
+a,Dk oil h l.
moved the previous question. Gargan
again obtained the floor, but there were
loud and repeated cries of "Ques-
ton, Question:" and the noise be-
came so deafening that Gargan
could no longer be heard. J. II. Mellen
attempted to speak and several delegates
shook their fists at him and he rushed to
the platform and demanded to be heard,
but he was seized by several and forced to
take his seat. Thayer's motion was then
carried. The committee on organization
soon reported. 1t named Edward Avery
as permanent chairman, and W. Convey as
secretary.
Avery then addressed the convention; he
thanked them for according him the
privilege of presiding over their deliber-
atoms to-day. He referred briefly to ma
tional affairs, devoting his remarks mostly
to Massachusetts. The administration of
the present governor during the past year
is highly complimentary to the action of
Butler in his zeal to weed out corruption
and to put the commonwealth of the state
on an honest basis. On the subject of equal
rights, as advanced by, the Repub-
lican party, he said: How can the party
that requires a greater qualification Of
Door white men in Rhode Island and Mass
achusetts to vote than it does of the black
man in the south, the one intelligent and
capable of acting for himself, the other
ignorant and oughtless-dare to claim in
its favor equal rights. After reviewing
She different points of the Republican
platform he thus concluded his address:
''When reduced to plain English, stripped
of needless verbiage, this Republican plat
form might have been condensed to this:
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 filled with good
Republicans, and official incompetency or
malfeasance was condoned or concealed
From this and other evils may God save
the commonwealth of Massachusetts"
P. A. Collins nominated Butler, and
Vim. A. Simmons IN the course of 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
esthetic representatives of Beacon Hill.
and his course there illustrates how easy
it is to descend from the position of a
gentleman to that of a blackguard." But
Ter was unanimously nominated by accla-
nation.
The committee appointed to nominate
the remainder of the state ticket reported
as follows: Lieutenant governor, Freder-
lex O. Prince; secretary of state, Charles
Marks; treasurer and receiver general,
Caverly H. Ingalls,; attorney general, John
W. Cummings; auditor, John Hopkins.
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows: "The Democrats of Massa
chusetts in convention assembled, enter
upon the campaign with calm assurance
tAat the people of the State will record
a more glorious victory than that of 'S2.
The national outlook for 'S4 is a cause for
congratulation, and signs of the coming
triumph are everywhere apparent. With
a majority in the lower House of Congress,
with democratic governors in twenty five
states. all we need is harmony and an I'M
broken front in every section to again