The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-28
Massachusetts, Republican State Com
yention.

The Republicans of Massachusetts at their
convention in Boston nominated the follow
ing ticket Governor, George d. Robinson,
who received 996 votes to III for CHARLES
Francis Adams vr., 81 for George a. Bruce,
6 for Thomas Talbot and II scattering; lieu
tenant-governor, Oliver Ames, who received
40 votes to 301 for Charles r. Goldman: sec.
rotary of state, Henry b. Pierce; treasurer,
Daniel a. Gleason: attorney general, Edgar
a. sherman; auditor, Charles r. Ladd.
The patform adopted reads: In presenting to
the people of Massachusetts its candidate for
State Office the Republican party does not
deem it necessary this year to offer any for
NAL statement of political principles. Those
principles have been often declared. In ma
tional affairs we believe in equal rights and a
fairly counted vote. a thoroughly
pure and reformed civil service beyond
the reach of party conflicts a sound cur
rency based ON an honest specie dollar a
liberal, but in no wise extravagant or waste
full expenditure: a largely reduced taxation
and wise and we'll atured laws to protect
and develop American industry and enter
prise, both at home and on the ocean. We
indorse the administration of President
Arthur as wise, conservative and
patriotic. As respects State affairs
we continue to believe in a widely
ditfused education, an ever higher standard
of Temperance legislation, a pure and ex-
tended suffrage, equal taxation, an intelli-
gent recognition of the rights of labor, as
well as of capital, and we would take no step
backward in regard to those philanthrOpic
charitable and educational institutions in the
constant development of which our beloved
commonwealth has been ever foremost All
these things we have many times asserted. and
we appeal to the gradual and steady progress
unmistakably apparent through the records
of the last quarter of a century, both in State
and nation, as proof that we have not as
serted in vain. We stand ready to assert
them now and to maintain them also. Mean
while we do not believe in that political
charlantry which makes business of sham
reform, mdiscriminatingly treating great
moral and humanitarian questions, public
! III a game, the sole end of which is
one mans political preferment neither
can we patiently see methods of political
J corruption unknown here before introduc d
into our State and municipal governments.
| UnleiS checked here and now these methods
/ WI surely bring the politics of Massachusetts
/ I a level which we have seen elsewhere, and
/ have not been slow to vigorously denounce
/ this year, therefor. the work of reform begins
! at home The issue is well understood. We
| propose to blot out, i'll so far as we may, the
record of the most discreditabe year in
! the history of the State. 1t is IA time, not for
MANY words. but for decisive action. We
present, therefore, our candidates as men
simply pledged, if elected, to carry the adj
ministration of affairs back to those better
! DAYS when our public men We're not the first
to traduce the State but if the State were
traduced by others We're ready to stand up
as did Webster once, saying with honest
pride: " Massachusetts, there she is; behold
| her and judge for yourselves.