St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-08
REassachusetts Democrats.

WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 1.-THE Dem
Ocratic state convention met in this city at
1880 o'clock this morning. John E. Fitz-
gerald was made permanent chairman and
addressed the assembly in a congratulatOry
way upon the election of a Democratic
president, and strongly indorsed the pres
ent administration. The platform, as
adopted. renews the adherence of the party
to the principles of Democracy, as declared
at the last national convention, and eX-
presses full confidence in the president and
his policy.
1t is expected that under this administra-
ton every reform required to make the gov
ernment pure and honest viii be made that
the liberty an5 rights of every citizen in
every section Of our own country and on the
soil OF every foreign country viii be zeal
ously guarded and carefully preserved; that
sectional Jealousy and prejudice will disap-
pear, and that that perVading spirit of ma
tionalty viii be revived which makes every
citizen glory in the pro Sperity and honor OF q
common country; that civil service will be
established on a broad basis of justice and
equality, securing to the administration Off
cial sympathy with this policy in not creating
an unofficial class which shall be above and
beyond the people, but giving each and every
citizen who is capable and honest the right to
be selected for public employment; that it
every officer of the republic is a pub
lie servant, strictly responsible to the
people and holding the Office subject to the
will Of the people; that the public lands will
be rescued from the hands Of SQuatterS and
spectators and landed mOnOpOlieS, and pre-
served for the use of the people to whom they
justly belong; that the principal departments
of the government will be so economically
and honestly administered as to impose the
least possible burden of taxation on the
people and that confidence in the people, and
their love of liberty in their fidelity to the con-
stitUtion and their devotion to the Union will
be restored. We therefore pledge to Grover
Cleveland, president Of the United States, our
unfalterng support.
The platform further demands the enact
ment of national bankrupt law, the pro-
lection Of our coast and seaports, and closes
with a lament for the death of Gen. Grant
At o'clock the convention took recess
for one hour.
THE NOMINATIONS.
The convention reassembled at 2:15 p. m.
The names of James NJ. Grinnell of Plain
field Frederick O. Prince of Boston and
Edward Avery of Braintree were presented
to the convention as suitable persons to be
chosen as candidates for the governorship.
On behalf of Mr.. Grinnell it was claimed
he would poll the full Democratic and
''Mugwump'' vote, and the ''Hayseed" vote
besides. On behalf of Mr.. Prince it was
denied he would be opposed by the Butler
men. It was decided to proceed TO vote,
the ballots of delegates to be taken as they
filed to the platform, and committee of
one from each senatorial district was ap-
pointed to supervise the counting of the
vote by the officers Of the convention. A
committee of fifteen was appointed to sug-
gest nominees for the remainder of the state
ticket. The first ballot for governor re-
suited as follows:
Whole number of votes, 1.129; necessary to
a choice, 565. Edward Avery. 12I; James S.
Grinnell, 1893; Frederick o. Prince, 513; scat
tering,2.
On the second ballot Mr.. Prince was
nominated amid much enthusiasm. The
remainder OF the ticket is as follows: H. II.
Gilmore, OF Cambridge for lieutenant gov
eTnor; jeremiah Crowley, of Lowell, for
secretary of state: Henry K. Bradley, of
Fall River, for attorney general; Henry N.
Cross. of NewbuTyport, for treasurer and
receiver general, and James e. Delaney, of
HolyoBe, for auditor. Adjourned.