The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-02
Republican Conventions.

THE republicans in several states held
conventions last week. The Massachusetts
convention was held in fremont Temple,
Boston. Senator George f. Hoar, Frederick
L. Burden, Henry S. Hyde and Alanson w.
Beard are the men who will represent the
old Bay State in the republican national
convention. 1t was Blaine gathering, and
the name of the Maine statesman was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers from all
parts of the hall whenever it was mentioned.
DIR. Burden euogized the party hero and
discreetly doomed him. and the convention
Enthusiastically Endorsed the boom. No at
tempt was made, however, to commit the
delegates to any candidate, and they go I'M
instructed. DIR. Burden, who called the
convention to order. urged the formation of
republican clubs. He said the party would
welcome back honest independents, who
supported Cleveland as a civil service re-
former and now admit their mistake, but
there was no concession to be made to
seceders who used civil service reform as a
pretext when they were really free-traders
| The platform declared the democratic party
the foe of honest elections and pronounced
it the duty of republicans of national
reputation in the coming campaign to make
thorough canvass even of those states
which have been made soldly democratic
by fraud and intimidation. and called on the
| government to maintain in all national
elections the fullest rights and privileges of
all its citizens in every state. The fippant
and ungenerous treatment of the veterans
| of the war by the president was condemned,
the reform of the civil service was urged
and progressive temperance legislation adj
vocated. The convention condemned the
foreign policy of the administration as I'M
American, and strongly favored the pro-
tectlve policy. In the resolution relating to
southern elections was incorporated the
! following extract from speech made by
| Colonel Charles II. Goldman in Fanueil Hall
when reporting to his constituents as dele
gate in the convention which nominated
GarfeId:
" No'c whdt / sag is this, that phen these
Outrdges hare been committed there has nerer
been Cord from any democratic iedder or
StdteSmdn-not one brdUe, manly on courage
oUS cord Of opposition or Misrepresentation Of
these Things. No protest from the cbirdirouS
Bdydrd Of Deldrdre; no mid depreciation
from the ledrned and dStUte Thurman; no
| eloquent dcnUncidtiOn from the usually LIBERAL
minded Lamar; but SHence-Sience dl1CdyS-
on that subject They tell MS that the South is
quiet. Quiet II is the 9UietneSS OF dedth!
II is because opposition has done its ,cOrk. II
is because the coiored man is beaten ont Of his
rights. FetOW-ciiZenS, let me sag that nerer
until the shotgun is laid aside, at least on
election ddy-nerer until republican meetings
are Hnoro6en ana undtst"roed-necer. say
my" WeSe Wt'JS mare oeeh 1OHe' W"t " DC
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Now Colonel Goldman is leading mug
wump and supporter of Cleveland. He il is
who has changed-not the republican party.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune who
canvassed the presidential preferences OF
the convention found that Blame led ioI
president ny a large majority DepeW came
next, Dut lar pehlnu MN ana tneh came
sherman anu harrison, Lincoln had lew
votes ana George f. Hoar one. FOR wee
president HARRISON was the 1aV0rlte, othel
candidates belng Hawley, Llhcolh, DepeW