Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-30
Bay State Democrats Renomi,
nate the Governor.
THE WHOLE STATE HEARD 1T.
The Independent Vote of Massachusetts win
Go to the Democrats.
The Platform Declares for the Free Coins
age of Silver Under Certain Condl
tions-TariE and Civil Service.
Colorado Democrats.
Massachusetts, democrats.

WORCESTER, Mass. Sept. a9-rhe Demo
cratic state convention opened II Aiechan.
les hail this morning. 1t vas hearty ll.i5
when Hou. John w Corcoral,, chairman Of
the Democratic state committee. cal.ed the
convention to order He made brief al.
dress which was franticaliy app.aUued.
On motion of John q. McDonoUgh OF BOs.
ION II was voted that the chairman and Sec
rotary of the state committee serve as ZEN.
porary officers of the convention. The
usual committees were then appo,u7 "a IN
the customary manner
The convention permanently organized ov
the choice Of Hon. Z. y. Collins of Boston
is chairman, with long list uf vice preSi-
dents On making his appearance Mr.. Col
Inns was given Il rnu>inT welcome. His adj
dress had telling effect upon his hearers,
ana Bedtau was again let loose. when Hon.
john +. Russell OF Worcester mounted tbs
platform and reuoninated William l.. Rus
Sci governor In the course of his remarks
he said independent voters would be with
the Democratic party this year. Their votes
for our cauoldates on our platform will not
be protests against the early record and
original creed If the Republican party, bus
against party bearing once an honored
name, that IS now controlled by Quay, Platt
and similar spirits. and whose leadership
viii De taken Or given at its next convention
for James G. Blaine.
Russel's speech was applauded most en-
phatlcally all the way through The nomi-
nation was seconded by Edward e. DoHo-
van of Boston. and then William Estes
Russell OF Cambridge WAS unanimously de-
clared the nominee by reclamation.
THE PLATFORM.
The committee on resolutions reported
the platform, of which the following is
synopsis:
The Mckinley tariff bill. against which
the Democratic party of Massachusetts pro-
tested n It's last convention, was repudiated
at the polls by one Of the most emphatic
votes ever east by a free people.
We renew our demand for the repeal of
ali OF It's provisions which increase tina
rates of duty and for the enactment of =
genuine measure of tariff reform.
We believe that public office is a public
trust. and that appointments should bs
made for fitness. capacity, integrity and in
the spirit of civil service reform. The Re-
publican administration has shown the
hypocrisy of its pretensions in favor of this
reform by destroying the efficiency of the
census bureau for the sake of furnishing
political SPOTS, by neGiecting to bring
prosecutions for the punishment of viola
lions of the civil service law, and by iguor-
ing the recommendation of the civil service
commissioners for dismissal of officials who
have openly defied the law, by the active
participation of office-holders in partisan
politics and the assessment of government
employees for partisan pun poses
We believe in honest money, gold ana sill
yer Coinage without loss. This declaration
expressing the uniform historic policy of
the national Democratic party contained in
its platforms of 1884 aud 1855.
We uureServedly reaihrIn that we believe
that all dollars coined By the United States
should be of equal intrinsic value. and that
all paper currency issued by the govern
ment shOnld be reGeemable in either gold
or silver coin at the option of the holder
and not at the discretion OF the secretary
OF the treasury. While we believe i'll the
use OF both gold and silver rs money and in
the full RECOMMENDATION of the latter metal
by international agreement. we are equally
opposed to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver by our government. independents
OF the action of other nations, and to the
dangerous silver legislation enacted ut the
last session of congress.
The various plauks were warmly APP
plauded especially those relative 10 freq
silver and honest money. while the denun-
citation of the Mckinley bill vas followed
adopted without a murniUr of opposition.
Gov Russell entered the hail u few
minutes before ! O'Clock. II the uproar
which greeted him could not be heard all
over the state II was no fault of the dele
gates. When silence was finally restored,
his cIcellelcy addressed the convention.
He followed substantially the same line OF
argument used by previous speakers and
reiterated the principles and denimciations
of the platform.
John ". Corcoran OF Clinton was unani-
mously nominated FOR lieutenant governor.
The committee on the balance of the
ticket reported Is follows:
For secretary of state, Eldridge Cushman
of Iakeyilie.
For treasurer and receiver, Gen. James
S. Grinnell of Greenfield.
For auditor, w. D. Tierney Of Marble
head.
For attorney general, George NJ. Storms
of Chicopee.