St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-17
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
Charles III. Allen Takes the Guber-
material Plum.

Boston. Sept. 16.-When Chairman
| Burdette, of the state committee, called
| the Republican state convention to order
| i'll fremont Temple at 1l:10 o'clock this
morning, he spoke to one of the largest
| gatherings that has ever attended the
deliberations of the party delegates.
| The committee on permanent organlZa-
ton reported Henry Cabot Lodge as
permanent president, with forty-fve
Vice-presldents at large and seventy
| eight vice-presidents by districts. Mr..
Lodge made speech of great length.
| covering most Of the national and local
| questions of the day. He was listened
to with the closest attention and fire.
| quentlY received generous applause.
| The report of the committee on creden-
tlals showed that thirty cities and 3l2
| towns were represented in the conyen-
ton by 1,245 out of 1869 delegates. The
| Hon. +. L. Greenhalge, of Lowell. was
appointed chairman of the committee
on resolutions. On motion of Mr.. Cham
berlin, of Cambridge, the convention
voted that the nominating speeches for
| governor should not exceed twenty
minutes. The convention then pro-
| ceeded to ballot.
Ex-Gov. John ID. Long, of bingham,
then rose, amid applause, and in gen.
eral speech presented the name of w.
| w. Grape, of New Bedford, as candi-
date for governor The name was re-
ceived with enthusiastic cheering. Mr..
| CogSwell, of Salem, then took the plat
| form. and amid the greatest excitement
and cheering, placed in nomination the
name of Hon. Charles II. Allen, of
Lowell. Hon. F. T. Greenhalge then
! reported the platform. the money and
tariff planks OF which follow:
| 1t is of paramount importance to the whole
| people to maintain the only true and safe
| standard of value in money. Every dollar
| issued by the government whether paper or
| coin. should be as good as every other dollar.
| We are unalterably opposed to the unlimited
| coinage of silver by this country, excepting
| upon a uniform international ratio to gold
and under similar restrictions and con-
| ditions, both as to the government and indi-
| viduals, as prevail in other leading nations of
| the world. We condemn the Democratic
party for its Endorsement of free silver Ill the
| party platforms of Ohio, Iowa. Indiana, Mich
| igan and eighteen other states
We again affirm our unwavering fidelity to
| the American system of protection and our
| belief in its inestmable value to the interests
| of the country. We congratulate the country
| that the experience of less than a twelve
| month has already proved that, instead of
| being fIaught with disaster, as falsely pre-
| dicted by our opponents, the tariff legislation
of the last congress has resulted i'll the great
est prosperity to the business interests of
| every section of the country.
At 1:15 p. m. the convention proceed
ed to formal BIZ lloi for governor. The
balloting was comp eted at 1925 and a
recess taken until p. m. to allow time
| for counting the ballots. The result of
the ballot was announced when the con-
ventlon reassembled at 3:1S p. m. The
total number of votes cast was 1881 !:
necessary to choice, SIC: Grape, 514;
Allen, 713; Hale, l.; Lodge, L; Green
halge, l. Mr.. Knowlton, of New Bed
ford, moved that the nomination of
Allen be made unanimous. Carried
amid tumultuous cheering. Ex-Gov.
Bracket, in speech which was fire.
quently applauded. nominated for leu
tenant governor Hon. William H. Halle.
of Springfield. and the nomination was
carried by reclamation. The other nom
nations of the convention were: For
secretary of state, William M. DIN; for
state treasurer. George A. Warden; for
attorney general, Albert E. Pillsbury.