Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-09-16
Begin their Deliberations at
fremont Temple.
THE RESULT Is UNCERTAIN.
Henry Cabot Lodge Makes the
Opening Address.

this morning at ii o'clock sharp. II was
called to order by Chairman Burdett Of
the state committee. He was elected tenn
p1fary chairman and Henry Cabot Lodge
permanent chairman.
Delegates were seated on the floor and in
the first balcony and the upper gallery
vas opened TO the holders of visitors tick
1t is impossible to tell at this hour Il
p m.) who will get the nomination.
Chairman Lodges Address.
Whepever in Massachusetts, any man or any
ReAsufe il denounced in certan quarters as
Mttisah you may be sure that that man or the
measure Is Republican. Whenever any man
"a hbn-partisan, you may DO equally sure that
the man Is Democrat and the measure In tho
ttterest of tho Democratic party. Nothing
Indeed is more absurd than the cant which un-
dfrtakes TO make partisan q term of reproaoh.
Partsans are thoee who believe strongly. The
Indifference and tho critical.the trimmers and
strongly than their own, no doubt have some
times an important plac) in the world, but
they do not make tho world move. History
has been made and mankind led In its onward
march by partisans. Tho crceds of humanity
have been preached, the great reforms have
bsen carried. the revolutions and battles of
the world have been fought by partisans.
Partisanship may be good or bad, enlight,
ened or unintelligent, but its quality is fixed
not by itself, but By the character of the cause
1 ybch sSSS 5v TSg esRnSt
ship. Good can win tho victory over evil in
this world ONLY by having stanch partisans TO
ssn Ws mGt SNS 9SrG aSSfy @
coyse and al that cause represents; We DO
not ASSERT thet our party is inialllble. we
know that like most things OF human origin,
It Is Liable 10 Error
and we arc aware that perfection Il only to be
found Vt this precise epoch among those pre-
pSrt y SS po wS vSnoerns @ y ON ths Wosd Of
the Dem6cratic party. Yet, after all allow
ahcc is made, we win believe that in Republi-
can measures and Republican victory lies the
beet hope for the progress Of the people of the
United States, so far as that progress i af-
fected by wise government and sound admin.
Whom we speak Of our party. we mean Il
great deal more than the mere political or
eahization. Re- Read the history OF The United
There is DO need to dwell upon them. The
Quality of its membership il the same today rs
When IL rallied TO the support of Abraham
WHOM Lincoln called our plain people, tho
bard-working, enterprising, Intelligent masses
apopg the people of the United States They
afe tho men aud women who believe In free
ddm and hopesty, In law, order and progress.
Finally there are the principles of action. Let
ps take the last expression OF those principles
clared that we were in favor of protection to
American industry and tho extension of
American commerce; that we believed in ma
j0rity rule I'm congress and at the ballot-box;
that wo wanted an honest currency where one
dollar was on parity with every other. We
promised 70 extend and maintain the reform
foreign nations should be firm and digniiied
instead of weak and hesitating. Let me point
out
How wo Havo Kept Those Pledges.
In the first place. we kept our word as to
majority rule in the house of representatives.
We lavo shown that a majority can legislate
spd In so doing we have put the responsibility
where 10 belongs. For this great work we have
been bitterly assailed, but that is one OF tho
Of the reforms that we made in the rules will
be adopted in silence by the next congress OF
all the work that the Republican party has
portapt than this. 1t cannot be eifaced and
will ever remain an honor to the party tn
which it IL due aId to the man who 30 fear.
lessly led the great struggle, Thomas Is. Reed
Dur promise kept to free tho house from
the trammels 9f obstruction we , passed
tent and value of what we did are not
oyen understood, for the consideration
Of one or two great questions have absorbed
the attention Of the country. But many other
measures hardly less important than those
most discussed went through the house under
the new system. Tho single measure of inter
national copyright, which the changes in tho
rules enabled us to pass. Is in itself an cndur-
ing monument to the Fifty-frst congress and
TO. the enlightened policy which governed it.
We established majority rule in congress-; we
failed unfortunately. to do anything for
Majority Rule at tho Ballot. Box.
The house was true 70 its pledges and passed
a bin. hut that bill was lost in the senate by
methods upon which need not dwell. IL was
something to have done eventual the work.
But the Republican party can never afford 10
tqrh its back for a moment on the, cause OF
honest elections. The freedom and equality
OF all men beAore tho law is ono OF the founda-
tiop doctrines of the party: Out of power We
will advocate II before the people,. In power
we will seek the passage OF laws which shall
guard the greatest and most precious of rights.
We kept our pledges also In regard TO the cur
rency. BY treasury notes based upon silver
bullion VIC added TO the circulation, but we so
framed the law that the dollar in paper. the
dollar In gold and the dollar in silver remain,
M we have always maintained they should,
than this positive legislation was the fact that
In two successive sessions we defeated the al
tempt 10 initiate the currency by the unlimited
60 today in the country, the Republican party
stands as the bulwark against the movement
for the free coinage OF silver, without previous
interpational agreement. President Harrison
stands
Ready to Meet tho Coming Attach
and his manly declaration on this point de-
The Democratic party Is unconditionally In
favor of free coinage. All but two Demo
cratic senator's voted for free silver, and OF
those tho, ono Is dead. In the house n small
minority Of Republicans voted for free silver,
and an equally small minority Of Democrats
voted against 1t. As in the house, so in the
country, an overwhelming majority of the Re-
publican party stands for honest money. II
II useless 10 say that the Democrats OF New
England are as sound on the money question
ns the Republicans. The Democrats Of New
England will be governed by their party while
they stay in IL. The amiable young men whom
they elected TO congress last fall TAX ~ II
they could control their party on this matter.
They will all vote sooner or latter for a free
silver speaker, and they can give no more
powerful aid to the free silver cause than by
40 doing for IL IL the speaker who makes com
pittees, who leads the party and who shapes
legislation. They will do well IL they can keep
their Immediate following straight on this
question. IL is not easy 20 prove that NJ cents
do not make a dollar To party whose mum
bers in Boston at least believe that nine
months make year. IL Il not forgotten that
in Maine and Massachusetts, the Democratic
party ohce sustained the cause ~ Hat money.
the Democratic party at the coming election.
YOU say 10 the country that Massachusetts to.
day approves on the whole. of Democratic
principles and Democratic measures. includ
ing free silver.
lie Democratic party Is today the friend aud
supporter Of what We believe To bea
Grievous Peril to the Currency
aud 20 our business welfare. The Republics IN
party cannot afford 20 win any sSctorics by
lyacst finance. Better defeat thousand