The record-union., 1891-09-30
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS.
THE STATE CONVENTION MEETS
AT WORCESTER.
William E. Russell Renominated for
GOyernor-PIatform
Adopted.
Special TO the REcorp-uN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UEIoN.
WORCESTER (Mass.), Sept. 90 The
Democratic State Convention was called
to order this morning by Chairman Cor
coran Of the State Central Committee.
He made a short address.
The committees were appointed and the
convention was permanently organized
by the choice of Hon. p. a. Collins of
Boston as Chairman.
The Chairman, in the course Of his
speech, while speaking on the Republi-
can party, said: ''The present complaint
is that there has been too large a coinage
of silver dollars, worth as bullion or as
merchandise only so cents apiece; and
the fear is that continued coinage, or
worse, larger coinage OF them, will
dangerously initiate the currency and ul-
timately drive gold out of circulation.
One year ago the Treasury was coming
at the rate of 100000 per month these
SO-cent dollars, and the demand on the
part of sound financiers was that coinage
should cease, or that something should
be done to insure the parity of the silver
dollar with the gold one. But the Adj
minlstratiOn had a debt due the silver
men in the far West, as well as to the
iron and wool men and to other monopo-
lists, SO the silver men demanded pay
Act The Republican resolution adopted
recently here at the State Convention,
coupled with the vote for their Repre-
sentatives in the last Congress. means
the Republican position here is not hos
tile to any silver bill short of free coin
age. This position is as dangerous, in
the view Of conservative men here, as the
more frank and consistent declaration of
the Republicans in the West"
In closing, the speaker said: "We oc-
cupy a sound, safe and consistent posi-
ton. and the vote of the people this fall,
If cast for our candidates, will strengthen
the hands and enlarge the influence of the
Democrats who viii take their seats in
the House next December"
William EuStis Russell of Cambridge
was renominated for Governor
The Committee on Resolutions then re-
ported platform, which was adopted un-
animously. 1t indorses the principles of
the National Democratic party and COM
mendS the State administration: renews
the party's declaration on the subject of
labor, Affirming sympathy with al wise
and constitutional measures in it's inter-
est; renews the demand for the repeal of
the Mckinley tariff law, and declares in
favor of the enactment of genuine meas
ures Of reform. The Republican Admin
istratiOn is arraigned for destroying the
efficiency of the Census Bureau for the
sake Of furnishing political spoils; for
neglectlhg to bring prosecutions for the
punishment OF violations of the civil SER
vice law; for ignoring the recommends
tions of the Civil Service Commission:
for the dismissal Of officials who openly
detieG the law, and for reviving the active
participation of ofiice-holGers in partisan
politics. and the assessment of Govern
ment employees for partisan purposes"
The Platform declares in favor of hon
est money and reatfirms the declarations
in the National Democratic platforms of
1884 and lSSS, expressing q uniform pol
icy. 1t declares all dollars coined by the
United States should he Of equal intrinsic
value, and that all the paper currency
issued by the Government should be re-
deemable in either gold or silver, at the
option Of the holder, and not at the dis
cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury:
believes in the use of both gold and silver
as money, and in the full RECOMMENDATION
OF the latter metal by an international
agreement, and opposes the free and un-
limited coinage of silver and the danger
Gus silver legislation enacted by the last
Congress.
Governor Russell entered the hail
about / o'clock and addressed the con-
Vention.
he followed substantially the same
line OF argument used by the previous
speakers. and reiterated the principles
and denunciations of the platform.
The ticket, completed, is as follows:
Iieutenant-Governo John w. Canovan:
Secretary of State, Elbridge Cushman;
Treasurer and Receiver @ General James
:. Grinnell; Auditor, w. d. II. Trefry:
Attorney-General, George NJ. Stearns.