Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-15
PARTY NOMINATIONS
Ratified by the Massachusetts
Republican Club.
AN APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN.
Talk on Topics OF the Day by
Candidate Allen.

fcation last night. The meeting was called
TO order by the president of the club,
Roger Wolcott. After graceful acknowl-
edgement of the applause which greeted
him, he said: "You are not TO forget that
whatever degree Of prosperity or position
OF honor Massachusetts, has attained has
been won under Republican rule. And
this has been uncontrolled by any boss or
untainted by corruption. While it Is true
that during the present year no blot has
been added to this fair record by u Demo
cratic administration, they have atterly
failed to present any adequate reason for
discarding the party whose record for
thirty years has been an honor to the state
and itself"
Mr.. Wolcott then introduced candidate
Allen rs the first speaker. Following IL
Colonel Aliens Speschi
Fellow Republicans. Young and Old-This
cordial greeting profoundly appreciate. IL
indicates your interest in the campaign in
which We are engaged. Ii attcsts your loyalty
TO the cause 10 which Republican candidates
and Republican voter. are aukc devoted.
More than that. it testifes TO the confidence
we feel Ia the triumph OF tn % Republican party
on the third of November. Massachusetts Is
aroused, and when Massachusetts, IL aroused,
Republicans win. Wo have fought the fight
from the beginning with the courage and con-
born OF tne cOnNlCllou tHtl VIC bio
right Our opponents are on trial, and even
tho eminent Chcopee lawyer for the defense
cannot win tho verdict. Tho Republicans OF
the Whole state, from the Cape to Berkshire,
are inpatient for the day To come when they
can correct the mistake of last year. Oh, II
they might vote not only for governor, but for
congressman, how emphaticaly would they
show the nation their sense OF last years error
Tho people know what is involved in this
contest. They know what tho country VIII
say and believe " Massachusetts, Is again
counted in ths Democratic column. And be-
lieve me, they don't intend 1t shall be- Chair
man Collins said at Worcester n Democratic
Victory this year would Uphold the hands or
the Democratic congressman from this state.
The people Appreciated fact that, while wo
are not electing president this time, We are
Doing tho Next Thing to II,
and that as Massachusetts, stanus after the
coming election, she will be counted year
hence. We intend she will be counted right.
The result for which we are looking must
come, In q great measure, from the young men
of the party. What Is there In tho Democratic
party, in its principles, its methods or its
makeup, that should attract intelligent young
men who do their own thinking2 What ID the
Democratic party. any way, In Massachu-
setts7 Ofwhat Is II composed? There Is
little fringe Of eminent respectability Men
whose character and motives cannot bo ques-
toned, but they are in such Y minority as
party, the great stratum upon which all Its
hopes rest, IL made up Of voters who are dis
tlnctively not Of the thinking kind. They vote
the Democratic ticket as matter OF course,
without giving to tho principles Of the policy
II represents, IA single thought.
Whenever they gain control OF oity,
they make Of IL spectacle which de-
lights the fees Of Republican institutions.
We all know that Democratic control
Of municipalities means decentralization.
II l..g. Y,.xl.
every town and city will have its
Tammany Hall Tammany Hall is not an
issue here. but all that constitutes Tammany
Is here, 10 striving for power and we don't In
tend IL shall get any stronger hold than IL has
got now Contrast the Democratic party as
have described it,(and the picture is not over
dyawn) with the Republican party, and who
shall say that the place. for the in
telligcnt, honest, upright young man of Mas
sachusetts Is not in the Republican party2
Let us ask ourselves
Why We Are Republicans,
and why all citizens of ssachusetts, who
are honestly seeking for the best government
IN city, state and nation, should be Republi-
cans. We arc Republicans, first, because of
the Republican party's past. 1t had Its birth
in the strong moral sense of an intelligent peo-
pie. It came into being as the visible express
sion of a profound sentiment. From its origin
II breathed the free air Of liberty, and sought
A. was committed the greatest task that over
fell to body OF men on earth-the preserva-
tion Of tho Union. We all know the record.
The great problem Of the war, and the still
greater problems growing out Of it,were solved
by the Republican party In u way to challenge
the admiration Of the world. A nation pre-
served, and its credit maintained are, in q
word, the great historical achievements of the
Republican party. There is no occasion for
dwelling In detail upon its honorable career
from the close of the war until now. All the
great measures of legislation, all that wise
laws have done for the advancement of the
country to its present high state Of wealth and
prosperity, belong to the credit Of the Repub-
can party, and to IL alone. IL has been
obliged TO meet and overcome the persistent,
hostile opposition Of the Democratic party
which, poweriess as 1t is and has been as a
constructive party, has nevor ceased from
troubling In spite OF all the malgnity of
conscienceless antagonists, the Republican
party, conscious OF its integrity, strong in the
honest principles IL professed, has enriched
tho statute books Of state and nation with the
benehcent legislation under which the country
prospers today.
Tho Financial Policy
Of the Republican party has brought this
country to the highest rank among the ma
tions Of tho globe in respect TO its credit
and financial standing We are Republicans,
because we boiiove In the partys present. 1t
4. re-emincnt1y the party Of today. by its
tarir legislation IL has provided protection
for American industries and for American
labor and IL has reduced In every home the
principal expenses OF every family. IL has
maintaiucd our own markets for our own
reoplc and by the policy Of reciprocity pro-
sided now ones for our surplus products, so
that today the ststos TO tho south Of us, and
Canada at the north, are knocking at our
doors seeking reciprocal arrangements. BY
n. honesty in dealing with the currency ques-
ton Il has restored confidence throughout the
country and in a measure avcrted tho threat
ened peril Of a debascd coinage.
We arc Republican, because wc believe In
the party's future. Resting securely In its
principles, knowing that IL is honest. con-
,inccd Of its purpose 20 advance the welfare
q the whole people. we givo 10 u our loyal
.upport, and ask fer II the countenance II
every good citizen. who has ht heart the best
1 'trests of tsis great nation.
With faith 10 the Republican cauSe, with
loralty to II. principles. go on. fellow Republ-
rs. !, this contest And when the polls are
sl,.,d on the 3i ~ November. and our votes
,qun,ei and declared: Massachusetts, Will
r.and forth before the world, redeemed.
Congressman Lodge
alluded to the charge by Mr.. Stearns at
Springfield last Saturday, that he had not
h.,a to the war lie admitted that he
H. In':-he was scarcely II years old whsn