Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-06
GREENHALGE IS NOMINATED
Massachusetts, Republicans Want
a High Tariff. s. 7
THEY ARE AGAINST SILVER
Secretary Herbert Has Another Republican
State to Add to His Single Gold
Standard List.

puDHcan state convention IN the Boston
Music hall today was called to order at
II :05 by Col e. c. Benton, chairman of
the executive committee of the republic
can state committee. Benton was made
the temporary chairman of the conyen-
ton and Daniel Kent, secretary of the
state committee, was made temporary
secretary. Prayer was offered by Rev.
John Cuckson of the Arlington Street
church. The usual committees were then
appointed. Hon. Frank D. Allen, MEM
Der, made the report of the committee on
permanent organization, naming Curtis
Guild, Jr, of Boston and Daniel Kent of
Leicester, respectively, permanent chair
man and secretary of the convention,
with a long list of vice-presidents and as
Sistant secretaries.
Mr.. Guild on assuming the chair was
received with enthusiastic applause. His
address was received with applause.
The report of the committee on creden-
tails showed that out of 2013 delegates,
constituting a full convention 1889 were
present. Hon. Frederick II. Gillet, chair
man, then read the report of the commit
tee on resolutions. Upon national polit-
ical issues Ii says
First and foremost stands protection.
Our opponents when seeking votes de-
nounced it as injurious, immoral and un-
constitutional; when clothed with the re-
sponsibility of power they enacted tar
If which was aVowedly and Intentionally
protective. But while 1t recognizes the
principle of protection as wise and nee
essary, their bill is so unequal and un-
fair as to deserve all the seathing denun-
Citations with which they themselves bap-
tized it. 1t does not give protection as
right to all, but sells 1t as favor to some.
1t is partial, sectional and hypocritical.
MI 1&N11 te tn1
universal. We are not pledged to any
schedules. We only pledge to each Amer
lean industry such protection as shall
equalize differences in the price of labor
and to that the farmer and the miner is
as much entitled as the manufactures
and artisan in determining that we are
not bound by precedence or by theories;
we are governed by the teachings of ex-
perience, and are as ready to learn from
the experiments from our adversaries as
of ourselves, from failure as we'll as from
success.
We belive that to keep outgo less than
income Is an axiom of public as we'll as
private economy; that large surplus
is less menacing than large deficit, and
that redeeming government bonds even
at high price is more creditable than
issuing new ones.
We believe in sound and honest money;
that a deprecated currency unsettles
legitimate business and turns it into
speculation; that the government should
maintain each dollar it issues on a par
with It's standard gold dollar, and should
not permit the free coinage of silver at
any ratio not established by international
agreement. No other policy could expect
to find friends in Massachusetts, which
under sorest temptation held the spirit
of it's institutions sacred, refused to
avail itself of legal tender laws, paid
its creditors with the best and most ex-
IO1I hue At atx,NI
credit and honor untarnished and SUI
preme.
We regret that the action and inaction
of the democratic majority in congress
has forced the national treasury to
humilating dependency upon private
bankers and believe that there should
be Legislation to protect the metallic re-
serve from concerted attacks of specula-
tors.
We believe that this hemisphere is no
longer a subject for European COLOMBIA
ton or aggressive and oppressive occu-
patton; that the Monroe doctrine is a
true guide for American craftsmanship
and should be maintained towards small
nations without clustering, towards great
nations without cringing, but always de-
liberately, temporarily, resolutely.
We belive in civil service REFORM not
only as promoter of efficient service but
also as an antidote to that demoralizing
spirit which considers public office only
a bride or reward.
The tide of immigratio which has
done so much to quicken our national
growth has in recent years changed and
deteriorated in its character. We believe
that our country has reached that stage
of development when 1t needs not so
much more men as better men; that the
population is already SO heterogeneous
that our most urgent task is to elevate
and assimilate it rather than increase it
by foreign Importation; that our self
respecting labor should be protected; and
we desire no further immigrants who are
not intelligent, self-supporting. ready 10
cast off all foreign allegiance and to en-
ter into full and permanent sympathy
with our free institutions. In this task OF
elevating and Americanizing our popula-
ton we recognize as the most potent
agent our free public schools, to whose
perpetual maintenance the republican
party has long been pledged.
We are opposed to any appropriation of
public funds to sectarlanism purposes
Religious and race craftsmanship has for
many years been manifest to the DEM
ocratic party in Massachusetts, has
weakened that sentiment of pure Amer
icanism which ought to control all public
action and has resulted in counter irri-
tation and antagonism.
We deplore the existence in politics of
such infaming and estranging issues.
We believe that church and state should
well as in theory; that neither should In
wade the province of the Other. that sec
tional anmosities should be buried and
forgotten.
We believe that the saloon breeds
crime and poverty and Is a proper bject.
of executive and municipal h,stricfion,
and that laws as increasingly rigid as
can be enforced strictly and universallyB
are the best hopes of the progressive
temperance.
The platform was received with len-
thusiasm and unanimously adopted.
Nominations were then in order A
vote by ballot was taken for GOVERNOR
While the ballots were being counted>the
remainder of the state officials were re-
nominated by reclamation, as follows:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, G. w. Walcott of
Boston.
Secretary of the commonwealth, Will
liam NJ. Olin of Boston. II