The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
ALL THE PRESENT STATE HOUSE
OFFICERS RENOMINATED.

GreenhaIg at the Head of the Ticket
for GOvernOr-A Total of ,939 Del
eEates Present Ont of 1913 EntI-
tied TO Scats-FrederIcIx II. GiIIet
the Chairman of the Committee on
ResOlutiOns-The. Platform De-
cIares in Favor of Civil service Re-
form.
Boston. Oct. 5.-The Massachusetts, re-
publican state convention, in the Boston
Music hall to-day, was called to order at
11:05 O'Clock, by Col. f. c. Benton. chair
man Of the executive committee Of the re-
publican state committee.
Col. Benton was made the temporary
chairman of the convention, and Daniel
Kent secretary Of the state committee
temporary secretary. Prayer was offered
by Rev. John Cuckson Of the Arlington
Street church. The usual committees were
then appointed. Hon. Frank d. Allen
made report for the committee on per-
manent organization. naming Curtis
Guild, Jr., of Boston, and Daniel Kent OF
Leicester, respectively, permanent chair
man and secretary Of the convention, and
a long list of vice presidents and assistant
secretaries. Mr.. Guild, on assuming the
chair, was received with long and enthus-
iastic applause. His address was received
with applause.
The report of the committee on creden-
tials showed that out Of 2Oi3 delegates
constituting a full convention, 1883 were
present Hon. Frederick II. Gillet, the
chairman, then read the report of the
committee on resolutions.
Upon national political issues 1t says:
First and foremost stands protection.
Our opponents when seeking votes de-
nounced 1t as Injurious immoral and un-
constitutional; when clothed with the res
possibility Of power they enacted a tariff
which was avowedly and intentionally
protective. But while II recognizes the
principle of protection as wise and neceS-
sary, their bill is so unequal and unfair as
TO deserve all the scathing denunciatiOns
with which they themselves baptized IL.
1t does not give protection as right to
all, but sells it as a favor to some. II Is
partial sectional and hypocritical, The
protection we uphold is equal and uniVer-
sal We are not pledged to any schedules.
We only pledge TO each American Indus
try such protection as shall equalize dif-
ferences in the price Of labor and TO that
the farmer and the miner is as much en-
Titled as the manufactures and artisan. In
determining that we are not bound by
precedence or by theories; we are govern
ed by the teachings of experience and are
as ready TO learn from the experiments OF
our adversar!cs as of ourselves, from fall
ure as well as from success.
We DelleNe ludL 10 Keep our OulEO tees
than income is an axiom OF public as well
as private economy, that a large surplus
Is less menacing than "a large defcit ana
that redeeming government bonds, even
at a high price, Is more creditable than Is
suing new ones.
1--WE believe in sound and honest money!
that a deprecated currency unsettles le-
climate business and turns IL into specu-
lation; that the government should main
tain each dollar which II issues on par
with its standard gold dollar and should
hermit coinage 4
ratio not established by international
agreement No other policy could ex-
pect 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 eXpen-
siVe dollars and thus maintained its credit
and honor untarnished and supreme.
we regret that the action Of the DEM
the national treasury to a humiliating
dependency upon private bankers and be-
} lieve that there should be legislation to
protect the metallic reserve from con-
certed attacks of spectators.
we believe that this hemisphere Is
no longer a subject for European col
onization or aggressive and oppressive
occupation; that the Monroe doctrine Is
a true guide for American statesman
ship, and should be maintained towards
small nations without clustering, to-
wards great nations without crlnging,
but always deliberately teWperately
I'VE believe in civil service reform. not
only as a promoter of efficient service,
but also as an antidote to that demor-
alizing spirit which considers public
THE tide of immigration 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 II needs not so
population is already so heterogeneous that
our most urgent task is to elevate and as
simulate IL rather than increase 1t by for
eign importatons that our self-respecting
labor should be protected; and we desire
no further immigrants who are not INTEL
ligent. self-supporting, ready to cast off
all foreign allegiance and to enter into full
and permanent sympathy with our free
institutions. In this task of elevatine
and Americanizing our population we
recognize as the most potent agent the free
public school, to whose perpetual main-
tenance the, Republican party has long
been pledged.
public funds to sectarian purposes.
Religious and race partisanship has
Democratic party in Massachusetts has
weakened that sentiment of pure Ameri-
canism which ought to control all public
action and has resulted in counter irri-
I'VE deplOre the existence in politics of
such infaming and estranging Issues we
believe that church and state should be
separate and independent in fact as well
as in theory; neither should invade the
province Of the other, and that sectional
animOsity should be buried and forgotten
in patriotic and paramount devotion to our
common country.
1--WE believe that the saloon breeds crime
and poverty and is a proper subject of ex-
ecutive and municipal restriction and that
laws as increasingly rigid as can be en-
forced strictly and universally are the best
hope of progressive temperance"
The platform was received with enthu-
siasm and unanimously adopted
Nominations were then in order A vote
by ballot was taken for governor. While
the ballots were being counted the re-
mainder of the state officials were renom-
mated by acclamation as follows:
Lieutenant Governor-G. w. Walcott Of
Boston.
Secretary Of the CommonweaIth-Wn
liam NJ. Olin of Boston.
Treasurer and Receiver GeneraI-Fd-
ward =. Shaw Of Newburyport.
Solicitor General-John w. Dimball Of
Fitchburg.
Attorney General-Hosea A. Moulton OF
New Bedford.
The ballot for governor resulted: Whole
number, 1,762 Scattering, g. Elijah Al
Morse Of Canton had 39l; Frederick n
Greenhalge of Lowell had 1852 Mr..
Morse's vote was considered as the repre-
sentation of the American Protective AS
sociation strength in the convention