, 1896-04-22
BAY STATE DEMOCRATS.
An Enthusiastic and Fiery Con-
vention.
DECLARE FOR GOLD.
Condemn Willis IA Mckinley Because
Of tho Fact Tba He Has Been
Favorable TO ihe white
Metal.

Boston. Mass. April 21.-With en-
thusiasm almost surprising that noted
at the recent state convention of the
republicans of Massachusetts,. when
hon. Thomas B. Reed was endorsed as
a presidential nominee, the democrats
of this state today set their approval
upon Grover Cleveland as president.
and named Ex-Governor William Z.
Russell as their choice for the nomina-
ton to be President Cleveland's sue
cessor. Judge John w. Corcoran called
the convention to order.
The usual honorary officers were
chosen. Hon. Thomas j. Gargan of
Boston was named as chairman of the
committee on resolutions and Hon.
John E. Thayer of Worcester was
chosen permanent chairman.
The committee on credentials report
ed 1,426 delegates present, representing
81 cities and 1927 towns.
Judge Corcoran then presented
Chairman Thayer to the convention
amid loud applause and Mr.. Thayer adj
dressed the delegates.
Chairman Thayer claimed for the
democracy that it is a party Of the peo>
pie. Under the influence of it's efforts
for the enactment Of statutes for the
advancement and we'll being Of the la.
boring classes, he said, capital and la
Dor are coming to a more intelligent
understanding Of the rights Of both,
preparing the way for amicable adjust
ment of economic and industrial ques>
lions. The speaker said that the
pledges made to the people at the dem
ocratic national convention four years
ago. to repeal laws enacted for the pur-
pose Of p%erpetuating n party in pow.
er. had been redeemed. and the force
bill. the Sherman purchase bill and the
Mckinley tariff bill. are now things OF
ures last mentioned had, he said, been
followed by the return of prosperity.
The charge Of the republicans that the
democrats had failed to provide a eve
nue. sufficient for the wants of the gov.
eminent was met with a citation to the
income a laws. which. although iden,
tical with the earlier law for the same
purpose. had been declared unconstitu,
tional by the United States supreme
court.
Mr.. Thayer took ground against the
free coinage of silver.
THE true interest of all our people,
he said. who cannot constantly and
closely observe the none market, is
to have every dollar issued or author
lied by the government at all times un,
der all circumstances, and in all it's
uses, the exact, unchanging equivalent.
not only in debt paying. but in its pur.
chasing power Of any dollar"
This. Mr.. Thayer held, can only be
observed by the maintenance Of the
monetary standard universally adopt
ed by the civilized world.
"Of what avail" he added. "is 1t to
pass resolutions for the single gold
standard if. as now appears quite prob
able. Mr.. Mckinley is to receive the
nomination for president? The people
well know that Mr.. Mckinley is upon
record as a white metal advocate: that
he has a long, consistent and uninter-
rupted record while in congress favor
able to silver.
We do not forget that as chairman Of
the committee on resolutions of the re-
publican convention. In 1888, he
submitted a platform which condemns
ed the policy of the democratic admin
istration in its efforts to demonetize
silver.
I'VE see him as one of the great
leaders Of his party in his command
ing position as chairman of the ways
and means committee, urgently sup
porting the silver purchase bill. which
increased the amount Of silver the gov
eminent wal forced to purchase v
under the Bland-Allison law. Nor IL
this all"
Mr.. Thayer denounced the American
Protective association. which he com /.
pared to . fungus growth that sprang
from and. took root, iourished and
~fructifed in the very heart Of the re-
publican party"
Mr.. Thayer closed his address with
an euiogy upon the administration Of
presidant CINyeland.