The Portland daily press., 1896-03-28
LEADS Thu WAY.
The platform thus presented was as fol

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pledge her electoral vote to the candi
dates to be chosen by the convention at
St. Louis. That convention will declare
the principles and policies upon which
the Republican party will go to the
country. As the Representatives of 5the
Republicans of Massachusetts,, we desire
not only to promise to the national con-
vention our faithful support for the can
didates they shall nominate, but also to
set forth the opinions of this great and
steadfasG Republican state as to the
questions of the day and the policies to
be pursued.
Two years of uncontrolled Democratic
supremacy were enough to prove that the
Democratic party was unable to conduct
the government without disaster to the
country. Thirty years of rule have shown
that the Republican party both in war
and in pence, is able to govern and to
legiSlate. For this reason alone the
National Administration should be taken
away from those who have failed, and
returned to those who have been success
full and efficient
We believe that the government should
have ar ample revenue with a sufficient
surplus over ordinary expenditures to
provide for coast defence, for the steady
building up of the navy, and for the con-
slant reduction of the public debt.
We believe that the present tariff with
its lowered rates and its destructive and
dish system of undervaluations
should be replaced by one framed on pro-
teotive principles and arranged to give
an ample protection to American wages
and American industry, and to restore
the reciprocity policy OF James u. Blaine.
We have always given protection to our
S hipbuilders. In late years we have neg
lected to protect our ship owners. We be-
lieve that the tiIae has come to return to
+ No, Of or,d K 1+1v,
which by discriminating duties in favor
Of American bottoms, secured 80 per cent
OF our carrying trade to American ships
and which, if now restored would again
revive our shipping, and cause American
freights to be paid to Americans.
q We regard the silver agitation as hurt
full to business and destructive of conf
dence, and, as has recently been shown,
hostile to all tariff legislation designed to
give protection to our industries and
revenue to our treasury.
We are entirely opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, and to any
change in the existing gold standard, ex-
cept by international agreement. Each
dollar must be kept as good rs every
othor dollar. The credit of the United
States must be maintained at the highest
point, SO that it cannot be questioned
anywhere either at home or abroad
Every promise must be rigidly kept, and
ever obligation redeemabio in coin must
be paid in gold.
We are opposed to the unsound and
dangerous system of state banks. We
support the national banking system and
| believe that il should be go amended as
| to give it>room for expansion ard oppor-
| tunity to meet the demands of the grow
| ing business and population of the
country.
| The civil service laws which remove the
| public service from the control of favor
| itism. patronage and politics. should be
honestly and thoroughly enforced and the
classified service extended wherever it is
possible.
Immigration should be restricted, and
the Republican party should pledge itself
| to pass at once a law to exclude at least
the totally ignorant and illiterate.
| The United States should adhere rigid
| ly to the Amer lean principles of the en-
tire separation of church and state, and
no appropriation of public money for sec
tartan schools, whether for the Indians
or for others, should be permitted.
| We believe in foreign policy which
shall be at all times and with all nations
firm, vigorous and dig nified.
| Our interests in the American CONT
nents must be carefully guarded, and for
| the protection of those interests we should
maintain our influence in the Hawaiian
Islands and build and control the
| lsthmian Canal. We have never Inter
fered, and shall not now interfere with
the long established possessions of any
European power in the Americas. But
| those possessions must not he extended.
The Monroe doctrine as declared in 1923
| and enforced in 1865 and in 1895, must al
ways be upheld.
| We sympathize with the Cubans in
their struggle for Independence. Al
| friends of freedom everywhere we wish
| them success and believe that the United
States should use it's influence and good
offices in the interests of humanity tc
bring to an end the useless and bloody
war now desolating Cuba, and to give tc
the people of that island peace and sell
government.
Massachusetts Republicans have never
undertaken to pledge or bind their dele
| gates to national convention. We dc
| not intend to do so now. But we think
it fitting to declare our decided preference
among the candidates for the Republican
nomination to the Presidency. We pre-
sent to the national convention for nomi.
nation as President and we urge all oul
delegates to give their earnest, united
| and active support to a fearless leader
| tried in many hard conflicts, man oil
national reputation, of unblemished
character, answering Republcanism
and great abilities, the Hon. Thomas B.
Reed of Maine.
The allusion to the Blaine reciprocity
policy was received with applause, as was
also the financial plank, the civil service,
immigration, non sectarian and Ha
waiian planks. The allusion to the
Cuban matter was received with warmt til
and wild applause greeted the closing,
cheers for Reed following the applause.
Resolutions of respect for the memory
of the late Gov. Greenhalge and of the
late ex-Gov. Robinson, presented by
| Senator Lodge and by Hon. W. H. Halle,
were adopted by rising votes.
| The convention then proceeded to the
election of four delegates at large to the
national convention. Hon. John Simp.
kins, of Yarmouth, in a brief speech,
place in nomination the names of Hon.
| Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant, W.
Murray Crane Of Dalton, Hon. e. S.
Draper Of Hopedale, and Hon. Curtis
Guild, Jr., of Boston.
The candidates we're unanimously
elected by reclamation. On motion Of
". j. Murray the convention next pro
needed to the election Of four alternates
by ballot. Col. H. A. Thomas nominated
Rowland II. Boutwell, of Belmont; Sena.
tor Galloupe nominated Dudley l.. Pick
man OF Beverly, Senator Bradford nomi
mated Richard f. Hawkins of Spring
field, Col. E. Fl. Haskell nominated
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