The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
THOMAS B. REED.


Maine The first grand vollcy Of cheers
came when the officers OF the state cen.
tral committee, led by Chairman George
H. Lyman, made their appearance on the
platform, while the band played Hail
Columbia" Mr.. Lyman called the con-
vention to order at 1915 o'clock and the
call for the con ven ton was read by SEQ
retary Talbot RI. Rev. William Law.
renee, Episcopal bishop Of Massachusetts,,
offered prayer, and In it eloquently re-
ferred to the justice and purity Of the life
Of the late Governor Greenhalge.
Chairman Lyman's Speech.
Chairman Lyman then addressed the
delegates as follows:
1--WE are assembled in convention, EN-
powered by the suffrage OF the Republic.
an voters Of Massach usetts to outline and
determine the policy Of this common.
wealth, when she shall meet the represen-
tatives from her sister states at perhaps
| the most important national convention
Ia the history-of the great Asierican par
| ty We meet, after lapse OF four years,
| to select good men and true, who are to
speak to the commonwealth at the con.
| vention and also to agree upon and form
| ulate such rules Of government as shall
best tend to represent and interpret the
principals Of the party we honor-the
| foundation Of our best citizenship. Let
| the national convention stand true to the
best interests Of the Republican party, an
honest dollar, and the institutions OF our
country, and that party's defeat Is an Inn.
possibility. tCheers
The Old Bay State.
| "Of all the states within this wide ter
| ritory--God's gift to an infant republic
| in religion In enterprise, In culture, In re-
| finerlent, In its schools In the fervid and
| intense spirit of patriotic Americanism.
by tradition and by example stands frat
| and foremost the old Bay state. Then let
| your vote send such men to St Louis as
shall best represent Massachusetts, that at
| this last convention OF the nineteenth
century she and all New England may
stand no cipher. but mighty unit. AMI
| with such resolutions as shall receive the
endorsement OF all Americans who own
| a country, and demanding such q leader
| as truly American as the principles ne 10
called upon to defend. Now England can
| not be said to be less worthy OF leadership
today than In the old days of the thirteen
united colonies, when she presents as her
chosen chieftain the name OF Thomas
Bracket Reed" [Great applause.
| Committees Appointed.
| When the speaker mentioned the name
| Of Reed the audience burst into loud ap.
plause. ladies among the spectators In the
balconies Joining Following Chairman
| Lyman's address committees on creden'
tinls. permanent organization, resolutions
and on ballots were appointed. When
Senator Lodge rose to present the motion
for the appointment of the resolutions
committee he was given q greeting
that lasted several minutes, tho hall ring
ing again and again with cheers. The
| committee on credentials reported tha'
the convention was entitled To 2.OU2 dele
gates and that 1851 delegates were pres,
ent. Congressman Samuel w. McSeii OF
Winchester was chosen permanent chair
man. His introduction was the signal
for a great ovation. After thanking the
convention for the honor Of his election
Mr. Mccall spoke Of the great depression
which had settled upon the business oi
the country. the responsibility for which
no charged against the Democratic party
| EuIogy OF Thomas d. Reed.
| Mr.. Mccall concluded his address with
an enlogy of Thomas b. Reed as candi
L date fOr tne pEcsiucheioa ho'.A.e-'
Reed. he said, "is first and foremost 9
man who would oppose jobbery with all
tho rugged strongtn OF his great nature,
and who swouid not swerve from fhf
l.fraicht pash of public dnty ~ ~
urc.idsncy ssscif His -posision Mpn -
iinauossi QUESTION n frss frsDsaatansss
Tte cause Of prDtsctiDn nsvE -
la more powerful ch htmpion
| the halls of congress. II, my fellow Ne
. nublicans. you want leader who VII
make not only q great candidate. but
great PRESIDENT, whose administrator
will strengthen his party through tn
signal benefits it will confer upon hi
country. then ask the Republicans OF tn
nation to join hands with you ana put a.
the head Of their columns In the battle Q
'oe that man OF dauntless courage AM
unstained honor, that great parliamenta
r,an who beat down the obstruction ina
naralyzcd the house cf representatives
that broad-minded and snlightenedse a'e'
man. Thomas B. Reed of Maine.
Reading Of the Resolutions
sonator Henry Cabot Lodge, as chair
man presented the report OF the commi'
% ,',' 81, resolutions. lilo was frequently IN
,srrunted with applause This was esps
LILY marked when ths Cuban and goi
standard planks and the section rcierrin
,o the separation Of the church anu s.ae
.ra road. but all previous demonstrs