San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-27
IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
REED CARRIES EVERYTHING BE-
FORE HIM BY STORM.
Most Enthusiastic and Unanimous Con-
ventiOn Held in Many Years.
Speech of the Chairman,

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rocked the great music hall, the
state convention for the election
Of delegates to the republican
national convention at st. Louis,
was held here today. Delegates
came only with one name on their
minds as their choice for the
presidential nomination. 1t was
that of Thomas B. Reed, Of
Maine. Consequently any refer
ence to the man or his sentiments
was signal for cheers and APP
plause, and again and again the
building trembled with shouts and
hand clapping, cheers and the
waving of hats, as the delegations
contested with each other in mani
testing their appreciation of their
favorite.
Mr.. George Lyman, chairman of
the state committee, called the
convention to order at 1890 this
morning and then addressed the
delegates as follows:
We are assembled in convention
empowered by the suffrages Of the
republican voters of Massachusetts,
to outline and determine the poll
CIV OF this commonwealth when she
shall meet the representatives from
her sister states at perhaps the
most important national conven-
ton in the history Of the great
American party. We meet after a
lapse of four years to select good
men and true, who are to speak
for the commonwealth at the con-
vention and also to agree upon and
formulate such rules OF govern
ment as may be determined upon
to best interpret the principles OF
the party we honor-the founda-
ton of our best citizenship. Let
the nation stand true to the best
interests OF the republican party,
an honest dollar, and the institu-
lions of our country and that
party's defeat is an impossibility.
Gentlemen, our position is very
responsible one. In thought, in
name and in being we are one with
the New England sisterhood OF
states, whose proudest record has
ever been her loyal support to these
institutions. Why has no New
England state yet met in conven-
ton? Is it not that they first de-
mand to hear the voice Of Massa-
chusetts? Toward the decline Of
the 18th century with sword and
pen, in council and field, New Eng
land was the foremost in establish
ing this great world in which we
live, and foremost of them all in
freedoms cause, with brain and
arm fought Massachusetts,. Then
was given birth to that great bull
wark of that American bulwark,
the New England man. Today
when blessed with peace we have is-
sues so vital that they must be dis
tinctly met. They involve the very
foundation OF our civil structure OF
these institutions, of our credit Of
our national honor.
Massachusetts owes it to her.
self, she owes it to those who led
her early and in the dark, to take
her place and maintain her BIRTH
right in the councils of the state.
In all the states of this wide terri
tory-God's gift to an infant re-
public, in religion, in enterprises,
in culture, in refinement, in its
schools, in its fervid and intense
spirit of patriotic Americanism, by
tradition and by example, stands
first and foremost the old ebay
state"
Then let your vote send such
men to st. Louis as shall best re-
present Massachusetts, that at
this last convention OF the nine
teenth century she and all New
England may stand no CIPHER, but
mighty unit, and with such
resolutions as shall receive the en-
dorsement Of all Americans, who
own a country and demanding
such a leader as truly American
as the principles he is called upon
to defend.
New England cannot 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 Brackett Reed.
When the speaker mentioned
tho mama of Reed the audience