Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-28
MASSACHUSETTS, FOR REED.
New EngIand's Candidate Has His Boon
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 | Boston, Mass, March 27-The repub- | lican state convention met here at 10:15 a. m., dispatched It's business in a single l session and adjourned without formality. | The last business previous to adjourn ment was the formal placing in the field, as New England's candidate for the pres | idency, of Thomas B. sReed. This was done by Curtis Guild, Jr. All of the pre- eeding speeches had eulogized Reed, and his name at all times was received with 1 great enthusiasm. The delegates and alternates at large to the national con vention were chosen by exclamation. The delegates are:. Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant, William Murray Crane of Dalton, Hon. E. s. Draper of Hopedale and Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston, unani- mously elected by exclamation.
 The alternates were: R. H. Boutwell, of Belmont, L. G. Southard of Easton, R, F. Hawkins of Springfield and S. E. Courtney of Boston
 The following are the tariff and finan- cial sections of the platform:
 We believe that the government should have an ample revenue, with sufficient surplus over ordinary expenditures to provide for the coast defenSeS and the steady building up of the navy and for the constant reduction of the public debt. We believe that the present tariff with its lowered rates and it's destructive and dishonest system of undervaluations, should be replaced by one framed on protective principles and arranged to give an ample protection to American wages and American industry and to re- store the reciprocity policy of James G. Blaine.
 We have always given protection to our ship builders. In lat years we have neglected to protect our ship owners. We believe that the time has come to re- turn to the policy of Washington and Hamilton, which, by discriminating du- ties in favor of American bottoms, secur- ed 90 per cent of our carrying trade to American ships, and which, if now re- stored, would again revive our shipping and cause American frelghtS 10 De pald to Americans.
 We regard the silver agitation as hurt ful to business and destructive of con- fidence 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 condition of the exist ing gold standard, except by international agreement. Each dollar must be kept as good as every other dollar. The credit Of the OnlIeQ SIdIeS IuuSt De at the highest point so that 1t cannot be questioned anywhere. either at home or abroad Every promise must be rigidly kept and every obligation redeemable in coin must be paid in gold. We are op- posed to the unsound and dangerous system of state banks; we support the national banking system and believe that it should be so amended as to give It room for expansion and opportunity to meet the demands of the growing busi- ness and population of the country.
 Other blanks in the platform call for restricted immigration no public money for sectarian schools and entire separa- ton of church and state, for the Monroe doctrine and sympathy with the Cubans.
 The concluding paragraph is as fol- lows:
 Massa chusetts republicans have never undertaken to pledge or bind their de1- egates to a national convention We do not intend to do so ow. But we think it fitting to declare our decided preference among the candidates for the republi- can nomination to the presidency. We present to the nation for nomination as president, and we urge all our delegates to give their earnest and united support to a fearless leader. tried in many hard conflicts, a man of national reputation, of unblemished character, unswerying republicanism and breat abilities, the Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Maine.