The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-15
HQR THE NATIONS HONOR
1sieSN4ICH USETTS R1IIFI ES THE RE- Sni PUBLICAN TICKET.

 A Protest Against the Red Flag of Anarchy by Governor woicott, Senator Lodge, Curtis Guild, Jr and Others-An Appeal toLoyalty and Patriotism Enthusiasm
 Reaches a> High Point--An Enormous
 Crowd Applauds the Speaker.
 Boston, July 142A vast audience as- sembled in Music hall this evening to greet the Massachusetts delegation to the St. Louis republican convention and to ratify the nominations of Mckinley and Hobart. The hall was decorated with the national colors and the state coat of arms was prominently draped over the platform. The galleries were reserved for ladies, and were crowded with them and their escorts. The Young Mems Metropolitan Republican club occupied front seats on the floor of the hall
 Mention of the names Mckinley and Hobart wrought the audience to high pitch of enthusiasm. It was expected to Hon. Eben $. Draper would preside, but owing to indisposition he was un- able to attend. Hon. w. M. Butler was , introduced as chairman of the meeting and made a short address, after which he introduced Acting Governor Vol colt. MT. Wolcott spoke substantially as follows:
 Republicans of Massachusetts: The chairman of the state committee with great frankness has told you tonight that this convention belongs to the del- egation and that they will address you tonight. We had fondly hoped that as the nominee of that convention this commonwealth might greet the great, patriotic, loyal, able republican of Maine (cheers and applause) am go- ing to name Thomas B. Reed (ap- plause) so that none of you may labor under the misapprehension that I am referring to that other great son of Maine, Arthur Sewall of Bath. (Laugh- ter).
 T wish to say here, gentlemen that the manner in which the issues are now shaping themselves I am willing to express my belief that for the over whelming success of the ticket it may perhaps have been wiser to nominate that great son of the west, William Mckinley. Cheers and applause.)
 There has recently been held anoth- CT great convention. I am not going ito take your time to describe it.. (Laughter). The night is hot, my vo- .cabuiary Is limited Qaughter) you know it we'll, and you have passed | l d> mated and ruled by Bland Altgeld and by Tillman, and, gentlemen, you also bear in mind that this commonwealth made it's contribution Qaughter) to the convention
 The chairman then introduced Hon. Curtis Guild, jr., who was received with cheers. MT. Guild said in part:
 .The great issue of this campaign is not of economics, but of morality. Ev- cry dollar of the existing debt of the United States has been borrowed on the existing gold standard, and at a low rate of interest because borrowed on that basis. We are asked to repudi- ate that contract, to change our stand ard of value, and to pay our debts in dollars worth half as much as those WHICH WE uSdNt UOllOWCQ. III ouSll d contest for common honesty there can be no question of the result. The American people will not repudiate their debts, their credit and their char acter. They will repudiate repudiation.
 The United States stands face to face to-day with a great crisis, the greatest we have known since the civil war. We stood for principle then-we stand for a principle now. We faced then the question of human slavery. The whig party sought to avoid the is- sue, and died as towards deserve to die. The democratic party espoused the cause of interest and lost The re- publican party dared to stand for prin- ciple. and the republican party won.
 "The men who oppose US may be sincere Most of the men who followed Jefferson Davis were perfectly sincere, but the issue, nevertheless, is as the issue of '61, and the victory shall be as the victory of '65.
 ..The nation will meet the threat of Colorado as it met the threat of South Carolina.
 "The currency of the United States is not to be debased by a change to the silver standard. The natiorfthat stamps its coins with the motto Tn God We Trust shall never pay it's debts and base its finances on dollar whose very title would be a lie.
 ''The lists are drawn, and the great masses of republican voters have pro- claimed their choice of a leader with no uncertain sound. Not the republi- can party only, but every American who loves his country and would keep her not in the rear, but in the front rank of the nations of the world, stands to-day behind the soldier, the congress- man. the governor, the gentleman, the patriot, whom the great masses of the republican party have lifted up to lead- ership upon their shields.
 Tt is with no perfunctcry loyalty, but with heartfelt devotion, that Mas sachusetts does homage to William Me- Kin1ey of Ohio.
 Our candidate for vice president IS a worthy lieutenant. The man who led that great crusade for good government when men of all parties drove the race track gamblers from the control of New Jersey is conspicuously well htted for leadership in this campaign, where the fierce fire of great and dominating principle welds together native and naturalized, Protestant, Catholic and Jew. men of all parties and men of no party, into a weapon that shall smlte asunder the common enemies Of our common country.
 .sTboueh we fight not with bullets,