The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-02
woLLCOT FOR GOVERNOR.
Ticket and Platform Adopted by Re.
pubIicans of characteristics. {

BOSTON. Oct. 1.-Thef Massachusetts Re-
publican convention met here to-day for
the nomination of presidential electors and
State officers. The proceedings We're har-
monious.s and the work Of the convention
was accomplished with celebrity.
ernor J. Q. A. Bracket and W. H. Halle,
of Springfield, were designated as electors
at large. Roger Wolcott, who has filled the
executive office since the death of Governor
Gre nhalge. was unanineo sly nm mated for
Governor. The rest of the ticket is as fol-
lows: Lieutenant Governor, NJ. Murray
Crance; Secretary of State, VIM. NJ. DIN;
Treasurer and Receiverzgeneral, E. 7. Shaw;
Auditor. John w. Kimbalt; Attorney-gen-
eral. Hosea NJ. Knowlton.
The platform declarations on the cur
rency and tariff questions follow:
"A sound-money system. a staple none
tary unit and the s~crupulous observance
in the letter and spirit of every public OBJ
legation.
n enactment of tariff laws which will
provide revenue adequate for the aymen
of the nationa1 expenditures and gradual
reduction of the national debt, promote the
policy of reciprocity. protect American in
duStries and American workmen and pre-
serve our own markets to our own people"
In subsequent planks the platform advo-
Gates in the State and national service the
merit system, with preference to veterans
of the civil war; protection to the voters
from coercion by violence or VeXattOn in
the exercise of the elective franchise; and
extension of the provisions of the immi-
grafton laws SO as to exclude such as are
unable to read and write their own or the
English language. 1t also Expresses dis
approval of all appropriations from the
public money for sectarian purposes or
Sectarian institutions. 1t also expresses
the. belief that all corporations enjoying
public franchises, and exercising public en-
Payments, under conditions which neces-
sarily confer upon them q virtual monopoly
should be compelled by law to render serv-
ice to the public for a reasonable return
upon the actual investment and not upon a
fictitious capitalization.
After indorSing the platform Of the ma
tional convention at st. Louis, the Massa-
chusetts platform continues: But the duty
of this hour demands something more than
the statement of articles of our party
creed. Mindful of the u~tteranceS of those
who gathered at Chicago under the name
of Democracy, we are conscious that the
success of our cause means more than the
determination of party ascendency, and
that we have the right to appeal to a
broader constituency than the membership
of the Republican party"
The financial plank of the Chicago plat
form is condemned as sectionalistic, and
after which the attitude OF the Democracy
toward the Supreme Court. as set forth in
the income tax plank, is denounced as "a
threat to degrade to an instrument for the
ent tribunal established by the fathers.
Issue is also taken with the Chicago plat
form on the subject of the right of the
national government to Interfere in States
in the case of riot. The platform concludes:
ITO the defense of these principles we sum-
mon all Republicans and invite all others
who believe them to be essential to the
preservation of the Nations honor, the con-
tinuance of the general welfare, the in
tegrity of our Constitution and the SUI
premacy of the Nation"