The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-04

and calls for ballot were frequent
The ballot was taken and resulted in
80 votes for Joseph Fl. Walker and 10
for Frank p. Goulding. Mr. Walker
was placed in nomination by Robert NJ.
Washburn.
While committee was looking for
Mr. Walker to get him to address the
committee was appointed and given
full power tot fill anyVacancy that might
arise The committee is as follows;
H. c. Marcy, Auburn; George w.
Maxom, Blackstone; r.. E. Aldrich,
Douglas; e. c. Parsons, Dudley; J. A
Dodge, Grafton; O. B. Root, Hopkin-
ton; Stillman F. Morse, Holden Chan
ming Smith, Leicester; H. G. Adams,
Mendon; Samuel e. Hull, Millbury;
lin, Oxford; Ledyard Bill, Paxton; W
C. Temple, Rutland; Edward l. Com
ms, Worcester; L. ]. Goodell, Wor-
cester; G. r. Brooks, Worcester; David
Manning, Worcester; ]. r. Torrey,
Worcester; S. Hamilton Coe, Worces-
ter; T. A. Harrington, Worcester;
Lewis Cutting, West Boylston; o. H.
Newton. Westboro George R. Marble,
Webster; D. w. Taft, Uxbridge; Geo
w. Knowlton, Upton; George J. Dud-
ley, Sutton; A. B. Chamberlain, Stur-
bridge; J. w. Temple, Spencer; Thos
Sanders, Southbridge; S. w. Bemis,
Shrewsbury.
The district committee was empow-
cred to call another convention in case
Mr.. Walker should become ineligible
for office for any cause.
Congressman Walker appeared be-
fore the convention shortly.
Congressman Walker said:
Mr.. Chairman-Deleg to the con-
vention, l give you my most hearty
thanks, for I assure you fully appre-
ciate the high honor you have conferred
upon me for the sixth time.
Not a man in this assembly, nor In
this district, who has given attention
TO the great questions that divided the
country, has forgotten the promises of
good, the forecast Of transient evil,
that was presented to the state con-
vention, and to the national conven-
ton, Of two years ago. You remember
that we did not fail to say to you then
that when it became certain that the
free trade policy would be reversed,
and q protective tariff adopted, floods
of importations, millions upon millions
of dollars worth Of goods, especially Of
the cotton and wooden industry, would
be dumped into this country.
The distant sun has already come
considerably above the horizon, and
we are now entering upon the full
fruition, as I believe, Of our hopes Of
two years ago.
Every promise made by the republi-
can party has been fulfilled. I chal-
lenge any man in this convention to re-
peat one promise that has not been
thoroughly and completely fulfilled,
that was within the power of the re-
publican party to fulfill, and this not
withstanding the senate has had q ma
jority against us.
Who supposed when we elected Will
liam Mckinley, even his most ardent
admirers, that he was possessed of such
exceptional wisdom foresight and
ability as he has manifested in the high
office to which we have elected him
Not a single position that he has TAX
en- not word that he has said in
warning or advice has been mistaken.
He has been more than president of
the United States In his personal lead
ership of this great people, he has been
its first citizen. What he said to US of
the conditions in Cuba, the position he
took as against the recognition of the
independence Of Cuba or the Cuban
junta, the position he took as to our
assuming the great task Of liberating
that people, upon our own responsible
ity and by our own efforts and in our
own time and way, has been Justified
In the result
Never have l read of any war that
has been so conclusively and absolute
ly successful as the war upon which we
entered a few months since.
/ have been told there have been mis-
takes in the war. Yes, yes, it is too
true, and probably grave mistakes. But
whatever those mistakes have been they