New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-07
nnv WOLCOTT RENOMINATED.
..ssAcHusETTs REPUBLICANS STAND
BY THEIR ADMINISTRATION

CONTESTS IN THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vv THE GOVERNOR AND SENATOR LODGE.
pos.on oct 6-The same men who for three
.rs have headed the Republican state ticket
ro,e again placed In nomination ut the State
-,o,tion In Music Hall. to-day. and a plat
80, was ratified which declares that the coun-
o.nno. IN the interest OF humanity and civil
,..,,on return 10 Spain the peopA which have
.oar freed from her tyranny. The ticket is
follows:
- coxs-nor-RooER woLcoTT. OF Boston.
-, lieutenant Governcr--w MURRAY CRANE. o. Dali
." ION
ssc-.,sry Of the Commonwealth--wIILIAM NJ.
' oiIN OF Boston
49, treasurer and Observation-Disclosures p.
y" sriAw Of NeUburyport.
&C. Auditor o. Accoun,s-JoHN ". KIMBALI. Of Fitch
- S,,orney-ciencrsi- HOSEA NJ. KSowLroS. ct New
A, 100 O'Clock the members Of the State
Central Committee. headed by the chairman,
colonel A. II. Goettng. appeared the plat
,o-m The convention was called TO order by
Colonel Goetting. and prayer offered by
,be Rev. John Cuckson. Of the Arlington Street
church Colonel Goetting then elected tenn
porary chairman.
Tho Committee or Permanent Organization
.onor,cd CONGRESSMAN w H. Moody for per-
uanent chairman. The speech Of the chairman
.-onsad deep interest and he frequently
interrupted by applause At the conclusion OF
his address there was a demonstration wnlcn
was only stopped by the band playing The
Star spangled Banner"
Congressman Knox. chairman Of the Com
r,ttee on Resolutions. then reported the plat
>orr which was unanimously adopted
At 121S o'clock Colonel Albert Clarke or
wellesley. moved to proceed TO the nomination
a. a candidate for Governor. The motion was
carried whereupon Congressman George P
lawrence OF North Adams. presented the name
q, Governor Roger Wolcott. The nomination
was accepted by reclamation.
Congressman Samuel ". Mccall. Of Winches-
Ter then named ACKNOWLEDGEMENT w MUIR
raw Crane Of Dalton. for denomination. Lieu
tenant Governor Cranes name was also ac-
cepted by reclamation.
The rest Of the State ticket was then taken
M and nominated in order by acclamation'
A committee was then appointed TO bring
Governor Wolcott before the convention IL
soon reappeared with the Governor. and as ne
uepped forward loud cheers greeted him. When
h. was able 10 make himself heard he said that
sor the third and last time he thanked the Re-
publican party Of Massachusetts for the hohor
4, had done him. He then referred TO the ex-
aordi duties or
,nada IN have the men Of Massachusetts at the
front in the war with Spain. He asserted mat
the principles for which the war was fough' hdu
prevailed and that the attempt to embody INTO
the Nation eight millions or ten mllnohs OF PEI
ME will not he entered upon by the Government
unless it believes that the people demand it.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was then pre-
sented. The appearance OF the senator slaiteu
wave of applause that ecpsed anything that
had preceded it. For several minutes MI Lodge
Rad 10 await the subsistence of the cheering. and
when quiet at last came he said:
"It Is said that Congress forced war upon the
country but in a great crisis like that IL is tne
country that forces the war on Congress. He
said one revolution followed another in CUBA
until the world stood aghast at the horrors there.
The blowing up Of the Maine. the last great
murder came and the people declared that the
slaughter must stop and the Nation must nave
Justice for the Maine.
Senator Lodge in the course of his further re-
marks said that he wanted no entangling ALL
auce: the Nation could take care OF Itself Inc
greater part of Europe was against us. ne de-
clared land we cannot forget the German med
ding et Manila and how the great Admlrai ue-
feated ii by diplomacy. With my honored col
league. Senator Hoar, ! most cordially agree
that want conquered provinces or SUD
ject people What future policy Will be the
future will decide.
1T would not be becoming in me as Senator
or a member Of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions 10 attempt to anticipate the details OF the
settlement Of Paris There are only two par
ties on the questionable one that stands by the
American President and the other that does not
and am content TO await the settlement and
leave the details 10 the President.
we are going have our share or the COM
merce Of the world Isolation was not policy;
4, was habit. I not troubling myself as TO
what island shall take here or there. l be-
lieve should have the courage Of our des-
Tiny"
The convention adjourned at lao p m.
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