The Portland daily press., 1898-10-07

| uaUlOnS In wealth., pOWO CIV .,NpP-HS:S'
What they enjoy themselves. they desire
shall be enioyed by all other peoples,
especially by those whom the vaior Oh our
| soldiers and sailors have wFested from
Spain and whose destiny must now be de-
termined by the United States alone.
While we are not to interfere with the
diplomatic negotiations now IN progress;
We desire that they be SO conducted ana
terminated as to secure to the Phlllpplne
Islands and to Cuba in smples5 measure
the blessings of liberty and selt-govern-
lnent. The building of the nicaragua
canal. controlled and operated py the
United States is now Imperative. Our
possessions in the Caribbean Sea, the
annexation of Hawaii and our position
in the Philippine Islands and the notable
voyage OF the Oregon, have made It's me-
cessity clear to all. We confidently look
to Congress for the early undertaking Of
this WORK and its completion with all rea-
sonable dispatch.
The laws of Massachusetts, passed in
the interest of wage earners establishing
short hours of labor; compulsory educa-
uion for children; frequent payment of
earnings, guarding as far as practicable
by law, life and limb from the risks of
machinery, and demanding the best san
| iterv conditions for the workshop and
ohme have pro we'd wise and wholesome.
If. in the Industrial Development of the
country. they have become adverse fac
| tors in competition, the remedy is not in
their repeal, but through education and
the efforts Of organized labor TO procure
enactment of similar laws in the other
States of the Union. The high standard
of citizenship in Massachusetts must be
maintained, depending largely upon the
rate of wages, It will inevitably decline
when met with cheap labor.
4 IntelIigence in the immigrant,
his oapabiIity of early assimil-
alton into the body OF American
citizenship are essentials to both the well
| fare and safety of the nation. We there
| fore favor further restriction OF lmmlgra-
| ton by requiring of the Intended imm1-
grant that he be able to read and write,
and we confidently look for the early pas
sage of the bill, providing this education
al test already passed by the Senate and
| pending in the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
| The American fisheries in the North At.
| laptic have been the constant care of Mas
sachusetts. They have played q large
| part in her settlement and development
| There are schools of seamanship and
nurseries of our merchant marine and
navy. We consider their preservation as
of the first Importance 10 the nation,
and we protest against and will oppose
any action which will put them in peril
We commend the administration OF
our State government, for the past year
as in accord with the high position OF
Massachusetts, and her past traditions.
| We submit the names of the faithful pub
| lie servants by which that administration
| has been conducted together with tho
principles we have enunclated today, and
ask the approval OF the people OF the COM
| monwealth.
| The platform was unanimously adopt
| ed. At Is Col. A lbert Clarke OF Welles-
/ " moved to proceed to the nomination
| of candidate for governor. The motion
was carried, whereupon, Congressman
George P. Lawrence Of North Adams
presented the name of Gov. Roger VOL
| cotJ. The nomin alton was accepted by
Congressman Samuel W. Mccall of Dali
| ton named Lieut., Gov. W. Murray crane
of Dalton, for denomination. Lieut.. GOV.
Cranes name also was accepted by accia-
| nation.
| A committee of three, compri sing Col.
Benton of Belmont, J. j. Myers of Cam
bridge and A H. Lowell Of Fitchburg,
was then appointed to escort the nominee
| for governor before the convention.
| They soon reappeared with Gov. Wolcort
and all were received with tremendous
applause.
cheering was resumed, and when a6
| length he was able to make himself heard
| he said that for the third and last time,
| he thanked the Republican party OF
Massachusetts for the honor they had
done him, He told them that all his
actions that had brought benefit to the
state were before the people. The work
of the executive, he said, hadabeen great
ly increased in the past year. AS soon as
the commander .in-chief of the army and
navy had decided to commence an ACTIVE
and offensive warfare, Gov. Wolcott mad
made every effort to have the men OF
Massachusetts placed at the front fully
i d. Gov
| The result, he said, will make known
| in history that Massachusetts, is now, as
she ever has been, ready to shed her best
| blood for the nation.
| Gov. Wolcott claimed that the prinoi-
pies of which the war was fought had
been established and that the dnmlneer-
ing role of Spain had been ended in the
Western Hemisphere.
| Continuing, he said, the attempt to
mbody into the nation eight or ten
millions of peopls will not % entered
upon by the government unless it is
believed that the people demand 1t.
| At the close of his address the governor
was given another ovation Inc commit
tee on credentials at this point made
supplementary report which showed that
there were 1901 delegates present. Chair
man Moody then arose and announced
that through the invitation OF the state
committee, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
| was present ana Woulu auuroSS Une con-
We ution. He was escorted to the platform
amid tumult of applause that collapsed
ANYTHING that had preceded it. For sew
eraI minutes MIR. Lodge had to await the
subsiding OF cheering. When quiet came
at length he said, after eulogizing the
state department, that he hoped that the
people would stand by the President at
| this iunoture. He said: 1T is said that
Congress forced war upon the people, but
in q great crisis it is the country that
forces war upon Congress. The great
mass of the people were against war,
but believed that wrong must be right
ed.
In the course of his remarks be said
that we wanted no intangling alliances
thatswe can take care of ourselves with
my honored colleague, Senator Hoar, I
must cordially agree that we want not
conquered provinces or subject people,
What our future policy will be the fu-
ture will decide. - 1t would not be be.
coming in me as a senator, or q mem her
Of the committee on foreign affairs, to
attempt to anticipate the details OF the
settlement OF Paris.
The United States has become one of
the foremost nations of the world, but