The Worcester spy., 1898-10-09
RATIFIED.
StateNOnlinees
Dined.
GOOD CHEER
Abounds at Banquet of the
Middlesex Club.

Boston. Oct. S.-Republican candi-
dates for the state offices received their
first ratification of the campaign at
the MiddleseX Clubs dinnar at Young's
Hotel this afternoon. Governor VOL
colt and Lieut. Gov. Crane were there,
and so were Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Congressman Moody of Haver-
hill, who presided at The state conven-
ton the other day. Mccall of Winches-
ter and Knox of Lawrence, and with
this array of talent to call upon, the
many other well known republicans
present had a chance TO hear some good
speeches as a fitting opening to the
campaign in this state.
The other state officers Hon. William
M. Olin, secretary of state; Hon. John
w Kimball, auditor, and Hon. E. B.
Shaw, treasurer, were present
The meeting was called for LIS
o'clock. and brief reception preceded
the dinner to which the company pro-
ceeded about half an hour later.
Mr.. Champlin opened the post-pran-
dial exercises by referring to the time
honored custom of the MiddIesex Club
to meet and greet the nominees of the
republican convention, and to enter
tain as its guests the gentlemen who
have received the honor Of being nom>
mated for high office by the republi-
cans Of this commonwealth.
President Champlin took his seat at
the middle of the long table, with Gov.
Wolcott on his right and Senator Lodge
on his left. On the governors right sat
Congressman William H. Moody Of
Haverhill, Secretary Olin, Capt. ]. G.
B. Adams, sergeant -at-arms; State
Auditor Kimball, ex- Mayor Thomas n.
Hart of Boston, and Senator E. w.
Roberts. Beyond Senator Lodge, on the
other wing of the head table, sat Col
lector George H. Lyman, State Treas
urer Shaw, Congressman William S.
Knox, Councillor Nathaniel F. Ryder
Speaker John L. Bates of the house,
and President George E. Smith Of the
senate.
Among those at the other tables, Of
which there were three, were: Hon. q.
B. Hayes H. M Whitney Of the state
board of pharmacy; ex-senator e. M.
Mcpherson of East Boston, Represen-
tattve j. j. Myers of Cambridge, Cal.
Whipple of Brockton, A. e. Winship of
Somerville, Roland H. Boutwell, Of Bel
mont, Willard Howland and E. C. Put
nam of Chelsea, Assistant Appraiser
Alfred w. Brown. Thorndike Spaulding
of Cambridge, ex-Representative Henry
e. Turner of Maiden, ex-senator Chas.
f. Brown of Reading, Representative
A. A Maxwell, Representative F. E.
Huntress of Somerville, and others
After the cigars had been lighted
Gen. Champlin called the club to order
and preceding his introduction of the
first of the honored guests, Gov VOL
colt, made vigorous speech almost
wholly devoted to the question of the
policy Of the nation in regard to ter
rttorial expansion, a policy which he
advocaned. Gov Wolcott endorsed
the platform adopted at the convention
on Thursday, and in speaking of the
war said:
While we tenderly mourn the suffer-
ing that this war has entalled, we feel
that seldom in the history of the world
have great and noble results been OBJ
tanned by so small an aggregate of
suffering and death"
The governor spoke feelingly of the
death of Hon. Sherman Hoar
Senator Lodge, who followed the gov
ernor, also referred to the death of
Sherman Hoar. He was lust as much
of hero as though he had fought on
the slopes of San Juan. '"The state
grieVes for him." said Senator Lodge.
The main portion OF Senator Lodges
speech was devoted to the part Massa-
chusetts had taken in the Spanish war
her contributions to the army and
navy. In this connection, the speaker
stated that not the least of the contri-
buttons OF Massachusetts was John D.
Long, the secretary of the navy. He
commented most fiatteringly on the
way in which the navy had been CON
Quoted. Senator Lodge declared that
much of the distress which was caused
by the transportation Of troops and
rations would never have existed had
the transport service been under the
control of the navy. That system, he
said, was a vicious one Congressman
Moody and Knox both spoke at some
length On motion of Rev. A. E. Win
ship, resolutions were adopted by a
rising vote on the death of Mr.. Hoar.