The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-22

''yelped' had brought into the hall a
number of men from 'cattleships.
Senator John A. Kelliher protested
against the election Of delegates to a
convention that has not yet been called.
He declared that the question at issue
is the most vital that has been present
ed in the party for years and should be
settled rightly.
Daniel j. Crowley of the Boston COM
mon council followed. He quoted Lin
coins words in regard to "fooling the
people" He declared that the city en-
ployes from the city hall had been sent
to the convention by Mayor Quincy to
break UP the convention. He referred
to Congressman Fitzgerald as the Con-
cord Junction ''megaphone," and spoke
at length in favor of the original mo-
ton.
James H. Mellen of Worcester fol-
lowed. He appealed to the delegates as
representatives of the entire state, not
of individual districts, and deprecated
recriminations and personalities.
Henry T. Shafter then moved the pre-
vous question, and it was declared car
ried by a small margin.
A motion was being made to the eff
feet that the delegates to the national
convention be instructed to vote for w.
J. Bryan. but before it could be put to
the convention Congressman Fitzgerald
again demanded the floor on question
of privilege. He argued for Is minutes
amid tumult that was deafening.
Then he was permitted to state his
question. Instead of doing so, however,
he made a long speech to the effect that
the delegates had been denied the right
to vote as they should, and that an hon
est and fair count was not obtained.
Called the Police.
The police were again called upon to
compel the delegates to remain in their
seats and to stop the use of mega
phones upon the floor. Mr. Fitzgerald
appealed for division of the house and
a roll call, but the chair ruled he had
not stated a privileged question, and
he gave way to Hon. Thomas Gargan.
There was a marked difference in the
attitude of the delegates towards Mr..
Gargan and the treatment of those
who had preceded him.
There was almost silence while he
was speaking, frequently broken by
cheers and applause. In neat speech
of eulogy, he nominated Robert Treat
Paine, Jr., of Boston, as the candidate
for governor. His nomination WAS
carried.
Arthur Wilmington of Newburyport
placed in nomination for lieutenant
governor, John H. Mack of North Ad-
ans.
The report of the committee to bring
in list of 20 members at large on the
state committee was adopted The
names reported were as follows
Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Boston;
Charles D. Lewis, South birmingham:
John H. Mack North Adams; Charles
P. McNabb, Waltham; Harry Lloyd,
Boston; John H. Ponce, Cambridge; Mi
chael M. Cunniff, Boston; Christopher
I. Callahan, Holyole; John j. Raleigh,
Northampton; James Il. Mellen, Wor-
,ester; Harry ]. Jaquith, Wellesley
James E. Donohue, Lawrence; Daniel
n. Crowley, Danvers; Stephen M.
Walsh Lynn; John j. Ross, Cambridge;
Patrick J. DAILY, Boston; William S.
lMcNary, Boston; James e. Fitzgerald,
Boston; A. c. Drinkwater, Braintree;
Charles Paine, Boston.
The platform was then read, which
was unanimously adopted.
The report of the committee on the
balance of the state ticket was then
and the list of candidates was
adopted.
The chairman then appointed Mr.
Williams and Mr.. Gargan to escort the
candidates into the con-
vention. Mr.. Paine was greeted with
several rounds of cheers as he was in
The committee appointed to select the |
delegates to the national convention
made its report. The delegates at large
are Hon. George Fred Williams, Col |
A. G. Drinkwater, William S. McNary
and Christopher T. Callahan.
There were several attempts at dis
turbances when the motion to ACCEPT
the report of this committee was put,
but they We're suppressed, and the't
chairman declared the report adopted,
and the list of delegates stands as an
nounced.
Paine's Philosophy.
When he was presented to the con-
Mr.. Paine expressed his deep
of the honor conferred
upon him by the nomination, and ex-
tended a welcome to those ofsthe party
who had returned to the fold after their
over the financial ques-
ton. The present campaign, he said, is
not contest of candidates, but one of
The Philippine war was
brought on through democratic agita-
ton, in accordance with the pledge of
their platform of 1896, that the people
of Cuba of right ought to be free and
independent. We have nothing to r.
greet, said he, but we do not believe in
fighting in the Philippine jungle or in
hunting down those brown men. It is
President Mckinley who is wag1ng that
war, and on him the responsibility will
rest.
Unfortunately President Mckinley
has a propensity to blunder. Think Of
an Alger picked out of all the manhood
in this country to control our army.
Think of an Egan as commissary.
Think of Shafter lying on his cot three
miles from the battlefield. At Santiago
Gen. Miles arrived in time to stem the
tide. I put this question to you: If it
required IA months for an indignant
people to force the president to remove
Alger, how long shall we have to endu e
an Otis? I ask for no vote from any
man. I bid you go back to your homes
and if you think that the principles of
our nation are put in danger by this
wa2, and in danger from this attempt
to subjugate people giving their lives
for liberty, then organize, rouse rour
friends. appeal to the moral conscience
of your neighbors."
The convention closed at 4.30
THE PLATFORM.