The age-herald., 1899-10-07
MASSACHUSETTS, t REPUBLICANS They Meet and Nominate Crane
 for Governor. UNANIMOUS IN THE CHOICE President Mckinley and His Philippine Policy Enthusiastically Endorsed
 Renewed Allegiance to the Gold
 Standard-Lynching Scored
UNANIMOUS IN THE CHOICE

Boston, Mass, October 6-The republican state convention today was very enthus- astic and harmonious, and nominated the following ticket:
 Governor-WILLIAM MURRAY CRANE, of Dalton.
 nt-Governor-JOHN T. BATES, of Boston.
 Secretary of State-WIILIAM L. OLIN, of Boston.
 Attorney-General-H w. KNoWLToN. of New Bedford
 Auditor-JoHN w. KIIBALL, of Fitch- burg.
 Treasurer and Receiver -General-ED- WARD $. BRADFORD, of Springfield.
 The convention was held in Music hall to- day. Unusual interest developed in the convention some time ago, owing to a con- test between General Curtis Guild, Jr., and Hon. John L. Bates, speaker of the house of representatives, for the nomination of lieu tenant-governor, but the caucus, which re- suited in favor of Bates, was followed by General Guilds withdrawal.
 The convention was called to order by Hon. A. H. Goetting, the retiring chairman of the state central committee.
 lie cOlHHlItlte OH tISuSHNidlS iSPOltS tSu 1,754 delegates present. Col Melvin o. Adams was elected permanent chairman of the convention, and in taking the chair delivered speech, in the course of which he commended the republican national and state admins tra tions.
 The committee on resolutions reported the platform, which was received with applause and adopted
 The platform opens with fehcitation upon the results which have followed the resto- ration of the republican party to power in all the branches of the federal government On the subject of national finances and the currency tho platform says:
 "Bonds and notes, payable in coin, must be established by law to be payable in gold, and provisions made for supply of gold when required. The republican party stands unreservedly pledged to maintain the existing gold standard, and we look with confidence to the Fifty-sixuh congress for the enactment of measures to so per feet our monetary system that there shall be ample money for the expanding busi- ness of the country and so safeguard the treasury that it can at all times protect the national credit"
  new markets for the manufactured prod uets of the United States; the development. of the merchant marine of this country, and such improvement of the principal har- bors of the United States as shall make them accessible to the largest vessels afloat.
 On the subject of the trusts the plat form says: The republican party of Mas sachusetts is unqualitiedly opposed to trusts and monopoly and the capitalization on fic- titious and speculative valuations"
 The national administration is endorsed in the following paragraph:
 I've express our confidence in the pa triotic ideals of President Mckinley and the high qualities of statesmanship with which he has impressed them on his ad- ministration. He has enforced an efficient conduct of affairs in every department of the country; he has so conducted the diplo- matic service as to win for the United States the respect and admiration of for eign nations.
 'srhe recent war with Spain which was necessitated by humanity has been over whelmingly vindicated by the results so speedily and splendidly attained.
 We commend the tact, the patience, the skill and the statesmanlke spirit with which the president has approached the perplexing problems arising from the war. Under the treaty with Spain, the law of nations put upon the United States the re- sponsibiity for the peace and security of life and property, the well-being and the future government of the Philippine Is- lands. Accepting this responsibility, it is our profound trust that the present hos tilitie can be brought to an early termina- ton, and that congress, guided by wise and patriotic administration, will establish and maintain in those islands, hitherto the