The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-02
BAY STATE IDEAS
Massachusetts Democrats Hold
Their State Convention
FORMULATE PLATFORM
Name Col. w. A. CASTOR of
Boston for Governor.

Boston, Oct. LIN a most harmonious
state convention and with an enthusiasm
greater than has been displayed in a
gathering of the party in Massachusetts
in many years the Democrats of this state
today nominated their leaders for the
campaign of 1903. The sentiment of the
convention sounded both in the address
of the permanent chairman and in the
platform adopted seemed TO be q general
condemnation Of the policy of the oppo-
site party, both with reference to national
and state administrations.
The candidates, all of whom were noni-
mated by accfama ton, follow
For governor, VIM. a. CASTOR. Boston.
Lieutenant governor. Richard Oiney.
Second LEICESTER
Secretary of state, Ezekiel NJ. Ezekiel.
Springfield.
Treasurer, Thomas C. Thatcher, Var
mouth.
Auditor, Francis Letrault, South Bridge.
Attorney general, John J. Flaherty,
Gloucester
Mr.. Bartlett. the chairman, in his speech
referred to Gen. Nelson A. Miles as the
foremost American soldier living today,
dear to the hearts of our people, idolized
by his old comrades.
This was received with applause and
cheers which compelled the speaker to
pause. and when he resumed the audience
remained quiet only long enough to hear
the words has been disciplined, snubbed
belittled and insulted by crowd of fus-
tian soldiers and sycophants surrounding
the technical head of the army, who was
a chance participant in a small fight, 7
when it burst into another tremendous
hand clapping and shouts. The platform
adopted.
The platform reaffirns the principles of
Democracy, declaring that the Democratic
party shall tight the trust oligarchy now
as we fought the political oligarchy with
Jefferson
1t denounces the trusts as ''monopolies
made by law, entrenched behind prohibit
tive tariff. buttressed by subsidies and
special rates plundering our people with
the one hand, while with the other they
reach for conquest and sell their product
cheap abroad that they may sell it dear
at home"
1t continues: I'VE despise that hypoc-
risy which outdoes Populism in placing
the treasury money at the service Of ia
vored banks and breaks laws TO favoi
Wall street spectators. We favor i'm
mediate regulation of trusts under the in
terstate commerce and taxation powers
of congress and the admission free of
duty of articles controlled by the trusts
on raw materials of manufacture and the
necessities of life
Article III. We condemn the campaign
of conquest and subjusation. We demand
that Cuba be treated as promised. We de-
mand that the Philippines be treated like
Cuba.
IN Reciprocity with Canada, long the
hope of Massachusetts, must soon be
achieved or abandoned forever
V. We hold that the principles Of civil
service reform should not be deserted by
an official however high. or for poliu-
cal exegency, however great United
States senators should be elected by the
people and not by legislators packed or
corrupted
1t further demands state and national
legislation in behalf of labor: condemTS
the abuse by some federal courts of the
high writ of injunction; favors tribunals
for voluntary arbitration in labor dis
putes with power to enforce their DEGREES;
condemns lynchings everywhere: and IA
vors an earl declaration of our purpose
in the Philippines and opposes the repeal
of the 14th or 18th amendment"
Col. w. A CASTOR of Boston was chosen
for governor by reclamation. Richard
Olney Second, of Leicester. was nominal
ed for lieutenant governor also by accla-
nation