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MASSACHUSETTS. 



As soon as the delegates had recovered from 

 the surprise caused by this action of General 

 Bntler, Governor Washburn was renominated 

 by acclamation, and the remainder of tlio 

 State ticket was made up as follows : Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, Thomas Talbot, of Hillt-rica; 

 Attorney-General, Charles K. Train, of Boston ; 

 Secretary of State, Oliver Warner, of North- 

 ampton!; Auditor, Charles Endicott, of Can- 

 ton; and Treasurer, Charles Adams, Jr., of 

 North Brookfield. The following platform 

 was then adopted: 



Jtttolcl. That the Republicans of Massachusetts 

 emphatically disapprove of and condemn the action 

 of those members of the last Congress, Republicans 

 and Democrats, who availed themselves of the oc- 

 casion of an increase of the salary of the President, 

 and of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and of the 

 members of the cabinet, supposed to be just and 

 necessary for the future, to secure to themselves a 

 disproportionate and extravagant compensation for 

 past as well an future services. 



Kesohed, That while we recognize the full right of 

 every citizen to express and act upon his convi. 

 upon all questions of public interest, no person 

 holding public office has the right to seek to influ- 

 ence the action of his subordinates by excitim; t heir 

 fear of loss of place if their opinions and actions 

 shall differ from his own, and we call upon the 

 President further to remove all public officers who 

 have improperly interfered with the independence of 

 the Republicans of Massachusetts in the management 

 of their local concerns, whenever the fact is proved 

 to their satisfaction. 



Ketolatd, That the adoption of a policy which 

 shall so reduce freights on railroads that the raw 

 material, food, and coal of the West and South shall 

 be exchanged at the least possible cost for the manu- 

 facture* or New England interesting the whole coun- 

 try is vital to the industries of Massachusetts; that 

 the power vested by the Constitution in Congress to 

 re/ulate commerce between the States include" juris- 

 di.'tion over this groat subject, and that we call 

 upon Congress ana our State Legislature to so exer- 

 cise all their powers over railroads and all such mo- 

 nopolies. 



JfaolrtJ, That every great achievement for personal 

 libertv, for the preservation of the Union, for educa- 

 tion, for the elevation of labor, for the elevation of 

 woman, for the extension of suffrage, which has 

 been accomplished in this country for a gone i 

 has been due to the Republican party ; tliat while 

 none of these great causes has any thing to hope for 

 in the future from any other source, while every 

 new truth, every claim founded on justice will in 

 the future, as in the past, find its earliest converts, 

 , ist generous recognition, its strongest advo- 

 cates and its first victories among the Republicans of 

 Massachusetts ; and that pressing duty of the day is 

 to secure honesty and puntv, the right of the people 

 peaceably to assemble ana take counsel on public 

 matters and select their agents free from violence, 

 intimidation, and fraud ? the right to hold caucuses 

 and conventions without being cheated and bullied, 

 and we therefore call upon nil honest Republic-nil-. 

 however they may differ on other t]iir<u"ii's nr how- 

 soever they may have advanced in their r< 

 of new ideas, to unite in purging the Commonwealth 

 and the nation of violence, treachery, and corrup- 

 tion. 



Rttolmd, That we demand such lezi-lntinn on the 

 hours of labor as will secure the ten-hour system for 

 women and minors employed in the factories of Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



Kaoimd, That the Republican party Is the party of 

 temperance, order, and law ; that it favors the hon- 

 st and impartial execution In good faith of all laws, 



especially those for the suppression of crime, intem- 

 perance, and disorder ; that the chyaoter and de- 

 tails of such laws must be such as the people 

 decide through their representatives chosen to the 

 two branches of the Legislature, and, when so de- 

 termined, should be obeyed cheerfully by all law- 

 abiding citizens, until repealed by the some author- 

 ity. 



Rttolrtd, That the Republicans of Massacli 

 look with pride upon the Republican adiuiniiit 

 at' the Commonwealth, and recognize in their candi- 

 date for Governor, William B. Washburn, the panic, 

 qualities of good sense, fidelity, and uprightness, 

 the same watchfulness for the public interest and 

 care for the public welfare which he has socor 

 ouely exhibited as one of our repres. 

 Congress, and we commend him and his associates 

 upon the ticket this day nominated to the hearty 

 support of the good people of the Commonwealth. 



A supplementary resolution was adopted, 

 providing that hereafter all meetings iu 

 lor the election of delegates to the State Con- 

 vention shall be held by wards ; that no dele- 

 gates be admitted to the convention without 

 credentials from the proper ward officers ; that 

 no one but Republican voter* are entii: 

 vote for delegates to the State Convention ; 

 that any ten Republican voters may demand 

 the use of the check-list; and, if after such 

 demand, the list is not used, delegates so cho- 

 sen shall be refused seats in the hall of the 

 convention by the committee. 



The election resulted in the success of the 

 entire Republican t'n-ket. The total vote was 

 1 :>-'. :iS3, of which Governor Wa-.lil>nrn re- 

 ceived 72,183; William Gaston, 59,860; and 

 790 were scattering. The political composi- 

 tion of the Legislature is as follows : 



On the tempernnce question 10 in the S< n 

 ate are pronounced prohibitionists, 11 declare 

 for license, and the views of the remainder are 

 indicated us unknown; in the House, 70 tire. 

 avowed prohibitionists; 79 favor license, and 

 the views of the remaining 51 are not known. 



William B. Washburn was born in Winehcn- 

 don, January 81, 1820, and graduated at Vale 

 College in 1*14. After leaving college ho 

 devoted himself fo manufacture, and entered 

 public life in 1850, when he wns elected to 

 the State Senate from Onmire. Ho became a 

 member of the Republican party upon its or- 

 ganization in 1856, was elected to OoagrMrfal 

 l-i;-_>, and was returned biennially until _1871, 

 when he was chosen Governor of the State. 

 He was reeleeted in 1: *72, and has now > 

 chosen for the third time, 



In the Third Congressional District an elec- 

 tion was held to fill the' vaeancy eansed by the 

 death of William Whiting. Henry I,. }' 

 Republican, the Mayor of Hilton, was el. 

 by a majority of 5,805 over all oppnnen- 

 having received 6,850 votes, while 788 were 



