

.11 M"i: i;m-:i; nl-' fNTIT.h AMKKH 



public tnist, ami to eradicate the -j- u- v \>r.-m in 

 both appointments and l.--i-!:i!:- 

 posed, thereforv, to proU'ction. i,. paternalism, to 

 hat money, and to clam legislation. It - an ..!! 

 party in its steadfast f the iim-lian-- 



rinciples of justice and equal rights and in its 

 crested devotion already fully proved : a n,-\\ 

 jiarty in its clear and resolute aim to restore popu- 

 lar government in tin- I'mtrd Staii-s t.. tin- purpoae 

 which it is now diverteil the service of the 



tho Republican convention, in Host..,,. 

 29, the principles of th< 

 ami tii.- nationnl adminiMra 

 platform said further : 



no Republicans of Massachusetts maintain 

 their fundamental Mief in the unsect 

 public school. They dan- insist upon a full en- 

 forcement of the liquor law. They believe that the 

 frequent approval of loans outside the debt limit is 

 against wise municipal economy." 



Th<- election resulted in favor of the Kepublicans. 

 r stood : Wolcott. Kcpublican. 

 165.095: Williams, Deraocm rerett, 



National Democrat, 18,879; Hrophy, Social ist- La- 

 bor, 5,301 ; Bascom. Prohibition, 4,948. 



At the city election in Boston, !>< . VM. .l.-iah 

 l^iincy. I >emocrat f was re-elected mayor bv a plu- 



<79. 



lie town elections iii March the most excite- 

 ment was caused by the license vote. Of 85 towns 

 reported, 13 voted " Yes," against 12 in 196. The 

 vote was changed in seven or eight. 



>IM II \Mi X..M Mn|;ni;m KOI I Mil h 

 AMK1IM \N. This organi/at ion is an outgrowth 

 of the American Mechanics' Union. established July 

 8, 1845, as a fraternal society, with headquarters in 

 Philadelphia. This latter." afterward called the 

 "Order of Tinted American Mech. as the 



practical result of a movement begun in 1843 to 

 restrict immigration and in several other respects 

 to secure for native Americans privileges in keep- 

 ing with the spirit of the Constitution. The restric- 

 tion of immigration was given the first place in a 

 statement of principles and leading ideas enter- 

 tained by the founders of the order. Following 

 this came advocacy of the Bible as a reading book 

 in public schools ; complete separation of Church 

 ana state; selection of native Americans as legis- 

 lators, administrators, and executors of the law. 

 The parent order published at the time of its in- 

 ception six declared objects: 1. To assist on 



in obtaining employment. 2. To assist one 

 another in business, by patronizing one another in 

 preference to foreigners. 3. To assist the unfortu- 

 nate in obtaining employment suitable to their 

 afflictions. 4. To establish a cemetery for deceased 

 members. 5. To establish a funeral fund. 6. To 

 establish a fund for the relief of widows and or- 

 phan* of deceased members. Chief among the men 

 who were active in establishing the parent order 

 were Luther Chapman and Richard G. HowelL 



The Junior Order of United American Mechanics 

 was instituted May 17, 1853, the first meeting being 

 ,n th. Concord schoolhouse, Oermantown, 

 Pa^ not far from the historic battlefield, 

 motto is "Virtue, liberty, and pat riot is,,,." fa 

 watchword is'-i'atri mi/ 1 The credit of bring- 

 ing this order into existence is largely due to Gideon 

 D. Harmer. Klliott Smith, and William M. Weck- 

 erlv. The declaration of principles includes the 

 following opinions and resolutions : 



"That tin- constant landing upon our shores of 

 the hordes of ignorant, vicious, and lawless crimi- 

 nals of the Old World should I** viewed with alarm 

 by the loyal and patriotic citizen* of this country. 



"We a'ffirm a warm and hearty welcome to "all 



immigrants who desire to Mter their condition and 

 become a part and parcel of our nationality ; I. HI we 

 have not one scj it a re inch of i-..,, ,,, for the anarchist, 

 the socialist, or the nihilist, or for ;inv one \\ 



K.I.WUHP v I.CKMKK. 

 SBCUTARY OF JUNIOR ORDER OF MBCBAWIC8. 



not willing to bow allegiance to that fla^ which is 



powerful enough to protect them as well as u- in 

 the exercise of a ll civil and religious liberty. 



" \Ve aflirm our devotion to the public-school sys- 

 tem of this country. We believe iii compulsory 

 education, and that all teaching in our Bohoou 

 should be in the Kn^lish language, to the end that 

 future generations may be able \<> take their place- 

 in the ranks of our country's workers, educated in 

 the history, customs, and manners of Americans. 



" We guarantee to every man the liberty of wor- 

 shiping God according to the dictates of his own 

 conscience, and would give every assistance to pro- 

 tect all in the exercise of this liberty, but we object 

 most strenuously to the interference' of any Church. 

 no matter under what name it may exist, in the 

 temporal affairs of this country. 



"We believe that the liiblc s'hollld be read ill our 



public schools; not to teach sectarian ism. In it to in- 

 culcate its teachings-. It is the recogni/.ed standard 

 of all moral and civil law ; we therefore believe that 

 our children should be educated in its teachings, 

 but that no dogma or creed should be taught at 

 the same time. 



\\ 'hat patriotism and lOTO of OOUntTV 



should be instilled into the hearts of children, and 

 that, with the sacred words of f mother," home, 1 

 and 'heaven,' our children should be taught that 

 our Hag i< the symbol of all that makes a home for 

 us. We would place a Hag upon every iniblic school 

 in our land, and a I'ible within, and ifie object les- 

 son then in set forth should be a beacon light in 

 every storm that threatens to engulf D& 



In the strictest sense we are a national political 



i/ation, but we oppose with unanimity the 



slightest taint of partisanship. 'Our Country ' is- 



our motto, and we keep this motto steadily before 



us." 



