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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
4
Mens furnishings advertise high grade fancy shirts hats including Dunlap Young and Lamson Hubbard derby hats with silk trimming and English leather sweat. A regular three dollar hat offered at a lower price than two dollars for Alpines and new golf hats made to order in fall shades.
The Boston Democracy gathered with delegates from every county to name state leaders. Notable figures included John C. Crosby, A. A. Putnam, and John H. Lee as they debated the platform and nominated Robert Treat Paine Jr. for Attorney General and John B. O’Donnell for Lieutenant Governor amid lively applause.
Chairman Callahan opens with a call to duty for Massachusetts Democrats to rally for national democracy amid threats to the republic. Speakers praise Boutwell Putnam and others who shifted from party to country, condemn imperialism and trusts, and warn against McKinley and Cabinet picks while affirming the Democratic stance on rights and reform.
Judge A. A. Putnam of Uxbridge, a lifelong Republican, spoke at a campaign event after years of stumping for the party. He remarked that he would feel odd and out of place in another context.
A speech railing at the Grand Old Party prompts laughter as a voice attacks expunging Jefferson and Lincoln, tearing Washington’s farewell, and arming youth for benevolent assimilation to open markets abroad. The scene highlights partisan tensions and fears of imperial policy.
The speaker calls for reform of dialogue and lexicon to align with American values, pledging to resist foreign inuences while celebrating a future renewal of freedom. Attendees applaud as the orator predicts the eventual decline of unethical politics and the enduring rise of prosperity and rights under God.
The permanent convention chairman William B McNary reaffirmed Democratic platforms aligning with Chicago and Kansas City. He criticized Massachusetts Republicans as dominated by corporations and said railroads and quasi public interests decide Senate and House leadership.
The Massachusetts Democratic convention endorses the Kansas City platform and nominees, denounces Republican policy in Porto Rico and Cuba, supports Philippine independence, and urges reforms in taxation, labor, and utilities. It pledges Bryan and Stevenson as candidates and calls for direct legislation and stronger public control of monopolies.
The platform denounces corporate control over legislation and the rise of the lobby. It calls for abolishing lobby power, curbing corporate privileges, regulating railroad rates, reducing gas and electric rates for the public, and consolidating state boards. It endorses labor protections and taxation reform, and nominates Robert Treat Paine Jr. for Governor by acclamation.
Harvey N. Shepard, a leading gold Democrat, spoke urging home rule for towns and municipalities. He demanded the General Court stay out of local concerns and allow town meetings and city councils to control police, schools, and other local matters.
Robert Treat Paine Jr. accepts the gubernatorial nomination amid cheers, pledging gratitude and honoring a party that stands as Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. He notes the rights of men reaffirmed, echoed in Faneuil Hall.
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