The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-08-22
Fiat District Convention.

The delegatc from the several towns In
the First Uongrcssional District assembled
attic Town Hall In Saco, on Thursday,
August IA. They were called to order at
ii O'Clock, by Jedediah Jewett, Esq. Chair.
man Of the District COMMITTEES.
The convention was organized temporarily
by tho choice OF James Morton, Esq, of BuI.
ton, Chairman, and Henry Willis OF Port.
land, Secretary.
On motion Of Amos W. Page. Esq., the
following gentlemen were appointed by the
Chairman a Committee on Credentials:
Amos w. Page, Of Biddeford, George w.
Woodman Of Portland. .Icbabod Frust. OF
Sanford, William Paine, Of Standish, Geo.
Hobbs Of Wells, David o. Moulton of Par
sons6eld, Anscl Merrill of Buxton.
On motion OF Andrew T. Dole Esq, the
following gentlemen were appointed by the
Cha irman Committee ON Permanent Or.
ganixation: -.
Andrew T. Dole, of Portland, Alexander
r. Chisholm OF Saco. Isaac F. Quimby of
Wstbrook, Nathaniel II. Goodwin, of Bid.
deford. Christopher ID. Sawyer Of Baldwin,
Ivory NJ. Mute Of Berwick, Jolt S. Perkins
Of Kcnnebunkport.
While the committee were out, Mr.. Kim
ball entertained tho convention with glori-
Gus Fremont and Liberty song.
Mr.. Gooch Of Boston formerly Of Wells)
followed In sound Union speech
Tho Committee on Credentials reported
by Amos W. Page, Esq, all the towns rep
resented except Sebago and Naples.
The following are the. names of the dele
t..aN 10. In .nn
South Berwick.-Joshua n. Goodwin,
William Barleigh,, Andrew ]. Neatly, Ira
Gilpatrick, g.. II. Wakefield. .ti
neutrality-suspicious. NJ. Stone, S. n.
Gould, Moses Mason, Albert Perkins, c. L.
Stone, 10. S. Perkins. -
.Kittery.-Charlcs Stinson. Albert A.
Hayes, John Williams, Gilman Jenkins,
William Tobey. .f..,,, On s,..,, "a ..s..f -
Lyman.-Jo'eph Murphy, Dimou En-
mons.
York.-Jercmiah s. Putnam, George
Baker, Edward A. Bragdon, VIM. Titcomb,
Samuel Weber. -. r, Id ma
ShapIcigh.-John d. Cook, F. w. Pray.
Cornish.-Wm. B. Pike, Joshua d.
Small. IT.. H-.. rhI =.
Portland.-Cbarles +. Barrett, William
Brown, Otis Cutler, Rensselaer, Cram, Lem
uel Cobb, O. H.. Davis, Andrew I. Dole,
Augustus p. Fuller, j. j. Gilbert, a. B.
Holden, Edward Hamblin, -. l.. Merrill,
John Z. Proctor, John A.. Poor, b. d. Peck,
Geo. Pearson, Steven Smith, l.. B. Smith,
]. b. Thorndike, Geo W Woodman. Hen.
ry Willis, X. c. Webster, Joseph York.
| Alfnd.-Nathan ID. Appleton, John II.
Goodenow. .t1. r.a.lf
Berwick,-Oliver Hill, Ivory N. Mute,
Mark Wentworth, Frederick Hayes,
North Berwick. Schenck, John
Stevens, Nathan Neal. ~ f.ri '", ..7-ll''
Observation-Disclosures Small, James Frost,
Erying Small, Arthur Macarthur, Edmund
Bngdon.
Wells.-Georgc Fairbanks, Joshua Good.
win, Chas. Bragdon, w. &. Hemingway,
George Hobbs. =. ...g 90. ~ i =.
Lebanon.-T. l.. Kimball. 1gr.I
Bddeford.-Thos. QGimby, Samuel White
Benjamin Moshcr. Amos W. Page, j. II.
Fitzpatrick, w. II. Hanson, s. j. Abbott,
7. D. Emery, Daniel Stimson, Richard
Bettes. .. III. 'fl
! iKenncbunk.-OrenR oss, q. b. Littlefeld,
John A. Lord, ). B. Jelllson, Joseph Day.
Eliot.--Joscph Frost, Jamc, s. Tobcy.
Baldwin.--Charlcs Sawyer, Nathan Saw.
iycr. ga, .,. .F.. ....
Gorham.-Bcnj. A. Watson, John Rob
erts. y. w. Berry, Mark Moshicr, Daniel
7. Frost. ''" =
Stnndish.--Wm. Paine, Thomas Eimcs,
John Yates, Aaron I.eavitt. .. p
Dayton.-S, G. Hight, Oliver Bickford.
Limcrick.-James Perkins, VIM. II. Saw
yer, Ephraim Dargan. o. ..'''
Buxton.-A. l.. Came, r. Bacon, b. 3.
Rounds, l.. Merrill, James Morton. To-
Sanlori-I. S. Kimball,N B. Greenhalgh,
4 W. Weber, j. Baird.
Acton-A. j. lord, NJ II. Garvin.
Hollis-A. X. p. Bradbury, Henry Wild
CT, Samuel Locke, Martin foss.
Westbrook-lHwis Hardy, Lewis p. War
rcn, Rufus Durham, John Russell, A. =.
Chapman, Henry Minot, Isaac +. Quimby.
Observation-Disclosures Lougcc, David o.
Moalton, Elijah S. Buzzcll, Enoch B. Hob.
son. .' H's rf..
Cape Elinbc,ll-Alyin b. Rand, Samuel
G. Rand, Stephen Hubbard, Nathaniel
Bowe. "f.
Scarboro'-Sewarl |. Merrill, John Lar.
rbce, Samuel Higgins. ~ .-
Saco--Alex. L. Chisholm, NJ. Primes,
Charles Hill, Rufus p. Taplcy, Samuel
Haincs, Geo. Parchcr, Ivory Lord, Charles
Z. Sawyer. l-rf. .a' '...' si.i.
! Observation-Disclosures Bennett, Benja.
min +. Pierce, John Mason. go.
Tnc COMMITTEES on Permanent 0rganiza.
ton, by AT. Dole, Eq., reported the fol.
lowing list Of officers, who took their places
on the platform amid great applause
! PRrspEI.
Hon. NATHAN ID. APPLETON, Of Alfred.
:" VicE-PREIDENTs,
Benjamin Moshcr, OF Biddeiord.
I Ivory NJ. Mute, Of Berwick. Il.
~ l.. p. Warren, of Wcstbrook. tlsr.s. .
Gilman Iougcc, of Parsonsfeld. b.
Charles Il. Barrett, of Portland.
Joseph Frost, of Eliot. ''''s'
Mark Mosher, of Gorham. i,a
Charles Hill, Of Saco. r- asa
SECRETARIES, r
Henry Willis, OF Portland.
Francis Bacon, OF Buxton. -"
Mr.. Appleton, on taking tho chair, ad-
dressed the Convention, lie was followed
by John a. Poor, Of Portland. r..,...
On motion OF A. 7. Dole, Esq, CON-
mittec Of one from each town repfccn'cd in
tho convention was selected by the respective
delegations 10 report tho name ola cindi.
date for cl-ctor and list OF gentlemen TO
constitute District COMMITTEES for the cam
paign. .ns i''1'. .na 81
A Committee on Resolutions was appoint
ed, consisting Of tho following gentlenen:
John A. Poor, Of Portland, Rufus p.
Taplcy, Of Sico, George w. Bourne Of Ken
nebunk, A. l.. Came Of Buxton, Isaac y.
Quimby, Of Westbrook. ia,..r q. ffg o..
The convention then adjourned to ] 10
o'clock p. NJ. +'-,t .. 81.
f. AFTERNOON.
Tho Convention re-assembled at IL
o'clock, Pm. The names of the Mcctoral
Nominating Committee were reported. %.
John A. Poor, Esq, Of Portland, called
upon gentlemen from York County To cx-
press their preference for candidate for
Representative to Congress from this LIST Dis