The Portland daily press., 1866-08-08

DeerihS Hall in this city. The number of
4 ueiegates present was much smaller than we
nave ever seen before at such gatherings, but
the leaders and wire-pullers were all on hand
All the old hacks and leaders of the party
were there though the masses were not.
There was Virgil d. Paris, Marcellus Emery.
Bion Bradbury, David Dunn, N S. Littlefield
John sBabson, Robert Burns, Calvin Record
j. w. Bradbury, Arnold Blaney, Gershom
Boynton, W. B. S. Moore, E.. W. Farley, and
all the old wire-pullcrs who for years have cut
out the party work. Col. Lyman, as usual, was
busy doing the "mousing" part of the business.
! About IL o'clock the Convention was called
to order by Paul S. Merrill, chairman of the
State Committee, who nominated Abraham
Sanborn, ESQ, of Bangor, for President. Mr..
Sanborn, on taking the chair made some re-
marks, and laid great stress upon what the
1 Democracy would do in restoring and stand
| ing by the Union, one and indivisible, entirely
| ignoring the fact that the Democrats or cop
perheads of the North had been doing all they
could during the rebellion, to aid the South in
their schemes of separation. He called upon
Democrats to forget their past differences,
claiming that the peace men," as they were
called during the war, were entitled to full as
/ much credit for patriotism as those who had
fought for the Union. Abraham then went in
to discussion Of the question of the right of
each State to be- represented in Congress-. ad-
dressing his audience as gentlemen of the
jury" 9ng ggEY5a
| Abraham said he had solved to his satisfac-
tion, the great problem of what had divided
the Democracy. 1T was SLAVERY, which God
| Almighty had, in his wise dispensations of
! providence, permitted to be abolished, solely
for the purpose of uniting the Democratic par
ty! He urged the delegates to the Philadel-
phla Convention not to quarrel while there.
evidently fearing such an issue. 57eK
Sanborn then proceeded to put in very
heavy bid'for fat office, in the shape of a Gu
logium upon President johnson, whom he
styled wonderful, 7 "marvelous,", etc., etc. and
then closed his speech, for which the Conyen-
ton gave him three cheers 20 hii8a i -aFr
John +. Robinson, of Dover, J. D. White of
Belfast VIM. s. Noyes, of Saco, s. G. An
drews, of Buckfeld, and c, D. Bearce, of Port
land, were appointed temporary Secretaries.
1t was voted that the delegation from each
county report the name of Vice President.
The State Committee was appointed COM
mittee upon credentials. They Immediately
reported the number of delegates present to
be, from Androscoggin, 46; Aroostook, 8; Cum
berland, Ill; Franklin, 26; Hancock, SO; Ken.
nebec, 81; Knox, AZ; Lincoln, As; Oxford, 80:
Penobscot 62; Piscataquis, IS; Sagadahoc 90;
Somerset 30; Waldo, "a; Washington, 21;
York, III; Total, ia.
The Temporary organization was then made
the permanent organization, with the addition
of one Vice President from each county
The County delegations were authorized to
select one member each of the State Commit
tee and the Committee on Resolutions.
Mr.. Clay of Gardiner offered q resolution
that the Convention would Immediately after
the report of the Committee ON Resolutions,
proceed to ballot for a candidate for Governor,
and then would elect four delegates at large to
the Philadelphia Convention "a
This resolution seemed to be sort of fire.
brand. 1t was opposed by Mr. Wilson of
Thomaston and Mr.. Hudson of -Piseataouis as
uncalled Tor, out of course, and as a trap to
spring certain names upon the Convention,
which had already been prepared. Ia
Bion Bradbury, in honied accents, sup
ported the resolution as just and proper, and
one that should be adopted by the Convention
for their guidance in proceeding. But Mr..
Emery of Bangor quoted Bion two years ago
IN Convention when a similar resolution was
offered, and he declared it then to be uncalled
for and unjust Mr.. E. insisted that the object
OF the resolution was to push made up list of
delegates through the Convention without Civ
ing the members time for consultation. Mr..
Bradbury denied this sd IN
|, A motion was made and declared carried to
lay the resolution on the table. The vote was
doubted, and debate again sprang up. A doz-
en- or more members claimed the floor yelling
Mr.. Chairman, Mr.. President Mr.. Speaker.
The President gave the floor to E. Wilder Far
ley, who remarked that debate was out of
order, the only business before the Convention
being the making certain the vote upon laying
the resolution upon the table,
Mr.. Clay claimed the floor, and dsclaimed
all intention of springing any trap upon the
Convention by offering the resolution. i'.'' =
The question was loudly called for and it was
decided by large majority to table the resolu-
ton.
Matters at this juncture got slightly mixed.
About dozen members sprang for the floor,
and the one who obtained it offered a resolu-
ton that each County delegation select one
member for the purpose of constituting COM
mitteesto present the names of four delegates
at large to the Philadelphia Convention There
was some opposition to this and it was with
drawn.
The several County delegations then report
ed the following members Of the IL State
Committee and Committee on Resolutions:
STATE CoMMITTEE.- Calvin
Record; Cumberland, Bion Bradbury; Frank
lin, Charles f. Pillsbury; Hancock, John D.
Richards; Kennebec, JAS w. Bradbury. Jr.;
Knox, A: S. Rice; Lincoln, Arnold Blaney;
Oxford, JohnER. Hutchinson; Penobscot, Mar
cellus Emery; Piscataquis, Paul S. Merrill;
Sagadahoc, Oliver Moses; Somerset, Albert
Moore; Waldo, j. Wyman Vinton: Washing
ton, George E. Burns York, Thomas G. Lane
COMMITTEE ON REsoLUTIoNs.---Andros
gin, Philo Clark; Aroostook, Cyrus G: Knight;
Cumberland, Chas. p. Kimball; franklin
Henry e. Dyer; Hancock, Arno Wiswell; ;
Kennebec, r. d. Rice, Knox, A. P. Gould !;
lincoln, E. w. Farley: Oxford, Virgil d. Par
ris; Penobscot, Frank Hamlin; Piscataquis,
Somerset, L. w. McFadden; Waldo, Charles
H. Treat; Washington, John G. Talbot; York,
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Il f-tf AFTERNOON.
The Committee on Resolutions not being
ready to report, Bion Bradbury, Esq, was call
ed upon to speak. Bion complied with the re-
quest and put in his bid for the Portland Gus
tom House by praising President johnson and
abusing Congress and the Republican party.
Bion evidently forgot the letter which was read
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in the Convention in this city some three years
ago by Gen. Anderson. He had better peruse
| that letter again and compare it with the re-
marks he made at this Convention.
~ Bion SAID the Democrats had no claims upon
the administration. They wanted no offices
| and would not take them. They scorned the
offices. There was considerable smiling when
Bion made these remarks, for it was universal
| ly understood what he was after.
Bion closed his speech by giving Congress a
dab for increasing the salaries of its members,