The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-04
The Nomination for Mayor.


1t is too late to help New Hampshire, but
New Hampshire, as our yesterdays dispatch
has shown, needs no help. 1t is not too late,
however, to regain the credit we sacrificed
Monday. There are few Republicans, we trust,
who SO cast their votes as to prevent the cleo
ton of Republican Mayor, Monday, who do
not regret the necessity which in their opinion
compelled them to act against their friends
There were few who refused to vote for Mr.
Mcclellan because his opinion of the Maine
law differs from theirs. They are better Tenn
peTance men, in their own estimation, than
the author of the Maine law, but cannot pre-
tend to be SO good Republicans as he. Them
we no longer address. They have abandoned
the Republican cause; they have undertaken
to rule out of the party man who has thrice
been honored with its confidence; and the
party with great unauimity has decided in his
favor and against them.
But there are others, and we believe they
constitute the greater number of those Repub-
lcans who voted against us on Monday, who
have felt compelled to protest in that way
against what they regard as the irregular nom
inatioD of Mr.. Mcclellan. They say in plain
words that if he had been regularly nominated
they would have supported him. They believe
what has been SO confidently asserted, that
the proceedings of the nominating convention
were vitiated by the presence of seven dele
gates who voted themselves on the question
of laying on the table the subject of their own
admission" 1t has been stated on the other
hand that the convention to which the decision
of this matter belonged, after hearing the re-
,fg Al l..
ballot for candidate. If this is So it must
be admitted that the convention decided
the matter by common consent and no reason
able ground would be left for complaint The
convention might be mistaken, but it was en-
powered to decide this question, and dec-
sion made in good faith and with q substantial
unanimity must be regarded as binding. We
have heretofore stated our belief that the con-
vention did so decide. We are now prepared
to prove it. We print below the official re-
port of the proceedings. The Secretary was
Deering delegate and his record will not prob
ably be impeached. 1t is the only written tes-
timony concerning the transaction which has
excited SO much controversy, and it fully con-
firms what we have heretofore said. A motion
was made to vote on the admission OF the del
cSdhcS llOm w aio JUL SUBSEQUENTLY tldI IlO-
ton was withdrawn, the convention proceed
ed without a division to ballot for candidate,
and the choice of Mr.. Mcclellan was ratified
by So out of the whole number present. The
participation of the delegates from Ward 2
in the ballot was permitted without a protest.
This showing ought to convince the most skep-
teal; the nomination was as fair an expression
of the wishes of the party was ever made
nothing remains now for fair-minded men but
to take hold with viii and secure the cleo
ton of the candidate whom, while incorrectly
informed of these circumstances, they have
helped to defeat.
We copy the Secretary's record Uer5atin,
from the original manuscript:
REPUBLICAN NOMINATING CoNvENTIoN,l
City Hall, Portland February 10, 1868.
The Convention was called to order by Judge
Kingsbury, who nominated II. II. Burgess Chair
man OF the Convention.
Mr.. NJ. N. Rich was nominated Secretary
Tue roll being called the delegation were reported
W. H. Fessenden appeared in place of Hiram
Brooks and w. c. How in place OF Geo. G. Little
others of Ward q protesting against the represent
alton In this convention OF the delegation reported
a. elected, charging fraud.
Chas. NJ. Rice moved to lay the remoustrance OH
the table, but The motion was lost by 10 to Is.
hon. D. hingsDury, DR., moved that the gentle
men from Ward be heard in tins convention
Mr. Peabody spoke in behalf of the remonstrance
stating that by actual count there but no
sons present in the ward ROOM and that 131 votes
were reported as cast at the election Of delegates
Mr.. Miller addressed the meeting. ME- Brown
also addressed the convention.
Mr.. Rice made some explanation of the meeting
In Ward 2 He belieyed that the election was fairly
conducted
Mr.. Weeks followed in remarks.
Mr. Peabody spoke further in behalf of the
Mr.. Rice spoke of the noise and turbulence of
the ward meeting.
Mr.. w. II. FessenGen spoke and made motion
tnat the convention proceed to vote.
Mr.. Holden further stated that he could not tell,
now many voted for Mcclellan or Deering; that he
the darkness
d, MT Fessenden moved to proc. ed to vote the
c,L tssion oi The delegates from Ward 2.
SyToseQnehtty Mr. Fessenden withdrew his motion
Jottoging result; " O'''''' ~ ''''' WV
Whole number Of votes 40
Necessary to choice 1S
.- jacob Mcclellan hat 20
William Deerinp 70
II. Is. Hart made a matte, a. -, a., =, -
unanimous-resulted IS to II " ni'Ae 'Ao eie0ioh
4 n I;,Io o. Ar: Brown, Messrs H. B. Hart and
NJ NJ liz, api;oineeua committee TO wait upon
Adjourned MS hoinlnauon'
tsigneu' ----- N. \. RIon Secretary:
THE BooT ON THE OTHER LEG.-It annaars
that in Lewiston the Anti-Maine-Law Repub-
licans had an outside candidate for Mayor
How do our ultra Temperance people like that
programme? Was it right and proper, or fac
tious and disorganizing? The golden rule
must apply in politics as elsewhere. WEatso-
ever We would that men should do unto you,
DO ye even so unto them.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE AND THE PRESIDENCY.