The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09

TEMPERANCE MEETNG.-Last evening some
thirty individuals met in the hall over the
| First international Bank, to hear the report of
the committee appointed at previous meeting
TO select some temperance man as candidate
for Mayor of this city at the next annual cleo
ton. This committee attended to the duty i'm
posed upon them, but they reported that they
could not find any suitable person who was
willing to accept nomination Independent of
either political party, which report was accept
ed and the meeting dissolved. Previous to the
| adjournment without day, letter was read
| from Hon. Josiah H. Drummond who had been
consulted upon the subject of a nomnation.-
This letter contained some sound advice. He
did not think the temperance cause, would
be advanced by an independent nomination,
| believing that the temperance men could do
more for the good cause inside the Republican
party than they could outside of it, as this po-
htlcal organization contained a large portion
OF our most earnest temperance men. An in
dependent nomination, under such a condition
OF things, would tend more to distract the pub
lie mind on this ques ton than to advance the
interests of the temperance cause. This letter
was apparently well received, and will proba
bly, be quietus on any further movement
towards an independent nomination..
After the regular meeting quite discussion
was entered into as to the advisability of NOM
mating an independents candidate and consid-
cradle humor was manifested by several One
gentleman didn't believe in the plan of the cit
izens nominating candidate in the several
wards. In that case the old dodge would be
repeated that took place in Ward Q last YEAR -
A Ion Ho o1d-a Z
box in the other, then the lamp would go out
and all the ballots go into the box.
Another thought there would be only three
hundred who would come up to the scratch on
the day of trial out of the fifteen hundred tenn
perance voters in Portland the said three hun
dred being half of the secession wing of the
party He thought they had better go into the
wards and get the Aldermen elected who
would represent them, and who would appoint
a Marshalwho would execute the law.
Another said their pledge demanded that
they should vote for temperance man, and he
felt it was their only salvation, it making no
difference if he be Republican or Democrat, so
long as he is temperance man and will carry
out the temperance laws. i-
Still another was very sorry to hear reproaeh-
es cast upon the Republican party by persons
in the meeting, when he knew that this con-
lvention needs the thinking men of the COM
munity with them, and he knew that MANY of
the Republican party were honest men and
temperance men. That he had seen a notice
In the Press some time previous that if any
two citizens would make a complaint the Mar
shall would make the seizure. srsev
In answer to this gentleman another one |
said that he had read story of minister and |
layman travelling, when they lost their way
and asked boy which way to go. He told |
them to godown the road little way and thew
would meet minister who would tell them - |
They came back after a fruitless search. and 4
told the boy they couldn't find him. Why.
says he, didn't you see the guide board9 Ger
talnly, but why do you call guide-board a |
minister? Because it points the way for other
peoplesto go, but never goes itself. This gem
teman argued also that our State prisons were |
filled with lawyers, doctors and ministers. He |
also made the singular statement that he per- |
sonally was not popular man. - 5 I.g
A committee of one frem each ward was
nominated to choose a candidate (the motion |
to nominate an independent candidate having |
been carried) to meet on Wednesday night. |
said committee to report on Saturday night. |
The committee was Blake of Ward 1 s. L. |
Lyiord of Ward 2, Joseph Colesworthy of |
Ward 3, Joseph Bradford of Ward 4. Noah |
Stevens of Ward 5, Rufus Deering of Ward 6 |
s. A. Strout of Ward z. te
The meeting then adjourned to Saturday |
night.