The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-05-18
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turned TO prontaDie use, where agriculture
| needs the fostering hand of the State and the
| privileges OF education require to he enlarged
| and more evenly distributed, send up a strong
| aud united voice for his continuation in the
office which he has filled SO much to their sat
isfaction. We trust there Will be no division
| in the convention, and that our gallant soldier
candidate will be elected by an increased ma
jority to lead the State in the promising career
upon which it has entered.
The Rockland Free Press without commit
ting itself says:
Governor Chamberlain is a candidate for re-
nomination. We have had proof enough In
| his past history of his personal bravery, but as
| to the possession of that moral courage wnich
would lead him to again go before tne peopie
| as a candidate for governor some douDts may
| reasonably have existed. 1t is well known
that his course in regard to capital punish
| ment has not met universal approDauon, and
| as the power to execute 1t IN future, as the law
now sands, is in the hands of the Governor
| and his Council it is probable he viii meet
| with opposition from many of those who are
| opposed to capital punishment. Again, it is
| said faction OF the temperance men of the
State will oppose him, on the ground that he
would have vetoed the police bill If it had pass
| the legislature. But the legislature OF last
| winter defeated the police bill, refused to in
/ tervene to save the life OF Harris, and also to
| abolish capital punishment. Still it is propos-
| ed to make Governor Chamberlain the scape-
i
islature. AT present he is The only candidate
before the people, but the probability is he will
| not be without competitors for the honor. The
administration of General Chamberlain has
been, with the exceptions alluded to, eminent
ly satisfactory.
The Dexter Gazette says:
Gov. Chamberlain was a brave and merito-
rious officer in the field, and has been an excel
| lent Governor, coming short of duty only in
| one important particular in his last term. he
| may be renominated without much opposition,
but if he is re-nominated, he will pretty likely
be defeated You may safely 'bet your pile"
| ON that, gentlemen.
| From a long and decisive article in the
Lewiston journal we extract the following:
Safety, as well as duty, urge us to boldly es-
/ pouse the side of right of justice, OF humanity
| not only in the new issues relating to fnan-
cial and administrative reform, but also to
| temperance. Our platform and our candidates
i should meet these questions in the light of
| principle, and should furnish no occasion for
| suspicion or doubt
Such men there are in the republican ranks
able, faithful well-ftted for the position,-
among whom may be mentioned Hon. Eben-
| ezer KDowlton, Hon. Sidnsy Perham, Hon.
| Arson P. Morrill,, Hon. N. G.. Hichborn, men
| of tried integrity and tried devotion to republic
| can principles, the nomination of either of
whom would settle the question of the faith
| funess of the republican party to the cause of
temperance, would relieve it of the suspicion
| of tendency to ignore and trample upon the
| cause, would show to the world that the Re-
| publican party is still and will be in the future
/ party of principle, of reform, of moral ideas,
i and would consolidate in one solid phalanx
the real friends and supporters of republican
| principles, and prepare the way for even great
er triumphs in the future than in the past.
The fact that Gov. Chamberlain has served al
ready the longest time that any Governor ever
held Office in this State, and in his last annual
| message indicated his desire to retire, leaves
| the leaders free to adopt such wise, concilia-
tory and just course, by presenting in new
| candidate for Governor, one upon whom every
/ friend of republican principles, of re form, and
i of temperance can heartily unite
The Somerset Reporter enthusiastically as
serts:
| The correspondence published in another
column leaves no room to doubt that Gov
| Chamberlain will allow his friends to use his
i name in the Republican Convention for fur
| Their nomination. Can there be any doubt but
| what this announcement will give satisfaction
/ to a very large majority of the seventy-fve
/ thousand and more that ON the fourteenth of
/ September last made Joshua l.. Chamberlain
/ Governor? We think not. Our observation
/ and inquiries lead us to conclude that the mass
of the party-the rank and file-prefer Cham
| berlain to any other man in the State that
could be named in connection with that honor
| able position.
But the Rockland Gazette coolly maintains
| that:
| These Republicans who have thus under
| taken to renomnate Governor Chamberlain,
| in advance of convention of the people,
| may be prominent and influential men in
| business circles, but we know of no right
they possess to "lead" the Republican party to
It's nomination for Governor. Governor Cham
| berlain- may, or may not, be desired by the
/ majority of the Republican party as their
candidate for Governor this year. 1t is very
| evident that there is large and respectable
| portion of tae party VINO would prefer differ
| ent nomination, and whether the party shall
| select new man who will receive united
| and hearty support, OF whether Governor
| Chamberlain shall again be its choice, its can
| didaJe will doubtless be chosen by free ballot
| in State Convention and we do not believe
| that the people wish their action forestalled or
4 dictated, by any ring" committee or combi-
nation of leading Republicans"
The Pennington Chronicle sets forth these
views:
Gov. Chamberlain's services as Governor
have been no less distinguished than his ser
vices in the field He has discharged the du-
| ties OF his Office with distinguished. ability
| and his administration of our State affairs
| and his views of State policy have received
the emphatic approval of the people, who de-
| sire to testify that approval by calling him to
| the Executive Chair of State.
But the Gardiner journal suggests these
cautions:
| We do not profess to know the strength of
| the temperance men, and we have no threats
to make, and we believe they have not If
| compelled to take issue with the party, they
| do it reluctantly, sorrOwfully, but if Governor
| Chamberlain is nominated we doubt not that
| they sciH do it. 1t seems hardly credible that
| the Republican party can SO far forget its in
| stinct and traditions as to ignore and insult
| the wishes of this wing of the party, how
| ever small it may be, and we yet warn them,
| If they wish to maintain their power in the
| State, to nominate man that he temperance
men will support. 1t remains for the State
| Convention to say if that shall be- If they
| choose to disregard the wishes of their tenn
perance friends, they and not the temper
ance men will be responsible for whatever
injury shall result to the party.
Other papers briefly indicate their leanlngs
| as follows:
The Boston Traveller, the organ of the
Maine law party in Massachusetts, favors the
denomination of Governor Chamberlain in
| this State, for the following excellent reasons:
Governor Chamberlain, of Maine, has
agreed to accept nomination for another
| term, should the Republicans desire him to
| be their candidate His decision is well made.
| Owing to peculiar circumstances, it will be
| highly necessary to have very strong men in
the field this year, as candidates for leading
offices, and Gov. Chamberlain belongs to the
| order of strong men. Names election is
sort of crucial affair in politics, and it oc-
| ours early, and if we were to meet with a re-
| verse there in September, it might give the
| Republican party a locked-jaw from the effects
| of which it would be long in recovering, # ev-
/ err it should be able to recover. By all means
| let Gov. Chamberlain head the leading col
umn of New Engll md Republicans this year.
| We have no desire to be forced to speak of
lickings or losses -EllsaooTth american.
"The private nominations for Governor are
| about as thick as pigeons in early September
| We entirely ignore the whole brood. We
] berlain is already in the chair, and should he
| not get something better, we propose to induce
| him to withdraw his determination not to be
| considered candidate again. and put him on
| the track. This course we propose for this
| year in preference to taking new man. But
should we fail in this, we propose to adhere to
our original nomination of Hon. Noah Woods,
| of Bangor, as nomination eminently fit to be
made ."-Mdchias Republican.
There will not probably be much opposition
| to Gov. Chamberlain's denomination for a
| fourth term. Maine never had a better Gov
ernor-Aroostook Times
The Portland Advertiser was early in the field
as the champion of Governor Chamberlain and
| has from time to time commended its candi-
date to the people. The Oxford Democrat is
| of the same way of thinking, but we have no
| extracts at hand either from that paper or
| from the Bath Times and Waterville Mail
which oppose the denomination of Gov. Cham
| berlain.
The Biddeford Union and Journal makes
the late correspondence the occasion of a sour
rilous attack upon Gov. Chamberlain. We do