The Portland daily press., 1870-07-29

the temperance nleu couiu auoIu W tEuoES'
them. lie shouldn't act with the Republican
party till they were back to first principles,
that is to temperance.
Mr. Isaac Otis said that tie Temperance
party had specific principle, it was Temper
ance. The Republican party pretended to be
actuated by temperance. They were not
He would not so to the polls and vote with
the Republican party. The Republican party
fear us. 1t shows that they recognize our
motives as actuated and governed by right.
II not why did they nominate Perham. Then
Ii we chose to put up men of purity and IN
tegrity why should the Republican party re-
fuse to vote for them. He claims that they
should do nothing with the Republican party
as party. incompetence never will be put
down by the Republican party in his opinion.
He hoped they would cling to temperance
organization.
Mr.. S. L. Carleton endorsed the resolutions.
Adjourned 10 2 IL p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
The resolutions were taken up seriatin.
The first resolution was amended by striking
out the word consistent" and accepted.
Mr.. Starbird was decidedly opposed to
adopting the second resolution. He believed
in third party. He cid not believe in cater
ing to the Republican or Democratic party.
He believed in their being independent, and it
they lived to threescore and ten then they
should live to see the third party the doml-
nant one.
Mr.. A. Merrill said that Mr.. Starbird, in the
speech he made in the morning, acknowledS
ed that the Temperance party had compelled
the Republican party to take their nominee,
and now that their efforts are crowned with
success he complained that ii the Temperance
men supported him they you'd be deserving
their organization. He failed to see the con-
sistency of his logic. He thought if the Re-
publicans and Democrats put good sound tenn
perance men in the field as county officers,
they could not do better than support. them.
They must simply let their power Tenn
peraIcG party ne feit, To say whoever YOU
propose we will oppose anyway, but if you
propose consistent temperance men we'll sup
port them. We are not factious, but determ-
ined to stick to our principles.
Mr.. Carleton was in favor of the resolution.
He thought the cause of temperance could be
first suDserved by standing back and letting
others out. He believed that they should do
nothing but what would advance the cause of
temperance, not third parties or fourth. If
good men are put up by the Republican party,
what more, in Gods name, could the temper
ance men want? You say they won't put
them up. Well, let us stand back and see, and
if they don't, then we can act. The resou-
ton doesn't bind us to anything.
MI. Starbird wanted to be understood that
he had got tired of the Republican party. 1t
isn't permanent what they offer us. They
give us an inch and take an ell. Here two
or three had a word and the argument waxed
little warm.) It's always the way with the
Democratic and Republican parties. They
always cry "waitw I'm not going to wait any
longer.
Mr.. Andrews said if Mr.. Morrill, and Wash
burn hadn't wanted the Senatorship, Kenne-
bee never would have gone for Perham.
There were more men for Chamberlain in re-
atty in that Augusta convention than for any
other man. Why then did they go for Per-
ham? Why to get Temperance votes. He
didn't kbelieve in the Temperance party 60
ing down on their knees to any party. What
| do the Republicans and Democrats care fol
| right or wrong or this principle or that. It's
| all Office. Ii man in the Republican party
| or out of the Republican party is honest and
| he knows him 10 be honest the speaker said
he'd vote for him. If they accept that resolu-
ton he said they were nowhere, neither on
| their head or heels. He was opposed to the
resolution and he hoped it would be voted
| down and the others share the same fate. He
was at war with the Republican and Demo.
! cratic parties and didn't want anything to dc
| with them.
Mr.. Otis thought before they voted for a
man they should ask "what have they done
| for temperance? He wanted 10 know what
the Republican party had ever done to en-.
| courage the cause of temperance.
Mr.. Carleton said that the Republican par.
| ty had been the cap stone OF the Temperance
party and If the temperance men had worked
at the caucuses in season and out of season
they would have had their reward. He wasn't
blowing for the Republican party because he
had not made anything from them. He had
stood up to the rack, fodder or no fodder
| The Republican party had nominated good
temperance man for Governor and if they
nominate as good temperance men for legis-
| lators, l don't care what in the devil theil
| motive was. (aere the argument grew hot
| and heavy as to what the Republicans had
done for temperance and what they hadn't
| The second resolution was temporarily lad
| on the table.
The third resolution was brought forward
| Mr.. Starbird said that he didn't believe that a
man could be found in more than half of the
| towns in the county that wonld be "sound OH
| the goose. Mr.. Merrill thought it would be
best 10 adjourn to future day, like the 18th
day OF August and have the County Commit
tee notify each town to appoint delegate to
meet Oh that day in Portland in a Delegate
Convention. Mr.. Andrews moved as sub.
stitute for the third resolution that the Coun-
ty Committee be instructed to cali Delegate
Convention in Portland on the 18th of Au
gust, to nominate candidates for Senators
and County officers. The substitute was
paSSctf. In consequence, tie fourth resolution
was tabled. The second resolution was then
permanently tabled.
1t was moved by Mr.. Blake, and seconded,
that committee be appointed to nominate a
County Committee for the ensuing year. The
motion was withdrawn.
1t was moved by Mr. Merrill that when the
Convention adjourns it be to meet at same
place on the 18th of August, at 10 A. NJ. Not
seconded.
Mr.. w. G. Soule resigned his position as a
member OF the County Committee.
1t was moved to reconsider Mr.. Andrews
resolution, (which was adopted as a substitute
for the second regular resolution,) and to
amend it as follows:
Voted, To instruct the County Committee
to notify the County Committee Of the several
towns in said County to send a committee of
one or more as said Committee shall direct,
from each town in SAID County and from each
ward in the city Of Portland, TO meet as the
City Building in said Portland, on the 18th of
August next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to nominate
candidates for Senators and County officers,
and report the same to the Mass Meeting ad-
journed to meet on that day.
Adjourned to August 18th.