The Portland daily press., 1870-08-19
Temnerancn Convention.


An adjourned meeting of the Cumberland
County Temperance Convention was held on
Thursday, Aug. 18Th, at Reception Room, City
Hall, Ellery II. Starbird, Esq, presiding and
A. Merrill, Esq, as Secretary. The meeting
| was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr.. Foster Of
Cape Elizabeth
Messrs. e. H Starbird Albert Merrill and
John Blake were selected as committee to
nominate a county committee. They subse-
quently reported the names of E. G. Andrews
and Abal Smith, Portland; R. S. Smart, Cape
Elizabeth; f. H. Cross. Pownal; Ezekiel Strout,
Standish; D. O. Moulton, Falmouth, and G..
w. Plummer, New Gloucester. The report
was accepted and these gentlemen were APP
pointed county committee for the ensuing
year.
The list Of delegates was called over by the
Secretary and it appeared that thirteen dele
gates were present, one from each of the towns
of Casco, Cumberland, Cape Elizabeth, Fall
mouth, Freeport, New Gloucester, Pownal,
Standish and Wi idham, and four from Port
land.
On a motion to fill vacancies in the delega-
ton. Mr.. Ezekiel Strout OF Standish urged fill
ing the vacancies with out-and out temperance
men, He announced himself thorough 60
ing prohibitionist, and in favor of State con-
stabuary, and he would not vote for any man,
either for Governor or any other office, unless
such candidate was prohibitionist and State
constabulary m n. He had rather the Demo-
Gratis should prevail than that Republicans
who are not thorough going temperance msn
should be elected. Many of the temperance
l na, hal h1o I
p'"9ise of petty Offices.
Hscounty committee retired to nominate a
nS' Vi Candidates for county officers and while
'ney "eao out Rev. Mr.. Foster of Cape Eliza
'e W, uuresed the convention.
Nv onai mn of the county committee an
nouneeu tna' tlsy shoold not be able to report
~ o'ocA IN, the afternoon. and the con-
'en'ion ADJOURNED that time.
| AFTA,NooN.
| MT Andrews OF Porn.sd from the County
Commute reported the fol-, wing ticket TO be
supported for County officers
Senators. R. S. Smart, Cape a,;z,bo,b. T.
h. Startlrd, Falmouth Ezra To- NJ u
| Gloucester; Ezekiel Strout, Staudish.e' Ne"
| Treasurer. -ThOs. Pencil, Portlenl
| SheriE-Eben N. Perry Portland.
County Attorney.-David H. Cole, Naples.
| NN"petootVHef'- w iiildu ym00u,
| On motlan to adopt the ticket reported Mr..
| Andrews of Portland, made some remarks in
sisting upon independent nominations by the
temperance party as now organized. He would
have had the party nominate a candidate for
Governor without waiting for the action OF the
Republican party. But they had seen fit to
wait and to adopt the nominee OF the Repub
lican party.
The Temperance party do not expect to pre-
vail this year, but they must lay the founda-
ton for success in the future. Marcus Morton
was not elected Governor of Massachusetts
until he had been candidate for some fifteen
years. The Temperance party must keep up
their organization and success will surely
crown their exertions. Mr.. Dow had always
been opposed to the formation of third party
and when be was elected Mayor he was elect
ed by the Wing patty Some of his blood re-
lations had, by electionI to petty offices, been
drawn away from their allegiance to the Tenn
perance party. But let us stand together few
though we may be. Let us, like the free-soil
party keep up the organization and, like that
party We shall eventually triumph.
MIR. John I. Walton said all they had got TO
do now was to hold on to the slack, and get all
You can besides. The Democratic party had
no principles at all and the Republican party
had forsaken 1.-THE strongest principle upon
which the party.was founded, viz the tenn
perance plank that was in the platform The
constabulary law he ack nowledged was badly
managed, especially in this vicinity, but the
law did great good throughout the State while
it was in force. He spoke of the Republican
nominations for Senators and said that one of
them was an open aud avowed friend of
of the liquor dealers, and another had been
concerned i'll the liquor trade. All of them
would prove recreant to the Temperance party
upon any questions of temperance that might
come before the Legislature. We may not in
hlct heayy blows now but we shall 90 On con-
querlng and to conquer, for cur princin1e,
must prevail.
Rev. Mr.. Foster Of Cape Elizabeth conc,o5-
cd his remarks, which were broken off hv "a
journment in the morning He counsAl,od
union of the temperance men upon the ,icl.o+
presented, and that the temperance marty
should vote for none but those who would sun
port the principles of the party in whatever
station they might be placed
Mr.. Norwood of Portland, and Mr.. Stront of
Standish, made few remarks in favor of sun.
porting the temperance ticket.
Mr.. Douglass of Cape Elizabeth, gave the |
State Temperance Committee drubbine for |
''sellng CUT the temperance party by adjourn |
ing the proposed State Temperance Conven-
ton without day. He should not have felt |
worse than he did if the members of the COM
mittee had been found drunk in the ditch.
Bro. Walton had spoken of what perfect hell
the city of New York was; but there was no
necessity of going so far to find bad place.
Portland was fully equal to it according to its
slze The speaker took rather discourag!pg