The Portland daily press., 1870-07-29

fae Temperance Convection.
The County Temperance Convention met
at Reception Hall yesterday morning pursu-
ant to a call to decide what political action
should be taken, if any, by the temperance
party in the approaching canvas for County
officers. The attendance was very limited in
point of numbers. Mr.. w. G. Souc called the
meeting to order and nominated e. II. Star
bird of Falmouth for chairman. Mr.. Starbird
in taking the chair considered it great hon
or to be called to preside over aboard of tee
totalers. Teetotalers are generally sober men
and sober penrare candid. A year agohe de-
cided be would not vote with the Republican
party although he felt that party had done
great work. He was not the only one who
thought the sane. They intended at that
time to accomplish one of two things, either
to drive the Republican party to do right or
take the rens and drive themselves. He did
not know how long it wolld take to do this
but he meant to accomplish it in the end.
Some said they had failed. He thought they
had driven the Republican party to do right;
but they wouldn't stay driven. The Repub-
ileetn IlCNSb UC ucdiCu ny DuL
the rest of the affair will mean rum. Most of
the Temperance party were satisfied with that
nomination. If the ticket was to be tenn
perance governor with a rum set of county Off
GERS he would say give him a rum governor
and temperance set of officers. A majority
OF the Republicans don't vote for Perham be-
cause they want to. They are driven to it,
NOW we want something permanent and it
must be done by Temperance men. There are
as Jealous temperance men in the Republican
ranks as anywhere. The State Temperance
Committee have sold us; I don't know for
how many pieces of silver. Now we must not
stay sod. The numbers that me- at the Con-
vention year ago were greater than this year,
The reason Is That many OF the temperance
men are afraid to come out. They don't want
Perhan any more than we do but they dare
rot say so. If l had called the meeting
l should have called the temperance voters to
nominate ticket Tor County officers. | am
in favor of continuing the organization till il
has accomplished its purpose and l would
nominate county officers. The Republican
party have aimed all their big guns at us the
J 1t year. thought we were of little conse-
4 .ence, but it seems they are afraid OF us.
They nominated Perham. They were smart
In so doing. If 1 had wanted. to block the
wheels OF the temperance party I'd have done
the same. But believe a few of us are lett
to get the coach along. fl must be popular
and wrong or unpopular and right let me be
unpopular and right.
KEY. Mr. Pilsbury invoked the Divine aid |
A. Merrill, b. f.. Small and w. G..Soule |
were nominated as Secretary in turn and de- |
cined, but at length Mr.. Merrill was induced
to accept. The Chairman then read the call |
for the meeting
.. L.. Carleton on being called upon said he |
Was unaware the county convention met till |
THIS morning, and he was unaware what the |
temperance movement projected was, and he |
couldn't know till. it was talked over. He |
wasn't persuaded last year that It was the iu- |
dicous time to start a third party as some of |
the others were. He took no part in that |
convention. Afterwards he was more strong |
ly convinced that it wasn't the time. Still it |
might result well. For the last four months
he had worked hard for Sidney Per-
ham and he was proud that the
Republicans had nominated him. Now
it seems we are up to the second STAGE
of the programme. AS the chairman had said /
the Republicans had nominated Perham be-
cause they had to. Now we must get the
best kind OF legislators we can, and we are
met to-day to see how to do it. He thought
that large portion of the temperance men |
felt that in getting Perham nominated thew
had done enough, and I'm afraid that they'll
continue to think they have done enough.
He was sorry to see the unauthorized edIct
dissovng the Lewiston convention. He
thought nothing should be done to-day to in
lure the election OF sidney Perham but that
they should go INTO the ward caucuses and
try to nominate the best men and if the Re.
pubcans show disregard for their wishes
then let the temperance men meet and nomi- |
nate good men and true. But he thought the
republicans will have the same wholesome
lear OF the temperance men in regald to |
county nominations as they had when they
nominated Sidney Perbam. He thought they |
had better adjourn and simply confer togeth-
er. IEoy must remember that what good the
temperance cause must obtain must be di- |
recuy or indirectly through the Republican
party Ihen again it would be expecting too
much that the Republican party would fnII,,
endorse the ticket nominated here for county t
officers. lie thought they had better adionr,
to some time when they could do as the exi- {
gencies of the case might require.
MIR. e. q. Andrews objected to the course
pursued by the journals of the city because
although paid for the advertisement of the
call OF the Convention they printed it in small
type and put it in an obscure place. The
PRESS did so although they offered to print |
it for nothing, and the Argus did so and also
offered to printit for nothing, because they |
thought it would advantage them in the end
although he told them distinctly they could
sain nothing by such a course. He hoped a |
County Committee would be nominated and |
hat they should nominated set of County
,fiicers.
Mr.. r. S. Smart offered the following reso.
utions:
Rcsolued, That representing the temperance :
Toters OF Cumberland county, we pledge our
elves to vote for none but consistent Temper
'nce men for public office.
Resotced That while we adhere to this rule ,
u political action, we do not desire to assume | ,
III atsitude OF 1actlous opposition to other DO
itical ORGANIZATIONS, but prefer that our cam c
iidates LOT the various offices to be filed aft the O
'nsulng election should be selected from tba g
lomlness OF the other political parties 60 far a
can he Done consistently with principle d
ReS0tOed Ihat committee of one from eaob 81
own in said county and one from each yard =; "
he city Of Portland bephosen by this meetipa r.
o prepare list OF candidates to be voted for q
" the Temperance voters OF said county and a
eport the same through the public press.
Res0LUed, That the Chairman of said Com :,
nitree be authorized to call said Committee
ogether for the purpose of making such selec- o
ion of candidates at such time and place as T.
e may deem advisable. a
Mr. Smart said the resolutions nearly COIN n
ided with his views. He thought that if a
hey should attempt to nominate officers with
My one or two towns represented here that q
he nominations would fall to the ground. He D
hou9ht that they had better wait for the Re- d
uolcan nominations and if they did as well OF
they old IN their nominations for Governor m