The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-07


| The saying that lone must go from home
to get news" is well illustrated by the follow
ing paragraph, which is now going the rounds
| of the newspapers:
| A special dispatch from Portsmouth to the
| Boston Herald says it is reported that 1000 tc
| 1900 Republicans in York county. Maine
| have signed a call for an Independent con-
| vention to nominate Congressman in oppo-
| stion to Hon. John Lynch.
An explanation of the origin and purpose
ofthis and like paragraphs and little history
Of the "rise and fall' of the famous "calp' re-
terred to may be interesting to your readers
guard against relying too confidently on such
manufactured news. The secret of these
special dispatches from Kittery ard Ports
mouth to the Boston Herald and of the edi-
torials attacks of the Portsmouth Chronicle'
on the Hon. John Lynch is this: A gentle
man from New Hampshire, occupying the
position of clerk on the Navy Yard, but a
kind of a political "bummer" who devotes
most OF his time to meddliDg with the politics
OF our side of the river, is a sort of "man Fiji
day. Of John e. Butler, Of the Biddeford
Journal and furnishes articles for him to
quote from the Portsmouth Chronicle for
which powerful journal said clerk is kind of
sub-editor) and special dispatches to the Cop
perhead Boston Herald for the same purpose.
This same fellow made himself very busy
in this line just before the nomination of Mi.
Lynch, and is now doing the same thing, hop
ing, no dOrbt, to create an influence adverse
to his election. The "call' lior new Con-
vention, to which this special despatch refers,
made its appearance here short time since
and was signed by a few Republicans and
some Democrats. 1t never received the coun-
tenance of any leading Republican here who
was opposed to the termination of Mr.. Lynch.
but was regarded by them as Democratic
trap" to catch Republican gudgeons in
They had very strong suspicious that the man
who was engineering the thing was the paid
agent OF the Democratic leaders of Biddeford,
1.-THE Biddefcrd boys on the Navy Yard say it
is sol and they did not care to lend their paws
to pull the Democratic chestnuts out of the
fire. 1 understand the leading Republicans
of the County regard the thing in the same
light, and the result is the whole thing has
"gin out" and is dead past resurrection.
The "calr' never received over 300 names,
more than one half of which were Of Demo-
Gratis, aud many of the Republicans were in
duced TO sign on the representation that it
was necessary 10 order to save TIE county
ticket The few Republicans who signed it
here feel that they are the victims of mis-
placed confidence, and don't care to have the
matter alluded to- So much for this famous
call to the uninitiated, for County Conren-
ton to nominate member of Congress. As
to political matters generally think the Re-
publicans OF this town were never i'm letter
sighting trim" or more determined to win a
victory. We were some disappointed because
General Wentworth was not the candidate
as we preferred him to any other man, but
we don't propose to bolt the regular nomina.
ton of the party, or ''to bite off our nose to
spite our face" Besides, Mr.. Lynch was the
secopd choice of our people, and Gen. Went
worth and his friends-even those who under
the excitement of the occasion wlthdre " from
the Convention at Saco-are working zeal
ously for the election of the whole ticket.
Put down "Old Kittery" for larger majority
for Mr.. Lynch on Monday next than she has
ever given him-and you shall not be disap-
pointed. 6