The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-13

financial affairs have been so managed and the
| debt so reduced, that the Republican party
owes it to itself, to its past history, to the peO
| pie who gave it power and to the dead in
| the mighty struggle to recognize the fact that
we the people, demand an administration
| which will give us civil service reform, and
| weed out useless offices. We are not hereto
| find fault with the leaders of the party; we
might have done as they have. But shere are
cliques in all parties, political rings and secret
conclaves. We ask of Congress Civil Service
Bill, and that the namber CT offices shall be
C 1t down aud the expenses reduced; but what
Representative. seeing the party governed by
men who are opposed to these things will dare
give them support. This is movement of the
people to take possession of the party but it has
already ELECTED cry of distress. We say to
the Trends OF other candidates, do as we have
done. We are open, square and manly. If
your candidate is nominated we will support
him. provided only that he be true Republi-
can. We have lighted little flame which
VIII spread all over the State, and we propose
to place in the Senate man who we kno,o will
stand by the right as he understands it, They
talk OF his lack of experience; hut look at
his record and see ii he ever undertook to
do thing that he did not do WELL His
administration of the affairs of the State
has been more than a mere exert'on to
divide the party spoils. The speaker indig-
nantly denied that the soldiers are begsars for
Office. The able bodied can take care of them
selves, but everywhere there are the disabled
veterans who can perform the duties of our
aIyv II.
they not as much entitled to them as the men
whose only achievements have been in party
management? This is protest against the
cd system OF managing political caucuses.
The politicians dislike it and may threaten to
pull off the head of their rattle before they
will let it go, but said the Speaker that's
played out.
After music by the band, ID. III. Crozier,
Esq, of Brooklyn, N. Y, was introduced. He
said he did not stand before them as polite.
ian, and no wouldn't have politician stand
there unless he believed with Mr.. Warner, in
his letter in the Advertiser last evening that
politics and state'manship are Synonymous
terms. Spontaneity means inspiration and in
SEPARATION means honesty, and the fact that the
favo-ite of this meeting is the spontaneous
choice of the people is the best evidence that
it is right. The Republican party was born of
spontaneous movement of the people when
the Democratic party had become caucus in
stead of body polite Mr.. Crozier continued
in review of national politics and the history
OF the Republican party at some length. He
spoke of the newly appointed Collector of
New York and his avOwed intention of smash
inc the riDoS and mn ttipn al 70
ticians out and honest men and soldiers in A
man should never be allowed to hold an Office
unless his fitness for it is such that he cannot
run away from it. Space will not allow us to
report at length his remarks, which ended with
an appeal to the party to be true to itself and
put trust in its young blood, so shall it last
NJ. A. j. Chase read the following dispatch
sent to Gov. Chamberlain:
Governor Chamberlain Two thousand citi-
zens OF Portland are gathered in City Hall TO-
night TO express their prefe, ence for you as
for United States Senator.
To this the following answer was received:
BRUNSWICK, Aug. -.
l thanks my friends in Portland for this dis
tlnguIshed mark OF their Consideration.
A resolution was then adopted for the an
pointmeut of a committee TO organize for the |
County Convention, and the following were
chosen:
Ward 1.-.Geo. w. Parker. o. P. Sheperd,
Rensselaer, Greeley, E. H. Hanson, Joseph S. |
York.
Ward Aug. T. Cox, Leonard Jordan, W.
Carney, Thos. PenuelI, Benjamin j. Will
ard
Ward 3-Wm. Senter, J. f, Land. G. C.
Hayes Geo. ii. Abbott, Luther Bradford.
Ward Ar. s. Webster. Thos p. Bea,s II
t. Harris, Henry b. Cleaves, H. N Small.
Ward 5..F w. Pray, Henry S. Trickey.
Aug. ID. Mari, H. G. Noyes, Will am i.
Ward G.. -Wm. c. How, A. L. Dresser ,Chas.
". Ford g. w. Symonds, T. A Roberts.
ward III T. Storer. A: @. Leach, John
4. Brown, Granville M. Chase, William Il.
Sreen.
The meeting then adjourned with cheers for
fov. Chamberlain.