The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-11

MAINE HOMEOPATHIC SoCIETY.-The amu-
al meeting of this society convened in Augusta
Thursday DIR. j. B. Bell in the chair. Drs.
Thompson, Burr and Eaton were appointed a
committee ON the Treasurers account, and Drs.
Briery and N. G. H. Pulsifer on nominations.
The names of J. L. Babcock of Hallowell,
William Waters of Searsport, Thomas B. Pull
sifer of Ellsworth, and Olin NJ. Drake of Els
worth were presented for membership, and they
were elected members DR.. Nathan Wiggin
was reinstated The doctor then requested to
be allowed to honOrably withdraw from the So
ciety and his request was granted.
DR.. Bell offered the following resolution,
which was passed: y
Resolved That in the opinion of this Society
there should be an immediate publication of a
full and complete Homeopathic Materia Medi-
ca, and that such an one will meet with the ac-
tive encouragement of this Society and the
profession.
The following gentlemen were elected officers
for the ensuing year:
President, j. P. Jeffords, NJ D., of Bangor.
Vice-Presidents, Moses Dodge, NJ D., of
Portland, N. G. III. Pulsifer, M. D., of Water
tile. sstaa 90 s8 ~
Recording Secretary, W. E. Payne, NJ D., of
Bath. - ~ -
Corresponding Secretary, J. B. Bell NJ D.,
of Augusta.
Treasurer, w. Gallupe, NJ D., of Bangor
At the evening session DR.. j. B. Bell of Au-
gusta, the President delivered the annual ad-
dress ON the ''Helps and Hindrances to the
Progress and Standing of Homeopathy"
WARRINGTON, 1.-THE Springfield Repubk-
can Boston correspondent, and one of the ear
Hest in the Cincinnati movement, in recent
letter, says that no Boston Republicans serious
ly think of voting the Greeley ticket and thus
continues in respect to the action of the De-
mOcracy. .fr
1t seems to me that the disposition
of the Democrats to go for Horace Greeley
is not likely to increase after the first impulse
which is given to it by the comments of the
press and the obvious confusion of the Grant
party. People will get their heads again very
rapidly. The utter iEcongruity of either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans supporting Greeley will
become more and and more obvious. l don't
believe the people of this country are ready to
go through Presidential election for the pur-
pose of confusion. Cities, towns, districts, even
States, are sometimes carried in this way, but
you are less and less likely to run this risk the
more you widen your constituency. No man
has ever yet been chosen President by twenty
five or thirty or thirty-fve States or two to six
million people, merely for the sake of copfus-
ing politics or resolving parties into their orig
lnal elements. No man ought to be. Frank
Blair appeared ON the Cincinnati platform and
directed its nomination; or(take another theory
not contradictory or collateral when Fenton
dictated Presidential candidate for the pur-
pose of controlling the politics of New York
against Senatorial rival, the reform move
ment was raided upon and captured. No blame
to it. 1t was in its idea an honest and whole
some movement. The ship engaged in the
honest trade is as likely any other to be taken
by pirate. The Cincinnati Convention was SO
taken. 1t was sign that that way out of poll
tics had, for that time failed. 1t was sign
that the personal system had been able not only
to control the administration and all local and
general politics. but to detail men enough to
break up for the time being the attempt at re-
form. The movement was for that time at an
end.