The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-28

At ten o'clock yesterday morning. thirty men,
delegates to the Democratic county convention,
gathered in Reception Hall. They didn't seem
| weighed down with sense of great responsi-
Dllty, though one man remarked that he felt
sick-and indeed it was a sick looking sight.
Delegates moved about like galvanized corpses,
in sort of jerky, but wholly uninterested man.
ner, as though they had dim idea that the
whole thing was a "bore." Men continued to
saunter in, and at half-past ten fifty men, at
least were in the hall Then the convention
was called to order by John SWEET, Esq, chair
| man of the county committee, who nominated
M. P. Frank of Portland for chairman.
Mr.. Frank accepted the position and said he
| understood that the convention was to nominate
| candidates ofwhich the country would be proud.
Prospective candidates pricked up their ears at
this and seemed immensely pleased. The chair
man then proceeded to business with rush,
announcing nominations for four senators to
be in ORDER but was brought to halt by a
suggestion that no secretaries had been chosen
and no committee on credentials appointed.
MI. Frank acted upon the suggestion, three
secretaries were appointed, and the county
committee constituted committee on creden-
tials. The chairman of the committee imme-
diately jumped up and reported the number OF
delegates present as Ill.
On motion of Mr.. Pickett of Cape Eliza
beth, the convention divided into senatorial
districts, and the districts went into sub-con-
vention.
Presently the convention reassembled, and.
the following names were reported as candi-
dates for senators: Northern district, N S.
Littlefeld of Bridgton; Eastern district, Isaac
S. Brown of Pownal; Southern district,
Charles II. Haskell of Portland; Western dis
trict, Benjamin M. Baker of Windham. These |
men were nominated by reclamation.
Messrs. A, w. Bradbury and G. H. Chase of |
Portland, George Perley of Gray, Jeremiah |
Bracket of Westbrook and Freedom Millken |
of Scarborough, were constituted a committee |
on resolutions.
A ballot was taken for candidate for county
treasurer with the following result: Roscoe G..
Harding of Gorham had IA votes and Stephen
K. Dyer of Portland 1.
On motion of L. f. Pingree who represented |
the unanimous wish of the Portland delegation
john SWEET of Portland was by reclamation
nominated for sheriff.
Stuart of Deering for county commissioner was
moved. Col. Bradbury of Portland rose and
said that while he approved the nomination, he
desired full expression of sentiment in the
county outside of Portland. Everybody SEEM
ing satisfied, Mr.. Stuart was nominated by &C
clamation.
The committee on resolutions reported the
platform adopted at the district convention as
their platform, and pledged the support of the
to the nominees.
The convention adjourned.
The following are the County Committee: Ira
Portland; j. D. Anderson, Gray; o.
B. Lane, Raymond; Freedom Milliken, Scar
boro; P. o. CAMEL, Naples; M. Plummer,
Portland; Kmball Eastman, Gorham.
After the convention adjourned the County
Committee met and organized with the election
Of j. D. Anderson of Gray, Chairman, and
Ira Witham of Portland, Secretary.