The Portland daily press., 1875-06-19
Powers PretentiOnS.
Protest of an ArOOstook Republican
A Timely Word of Warming.

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To the Editor Of the Press:
| From what l have seen of your paper. 1 am
led to believe that you will give "Republ-
cam fair hearing and an opportunity to speak
through your coumes to his brethren Outside"
| of Aroostook,
1t has been stated that Mr.. Llewellyn Pow
| ers of Houlton will go to the convention at
Bangor with full delegation of Aroostook
county in his favor. 1 do not deny it, though 1
| think there may be cause to doubt it. If it is
| so, it will come about because the convention
is SO far from this section, and the expense of
attending SO great, that no one can afford to
go. From this section of the state, one cannot
go to Bangor and back, staying there day,
short of an expenditure of 800 This is quite
sum to us up here in the far off country where
money is scarce and time valuable. That will
explain the appearance of an 'entire delega-
ton" in tle Fourth District Convention for
Mr.. Powers.
1t the convention was to be held close at
hand and the rank and file of the party would
turn out to the caucuses, he coull not get del.
egaton in the county outside of few plant..
tions and two or three towns about Houtop. His
paid organs may strive to make them believe
otherwise, but L know that the intelligent Re-
pubcans of Aroostool do not want Mr.. Pow
ers, and if he succeeds in getting the nomina-
ton, the returns in Septem Ter will show
that they will not have him, He has no feel
irg or principle in common with them, does
not have the best possible standing, has been
denounced by those who support him as DO
litical trlckster, and wanting in every element
character which fits q ma IN fo ha
of Republicanism.
am Republican,, was in at the start; voted
for Anson z. Morrill, in 1856 and Tor every Re-
publican candidate for governor SINCE In this
county have thus far voted the regular ticket
though sometimes under a silent protest, not
because the nominations have n It been credit.
able, but because have felt that this man
Powers-as political soldier of fortune, was
manipulating matters in his own interest.
want it understood that have no interest
in the bitter Houlton fight, nor have 1 any
personal ill will to Mr.. Powers. 1 have
watched MIN the past eight years and in com.
mon with all Independent Repu licans do not
want him to represent us in Congress and will
not have him. He is not our kind of a man.
He is not the kind of man good Republican
should be.
Now as we cannot afford to go to the conven-
ton and as the customs officers who act under
his orders from Fort Kent to st. Croix-a pick
ct line-will secure the credentials and his
crowd will appear in the convention, claiming
to represent us, take this early opportunity to
protest against this, and give through your
columns note Of warning, which will be YER
flied in September when Mr. Powers, if on the
Republican ticket, will go out of this county
with majority Of one thousand against him.
1t is said that the Democrats will nominate
Hon. j. c. Madigan He is Democrat, but
throughout Aroostook he is respected as an
honest he man, and higha-minded gentleman.
The best Republicans of this county, who
have gladly supported Peters and Hersey, and
will as gladly support any good Republican,
will vote for Mr.. Madigan against this man
Powers; In my own vicinity l can count
dozen Republicans who have always voted the
straight ticket who Low tell me as between
Madigan and Powers, they are for Madigan
aud will give him their votes if they vote at
'all. We can't afford to 60 to the convention;
we are men in moderate circumstances with
farms to attend to; but we can 60 to the polls
and it men claiming to be Republicans nomi-
nate Llewellyn Powers, we will do our utmost
to defeat him and thereby do true Republican
ism loyal service.
Don't be deceived by the representations of
Mr.. Powers paid supporters if they undertake
to represent that the mass of the party in this
county want him to go to Congress 1t is not
So Look at the vote of last fall Just because
Powers was managing, and it ives suspected
that ne was using the party for his own ends,
metropolitan county ticket was defeated by 400
majority IN this county where Gov. DiDgley had
200 majority and Gen. Hersey about the same.
Indeed as good man as c. f. A. Johnso n,
esq, of Presque ISLE was defeated because he
was on the Powers ticket Scores of m en-,
however, voted for that ticket who will not
vote for Mr. Powers. 1 voted for it, so did nv
neIghbors, but none of us will vote for the
Aroostook Ben Butler
Give US trustworthy candidate and we will
loyalty labor to close up the ranks and bring
out full vote; but TO support Mr.. Powers is to
sanction polite u prostitution and party demon
alization, which we cannot DO. 1 say I'VE"
because | am saying what hundreds are quietly
saving about this matter.
am not soured Office seeker, or one of the
more bitter ones who have been "rotated'' l
am Simply an average sort of Republican,
who has a pride in the party record and an
earnest desire that it still shall be a party of
progress, public purity and decency, aud as
such enter my solemn protest against such a
man as Lewellyn Powers as a candidate for
Congress. REPUBLICAN OF '55