The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-30
FIRST DISTRICT CONVENTION.
A Full and Exciting G CONCENTRATIONS
as Ii. Reed Nominated for Candidate for
Representative TO Congress
LittIeaeld of Alfred for EIector.


called to order at 1890 p. m, by Thomas Han
cock Esq, of Gray, chairman of the District
Committee, in Lancaster Hall, which was
packed full of delegates and people interested
in the proceedings. Mr.. Hancock nominated
Percival Bonney Esq. of Portland for temper
airy Chairman. Mr.. Bonney on taking the
chair thanked the Convention for the honor
conferred upon him and expressed the hope
that the Convention would not make contri-
button to a Democratic Congress. The temper
DRY organization was completed by the choice
of Major 81. A. Shorey, of Bridgton and Hay
den l.. Butler of North Berwick as Secretaries.
The District Committee was appointed a
committee on credentials. The only contested
case was that of Eliot, which presented two
sets of delegates. After full hearing of the
case which was presented by Mr. Came, the
committee unanimously voted to admit the
Burleigh delegation. This disposed Of the
committee through Mr.. Hancock reported that
100 delegates were present from Cumberland
and 125 from York-every city and town being
fully represented. The report was accepted.
The Convention was then made ready for
business by vote making the temporary Or
ganization permanent.
Mr.. Kimball of Sanford presented the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That it is right and polite for this
Convention to make nomination fer member
of Congress from the county of York.
Mr.. Kimball supported his resolution at
length He said that after meeting of the
delegates of York county the resolution was
unanimously adopted. York county though
less populous than Cumberland throws more
Republican votes and if the latter county ex-
poets to elect the nominee Of this Convention,
it must respect the rights of York. During the
sixteen years the counties have constituted on
Congressional districts, York had furnished her
share Of the votes, northumberland has had ten
years to York's six. The inference was if the
Convention took another candidate from Cum
berland that York had no men fit
to represent the district in Congress.
He claimed that it was just and right that
York should have the candidate for the next
two years. He then referred to the hard work
which the Republicans Of York had done the
past ten years to make that county Republican
and he appealed to the Convention not to dis
County Attorney Lunt in short speech sec.
onded the resolution. He referred to the su-
perb organization in York county-perfect in
all its parts-made of men enthusiastic To
take this nomination from York which claims
it would paralize that organization.
Hon. f. N. Dow of Portland replied to these
arguments saying that the Republicans of York
and Cumberland have stood shoulder to shoulder
in many hard fought battle, and he believed
they would prefer any Republican of the first
district to any Democrat without reference to
his place of abode. Mr.. Dow moved to substi-
tute the following amendment for the pending
resolutions:
Resoloed, That each Congressional district is
unit, established upon basis of the whole
population, and entitled to one Representative
who shall represent the whole; and any at
tempt to limit the choice to any particular Sec
ton of the district would tend to obstruct the
free expression of the popular will, to create
sectional discord and strife, and would degrade
the office and endanger the public welfare, by
making the incumbent the representative Of 10.
cal and private interests instead of the whole
constituency.
ResoEved, That in selecting candidate to re.
present this district in Congress, personal wish
es and interests should not be considered as
tncy nave uO Clslm Ou tne CONSTITUENCY, DuG Tie
interests of the district the State and the ma
tion only should be considered.
These resolutions had once before been
adopted by a Republican convention in this
district, and Mr.. Dow believed that they would
be adopted now.
AT this time a peppery little man named
Jones, j. Winslow, to be more explicit, came
upon the floor evidently sort of Jumping jsck
pulled by string in the hand of some person
back in the crowd. He was full of little story
which some one had been prepared for him, but
which he had not thoroughly committed. Mr..
Jones said the opponents of the claims of York
county did dare tell the cause of their opposi-
tion. The honest Republicans of the back
towns had been deceived. ibid Mr. Jones re-
fer to those hoI est men who had been paid but
20 per cent. Of what he owed them for sweet
corn?] They (the Republicans of the country
towns) did not understand this thing. They
ha1 been deceived by the representations of the
PRESS, which was the organ of faction-a
faction in the city of Portland represented by
the present delegation, elected By and represent
ing Tabble. What Mr.. Jones said of the
PRESS is all right, but he had better have been
sealed by his own patent before he
declared such citizens Of Portland as ex Mayor
Mcclellan, Joshua W. Warehouse, William
Senter, ex-Mayor Wescott and others rabble
This declaration was received with cheers, and
cries largely derisive and Kisses. Hon. Mar.
shall Cram raised the point of order, that the
remarks of Mr.. Jones were supplementary
This caused Mr.. Jones to forget his story and
he went back to repeat himself, stating that
Mr.. Burleigh's course in Congress had been
and misunderstood. Major
Shorey asked if the resolution was before the
House or some other question. Mr.. Jones went
ON to say that he was speaking on the question
OF York S claims, bat soon went on to say that
if Mr.. Burleigh was defeated it would be by
the votes of nine sore headed officials or ex-of-
Gals from Kttery and that if Mr.. Reed was
elected he would go 10 pledged to fraud and
corruption. Mr.. Dow made the point of order
that this language was supplementary. At
this Mr.. Jones started on a new tack. He
knew the business men of this county, the
farmers the young men (the farmers, Mr..
Jones? and they would vote the Democratic
ticket before they would vote for Mr.. Reed
[ Hisses.l 1t should be added that the warmest
friends of Mr.. Burleigh from York county re-
pudiated Mr.. Jones and his TRADE.
Mr.. Copeland of Berwick opposed the amend
ment, which he said was adopted after York
County had left convention which nominated
Mr.. Lynch for the fourth time. York helped
elect MIR. Lynch then, but it will not do to
count on such forbearance again.
Col Ell. Ii. Burbank denied that York county
would fail to do her duty toward the party in
any event. But the amendment offered by Mr..
Dow requires the men of Cumberland to lay
aside their personal wishes" and give York
simple justice which is all she claims Cum
berland has had Representative for eight
years; why cannot York have six? York in the
last district convention, few weeks ago, had
1903 votes to 105 from Cumberland How hap
pens it that York is in minority to-day?
These are questions which York county men
are asking.
Hon. Hiram Knowlton of Portland argued
that the claim is not on the part of any man in
York or Cumberland, but on the part of the
people of this district, who have a right to call
to their service any candidate whom they may
choose The young men of Cumberland and
York are not going to vote the Democratic
ticket. AS to the statement of Mr.. Jones that
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