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The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
That Letter.

A most serious question now confronts
every Democrat in Maine. Mr.. Williams has
spit upon and repudiated that resolution of
the Maine Democratic platform which is even
more emphatic than that of their Pennsylva.
mia brethren, and which denounces the means
and measures by which Hayes was put into
the Presidential chair, as ''the most mon
strous political fraud recorded in history,o
He declares that Hayes's title to the Presl-
dency is ualid, and that the decision of the
Electoral Commission was judiclally right.
With this declaration of Williams staring him
in the face, can any Democrat of Maine vote
for him without giving his "moral sanction to
the darkest crime in American history?''
Let every Democrat weigh well this matter
before depositing his ballot on the tenth of
September Commercial.
The Maine Democrat is, to speak plainly,
most emphatically on his ear. That letter of
his candidate, kicking the "fraud'' platform
into kindling wood before getting upon 1t,
has done the business. One editor in Bangor
is especially unhappy. He says the letter is
without warrant or justification, and is an
insult to the well-known and declared senti-
ments not only of the convention but of the
united Democracy OF Maine" The Com
SNNAAA5
The letter had large amount Of common
sense, and that is always an "insult'' to the
declared sentiment of the Democracy. Th
trouble with Mr.. Williams is his training. H Z
has been Republican, and when Repub.
lican comes in contact with Democratic prin-
ciples there is always convulsion.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Maine Democrats cannot do less in
self-respect, to say nothing of public duty,
than to call upoh their candidate for govern
or to take himself out of the canvass That
is the one partial and inadequate atonement
he can now make for his treachery; and the
demand should be prompt and peremptory.
AS the Bangor Commercial forcibly saws, his
declaration that he cannot find any impeach-
ment of Hayes title in the resolutions Is san
insult to the well-known and declared senti-
ment, not only OF the Convention but of the
united Democracy of Maine." To pocket
such an insult will be to invite and deserve
overwhelming defeat. Let Mr.. Joseph FL.
Williams be compelled to step down and out,
and let it be done at once.-N. Y. Sun.
1t would be an insult to Mr.. Williams's in
telligence to suppose that he did not under
stand the bearings of the simple I''Fraudnl
question. He sees fit to blind his ewes in the
hope of picking up hatful of Hayes's votes
in the dark. We are afraid he will get only
his trouble for his pains. The resolution OF
the Maine Democracy in regard to the Hayes
conspiracy expresses the sentiment of The
party. In attempting to run counter to il
Joseph III. Williams may encounter snag.-
Utica Observer.
The haggard crime by virtue of which
Samuel j. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks
were swindled out of the high Offices con-
ferIed upon them by the American people,
must never be condoned by any man who
bears the name of Democrat. Its authors,
aiders, abettors and apologists must forever
be held up to the just indignation of freemen.
Bangor Commercial.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
[From Bangor Commercial !
Hnxv Tt Vvoo nnuo

The question "How was the nomination OF
Williams brought about at Portland? is upon
the lips of thousands of Democrats in Maine
every day. We do Lot wonder that the INQUIRY
is made, and that expressions of amazement
should be uttered, that man should be made
Democratic nominee for Governor who
declares in his letter of acceptance, that he has
had no connection with the Democratic party
for twenty years, and who insults that party BY
an impudent misinterpretation of their plat
form, and by a bold affirmation that Hayes
title TO the Presidency is valid.
The Democratic masses of Marie who were
not present at the Portland Convention, are en-
titled to frank statement as to the means and
methods by which this most extraordinary
nomination was effected, and they shall have
it.
1t is altogether probable that not one in ten
of the delegates, when they left their homes
for Portland, had ever dreamed of Mr..
Williams as possible candidate. Not one in
ten of the delegates had ever known or heard
OF him as a Democrat for twenty years. And
it is entirely safe to say, that had Mr.. Williams
himself been in the Convention, and then and
there given shis Interpretation of the 2nd
resolution OF the platform, as put forth in his
letter of acceptance, he could not have received
one-twentieth part of the votes of the
delegates.
How, then, was his nomination effected2
It was thus: so long ago as 1870 there was q
conspiracy formed to disband and dissolve the
Democratic party of Maine, SO the end that
there might be Peoples party formed out of
tne olsorganlzed democracy and certain dis
contented elements of the Republican party
with Gen. Chamberlain at its head. The con-
splracy came well nigh having successful
issue SO tar as the dissolution of the Democrat
lc party was concerned. The Democratic state
convention for that year was holden in Port
land. The motion of the conspirators was to
dissolve the convention sine die without NOM
NATION. Plausible arguments were urged in
its favor. The true Democratic delegates re-
sisted the cOnsummation of the Conspiracy.
The struggle was severe and lasted through the
entire day Under the lead of the gallant
Gen. Roberts, of this city, the consDlrators
were routed and an adjournment Of the con-
vention to Bangor was secured. The conspir-
acy aroused the Indignation of the masses Of
the party, and when the convention reconvened
in Norembega Hall month later there were no
vacant seats. The conspirators were abashed
IN tnat presence, and the proposal to disband
Gid not md an utterance from even a single
throat. AS a reward for his gallant and timely
service in rescuing the Democracy from dissolu-
ton the Convention with one voice demanded
that Gen. Roberts should take the standard
and bear it through the campaign. He
obeyed the summons and well nigh planted IL
on the very parapet of the enemy's works.
The Augusta clique who were at the head of
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
That Family Quarrel.

A curious blunder seems to have been
made at the opening of the political campaign
in this state. 1t was said with good deal of
confidence that the Republican party was
divided, and would be seriously weakened in
the contest by that division. 1t now appears
that there was mistake in names, that it is
the Democratic party which is divided, and
will be seriously weakened by the division.
We are not concerned to learn through whose
carelessness the mistake was first made, but
we are indebted to the Bangor Commercial
for its correction.
The Commercial is Journal which has the
courage OF its opinions, ,and though it frequent
ly recalls the old story of the audacious bull
and the locomotive it is in this quarrel plainly
contendng for that Interpretation of the Sec
ond plank of the Portland platform which the
convention itself accepted. The explana-
tion of the resolution which the candidate
makes is forced and absurd, and the Com
merciaps ridicule of it is fully justified. The
The Bangor paper feels that the party has
been betrayed by its chosen leader, and It
does not hesitate to give expression to that
feeling. Men thought that after the first
outbreak of its wrath 1t would fall into line
and work for Mr.. Williams with a will, but
it shows no disposition 10 its opposition
to that gentleman. The truth is that the
present trouble in the Democratic ranks is
the outcome of quarrel which has been
raging in the party ever since 1870. Until
this year that wing which the Commercial
represents has been victorious, or at least has
held its own. But at the last state conyen-
ton it was overcome by trickery. Hence
this wrath. The history of the quarrel is
fully and frankly set forth in an article in the
Commercial under the caption "How 1t Was
Done," which we reprint in this issue. This
leaf from the history of the Democratic party
in Maine will be found very entertaining
reading by Republicans.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

The Communists resolve against all patent
laws, and demand their repeal, and also for
absolute free trade. How do they propose to
compete with the nations which foster and
encourage labor-saving inventions? An ex-
change pertinently observes:
Then the so-called workingmen demand the
repeal of all patent laws. That is to saw. thew
propose no inducement to that inventive eenins
which IN machinery has given the United
States precedence among the nations of the
earth. and which to-day enables her people to
successfully compete with England in her own
markets in certain lines of domestic manufac.
ture. If men are not to be protected by patents
upon the products of their mechanical in
genuity, y,-products some of which have been
the labor of years OF thought and experiment.
then we shall soon cease to occupy the exalted
position conceded to American ingenuity and
skill. Patents should haYe a limit. and when
that expires ought not to be renewed The pol
icy OF repeating the patent laws would be sui
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

ATRAMp, who said he had father and
brother occupying good positions in the New
York Custom House, asked for work at
Dubuque so as to get an old pair of boots, his
ieet being nearly naked. The sarcastic
housekeeper pointed him grimly to a test
pile of knotty wood from which thousands of
tramps had recolled in terror; but this excep.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, In ADVANCE.

tlonal tramp split the wood, piled it neatly
cleaned up the yard and mended the fence
and sidewalk. The lady approvingly gave
hlm cube meal, pair of boots, good suit
Oh ciothes and dollar, and her neighbor, a
livery-stable keeper, noting his industry en-
ployed the tramp at fair wages. Such are
the fatal consequences of a tramp's forgetting
the dignity of his profession and dallying
with an axe.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.

HOLMAN LIVER PAD Co. Gentlemen: Some five
weeks ago purchased one of your Liver Pads OF
your agent, for my wife, she having been troubled
with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint for two years.
She has been wearing the Pad just five weeks and
1t has done her good than all the medicine she
has ever taken. She can eat anything now that she
wants without any trouble, and 1 would advise all
that are troubled with Dyspepsia to try one as soon
they can as think they are sure cure for Dyspep-
sia. Yours respect,
J.H. RUST.
South VOL b,N. H., July 2S, 1877.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
Portland District Camp Meeting,
At Martha's Grove, Fryeburg, Me.
AT 109 EXCHANGE ST., PORT

Commences MONDAY, August 2Oth and continues
during the week. Services on the grounds
Sunday, August 26th.
A Temperance Camp Meeting under the auspices
OF the West Oxford and Carroll County Temperance
Alliance will commence at same place MONDAY
P. N, August 9th, aud close Friday evening,
August 3lst
Reform Clubs, Temperance Organizations and
Temperance workers cordially invited.
The meetings Tuesday wifi be conducted by
Reform Clubs, under the direction Of j. X. Osgood,
ESQ.,. Of Gardiner.
Wednesday, Good Templar day, Ex-Governor
Sidney Perham, g. W. c. T. presiding.
Thnriday, the Womans' Christian Temperance
Union.
Friday, Children's day.
Gen. Neal Dow and large number Of other
prominent temperance workers will be present and
address the different meetings.
Board per week $50; Board per day S1.0O
Breakfast and supper each 40 cents; Dinner 50
cents Lodging per week $l50; Single Lodging 81 cts.
Good stabliDg for horses at low rates.
Railroad fare from Portland, Sebago Lake and
intermediate stations to Fryeburg depot and
return $1.25 from all other stations on P q o. r.
r. half fare
Transportation from Depot to Camp Ground and
return 80 cents Trains leave Portland at $50 A.
M, LOS and $50 2. M. Returning leave Fryeburg
Depot for Portland at $40 and IL 02 a. M. and 420
p. m. GEO. l.. KlMBALL, Secretary,
Address for the present, Fryeburg, Me.
a1gli taug31*
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

An invalid for 80 Years Restored to
Health, at the age of n.
REMARKABLY BUT TRUE.

BOSTON, MASS, July 27, 1877.
HOLMAN LIVER PAD Gentlen,en.-This isl my
list birthday. caunot let this anniversary pass,
happy and blessed as 1 am with most unusual good
health for one who has passed three years and
ten," without adding my testimonial, and declaring
for the benefit of others, the great good have re-
ceived from HOlman's Liver Fad and Plas-
tiers. For the last thirty years have been aninval
id, most of the time. Have had the best Physicians
in Allopathy and Homeopathy to no purpose, except
occasional, temporary relief. For three years have
been unable to eat comfortable or nourishing meal,
without resorng to some aid to digestion. One day,
the first of May last was much surprised on receV
ing from my friend DIR. f. W. Walsh then in charge
of your Boston office, Holman's Liver Pad
and Plasters, with special directions for use. In
forty-eight hours from the time of application,
could sit at my table and eat hearty any of my
family, and feel no discontinue therefrom. There
are days when feel as when was twelve years old.
can walk one or more miles, and not feel tired in
the least; and will add that ascribe all credit to
the Pad, as have taken no medicine of any kind
since applying it. feel to praise God daily for Civ
ing G. w: Holman the talent and power to make and
apply such wonderful discovery. believe half of
its medicinal power lies as yet undeveloped.
Yours respectfully,
ELIZABETH AVER KEYES,
IA Warrenton Street.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
T-B::-E

THE
Union Lubricator
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
The thoroughly tested Lubricator, for Steam and
Street Cars, Paper Rolling, Cotton and Woolen Mills.
Sugar RefneIies, Gas Works, Brick Yards, Dredging
Also for Carriages. Wagons, Carts, Drays, etc.
This LubricatOr combines ecOnO-
my, durability, and perfect
fabrication
without friction, cumming or running. The absence
OF all friction renders it an Indispensable auxiliary
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coolest weather has no effect on this Lubricator.
1t has been conceded by those that have thorough
y tested this article that it is superior to any ubr-
Gator offered to the public and that it is saving of
30 to 80 per cent.
The Company manufactures three different grades,
designed severally for Steam and Horse Cars, Ma
chinery, Trucks, Drays, Carriages, &c. all CT which
secured by Letters Patent, granted 1876.
Ali goods guaranteed as represented and put up in
convenient packages for the trade,
Orders addressed to the Union Lubricator Co., No.
6 Haymarket Square, Boston, or W. w. Whipple
Co., Agent, q Market Square, Portland, viii be
We are permitted to refer TO the following:
PORTLAND, June Is, 1877.
To the Union Lubricator Co., Haynsarket Square,
Boston:
We have thoroughly tested your Lubricator on our
road and find it to be of great merit, running weeks
and over 5000 miles without replenishng, thereby
saving in time and expense. We can safely 1ecom-
mend its all railways.
ALMON LEACH, Supt.
HENRY S. BENNETT, Master Mechanic.
W. H. FESSENDEN,
Treasurer Portland Machine Work.
I. d. WILSON,
Foreman Portland Machine Works.
HENRY S. CLAY.
Livery Stable Keeper Market Square,
S. P. CHADBURN,
Proprietor Stages Portland to Bridgton,
IRA CLAY,
Truckman at Milliken 81 Co.'s, Commercial st,
FRED CUMMINGS,
Cumberland Paper Co.
W. S. JORDAN,
Cumberland Paper Co.
W1NSLOW MACHINE WOKS
Je23dtf Union Street.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 80.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

THE French Cabinet, with MacMahon at
its head, is guilty of the folly of deciding to
prosecute Gambetta for one of his speeches..
If it were bent on increasing his popular
strength, 1t could not have adopted more
successful method
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

To YOUNG MEN it is the best in
veStment that can be made, as
will be seen by the cases given
above.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
NOTICE TO STOCK RAISERS.

AT a meeting of the Executive Officers of the New
n England Agricultural Society, held at Port
land, July goth, 1877 it voted that in class Four
Nos. "a, Is and 26, the premiums for sheep should
read instead of stwo years old and under three,'
advertised in the published Premium list-"two
years old and upwards.''
Also that in all cases, the exhibitor of horse or
horses and drivers having paid the entrance fee +,
should be entitled to card of admission.
jy2Sdtf DANIEL NEEDHAM, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

With ten thousand more IN New England
who have been treated fhe past three
months.
HOlmans Liver Pad works by absOrp-
tioD; is Natures True LAW. It is tw0-fold
an its acfIOns. Gives and Takes. No poi.
SONS are used En making il. lt rs war
against NOstrunss. HI lis worn next the SIX i m
over the vitals, liver and stomach, i'm the
hollow just below the breasibOne.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

PITY the sorrows of poor Pittsburg. The
railroad company whose property was
destroyed or damaged in the late strike is
making out its bill with view of presenting
it to the authorities of the city. And pri-
vate individuals are pursuing the same course.
Pittsburg will interpose the laws delay, and
will twist and turn but there is no help for
her-she has got to pay up. And the next
time that riot occurs in her midst let us
hope that she will be fully prepared to put 1t
down as soon as it shows its hateful head.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
THE National Roard Of Trodo ala M, e.,

The National Board of Trade did not fall
in with the silver delusion. 1t rejected the
proposition for an unlimited reconciliation
of silver, and endorsed the plan for an inter-
national commission to consider and fix the
relations of silver and gold. That is the only
way of reaching any practical results. 1t
might not accomplish anything, but it is the
only thing which promises solution admit
ting of the use of both metals. The repre-
sentatives of the great commercial interests
saw the futility of attempting to restore un-
limited silver without some such concert of
action on the part of the commercial nations.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

Our MarbIeiZed Mantels
are more desirable than
the White Marble, as no
injurious effect is produced
upon these goods by Oils
or Acids.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

. EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
Liver Comp i'm. and Sick Headache,

Liver Comp int and Sick Headache.
HOLMAN LIVER PAD Co.-Gents: A few weeks
one of your Liver and Ague Pads for my wife, who
has been greatly troubled with Liver Complaint and
Sick Headache, and am happy to inform you that
it works like charm. 1t has at this writing been
worn three weeks and there has not been a Single
complaint about the headache. firmly believe the
Pad is worth ten times the price you ask for it for
headache alone. Yours respectfully
FfAS. W. SPRINGFIELD,
South Wolfborough, N. H., Jnly 20, 1877.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

The following are the results of Policies now
in force at this Agency, and such the actual and
uniform results of insurance with this Company
1t will be seen that all these Policies have more than
doubled in amount.
Dividends declared yearly in Cash and may be
used in payment of premiums II wanted.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

Sent by mail, free, ON receipt of $500.
Consultation free at the Company's Office.
Browns Block, 499 Leg Congress St.,
PORTLAND, ME.
au21 diff
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

Parties wishing for a nice
Mantel will please bear i'm
mind that we are selling
these goods as low as they
can be bought i'm Boston or
New York.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30

For the same money
there is nothing that will
add to the beauty of a
room so much as one of
our Mantels.
The Portland daily press., 1877-08-30
Nutter Bros. & Co.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
marbIeiized
ManteIS.

We once more call the
attention Of the public to
our large assortment of
Mantels.
Crates complete to match
our MantelS furnished
when desired.
, 1877-07-27
TOTf'T LIST.

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white Lake. tGn,!rirs; Ch*uncty IGn!ihut, liakau.
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Fisher trand Haven bark. Sutthrrnct. Eric, coalt
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, 1877-07-27

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