The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-02
DEMOCRATS AT BIDDEFORD. n
Gen. =. j. anderson Nominated for Con-
gress.

Gen. =. j. Anderson Nominated for Con-
| About two hundred delegates answered the
| call of the First District Democratic Commit
| tee and appeared at City Hall, Biddeford, yes
| terday, to nominate candidate for represen-
tative to the 4Sth Congress. The delegates
were much the same hard-cider lot that
| have attended Democratic conventions for a
score of years past with sparse sprinklng OF
| young men-the sons of their fathers-Deno-
| Gratis fifty years ago.
| Mr.. ]. S. Palmer called the delegates to or
der, and having read the call for the conven-
| ton, proposed the following temporary organl-
cation which was afterwards made permanent
| President, Caleb R. Aver of Cornish;
| Vice Presdents-Ezra Carter OF Portland,
| Geo. A. Hammond of Eliot, James Norton OF
Baldwin, Enos Harris OF SANFORD, ID. W.
Pickett of Cape Elizabeth.
Secretaries M. w. Higgins of Portland, ID.
V. Moore of Limerick.
In taking the chair Mr.. Aver INDUCED in a
bit of eulogy of the Democratic party, 'the
only party, gentlemen, to which rightfully be-
longs the government of the countr-1-r-y";
and thanked the convention for the honor be-
slowed on himself
On motion of Mr. Shaw of Biddeford, the
District Committee were empowered to serve
as committee on credentials, and as they had
previously fulfilled the duties of that commit
tee they soon reported 2l4 delegates. full num-
Der 25O,) of whom 70 represented York county
and 1877 Cumberland. Several towns, mostly
in York county, were unrepresented
In response to a vote of the convention the
chair nominated the following committee on
resolutions: Geo. Walker, Portland; Luther S.
Moore, Limerick; Ephraim @. Spinney. Kit
terry; Solomon Stuart, Deering; John M.
Goodwin, Biddeford; and also the following to
nominate "Deestrick' Committee: S. r. Ly
man, Cape Elizabeth; H. X. Bradbury. Hollis;
Otis 9. Nelson, New Gloucester; VIM. Noyes,
Saco; Kimball Eastman, Gorham.
On motion of John SWEET of this city it was
decided that all resolutions be referred to the
proper committee without debate.
The President read letter from John M.
Goodwin positively refusing the nomination
if it should be rendered him.
Mr.. B. Il. Andrews here sprang to his feet
and moved that the chair nominate commit
tee to receive, sort and count ballots for nomi-
nee for representative to Congress. This
greatly Disguised W. Il. Clifford, who moved an
amendment giving more time for delberation
before bsllotng, aud was promptly Informed
by the President that his amendment was un-
tenable. This gifted son-of his father-was
then ''sot upon" by the c)nvention's voting an
immediate ballot. A compromise granting
Mr.. Clifford two minutes time was agreed up
on, the tellers all the time passing their hats
among the delegates
Pending the closing of the polls, the COM
mittee on resolutions reported the following:
Resolced, That the Democrats of the First Con-
gressional District in Convention assembled hereby
adopt and reafirm the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic State Convention held at Portland, June
Is, 1878.
The committee appointed for that purpose
reported the following names for District
Committee and the report was accepted:
Joshua S. Palmer, Portland; 81. X. Brad
bury, Hollis; Wm. r. Fields, Brunswick, Ed
ward Eastman, Saco; Joseph Dane, Kenne-
bunk; Kimball Eastman, Gorham.
Mr.. B. f. Andrews of this city, chairman of
the committee to count voGes, announced the
following result of the ballot:
Whole number of votes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Samuel j. Anderson, Portland, had. 80. ito
VIM. A. Cromwell, SO. Berwick. ......... 5
VIM: G. DAVIS Portland. .............
Caleb Il. Aver, Cornish. ................ 8
John M. Goodwin, BiddefOId ..........
and Gen. Samuel j. Anderson of Portland was
declared the nominee of the convention.
A. X. P. Meserve OF Buxton, Timothy Shaw
of Biddeford, and S. r. Lyman were appointed
N RI ifU Ind l.;
nomination and request his attendance; and in
the meantime the following was added to the
resolution endorsing the state platform:
ResozUed, That we will use all fair and honorable
means to secure the election of Samuel j. Anderson
the nominee of the convention.
The committee with the nominee in custody
appeared SC. soon as to indicate that they had
not much trouble in Ending the General, who,
having been introduced to the con vention, ad-
dressed them.
Thanking the delegates for his nomination
Gen. Anderson INDUCED in an expression of
opinion respecting the Republican party, and
the Electoral Commission in general, and Jas
tice Bradley in particular, which, though
rather hackneyed, seemed to enthuse the
Democratic auditors much more readily than
the subsequent remarks on our financial condi-
ron. Having consigned the justice to lasting
infamy, along with Benedict Arnold, he paid
his respects to the Clifford strain of the d.
mocracy, in tones of fulsome adnlatiou of the
senior Associate Justice, which would perhaps
have gone far to soosh the l.-conceded disgust
and anger of "W. H." if that gentleman only
hadn't left the hail before Mr.. Anderson ap-
peared. The action Of the late Senator Fessen-
den in the johnson impeachment trial entitled
him too, to an honored place in the memory of
Democrats of the First District.
The speaker declared the issues Of the eau
vass to be two. First, the extravaganza of the
Republican party. This text was read from
well thumbed copy of the New Era which the
speaker drew from his pocket. and its discus
sion consisted of little else than general grow
about office holders and fraud.
Secondly, the speakers position upon the f.
nancial question was such as must make many
delegates to Wednesdays convention regret
their hasty action. The Democratic party will
plant its foot as with hoof of iron upon the
national banking system. The Democratic
party is and has been opposed to contraction,
which makes the rich richer and the poor poor
er. The Democratic party believes in legislat-
Ing for the debtor class. The Democratic party
will stimulate industry. The Democratic party
will bring prosperity, &c., &c.
The Democratic nominee for Cor. gress said
SO yesterday. This was bis definition of money,
and its relation to prosperity. 'Money being
that which balances property, il you reduce the
money you reduce the property Logical amt
it? The speaker having finished the conven-
ton dissolved without the formality Of ad-
journmsnt.
"Clifford, and Fessenden and Greenbackers!