Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-30
voting. Mr.. White. motion prevailed. and

voting, Mr.. Whites motion prevailed. and
here seemed prospect for work.
Thereupon numerous propositions were in
troduced. One man wanted the delegation
t. instruct their chairman whom 10 recon-
mend. Another wanted nominations from
the floor, etc, etc.
A committee of five on resolutions was APP
pointed, consisting of A. +. Andrews. \. T..
Snow, III. J. Morrell, Alfred Weymouth, and
ID. II. Thing.
At this stage of the meeting Alexander
Troup of the New Haven Union, was put for
ward for a speech The burden of his plea
seemed to be the accomplishing of that glor-
Gus end when the great apostle Scion Chase
should be drawn through Pennsylvania Ave
nae TO the Senate Chamber by them steers of
his, as successor of Senator Hamlin, and
thence back again by the same team 10 III"
White House, as a successor of President
Hayes.
The committee on nominations broke in
upon the speech of Mr.. Troup, and reported
a list of candidates to be voted for by the
convention.
Mr.. Jennings wanted the chairman of each
town delegation to call the names of the del
egates as they voted.
Mr.. White objected, because it would take
too much time.
The convention voted to call names of del
egates, then voted to reconsider. Nobody
seemed to have any confidence in anybody
else. Each was afraid of the other. Much
time was consumed by various motions, many
of which were out of order. and not enter
tanned by the chair.
Col. Tucker moved to nominate Il Candi-
date for Senator for the Western District.
lie was informed that there wcru no districts,
but that nominations had been made for the
county.
The committee on resolutions reported. en-
dorsing the Portland platform; wept over the
sufferings of the poor, and groaned over the
oppression of bondholders, and tickled the
convention with the declaration that the otli-
GERS State and National, should be taken
from the industrial and productive classes.
Educated men of the professions are not sup
posed to know how to make laws that should
cquaizc wealth, govern the weather. or con
troll potato bugs and tramps.
A committee of five was appointed to re-
ceive and coun. votes for one Senator, and
amid confusion worse confounded, the chair
man began the call of the list of towns. Sew
cral towns had no delegates, and others were
only partially represented.
DIR. Crookcr wished to know if delegations
were authorized to fill vacancies.
The chair decided that-thcy could fill such
anu DOrIOW from nclHnDOrlnH
towns, if no home stock was present.
We noticed in the afternoon that the dele
cations were full, many Gardiner men hay
ing moved since the morning to the rural
towns.
The call of towns being completed, the
convention at one O'Clock adjourned until two
o'clock, for dinner and a drink
On being called to order in the afternoon.
the committee reported the following result Of
the vote far candidate for Senator:
ID. II. Thing, 100
J. ID. White, 81
Scattering. %
And Mr.. Thing was declared to be just the
Thing the convention wanted. A ballot for
the next Senator resulted as follows;
j. +. Vim of Clinton, %
G. II. =. Jewett, 33
J. ID. White, -
And Mr. White stepped down and out, and
Mr.. Vim was declared the winning man.
X. w. Black got a round hundred votes for
County Attorney, and was made happy.
Robert Ashford was put upon the track for
County Commissioner, and j. r. Goodwin
was headed towards the County Treasury
crib.
Some one then moved that the chairmen of
the town delegations select list of names for
county committee.
Treasurer White opposed, and moved to
amend by substituting committee of five to
be nominated by the chair He said it was
manifest that the democrats had control of
the convention. They had put in nomina-
ton men for Senators who never voted the
greenback ticket in their lives. He did not
believe in being controlled by the old rotten
party which he left two years ago.
Mr.. Gilman OF Mt. Vernon, replied that
thax, oh. Il,
to be ruled by a man who kept a republican
clerk in the treasury department. 1t was too
''White," and they had put little BLACK"
with it to-day.
Mr.. White said he should retain whom he
pleased for clerk. He knew what was for the
interest of the State.
Mr.. Gilman said it was his privilege, but
not right towards the greenbackers.
More elimination by others followed, but
the chairman called to order, and the COM
mittee were appointed in accordance with the
original motion.
A call was then made for the greenback
singing tramps, and they responded, to the
delight of a portion of the convention. with
several songs, the burden of whose refrain
that everybody would be rich and happy
if the greenbackers could get the rule and
then the hats were passed round.
ID. ii. Thing being called responded, say
ing he didn't expect to be nominated, but
having been, he expected to be elected in
September. He had nephew that was
lousy in Libby Prison, and the conundrum
why the prison was like literary society be-
ing answered because it was lyceum, {lice-
see-um) his nephew shrugged his shoulders
and said he could not ''see um," but he could
feel UNI SO with greenbackers. They
hadn't brains enough to grasp the mysteries
of finance, nor to see the bearings of
the money question but they could
feel um." They didn't purpose to lie down
at the feet of bondholders any more. We in
ferred that Mr.. Thing, having fed at the pub
lie crib so long as he was wanted by the re-
publicans, now turned to the greenbackers
for a little pap.
The County Committee was announced and
then we came out If we have made mistakes
in this report we must attribute it to the con-
fusion; for a more noisy assembly we never
attended, where only delegates were admitted.
Whatever may be the result of this weari-
some days work, one thing is certain Treas
urer White and his brother J. d., who have
done more for the greenback party in Kenne-
bee county than any other ten men-though
they have not made so much noise as Dr.