The Portland daily press., 1879-07-01
by TELEGRAPH.
MAINE DEMOCRACY.
THE UNINTERRUPTED" GATHER
ING IN FORCE.
Garcelon, Smith, or Who?
A Local Option Clause Wanted in the
Platform.
Especial Despatch to the Press.l

BANGOR, June 30.-The Democratic State
Convention which is to be held here tomorrow
bids fair to be larger convention than has
been held by the Democrats for several years
The explanation is the cheap train from Port
land, which is expected to bring lots of dele
gates and claquers.
The state committee are in session tonight
at the Bangor House, and have decided upon
Abraham Sanborn of Bangor as chairman.
There is good deal of talk about the nomi-
nation, but the substance of it all is that Gar
celon will be renominated and this notwith-
standing the fact that there is hardly a
delegate whose choice is the present Governor
The delegates denounce him as a conservative
old woman, but yet think that usage will
compel his denomination. They are angry
with him because he hasn't removed all the
Republicans and substituted Democrats But
still they are not prepared to wage open war
against him. He is understood to want the
nomination, and will probably get it in spite of
the feeling against him-there are, however
some delegates who predict that fight will be
made against him in the convention-one from
Portland seems very bitter, and it would not
take much encouragement to stir him up to
open revolt.
The most frequently mentioned candidate,
provided Garcelon is thrown overheard, is
Samuel Watts of Thomaston, though one
Deering delegate is working up the name of
Col John NJ Adams of the Argus Col.
Adams name seems to take pretty we'll with
some of the delegates, though others are very
much opposed to him. 1t is not probable
however, that his name will be brought for
ward in the convention. There is little risk in
predicting that the Garcelon DOSE though
bitter one will be swallowed.
In regard to the platform it is hard to predict
with much certainty. The Portland delegation
are going to force local option plank, and
they expect that it will be supported by the
Bangor delegates. A delegate who was asked
if it was expected that local option plank
would be adopted replied: Eyes, what do you
think we got up the cheap train from Portland
for?" His idea appeared to be that the county
delegations which might not be full could be
filled by gentlemen from Portland in favor of
local option.
The financial resolutions will be about the
same as last year; perhaps a trife stronger on
the hard money side, for the purpose of de-
ceiving the Republican Greenbackers To
induce this deception of Greenbackers who
were once Republicans, seems to be the chief
purpose for which the convention is called If
it were not for this, doubtless Joseph L. Smith
would be tho nominee, but it is thought that if
he were nominated the Republican Green
hackers would see too plainly whittier the
movement is tending and would return to the
Republican fold. To prevent this a third
candidate is to be nominated but the Demo-
Gratis confess that they do not expect he will
get more than $1,000 votes, and they would be
better satisfied no doubt, if he did not get
any
SECOND DISPATCH.
The state committee have selected A. S.
Farnham of Pembroke, B. N. Walker of
Biddeford, C. H. Mcclellan of Bath, and E. P.
Paysol of Portland, for secretaries The state
committee seems to have not come to any very
definite conclusion about the final resolution.
A resolution endorsing the reconciliation of
silver and favoring paper currency redeemable
in coin will be presented.