Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-06-27
of hi. nomination and to request his at,ent.

of his nomination and 10 request his sttenc-
ance before the convention.
Col Porter on behalf of the committee.
soon appeared and presented Hon. Daniel +.
Davis. the nominee, To- the President OF the
convention. who introduced him tn the con
ventun.
Mr.. Davis accepts the nomination in
brief speech. lie said: This nomination
rendered me to-day, wholly unlocked
for. wholly unexpected, wholly unsought and
not known of by me until about 10 o'clock
this morning. have no prepared speech to
deliver TO you, and would not intlict it upon
Won at this late hour. after your long session
in thi. heated hall. it had | will only say
briefly, accept the nomination. consider
il a high honor Ia be nominated by such
convention as is assembled to-day in this
city of Bangor, and thank the gentlemen
OF the West for conceding so gracefully to
the East the nomination.
The questions before the people differ
somew hat from what they did year agb at
this time. The people of this country were
then discussing the question of finance. y
question which they were wholly unused to
discuss. Then business all over the country
was depressed Then resumption of specie
payments was an event Of tho future and To
the minds of most men uncertainty hung like
a black pail
To-day. after the discussion OF this pucs-
ton II twelve month, the people are becoming
more settled in their convictions regarding
finances Business is reviying. Not that It
pays the enormous dividends that were de-
cared in the DAYS OF inflated currency, but II
steady increase, that has the marks of pros
perity and pcrmancncy about II. To-day, re-
sumption is no longer in the future, nut an
established fact and every paper promise
t, J,llor mad. Ia. in,
the hour of its peril, is worth dollar in gold
in every civilized nation on the globe. The
nation has kept its faith with its creditors. \
man who when able does not keep his con
tracts, falls into contempt with those with
whom he deals and how much more so should
it be with nation.
This nation of forty millions of people,
tecming with wealth, could not afford lis Oh
legations. But having resumed specie pay
ments and the purchasing capacity of money
being more than it has been for two decades.
we can afford to and must light the lamps OF
economy in all departments OF the State and
government.
The democratic party have sometimes as
cused us of trying to keep alive the animosi-
ties growing out of the war, but to-day they
attempt to reopen question that sup
posed the war had settled. The last gun at
Appomattox sent booming through the nation
federacy of States, but nation.
solid South aided by party anxious for
power, seek to reopen this question. 1t is
our duty to-day to settle this question of
State rights by the ballot, rs we then settled
il by the bullet.
Loud and continued cheering and applause
followed Mr. Davis speech.
Calls being made for Hon. Eugene Hale,
he came forward and congratulated Heartily
the convention. First on account of its size
it had proved to be big enough to be able to
take care of itself, and it was big enough if
il went home and stripped up its coat sleeves
to give the democrats and greenbackers such
whipping AS no minority party of this State
was ever able to do.
1900 men gathered together from all parts
eff the State to consult together on the situa-
ton, means something. lie congratulated
the convention on the result of their deliber-
ations. A good citizen, an able professional
man and brave soldier, who has carried his
knapsack on his back is the man tn lead on
the party in the canvass which begins from
this moment, and which will end in the down
fall of the coalition that now disgrace the
State of Maine.
He pledged his best endeayors and assist
ance in electing Mr.. Davis to the Office to
which he hadbeen nominated.
Hon. Thomas ID. Reed was called upon and
pledged his best efforts to redeem the State
from the disgrace under which she now
rests.
The convention then adjourned
The result of the extra session of Con-
gress is now definitely known. Whether
the adjournment comes soon or late, it is
settled that there is to be no change in ex-
listing laws. The election laws will stand.
Whatever power has existed for the pre-
vention OF fraud will still exist, and the
laws will be neither repealed or emascu-
lated The army, also, will remain under
the control of a President. armed with all
the constitutional powers for the enforce
ment of the laws. Every power that
President Hayes or his predecessor has
had, to employ the army and navy in the
suppression of resistance to law, and in
the protection of civil officers in the dis
charge of their duties, President Hayes
will retain to the end of his term. SO
much is settled. The conspiracy of the
democrats to capture the next election by
force and fraud, SO far as it depended upon
any change of the laws, is beaten already.
Tribune.
With its usual high conception of de
cency and what belongs to the courtesies
of life, the Standard ridicules the idea that