The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-02
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THE GREENBACKERS OF FRANKLIN
DISGUISED WITH FUSION.
A Protest against Being Sold Out.

Greenbackers feel at being sold out by unscru-
pulous leaders to E. f. Pilsbury & Co. has
manifested itself in Franklin county in the
shape of a protest from a number of the
strongest men among the Greenbackers in
Wilton. The feelings of these men are UNI
doubleday the feelings of the majority of the
Greenbackers of Maine who went into the
movement from principle They see now that
they are to be used simply to help the old
Democratic party into power and they revolt.
The reasons which these Franklin county men
give for their action are applicable i'll every
other county as we'll Here is their mani
festo:
PROTEST.
To the Public:
In 1878 we acted and voted with the Green
back party. We understood it to be party OF
reform" opposed to and independent OF both
the old parties. All its newspapers and public
speakers SO declared everywhere. Where do
we find it now? Sold ont or captured by noted
wire-pullers and political .guerrillas, and in
close alliance with the old Bourbon Democracy
of state rights and rebellion memory. The
late Greenback State Convention at Portland
was manipulated in the interest of the Demo-
cratic party. Its platform was dictated II not
actually drafted, by leading members OF that
party. So very like the Democratic state plat
IL.
cover the difference. Report says that the
Hon. i. G. Butler, President of the recent
Democratic County Convention at Framing
ton, declared in his speech on that occasion,
that there really was no essential difference.
Why should there be, since the same men die
tated or drafted both? And what do we find
in the several counties? Bargain and sale,
in other words 'truck and dlcker," trading;
and in this (Franklin) county even more
shameless and undisguised than any bargain
ont rQd 10 hat IL tnDly nxC a
derstand that some of the Democratic wing OF
the coalition even openly boast OF having Sc
cured the best of the bargain, viz: four Of the
most important out of the six county nomlna-
lions, Senator, Judge of Probate, County
Commissioner and Register of Probate) and
that the nominees have heretofore, for all their
lifetime, been among the most Jealous and ac-
tive of that party, and most of them large re-
cipients OF official favors.
In view of these facts, well known to all,
and other considerations of grave national in
terest, that we need not enumerate here, we
deem it not only right but duty to enter, IN
this public and open manner, our earnest pro
test against this shameful coalition Conferred
into simply and solely to secure the spoils OF
office to certain hungry, ambitious poIiticians)
the same. Neither now nor hereafter will we
kRotoiagly give it aid or comfort in any way
whatever 1t may be possible for unscrupu-
lous leaders to sell u.s. but not 50 easy for them
to delire3 the goods.
JOHN G. OWENS,
+. A. BUTTERFIELD,
j. M. BUTTERFIELD,
CHARLES o. RICHARDSON,
G. F. FLETCHER,
ENOCH WOOD,
G. G. HOBBS,
G. G. BEssE,
S. w. GORDON,
DENNIS ADAMS,
I'll. W. RICHARDSON
MARTIN WooDCoCK
Wilton, August %, 1879.
j. C. Owens, the first signer Of the above
''protest" has been heretofore one of the
most active and influential of the Greenback
leaders in Wilton-the bell-wether Of the flock
last year-and several of the others have been
prominent men of that party. This protest
does not contain half, if it does q third, of the
names Of those in Wilton who acted in 1878 with
the Greenback party, but will not do so this
year. Some of them will vote with the Re
pubicans, while others will not vote at all.
What is true of Wilton is true of a large part
of the towns of Franklin county.
Nominations for Representatives.
The following nominations are reported for
Representatives in the Legislature:
REPUBLICANS.
Sp1ingfed-L c. Stearns.
Observation-Disclosures Babcock.
Pars--J. G. Marble
ATonson--Alvin Gray.
Norway--A. Z. Andrews.
Durham-Wm. II. Thomas.
Sidney-Gorham Hastings.
Presque Isle-Frederic Barker.
Sumner-Henry B. Hersey
Albion-G. II. Wilson.
Winthrop-A. r. Crane.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS c. Springer.
Mechanic Falls-Gideon Bearce.
Harrison-Newcl A. Trafton
Wiscasset-George B, Sawyer.
Passadumkeag-Ch l.. Hathaway.
superintendent ,Jewett.
Portland-NIoses NJ. Butler. A. A. Strout, l;euel
Maxcy, s. A. True, John B; Coyle, .jr
Bridgton--Albion G. Bradstreet.
Sebago-John p Fitch.
Caribou-Hiram Morse.
GnEENBAcK.
Nassalboro-W Murray.
Rockland-G. A. Lynde, James Adams.
Industry-George w. johnson,
Bradford. j. Knowles.
Windham-AndreW j. Morrill,.
Montville-Hollis NJ. Howard.
- Burnham-M. p Milliken.
| Isles ooro-Winfield S. Pendleton.
Bingham-David Whipple.
West Waterville-Henry Mccartney.
Buxton-A. G. Smith.
st. Georgc-Charles A. Gliddep.
Pittston-C. II. Dunton.
Yarmouth-Joseph Raynes
Unsatisfactory Ingalls,.
Deering-Freeman Gordon
| Kennebunkport-AIoses Hartman.
Observation-Disclosures H. Written.
Cape Elizabeth-William f. Eaton
DEMOCRATS.
Veazie-Wyatt Weed.
Westield-Joel Howard
| Rockland-George Gregory Samuel Bryant.
Yarmouth-Joseph Raynes
| Wiscasset-Henry Ingalls,
| BerWck-Reuben Chadbourne.
Portland-Lewis Pierce, Darius II. lngraham, Ed
mund Dana, Jr. Charles A. Dyer, Thomas Z. Shee-
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