Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-20
| UPRISING or THE
PEOPLE.
A Glorious Meeting
for the Right!
THE BALL STARTED.
Intense Indignation at the
Crime Of GarcelOn and His
Council.
BOLD AND RINGING SPEECHES.
The Contingent Conspiracy
Grapplcd With i'm Earnest.
GREAT AND GENERAL EN-.
CITEMENT.
Strong and Decided RcsoIu tiOns.
Strong and Decided Rcsolu tiOns.
AN IMMENSE CROWD OF
STALWARTS.
The Beginning Of the End Of
the Contingent Wickedness.

Never was such scene before witnessed
at this season of the year, in this city, as was
witnessed in Granite Hall last evening. Over
the crisp snow and through the frosty atmos-
phere there gathered such crowd of people
at the Indignation Meeting, as is seldom
seen here, except IN the summer sea-
son, during the most intense political excite
ment. Many were present from towns sew
eral miles away Fifty men were there from
Winthrop, large number from Readfeld,
and big delegations from Halowell and Gar
diner. The hall was packed full, and hun
dreds went away who were unable to get even
comfortable standing room. 1t was also
gathering Of voters, scarcely woman be-
ing present, and very few lads. They were all
earnest men, too, men who felt that great
wrong had bet n perpetrated by the Governor
and Council, and which they have no inten-
ton of submitting to. Their Indignation
shone in their countenances, and Numbered in
their applause at the denunciatory language
Of the speakers. Nearly every minister of
the Gospel was on the stage, and our best cit
liens were in attendance. The speeches
were roundly applauded. They were all
stalwart. Ex-Gov. Conner presided with
grace and dignity. Mr.. Blaines appearance
on the stand was the signal for one of those
tempests Of applause which always greet him
on such occasions, and his speech was a clear
and plain statement of the situation, and in
dictated that the people have the power and
will bring the plans of the conspirators to
naught,
The meeting was called to order by Joseph
A. Holman, Esq. who made the following re-
marks:
Fellow citizens In all great public ex-
agencies it has been the time -honored Gus
tom and the sacredly- cherished habit and
right Of the American people to assemble and
take counsel together. We are here to-
night, fellow citizens, for that purpose.
Grave and Unprecedented peril threatens the
State. Men chosen and sworn to support the
constitution and to administer the laws faith
| fully and impartially have proved false to
their duty. The will of the people expressed
| freely and peaceably at the balot-box has
been corruptly and shamefnlly disregarded
| Nv bONeIuoT pdfCcIOH NOuHCli.
| Thirty-seven senators and representatives
elected to the legislature of Maine by full
open, unchallenged ballot, have been, by a
revolutionary and arbitrary decree of this
Governor and Council, denied their seats and
| they have been assigned to other men
who have not the slightest claim to them.
| Fellow citizens, how should this great
wrong be righted? You are here tonight to
consider this question. To this end and for
the purpose of carrying out the objects of this
meeting, it is my duty, the duty assigned to
me, to nominate the officers and to complete
the organization of this meeting. And take
great pleasure in nominating for the presid-
ing officer of this assemblage gentleman
who has formerly occupied the gubernatorial
chair of this State, when it was a proud dis
tinction to occupy it, Ex-Governor Selden
Connor. [Applause.l
At the close of his remarks Mr. Homan an
nounced the organization:
President-Selden Connor.
Wee Pt'es,dents-J. w. North, w. r.
johnson, J. w. Patterson, Samuel Titcomb,
Daniel A. Cony, Geo. w. Quinby, Elisha
| Atkins, Edward A. Mason, Orrin Williamson,
Alden w. Philbrook, Watson F. Hallett, JOS
eph A. Homan, +. ii. w. Smith, Amos Will
der, C. 4. Nash, j. p. Wyman, S. S. Brooks,
+. w. Whitehouse, George L. Weeks.
A. p Morrill,, O. C. Whitehouse, Erastus
Haskell, Chandler Bealc, II. II. Harvey,
II. A. Dewitt, John w. Rowe John ID. Ny
rick, N. w. Cole, II. S. Osgood Geo. S.
Ballard, Elijah Mcfarland, John w. Chase,
Joshua Nye, Geo. f. Brickett, p. o. Vickery
II. F. Blanchard, George A. Philbrook
Freeman Barker, c. Is. Lakin, Jefferson
Higgins, w. S. Choate, Daniel C. Robinson
Stephen Folsom, j. w. North, Jr., ii. M
Heath, J. NJ. Haynes, Alvin Fogg, Geo. F
Potter. James b. Bell, Asa d. Townsend
ID. p. Bolster, j. s. Hobbs, Wallace Bolan
Ira ID. Sturgis, j. o. Webster, j. II. Chand
Ter, w. l.. Thompson, John F. Plummer
Nathan C. Hallett, John Wheeler, Paul p
Hall, John b. Dyer.
Seeretaries.-Howard Owen, John w
Fogler.
Rev. Mr.. Tiiden was then invited to offe
prayer. His prayer was patriotic and fer
vent, perfectly fitted to the occasion, AM
found ready response in the hearts Of tn
hearers.