Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-05
Difficulties Of Fusion.

ruin Dl-tricf been patched over al Na--
tine. when the entire attention of the
leaders WAS required 10 calm the iumult
in the First and Third Districts. In
the First district the Democrats Thurs
dav. nominated Gen. Samuel j. Ander-
son. of Portland. a copperhead during
the war. and an obstructionist since OF
the most pronounced type. Referring
To his nomination aud endorsement by
the Grceubackers. the New Era Leader.
on the day preceding the Convention.
said
lit j. no more in order for Greenhack
convention Ia nominate straight Democrat
than straight Republican. There Is not,
and has not been. an instance in the Union
where the Grcenback party has nominated
or endorsed straight Democrat or Repub
lcan. This district cannot hope TO IT, the
experiment without di>rupting and demoral-
izing the party. not oniy in this distract but
in the State. If Interested gentlemen Of the
Grecnback persuasion in other portions Of
AA ENA+ARA uAAt NHtN G3AAlk- W. Att ~
district. a. seems to have been the case.
the, have taken unWsrrantei liberties. and
no such trade can b. ratified. The duty OF
the Grccnback delegates ]. plain. They are
called together to nominate a GrocIsbdck
candidate for Representative in Congress.
let them select the ahlcs;, cleancs,. most
reliable and ;ris;Worth, Grecuhacker in the
district and their work : done.
Notwithstanding this warning from
the Leadrr. Gen. Ander>ou's nominal
ton VA, endorsed 10y the Grecnback
Convention. hut only after bitter con
test. which has not We; ended. Many
of the Grcenbachcr. feel that they have
been sold out by the header. aud will
carry their opposition to Gen. Anderson
to the poll,
In the third district. Thursday, the
Grecnhackcr> met in convention al
Gardner and the Democrats at Au-
gusta The Grccnbackers nominated
VIM. A. Philbrick Of >kowhegau. and
committee was appointed to visit the
Augusta convention and demand his
endorsement by the Democrat, 10 az
curlancc with the trade The pr-scu-
talon OF hi, name in the Augusta { on-
venyion. raised a stormy scene IN which
quite a number Of prominent Democrats
took an active part.
Mr.. George W Aver. who wa. "a
delegate from We; Water, lie ,aid
a. / said before TIA. forenoon. ANYTHING
Lord. - preferable 10 a Republican hu;
have a cuns;liucnc, behind me- and the uay
matters nov stand they ~nn'; give t-cnt,-
Eve votes FOR Ph.ibrlck. when they Hould
give l15 vote, for democrat Personally
Mr.. PhIlhrlck i a friend II mlDc. and
should like Ia scc him nominated bu; let
me 20 home without putting nv stigma
upon the Grrcnbaek party and ! should po-
Iilcally Kali mNScf let u make a fa.r
trade. II NJ can't do tins let u 20 douu
with the culors- Last war ! bolicd the
Fusion ticket II YOU raiIfy TIN. nomination
I'll pa; a ticket IN the hcld and III &c;
three Notrs 20 YOUR one. We have gl,cH
the Grscubackcrs Plassicd. " no has alwa,s
been a Republican. Phdhnok. uho has al
Wass been a Republican. and Bunker. hn
has alNsys been a Republican and tslir,r
that PhilhTl,k'. name vail b. hi.scd hs the
democrats Of West NaisrAillc"
Tahuiator Brown tined 10 stall the temp
e.; by al, ooa;.ng al adoption Of Ph,lbfick's
name by the convention. Ihi. brought up
Mr.. Reed Of mon. ~ho was thorough,
dIsgustcd with the co~ arllcc ana suh~er-
sIencN Of hi. colleagues I'm hire. hcgan
Mr. Reed. representing the Democratic
voters IN tho town Of mon. IN the county
Of Knox. We have been hanging On -
tai Of the Grccnback part, ions enough. /
have been a Democrat since l>f0 What
have the Grcenbaokcrs done to-da, Thc,
have assembled al Gardiner the, have
virtually aid. We wIil nominate our can
dld4ie and you can GO 10 he'll. Il ,nu AIT
To-. In hnnX county Ne tTIed To uL.ie with
the Grcenbacsers. but ~e couldn't So!ou
Chase rode up IA his team and sand Gentle
men, What have you 90; Ia do with our
convention To-day. through his influence
at Gardiner, they've nominated Mr.. Phil
brick. The nomination belongs Ia u. and
We are going TO have II, b, God, Let them
90 down IN knoN county and look around
II you Wish TO nominate Mr.. PhIlbrlck YOU
can do II. hut | shall vote for stephen n
Lindsey OF Norridse~ock IN preference"
Mr. Staples Of Washington. rose and
aid let mt ask Mr.. Moore Il the agree
meni was not made in Bangor 10 give us
this district and the first district The
Democratic party has been fusing and grow
my beautifully less eNery year. lou nom
mated Horace Greeley. and YOU now allow
Your party 10 be run by greenbackers. We
are Democrats We hold principles radically
antagonistlc 10 the grcenback principles. II
YOU are Greenbaokers then vote for Phil
brick. but for Gods sake don't cali Your
selves democrats Go over body and soul
where YOU belong.
After speech from Mr.. Lenox OF
Wiscassei; and Mr.. Moore of Thomas
ton III favor OF Philbrick. Mr.. Reed
again spoke a. follows:
Il have been talking for the last year with
members Of the Greenbaek party. God
forbid my affilis,ing With such an organiza-
ton. Mr.. Brown. how can YOU STAN, such
sun -ht ~ tOAlA ~
out a. they counted out the Republicans ?
hope this will be the last time that shall
ever assemble in a Greenback convention.
| represented the Democratic party in the
town of Union. and when YOU get them To
vote for Greenbacker. you'll get a white
blackbird.T
The majority of the delegates. how
ever. animated by the hope of spoil..
were found TO be in favor of Mr.. Phil
brick and he was endorsed By the con-
vention. Fusion goes harder daily and
those who faiter themselves that any
thing like harmony exists between the
two parties will find their mistake on
the day Of election. Meanwhile the
Republicans are thoroughly united and
are working with the energy of mel
who know they are fighting in just
cause and for the overthrow of unprinci-
Piled political leaders whose sole ambi.
ton is the possession of official position.
in which to repeat the dishonest prac.
tees OF last winter