The Portland daily press., 1880-09-22
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Mr.. Chase said he hoped they would act de-
liberately and with candid regard to true
Greenback principles.
The counties represented were Cumberland,
Androscoggin, York, Kennebec and Somerset.
as far as could be ascertained.
Mr.. Ferris, of Turner, said he came from
the West to his home on purpose to vote the
Greenback ticket. In the West and South
the Democrats were the greatest enemies of
the Greenbackers. He showed how in Missis.
sippi men who vote the Greenback ticket take
their lives in their hands, and after mention
ing cases of men known to him who had been
shot down for voting the ticket, he said the
Greenback party was the only one that could
divide the solid South
Mr.. Wilbur said if the time had come When
members of the Greenback party had TO make
apologies for expressing their views, as they
had in the Congress Hall convention, he
thought it time to pull down the stars and
stripes. In that convention questions were
put without giving the opposition voice, and
debate was cut off
Mr.. j. B. Chase said Mr.. Hobson had evil
IDENTIFY been drilled as to his position on put
ting the resolutions carried by the Congress
Hall convention. The Democratic party said
he, is hard money party, and if we give them
three electoral votes there will be as little
reason for doing it as for giving them to Gar
field.
Mr.. Rich, of Berwick, said his delegation
was instructed to come ito Portland and vote
against fusion and, if fusion was indorsed, to
bolt. He proposed the convention fill out the re-
mainder of the electoral ticket
Another delegate objected to taking the four
men appointed by the action at Augusta. He
thought they must go way back 10 the begin
ming and put in the pillow.
Mr.. Mayer, of Augusta, said the delegation
from that city was regularly elected by straight
greenback caucuses and their credentials were
in proper form. A fusion caucus was held in
Capt. Blacks office. Augusta, composed of
Hancock veterans whose object was to capture
the Portland convention to-day. When his
fellow delegates presented their credentials to
the State committee at Congress Hall, that
committee were in favor Of fusion, and OBJ
1ected to their credentials, accepting the Han
cock men. He therefore thought seven relia-
BILE straight Greenbackers must be put in no IN
nation here. The Greenbackers did not ask
the Democrats to come over and endorse Plais-
ted. They came of their own accord. We
may be few in number here Eto-day and they
may laugh and sneer at us, but there are lots
just like us in the country; He said he was
one of the original Greenbackers but he would
never support Mr.. Bunker as elector for he
knew he was not straight Greenbacker. He
OH of fbo
men.
Mr.. Golf of Auburn said If any cussed fu-
sionists were put on the ticket he wouldn't
vote for them.
Mr.. Mayer said if they put on seven straight
Greenbackers the Democrats would get sick of
the men they had nominated to-day, knowing
they couldn't elect them and come over and
support the nominees of this convention.
Mr.. Golf wanted it understood he would
only vote for straight Greenbacker.
Rev. Mr.. Butterfeld of Deering thought
trade.
Mr.. j. F. Turner moved that seven be nom-
mated from the floor, and the motion was
carried. The following was the ticket chosen:
at Ldrge-Solon Chase and Judge Frye of
Bethel.
District Electors-1st, J. F. Turner, Port
land; I'd, Thomas G. Burton, Chase's Mills;
3D., j. f. Hilton, St. Albans; 4th, Geo. W.
Worcester, Glenburn; 9Th, G. r. Whidden,
Calais
Mr.. Rich Of Berwick said his town would
give 100 votes for the ticket, and if a few votes
only were got from each town and village,
they should leave the three Democratic cleo
tors out in the cold. We helped Anderson
stay at home and will serve these Democratic
electors the same way. The Democrats will
call us all manner of hard names but they
cannot alter the result.
Scion Chase said they were the best friends
the Greenbackers in the other hall had got.
He thanked God the rag baby was now born
again. 1t was bad thing to do what they
had done-to bolt. But, said he, thank God
I've done it. can now look every honest
Greenbacker in the face from Maine to Cali
fornia. The party in every state will approve
of it, Every time we have fusion conven-
ton we lose Greenbackers. The convention
to-day was run by the Democracy. We stand
here to-day to teach these men lesson We
have no hard words for them but must labor
with them to bring them back.
4Ai e. IL OudoO ossiu, lOOh az tu6 uuDluSQlQS
cheek of the Democrats, calling this Green
back victory. You can hear the leading DEM
ocrats of this city say "do you suppose we are
going to divide the offices with the Greenback-
ers2 Who cut the Threats of two Greenback
names on the county ticket. If were going o
sell out to man in this district I'd sell out to
Greenbacker and not to man who decl ares
he won't come before Greenback convention !.
On motion of MIR. Turner, seconded by Mr.
ton and push like clubs in all the counties
The club has four officers who also act as ex-
ecutive committee. The platform of the clu
is free coinage of silver, payment of bonds
with boards on hand, the government to con-
troll the volume Of money, and lno entangling
alliance with any party. The following were
elected officers:
Presdent--Solon Chase.
Vice President-Rev. W. F. Eaton, Cape
Elizabeth.
Secretary-R. NJ. Springer, Portland.
Treasurer. f. Turner, Portland.
The following address to the people was
adopted:
For the enlightenment and encouragement
of our Greenback brothers in other states, we
vention assembled declare that there is a
Greenback party in Maine pledged to the in
terests OF the whole people, that the late fu-
sion and confusion in this state was due
wholly to the exigencies of state issues, and
that in national matters we vote with our
brothers elsewhere in the Union for Weaver
and Chambers.
Sheep Raising in Maine.
Mr.. EDIToR,-H your space will permit
have few words which would like to say
which not only concerns the farmers but the
denizens of the cities. I called in too see the
county fair and was much pleased with all the
stock.-but wish particularly to speak Of the
sheep. There was a number of very fine
breeds displayed, indicating that a renewed
interest had awakened among the farmers.
OF late years sheep raising has been too much
neglected in the State, while the star west'