The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-11
EATING CROW.
The Democrats Make an Enor-
nous Meal on the Bird.
ALL BUT TWO SENATORS GIVEN TO
THE GREENBACKERs.

1ho OoHocra1lc CounIy convention met al
headquarters at 1880 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing and was called to order by A. F. Moulton
Esq, Chairman of the county committee. The
hall was filed with spectators as well as dele.
gates.
Mr.. Moulton read the published call. and
then said it devolved upon the meeting to
nominate candidates imbued with the grand
principles of the good old Democratic party
those OF economy and honesty He eulosized
in the most glowing terms those veteran Dem.
ocrats-Hancock and Plaisted-true tvnes ot
Democracy and said the Convention means te
send Gen. Anderson to Congress Strange tc
say the name OF that popular candidate was
received with but little applause. He begged
the convention to give them good county
ticket, men entitled to their support and they
would all go to work and elect them, and not
talk.
Mr.. Moulton then announced Capt. j. T.
Turner, of Bridgton, for temporary chairman
OF the convention, with Charles Burleigh and
George B. Emery of Gorham for secretaries.
Mr.. Payson of Portland moved that the tenn
porary organization be made permanent, but
the chairman reminded him that he was too
much in hurry as the committee on creden-
tirls had not yet reported, and it was not
known who had right to vote.
1t was moved that the county committee be
made a committee on credentials, which was
carried, and Mr.. Anderson, OF Portland. re.
ported that of the full number of 1877 dele.
gates, 135 were present.
Mr.. Pierce, of Portland moved committee
of five to Illuminate county committee and he
was quickly informed that he was out of order
until the organization of the convention was
made permanent. This little lapse was quick.
ly supplied on motion of Mr.. Payson, who
urged his former motions to that effect, and
then ensued quite an excitement. 1t appeared
that the county committee had decided to urge
the enlarging of the committee from eleven to
twenty, so that each representative district in
the tl county could be represented and thus, as
they claimed, the organization be made more
elective. Each representative district was to
nominate their own member of the COMMITTEES
and. the above arrangement was reported bv
Mr.. Andrews for the committee, with the fur
Their understanding that the committee was TO
serve two years.
Then Mr.. Pierce of Portland said one dis.
trict understood this arrangement had been
made by unanimous vote of this COMMITTEES.
and he thought it a very undemocratic proceed
ing. Mr. Moulton of Scarbro said the old COM
mittee was large enough in point of numbers
perhaps for some purposes, but not large
enough to keep in strict communication with ali
parts OF this county. If increased to 20, such
committee would nominate an executive
committee which would carry out Mr..
Pierce's idea.
Mr.. Pierce said by the suggestion of an ex-
f111nIf To he al
county committee the other side virtually
gave way their whole case. If they increase the
number of the committee the cry of ring rule
will be raised from those members not an.
pointed on the executive committee. They
will say favoritism kept them off. I'VE alwavs
supposed everything the Democratic leaders did
the others thought was rightly He believed in
the town committee doing their own work in
stead OF trusting to an unwieldy county commit
tee. He also wanted the convention to under
stand that new appointments of districts
would be made by the next legislature and that
the committee Should be appointed So as to
keep the full Democratic strength umimpaired
A delegate said he thought the committee
knew their business and ought to be supported
especially if they could carry the county, and
he believed in carrying out their suggestions
Mr.. Andrews, of Portland, said All thew
wanted was to get a perfect organization, and
that the town committee work would not be
interfered with.
The question was then put and the commit
tees motion was carried. 1t was divided as
Mr.. Pierce had moved, committee of five to
select town committee, SO that his motion
had to be reconsidered to allow the districts to
choose their representative members on the
committee. The following is the new county
committee
Baldwin-G, H. Norton.
Bridgton-Capt. j. Jenner
Brunswick-W. r. Field.
Cape Elizabeth Geo. Pickett
Harrrison-Alonzo Moulton,
Deering-SOlomon Stuart
Cumberland-H. r. Mountfort
Pownal-G. A. Sleeper
Gorham-Dan1 F. Watson
Westbrook-A.S. Gore.
Yarmouth Capt. R. Harding.
Windham-E. H. Mayo.
Scarboro-A. F. Moulton.
Gray j. Whiting
Raymond-G. P. Davis
Portland-Chas. Mccarthy, G. E. Bird. B. F
Andrews. e. S. Redlon, T. F. Donahue.
Col. Lyman moved that the Convention
divide into four Senatorial districts and thel
report on candidates for Senators.
Mr. E. L. Poor, of Sebago, said the Green
back party was holding Convention and
that, as union was to be effected, the bes
way to get at results was through committee
OF conference. If, said he we should nomin.
ate for Senators we couldn't get but two, anG
if we should claim certain two, then the
Greenbackers might want those very two. Sc
made motion for a committee of conference
OF three. Another member requested it be in
creased to five. The chairman requested
them to go easy, as he couldn't attend to more
than one thing at time. Mr.. Poor accepted
the amendment, and the chairman named E
L. Poor of Sebago, J. M. Adams of Portland
Samuel Rofe, Portland, Jacob Farr, Harms
well. and I. HI. Haskell, Cape Elizabeth,
Then member objected to Mr.. Poor on the
committee, but his motion was not carried
Then it was announced that Adams and Rolfe
were not present. Mr. G. E. Bird was named
but declined. Mr.. G. E. Morrill, was named
but was abseLt. Finally the committee stood
r. l.. Poor, Sebago, James NJ Bates, Var
mouth, G. II. Fling, Portland, Jacob Farr,
Harpswell, and Thomas Fl. HASKELL Cape
Elizabeth.
A delegate moved that the committee report
as soon as possible.
Mr.. Poor said he supposed they'd have sense
enough to do that.
Mr., Sleeper of Freeport moved committee
OF five on resolutions. Lewis Pierce and Charles
Mccarthy, Portland, George B. Emery, Cor
ham, Charles Littlefeld, Bridgtoc, and G. s.
Snow, Pownal, were appointed.
Convention adjourned to 2 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to order al
2 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Andrews it was voted thai
all vacancies occurring in the County Com
mittee should be filled by the town commit
tees where the vacancies occurred.
Mr.. Poor, of the conference committee, re
ported that the committee had a long session
with a like committee appointed by the Green
hackers. The result was that the Greenbaci
committee reported themselves in this condi
tion:-That the Greenback convention stoot
IS in favor of union with the Democrats to 81
opposed, a majority of only three in favor. IA
deep gloom seemed to settle on the convention
at this announcement They said they were
only authorized to allow the Democrats two
Senators, and they might take whate yer two
they wanted, which proposition the Democrat
ic. committee accepted finally, although they
tried hard to have the County Commission Ell
added, which was declined. The committee
stood four in favor of accepting the Green
back proposition to one opposed and the repor
was at the disposition of the convention.
On motion of Mr.. Sleeper of Freeport, the
report was accepted and the recommendation
adopted, and we will do the Democrats the
justice to say they took the dose of crow brave
ly, although, as one prominent member whis
pered to the reporter, 81 wanted to get up ant
tell them that if half of that convention
didn't want to fuse, as far as was concerned
l didn't care d-n, and they might go tt
Ill.,
Mr.. G. H. Fling, from the committee, sale
(prior to the adoption of this report he didn'
understand that in their conference any specia
demand was made or accepted. The Green
back committee stated Just how they were
nlacpd. Their cOnvention was NOT borp,opi