Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-09-23
MAINE.
Plaisied's Plurality-NO Doubt that
il Reaches Mt Least l54-.rhe
FusiOntsts 10 Fight for Hancock
The Convention Yesterday.

il Reaches at Least l54-'rhe
Fusionists TO Fight for Hancock
The Convention Yesterday.
PORTLAND, Sept. 2l--The Fusion
forces received fresh impetus o.day by
the almost nnsnnous ratification by the
Greenback State Convention ia this city.
of the arrangement for Union Presi-
dental ticket made by the Democratic
and Greenback State Committees ut
Augusta in June. II was anticipated that
the convention would be small but tho
announcement that small knot of So
called straight Greenbackers, Scion
Chase being the ouly prcmi.
nant man among them, intended
to capture the convention and
make straight nominations caused the
Union men to rally In force The result
was an attendance of 465 delegates from
the % towns. Soon after the convention
was called to order resolution was intro
dnoed ndorsing the action of the State
committees in recommending ticket, and
after SOME discussion it was put to vote
aud carried overwhelmingly. Not 20
votes were scored against IL, and when its
adoption was announced Il wild scene of
enthusiasm followed. Men chesred and
threw their hats into the air. Nineteen
twentielhs of the delegates were in favor
of union and they had but little patience
with the handful of straight Greenbackers
who wished to divide the party
Scion Chase and about 20 others called
a boiling convention and nominated
straight electoral ticket taking Chase,
Turner and whdden, of the Union ticket,
aud dropping Bunker, Greenbacker, and
the Democrats. Their movement will not
attract more than few hundred voters,
and the Greenbach party consider them
selves well rid of them, for they have
always opposed every attempt at union.
The regular convention nominated the
following electoral ticket Scion Chase,
Greenbacker; Samuel Watts, Democrat,
Electors-at- Large; and John f. Turner,
Benjamin Bunker, Charles r. Whidden,
Greenbackers; William A. Cromwell and
John p. Donworth, Democrats.
During the convention speeches were
made by Congrt sssman Murch, who pre-
dicted that the State would give a Union
majority Of 10000 in November. Con
eressman Ladd, who was sure of great
victory, and others made speeches. A
large number of prominent Republicans
were in this CITY, including Governor
Davis and they were very anxious that
there should be division.
10 show how sincere is the Greenbaek
ism of Turner, proprietor of the Mem Era,
he offered to throw the influence of his
paper for the Fusion ticket for $500
before the convention, and will even now
change for 81 200.
The result OF to-dsys convention has
inspired the Union hosts with renewed
courage, aud they expect to press forward
to another victory in November.
rLAIsTRD ELECTED.
PORTLAND, Sept. 2l.-There is no
longer any doubt that Plaisted is elected,
aud the Republican leaders freely concede
that such Is the result OF the election.
Finding errors in the telegraphic returns
to the net amount of two ,tenths of one
per cent, copies of official returns have
been carefully footed and compared with
footiugs received from Augusta. An error
is found of 100 in the footing of Penob.
scot county, seven back towns are added
and the final result is: Davis, 10, $40
Plaisted, 73,Sl3; Plsisted's plurality, ia.
The scattering votes were not on the
sheets received here, but the Augusta
footing, NO, is probably correct. rhlt
result must be very near, although some
towns are still not oihalal, aud ,he Demo.
cratic State Committee, although theil
tables ere not complete, agree that the,
will come out near this. Although thest
figures are from official returns, the off
cial CANVASS of them is not made until tn,
Legislature meets, in January, and only
that body takes cognizince OF errors il
them. The plurality amendment is carried