The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-01
A Lively Circus in Prospect
at Bangor.
FUSION BELIEVED TO BE I'M
POSSIBLE.
Plaisted to be Nomin ated by the
Greenbackers,
AND BIoN BRADBURY BY THE DEM
OCRATS.
Especial Dispatcb to the Press ! .

is understood, will make the nomination and
the Democrats will endorse it-perhaps. The
contest is now narrowed down to three men,
Gen. Plaisted, "Gov." Smith and P. A. Saw
yer. Smiths name will probably not be pre-
sented to to the convention tomorrow unless
his friends can work up enough sympathy"
for him as to make it reasonably sure that he
will be nominated. Sawyer and Plaisted will
be in the field to the last, and the friends of
both are confident. with Plaisted, perhaps, a
little ahead. The first thing that will be
fought over will be the question of presiding
officer of the Greenback convention. Ex-
Deacon E. I'll. Cove of Biddeford will, as
chairman of the State central committee, call
the convention to ORDER and the Plaisted and
Sawyer men wilrthen present their candidate
for chairman. Ex-Councillor Foster is talked
of by the Sawyer men, and so is the Hon, F.
M. Fogg while the Plaisted men seem in
clined to pitch upon the Hon. G. E. Clifford
OF Portland as the man to represent them.
The next fight will be over the platform.
The old line Democrats will ask that plat
form ignoring State issues be adopted, and the
more moderate Greenbackers will do the same;
but the radical ones like Fogg and Sawyer, not
to speak of the rest of the ex-Councillors, will
lators in some way. Intheir own convention
the Democrats will fight over the local option
question, and an attempt will be made to work
in carefully worded resolution pledging the
party to the local option line of policy.
Another question that is to be settled is how
the electors are to be chosen. The Democrats
will demand to be allowed to name three, thus
giving to the Greenbackers the naming of the
other four. For some reason Mr.. G. E. Cliff
ford seems to be popular still with his brother
Greenbackers, and he is talked of as one of
the four Greenback electors The Hon S. S.
Brown and "Gov." Smith are also named in
connection with the electoral nomination.
The straight-out Greenbackers are, however,
in something of middle about this matter OF
dividing up the electors, which Plaisted is sup
posed to oppose, and which Sawyer is known
to favor. They suspect that Samu ell j. Tllden
may be the Democratic candidate, and, if So,
they would as soon be found voting directly for
the Republican electors. The Democrats will
cling to their demand, and it must be three, at
least, Democratic electors or no fusion.
Another question likely to trouble the two
organizations is, Shall the Democrats make any
nomination at all for Governor, or simply
elect delegates at large and nominate candi-
dates for electors and then adjourn and 90
home? The Democrats and Greenbackers who
favor the nomination of Gen. Plaisted incline
to the view that no nomination should be
made. Gen. Plaisted, it is supposed, would
much prefer not to have to accept Democrat
&c nomination. The Sawyer men were, last eve
ming, warmly insisting that if Sawyer is to be
the candidate he must be endorsed to the fullest
extent. 1t is said here that Sawyer would not
object to accepting the Democratic nomination
for Governor, but it so happens that good
many Democrats would hesitate about letting
him have the chance. Tom. Plaisted is said
to have remarked of Sawyer and Fogg, ssthat it
is not vindication but damnation that they
need" and the same high authority is said to
have further declared that the Salvation of
the Greenback party isof great deal more
Importance than the yindication of any one"
The fight between Cap'n Chase and Hon,
Bion Bradbury, for the position of elector at
large, is quite likely to be lively one, and it
is claimed the Tabulator will win; an event.
II 1t should occur. not likely to make matters
any smoother in the convention. Mr. Brad
bury came here yesterday on the Boston Globe
train, and is generally supposed to be looking
sharply after his own interests, and also the in
terests OF the Democratic party. 1t is said that
Mr.. Bradbury will oppose Sawyer; but that in
the event OF the nomination of Plaisted, and
the conceeding of three Democratic electoral
nominations, he would be satisfied to see the
Democratic convention adjourn without max
ing nomination. Mr.. Bradbury is also dis
posed, it is reported, to champion the local op-
ton BOOM" Darius Alden of Augusta is
the event of Cap'n Chase and Mr.. Bradbury
succeeding in defeating each other, and, in
addition, both Cap'n Chase and Mr. Bradbury.
as well as ex-Gov. Garcelon, are talked of for
electors, although it is not probable that Mr.
bradbury would accept nomination for that
office.
Among the prominent leaders who arrived
yesterday were Bradbury of Portland, Torrey
OF Bath, +. G. Parker of Pittsfeld (who comes
instructed by his fellow Greenbackers to vote
for the man most likely to draw off the largest
number of Republican votes, and who is said
to favor Smith), Stone of Biddeford, York
county member OF the Democratic State Com
mlttee, land who will probably oppose the
local option plank that it is proposed to place
in the Democratic PLATFORM Wilson of Thorn
aston lwho has; he says, come prepared to
support whoever is nominated, don't care
ID who'), Z. II. Plaisted of Lincoln (who
is in subdued frame of mind and prepared to
support Gen. III. M. Plaisted, preferring that
course to needless shedding of his own blood)
Z. A. Sawyer and others. Very many of the
York county delegates to the Greenback Con-
vention arrived on the night express Saturday
and are quartered at the Globe Hotel, where
the Biddeford delegation have secured eight
rooms. Sawyer will have his headquarters at
the Exchange, Room %, and Gen. Plaisted
Will direct his campaign from his office.
There was, am informed, something pretty
cloudy, resembling sharp practice, here Satur-
day that, coming as it did from Greenbackers
SUPPOSEDLY themselves-to be out of reach
OF intrigue, and all unacquainted with the
tricks OF ward politicians. seemed out of place.
Bliss, of the Commercial. is "a Smith NAM
term in this city used to designate those who
favor the nomination of P. A. Sawyer-and he
has been giving out of late that he should carry
Bangor against Plaisted and for the Oldtown
owner of the "bar'l.'' Saturday was the time
fixed for the holding of the Greenback CITY
caucus. 1t was proposed by the Smith-Sawyer
managers to elect committee by ballot the
committee i'll turn to select the ward delegates
to the State Convention. This was to test the
strength of the rival candidates and was ac-
cepted by Plaisted who managed his own
compaign in that respect.
At the caucus the Plaisted men used
printed ticket and appeared to be in the
majority, and the Smith-Sawyer faction pro
tested against the result of the ballot averrng,
first that they were unprepared forsthat sort of
thing, and second that one man elected on the
Plaisted ticket did not live in the ward that
he was chosen to represent, that he belonged
to ward six, and not to ward seven This was
admitted by Plaisted who appeared and made
speech. He said that he was a candidate for
the nomination for the office of Governor at
the hands of the Greenback party, and that
while he had not at first desired to be a candi-
date he was in the fight and wanted the nomin-
alton and asked the support of his own CITY,
The Sawyer men then proposed that instead of
holding one general city caucus there should
be held seven ward caucuses which Plaisted
acceeded to, and the result was the election of
Is Plaisted and opposition delegates
Considerable interest is felt here in regard
to the probable coruse of Scion Chase and
Frank M. Fogg when the convention meets. 1t
is generally believed that on the arrival of
Fogg he will take command of the forces OBJ
posed to Plaisted and will endeavor to carry
as one of his. friends to-day said "the conyen-
ton with YELL" If he decides to carry it in
that manner he will be able to do good service
himself, as when it comes to a matter of voice
very little of Fogg's will go long way, to-
ward making noise. Uncle Scion will, it is
feared, pronounce against fusion at all hazard.
even while admitting that the proposed amend,
ment to the constitution will be adopted by TO-
900 votes.
[sECoND DISPATCH.
The Democratic candidates for delegates at
large are getting numerous. There is pros
pect that the relative strength of Chase and
Bradbury will not be tested in the convention
as cromwell of South Berwick has quite
York county following, and it is now said that
if he is in earnest in seeking the position that
it will be conceded to him without a strug-
gle; if, however, he is not candidate it Is
claimed that the "Capn' will be defeated
The other candidates mentioned are James
f. Rawson of Bangor, John P. Redman of
Ellsworth and DonWorth of HOulton