The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-17
The Greenbackers.
THE MEETING HERE YESTERDAY.
P. A. Sawyer the Gubernatorial Victim

P. A. Sawyer the Gubernatorial Victim.
The Greenback State Committee, with any
number of prominent Greenbackers and all
the Greenback editors of the State, met yester-
day afternoon and evening at room II, Preble
House, OF the prominent men present may
be named Deacon E. Fl. Cove of Biddeford,
the chairman of the committee, Hon. F. NJ
Fogg, the fog horn, like unto whom there is
none in the State, fact for which the people
ought to feel profoundly grateful w. W.
Perry, the wild and untaimed Perry, the only
and original Perry, not to be found outside 81
the Greenback circus; Col r. NJ. Springer
editor of the New Era-Leader and Sunday New
Era and President of the Maine State Circle
b. p. L.; the CORY Plaisted, willing and ready
to be offered up whenever the Democratic
party pleases to return TO the Greenback fold
and the fatted calf be required; j. F. Turner
of the New Era; P. A. Sawyer, F. A. Hill
alias Francis A. Hill, Elliot King, j. A. Sitz
who offered New Religion to the committee
at lower rate than the old. These gentlemen
aud Others together with large and select as
sortment of our local colonies, filled the room
Dea. e. I'll. Cove presided and colonel
(name unknown) announced that PRESS re-
porter had asked to be allowed to report the
dolngs of the meeting. An earnest discussion
followed, and it was voted not to admit him.
(Right here we may as we'll say that the state
ment was false, but in Greenback meeting
one is not to expect strict attention to facts y
The reporter of the Argus next applied, and
was admitted on condition that he should first
take the first three degrees of the B. P. L. Or
der, and also take an additional oath. The re-
porter at oncs consented, and the following
oath was administered by the chairman:
You swear that you will repeat nothing of
what is said except by our consent?
sWear-l never report anything, anyway.
You swear that you will not report the
speech of Fogg the fog horn?
swear.
Nor the essay of Col. r. M Springer, editor
OF the New Era-Leader and Sunday New Era
and President of the Maine State Circle, B.
P. L.
l swear.
The business of the meeting continued and
the question of Fusion or anti-Fusion was
taken up and discussed. The anti-Fusionists
did their best TO keep the party clear of the
Democratic organization, but all in vain.
Fogg led the Fusion hosts, and swept all be-
fore him. The anti-Fusionists were beaten
but profane. One man from the Western
part of the State said that if the Greenbackers
allowed themselves to be swallowed up by the
democrats against was over with them:
alone, they could be sure to carry the State
by $4,000 majority. The gentleman evidently
felt that he might as well indulge in big
figures. Grief will manifest itself in strange
ways. The first aspirant for the nomination
Tor Governor was Major Joseph L. Smith, who
was killed off without mercy Gen. Fl. NJ.
Plalsted's claims were then urged, the General
being himself present but he went down be-
fore the assault of the ultra Greenbackers. T.
Is. Swan had some friends, but the younger
men favored Mr. Prince A. Sawyer and he
VIII be the candidate unless there is a grand
smashing of states at the convention itself. w.
w. Perry did not seem to have friend to saw
word in his favor, and as Fogg is too young
ana beside wants to run for Congress Mr..
Sawyer will have walk over
In tie evening somewhat stormy session of
the committee was held and it was voted to
hold the State convention at Bangor June LIST.
The editors then held a meeting and voted,
it is aid to each stick to his part ocular lie and
all the rest to swear to it. Most of them went
home last night Fogg, the fog horn, leaving
at late hour wild for Fusion which he of late
so earnestly opposed.
A reply to the Hale committee was pre-
sented to the meeting, prepared, it is said, by
Tabulator S. s. Brown of Fairfield, and is
document of great length.