Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-05
KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS.
In State Convention at Harris
burg


NEW York, February I. The Posfs Har-
risburg special says there 10 promise Of =
bitter fight in the convention on the part Of
the Blaine men. Their show of strength
last night surprised them, and they felt -
| though they were entitled tn be recognised
TO n greater extent than Cameron was in
clined 10 allow. 1t is not probable they will
be able TO hold the whole ITO delegates
who were with them. In caucus the friends
Of Blaine are doing all they can, but
! Cameron insists on instructing delegates to
vote for Grant.
HARRISBURG, February I. The rcpubli-
can State convention met at noon and was
called to order by the Chairman Of the State
central committee. Russell Everett was
elected temporary chairman, which is q VIC
tory for the Grant men. The usual COM
mittees were appointed. Several resolutions
drawn, and at 20 the convention took re-
cess for an hour.
Upon re-assemling at 3 o'clock the report
of the committee on contested seats was
adopted. Resolutions (Which were previously
offered and withdrawn) that q committee Of
nine be appointed to report. subject to the
approval of the convention, a list of delegates
and alternates to the Chicago convention.
and a list Of electors, was again offered, and
after an Intellectual attempt To amend Il was
adopted.
The following was then introduced by Mr..
Herr -
Resolved, That the delegates elected to the
republican National convention from this
State are hereby instructed to support for
the Presidential nomination General L. :.
Grant. and to vote AS a unit on all questions
that may come before the convention.
The resolution was opposed by Stone,
Gen. Kooutz, Darlington, Harvey and
Wolfe, while Mooreland and Bingham ia
vored it. Speeches from the anti-Grant peo-
pie were all fri m the Blaine point of view,
and no other names beside Grant and Blaine
were mentioned at all, except in the remarks
of Gen. Albright, who believed WASH
burne, Sherman. or Blaine could carry the
sutirages of the people. Strong Of Tiogi
offered an amendment to strike out the name
of Grant and insert that of Blaine. L0s,.
~ {, ia. several of the Blaine people vot-
ing against it on the ground that it was not
proper to instruct the delegation for any one.
The question required on that part Of the
original resolution, which instructed the
Chicago delegates to vote for Grant, and 1t
was adopted by a vote of 1873 to ll3.
The portion of the resolution instructing
the delegation to vote as unit was then
adopted by viva voce vote.
Hon. 4. G.. Olmstead was then chosen
permanent chairman. He made no remarks,
pleading the lateness of the hour.
The names of Hon. John A. Lemon and
j. a. NJ. Passmorc were then put in nomina-
ton for Auditor General, and the cOnven-
ton took a recess TILL 40. pa
The platform of the republican convention
rcjoiccs over the steady growth of prosperity,
which is due to the financial policy Of the
republican parfy. regards as INV ise any now
attempts at financial legislation; decidedly
objects to efforts to enact a new tariff under
the agency of commercial treaties rc-afllrms
adherence to the ing principles: Union
of States with equal rights is intestructiblc
by unconstitutional means. 1t is the right Of
every citizen to be protected in person, lib
erty and property: strict integrity in fulfil
ing State and national contracts free speech.
equal rights and privileges to all men; and
honesty in elections. .
Resolution six congratulatcs the republicans
of Maine over the peaceful and successful
resistance TO :he effort to defraud the people
of the right to choose their own representa-
tives. and the attempt to steal the govern
ment of that State. The other resolutions
regret the growing tendency to throw cleo
tons aside on mere technicalities or infor-
malitics, and thank the Senators and Repre-
scntatives in Congress f,r their firm adhe.
sion to republican principles.
Upon re-assembling vote was taken and
Mr.. Lemon was nominated for Auditor Gen
eral and Hon. Henry Green for Judge Of the
Supreme Court. The committee reported
the names of four delegates at large and four
| alternatcs TO the Chicago convention, and +.
A. Benson and Henry w. Oliver ~ electors
at large. The report was adopted. Adjourned
sine die.