The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-19

A number of prominent Democrats held a
meeting in this city Sunday and a further con-
sultation took place Monday. Among those
said to be present from out of the city were
Hon. N. S. Littlefeld of Bridgton, Geo. F.
Emery, Esq, editor of the Boston Post, and
Hon. Edmund Wilson of Thomaston.
The sentiment of those present appeared to
be that it would be unadvisable for the Demo-
cratic State convention to make any nomination
for Governor. 1t would be far better to do
nothing more now than elect the delegates at
large to the national convention. If the Green
back convention makes nomination., and if
Democrats as independent voters-not as men,
bers OF the Democratic party-with an eve
simply to beating the Republican party in
this State at the September election, choose
to vote for the Greenback nominee, all well
and good. In that case the Democratic party
as party-will not be committed to any
such candidate. 1t was also advanced that if
the nominee of the Democratic national con-
vention shall prove to be Tilden, a hard money
Democrat, then the Greenbackers could not be
expected to accept him as a candidate, and
if the Greenback national convention should
choose David Davis, or Benjamin F. Butler,
then no support could be expected from the
Greenbackers for the Democratic national
candidate whoever he may be. 1t was
felt that the State and Presidential
elections in Maine must be kept dis
tinctly in mind as two separate affairs.
Last year 5000 Democratic voters were lost to
the Democratic party through the fusion with
Greenbackers. This year that number will be
trebled if, as party, the Democrats are
asked to carry Garcelon and Council. AS one
gentleman put it, ''if Cap'n Chase wants vim
dication let him go to the the grand jury. He
won't get it from the Democratic party"
The question Of delegates at large for this
district to the Democratic national convention
was talked over. 1t had been supposed that
Mr.. Bradbury would find little opposition ex-
cept perhaps from the Democratic Greenback
wing. But the friends of Mr.. William A.
Cromwell claim the position for York County.
They argued that Mr.. Cromwell had been a
hard worker, and competent man, and that
it seemed only proper and right that Cumber-
land should occasionally give York show
While the York county men were pleasant
and open to argument they were also firm and
side will give way.
Speaking of the late counting out at Au-
gusta prominent Democrat said The great
mistake the Argus made was in not accepting
the fact of the alteration of the returns and
declaring that the Democratic party washed
its hands OF the whole affair; that it had
no part in it. No act had been passed by the
Legislature supporting the Governor and
Council in their action, for no opportunity was
given to it. Consequently the Democratic
party was not and could not be made response
BILE for these doings except by endorsing them
"Why, said the gentleman, nobody who ever
saw those tabulations could for a moment
doubt that they had been altered. Now, said
he, there is Captain Chase working as hard
as he can to get elected delegate at large to
the Cincinnati Convention, and 1 must say
it looks very much as if he would succeed.
Consider for a moment how ridiculous spec
tacle would be presented in that case The
Cincinnati convention will probably adopt a
resolution condemning the steal of 1876, and
there will be Captain Chase, delegate from
Maine, who tried to steal this State in 1880,
voting solidly for that resolution