Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-07-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

nation was one of policy, purely Ii
was supposed that the Sagadahoc forces
defeated in the Republican convention.
would bolt Mr. Dingley, and supper,
such a man a. Judge Gilbert. But this
was miscalculatiou The Republicans
Of Sagadahcc DO not love a man who
boltcd, ana left them just as they were
engaged in life and death struggle 10
save this Distric, 70 the Republican par
~. The Bath Tunes. which carefully
represents the Republican sentiment OF
Sagadahoc. has the following article on
Judge Gilbert, nomination. which .9'ks
Ike ANYTHING but a bolt
The GreenbSck convention doubtless
thought 70 was doing stroke at policy
TUESDAY in coming To Sagadahoc Tor -
candidate ON the SupPo>itiou that Rerl..
Ucau> m this county are "diSafectcu
w take great pleasure ia assuring them
that thry counted chickens that never VII
hatch. Sassdahoc Republicans viii a'
their whole duty Co the cause for waic.
they have such heartfelt devotion, and even
were they disposed % be lukewaTm 100
choir own -au>e. the nomination o' Jl.-e
,,iuert is not one which viii tend % draw
them toward the camp 81 their enemies
They do not forget hi> letter seeming io
,nlar>, AMI approyc-hc valued his y'pu-
rstiou "a, a lawvyr ton highly % actually
endorse and appruyc-thc bogus LCSi-.i-
ture summoned 20 meet iu Augusta tos iAe
pnrpo>c OF oustiu- the Legislature c.c.,eu
by the people
Nor 30 : -af,uoc Republicans 'ur-et
that judge Gilbert topS their nominate IN
In tho month OF August i,g Judge u' Foo
hate. received lu Scpt,mH,i ,hvug u.tu-
NOUS vote f1r that Office. AMI then u. nee
d.stc'y Ncl, tn work tor the election ''
samuel g. Ti'jru boz \oycmhs-
Democrats VII, not poe likely tu l'~-e,
the daI.guc, they have reported DIS 't'-
iug with Them 100 the early stages of 'Ie
Greeley campaign. uor The moCA,rS
appointment they alics, De gave Them.
Possibly tlrrc arr GrceubdCktr> VINO
Will ask themselves, how a." They hn'"
what they viii have got. ia view 90 lis
past history even >uppO>.nS they succeed
"a electug tbr ludSc-wcrc that q >'2I'>-
able case
Then those who supposed that Nr.
Wakefield would >u.k OF Dol, because Ae
was not nominated. mistook their man
NJ. Wakefield understands the m,su.us
of majority vote. and submits 20 taA'
msiori,y as every true Republican does
10 knows t. j., better 20 aid In a victory
for me party, than TO AID in WaieE.uo.
~ ne comes Up molly to the n GIT in the
following letter, published last week.
lvrrEn fsov o. ". WAKEFIELD. I>g.
TO s Republicans ~ >IgeiIt9s ,oaafa
No dour: ,ou are greatly disappointed
Iu tle Result Of Che recent Republican Dis
-r-.- Convention. THAI our county Lad
claims OF sufficient merit 20 warrant "a
concession %. tlc nomination - YOU can
uu. De denied os even duubttd Had luut
lt..-A..lu been sa.;t. your claim wOulH
have been a-c.. stronger. 81 Will EItu.
raI; .r.uire. Who dared CD assume tae
responsibility of breaking the unity OF our
delegation. and destroying a. chances o.
success. In answer 90 such ~, l.ry DEG
90 say. that having 80 out ~ IS delegates
she 8, ends 20: Col >pluiiug, fully appre-
cial'us the situation, kindly united their
Dob votes with mine making T. votes
Tl question of uniting The delegation
rested wholly with o.. &. Go>S and his
frieuI- whilst Capt GoSS assumed o.
.,.. B. .hlt honorable aud expressed % th,
delegation @ desire that they should be-
united, which prompted The delegates IA
,ortn'- % himself 90 announce their VII
..usues> o. unite. then De cOu.ly reminded
th,u that Le had not withdrawn, thereby
destroying 81 hopes of uniting the dele
CATION. and boldly accepted The fui, re
Spou>.5llity OF forcing our delegation into
the invention n fragments. Not wish
iuS CD assume such a fearful responsibility
Immediately urged my friends % unite
upon some other gentleman from this
county and 80 iutr The convention aud
respectfully demand ui> nomination. Thus
YOU VII, see. up0u whom rests The Odium
Of defeating your wishes.
To the Republicans 90 the county who
gave such cordial support 20 myself /
return wv heartfelt thanks I'd shall ever
cherish ti..- kindne> With the livelieSt
salts factilu. To tus ublic1nS OF Bath
I an ONLY say that result OF your
caucus. composed ort wealth. character
aud intell zeuce of tl- city, was an en-
d0rsement tina, any man ight feel proud
o.
Nv labor, ia the past in behalf OF The
success OF the party have not been more
earnest and c0rd.ai than they will be in
Tie future. sor our nominee Hon. Nelson
Diuglev. r j. q gentleman NJ culture, Of
high character large legislative expert
ence AMI well qualified 20 properly care
for al OF the varied interests OF the dis
tric,. The people Of this Congressional
District in pOin. Of character and intelli-
gence are second 70 none In the country,
and am well assured that they cannot De
better represented than by Mr.. Diugl-y.
J. ". WAALIIELD.
The Portland Irg',, advises the Dem
ocrats Of this District 20 vote for the
Greenback nominee, Judge Gilbert.
The Argu, mas advocated fusion in Maine,
heretofore, bu, ,;ern,y condemns the ID
sion Of Republicans and Malone men in
Virginia. But. Of course, we do no;
fear fusion in this District; we have met
il before, and have defeated II. We
shall do 50 again under our new and pop
ular leader, ex-Goy Dinsley. The Ir-
gus is constrained 20 say OF Gov. Ding.
ley
Mr. Diugley is sn able man of consider
able political experience. and OF ire
prOachaDle character, and n the District
is 20 be represented by a Republican, il
could not do better.
The Lewiston Gazette also advocates
fusion and Says:
1t IS certain that, under The most unfav-
Orable aspects, the Republican candidate
will have sn easy walk over ii the present
divided and diSarected condition Of tie
opposition IN this District continues.
II becomes evident from the position
OF Sagadahoc and the general express