The Portland daily press., 1882-06-23
Bangor Whig.)
Not a Harmonious Party.a

There is trouble in the Fusion ranks and the
Greenback portion of that party left the Dis
trict Convention yesterday feeling sore and dis
gruntled The snap of the Bourbon whip, as
voiced in the Democratic organ, was still ring
ing in their ears. They felt that they had been
routed and that their wishes had been made
subservient to the shire WIDER, if not more power
full will of the fuglers. Never before in the po-
litical history of the State has 4 body of free
men assembled in Convention SO completely
handicapped or with threat hanging over
them equal to that paraded in the Commercial
of Tuesday evening. Talk about "rings" and
"bosses!' Why, this Convention would have
done credit to Tannmany in its palmiest days.
The country delegates had no voice whatever;
they were simply told to support the candia----
acceptable to tho nA---~ofats regardless OF What
m1gnt be the wishes of the people who had
sent them here, or the Democrats would call
"grand mass convention" and nominate COM
plete ticket of their own. They didn't mean
anything of the kind however, for these same
fellows that talked SO brave have always walk
ed up and placed their noses on the grindstone
but in this case their threat had the desired eff
feet and the country delegates were bulldozsd
into assisting in the nomination of candidate
who they knew could not receive the united
support and endorsement of the people whom
they were elected to represent.
-Four years ago, when Ladd was first brought
forward as Congressional candidate, he made
many fine premises and was accepted as pure
unadulteratsd Green backer to the satisfa ction
of the Democrats who laughed in their sleeves
at the success of the masquerader. But since
then these unsuspicious men have been quietly
f0f,i .bo0I
and much to their surprise, at frst saw that
he was acting in perfect harmony with the
Democratic party in Congress. This began to
open their eyes and with the aid of the official
records they have. torntaway the mask and
their representative stands revealed in his true
character as Bourbon Democrat
They have seen that he cares nothing for the
Greenbackers, save to secure their votes on
election day and in fact was nothing more nor
less than the net with which 1t was hoped to
land these followers squarely in the Democrat
ic basket. They have at last seen whittier they
were drifting and knowing these men who act
with the Democrats this fall must forever af-
ter sink their own identity and cast their lots
with that party, they felt that the time had
come for them to assert their rights and bring
out man of their own selection, one who rep
resented their views. This they attempted
and assembled in good faith, but the tricksters
were too sharp for them and by dint of threat
ening, coaxing and trading, George w. Ladd
was again foisted upon them by bare MAORI
ty of Is out of a total vote of 272.
Thus was the original plan of the Democrats
carried out The young mon who favored
new man were thrust into the background and
told that they represented no real strength;
that the delegates who came pledged for their
candidates were bought with money that could
be traced to the Republican corruption fund.-
This gratuitous insult and the summary man
ner in which the wishes of all those who oppos-
ed Democratic candidate were disregard ed
has widened the breach in the Fusion party,
and many of the delegates went home determ-
ined not to support the nominee, while some
even left the hall early in the afternoon before
the convention hrd concluded its business.