Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-02


The committee reported - follows:
First district-York, Cumberland and
Sagadahoc.
Second district-Oxf Franklin, Andros-
co9gin and Kennebec.
Third district-PiscatAquis, Somerset,
AroOst0ok and Penobscot
Fourth district-Knox, Lincoln, Hancock,
Waldo and Washington.
through Colonel Rust of Belfast. The report
was accepted.
John NJ. Todd of Portland, then addressed
the convention. He closed his remarks by
. candidate for governor, which was received
with cheers. Plaisted was then nominated
By rising vote.
At this point Governor Plaisted came in,
but deferred remarks until the close of the
business. The delegates from the new dis
tricts then met in different parts of the hall
to nominate district committee
PLArFoRN.
Whereas, Our government is of the people
by the people and for the people, all Of
whom are interested in enterprise and labor,
and
Whereas, This government has been per-
verted into government of the money pow
er, by the money power and for the money
power, repudiating contracts and manipula-
ting the currency to enrich five per cent. of
the people By robbing ninety-fiye per cent,
therefore, Resolved.
l. That the interests of enterprise and
labor call for a circulating medium, consist
ing of gold and silver and paper. for full le-
gal tender and issued and controlled BY the
government, sufficient in amount to enable
people to do business more upon a cash ba-
sis, and which volume shall be increased in
proportion to the increase ofsbusness and
population.
2. That the truth of the greenback creed
has been vindicared by the partial adoption
of greenback measures, viz the stoppage of
contraction and the denomination of silver
in 1878; (thus giving comparatively a larger
volume of circulating medium aud bringing
about comparative prosperity measures
which, had they been adopted in season.
would have averted six years of unexampled
distress; and the opposition to which by the
money power is now the greatest impede
ment to the return of full prosperity.
3. That national debt is national slavery,
and, therefore, we favor the immediate APP
preparation of the surPlua coin now in the
Treasury to the reduction of the non taxable
bonded debt; and to the end that this debt
may be speedily extinguished, we favor the
full and Unrestricted coinage of gold and
silver.
4. That we believe the National Banking
system is one of deadly hostility to the best
interests of the country. We therefore
hold:
5. That the National Bank currency should
give place to the greenback currency
Resolved, That, we inscribe on our banner
the following just and equal principles of
our party: Equal rights no mOnopOlies; no
bonds of issue; safe currency preservation
of the public debt; no imprisonment for
debt independence of the three coordinate
branches of the government, and the untram-
melled right of the executive to exercise his
own judgment in making nominations.
Resolved, That we unite against the re-
publican party.
Resolved, That we are in favor of free
education for all.
Resolved, That Governor Plaisted has
been true to the greenback principles.
The resolutions were adopted without dis
sent.
The following district committees we're
chosen:
First District-,James Strout, j. A. Ham,
mond and J. +. Dearborn of York; J. F.
Quinby, c. B. Nash, J. NJ. Todd. Cumber-
land. and II. r. Drew. Charles Hunnewel
and j. +. Hobson, SagadahOc.
Second district-O. ID. Clough. B. Ludden,
II. S. Walker, Oxford; Major Haskell, Frank
Bigelow, c. S. Emerson, Androscoggin,
Charles Downing, ID. II. Thing, J. Greeley,
.Kenns bee, and J. F. Russell, George W.
Clark and Lemuel Farmer. Franklin.
Third district-John B. Foster and j. W.
Burke, Penobscot; o. w. Trask and J. F.
Arnold, Piscataquis; F. G. Parker and S.
G. Wheeler, Aroostook, and A. w. Miller
and w. Buston, Somerset.
/. Fourth district. ID. Rust, Camden,
Knox; James Devine, Whitefield, Lincoln :
+. W. Richie. Winterport, Waldo; Samuel
NJ. Hopkins, Orland, Hancock, and George
f. Burrell. East Machias, Washington.
The State committee was given power to
fill any vacancies, during two years, in the
district committees.
Governor PlaisteG was again introduced,
and accepted the nomination in short ad-
dress.
Congressman Murch was called for, and
made brief remarks.
Convention then adjourned, at 500.