Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-19


not listen to moment, Uncle Scion beinl
foremost in resisting this outrage upon thu
party, and the democrats still persisting il
this proposition almost to desperation, Bior
Bradbury saving that If the Rreenbackers die
not accede to their request that he would take
their convention back TO Portland and mskt
. separate nomination. Uncle Scion says
.'Bion, you don't dare to. you don'tdare to be
counted" Finding that they we're bafided and
that they could not prevail on the greenback
ers to accede to their proposition. they then
resorfed to treachery. and The trade was made
and il was this, the Hon. F. NJ. FOgR stated
in the Central greer back clubroom in thii
city, that on the night spoken Of above (ths
night before the day of the convention that
nominated Plaisted) that himself and Eliot
King we're charged with a message from the
democratic committee and few leaders to
Gen. Plaisted and the message was this
THAT If We (the democratic party endorse
you as our candidate and put our nancy and
speakers into the campaign and work as hard
A. We can for your election, IN case you
are elected YOU shall favor the adoption of a
iyint electoral ticket with the democratic par
", to which arrangement Plaisted assented. ,"
Mr. Fogg made the above statement IN the
presence of myself and other gentlemen, to
been said and truly. that there was no trade
made at the convention, but still it existed in
the minds of the people that there was trade
made, but they wondered where and by whom.
These above facts furnished the missing link.
Now. brother greenbackers. you sit down and
review the political movements Of Governor
Plaisted from his nomination up to the pres
ent time and you will see that they confirm
the fact of this trade, you know that he did
advocate the adoption of joint electoral
ticket with the democrats, and after his cleo
ton stumped the State for that purpose, and
carried out the programme with the democrats
to which he assented that night. Now to
carry out this arrangement and make 1t some
what pardonable the convention which was
called for September 81, 1880. to make
an electoral ticket must be carried for fusion,
so the leaders of fusion in both parties set
about to do it. 1t was well-knOwn that the
greenbackers had been through hot and
hard campaign and had spent good deal OF
time, and were poor and did not feel like
turning out in mass to the September conven-
ton. Men all over the State who were known
to favor fusion and who would vote for the
adoption of 4 joint electoral ticket with
democrats were picked up and their expenses
paid to the convention by democrats. There
are greenbackers in different parts of the State
who avOw and stand ready to prove that there
was not a Greenback caucus held within forty
miles Of them to choose delegates to send to
the September convention. Democrats who
never voted other than a Democratic ticket,
were right here in this city to fill up vacant
delegations and Democratic and fusion dele
cations and Democratic and fusion speakers
all paraded and ready in the hall to take up
all the time, and if Greenbacker attempted
to speak, he was greeted with Kisses and
shouts, "he is not a delegate, put him out, "
and by Democrats a perfect confusion OF
shouts and Kisses, and Uncle Scion never
said truer word than when he said. Gentle
men, this is no 'squalf of the rag-baby. but
the copperhead yell of the war" And thus
the convention was carried for fusion. From
that time to the present the process Of deliver
ing Greenbackers into the Democratic part,
has been carried on fast as decency would
allow. Brother Greenbackers, the condition
the Greenback party is in to-day is charge
able directly to Harris NJ. Plaisted. The
Greenback party secured his election and tt
them he is responsible, his destiny to-day il
in their hands and they will see to it that HI
pays the penalty of his treachery.
p H. GORDON