The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-28
Tho sirtb points 10 the record of the Repub.

The sixth points TO the record of the Repubs
lican party and its policy OF protection as es-
! tablishing its sympathy with the interests OF
| labor and claims that while that policy is di-
rected to the future development and foster
| ing care of our home industries, the policy of
| the Democratic party tends to reduce wages
| aud to bring American workmen down to the
| lower level of European workshops.
Seventh-It is the duty of Maryland to fol-
| low the laudable example of Virginia in ex-
I sending to the colored schools of the State the
I same care, supervision and financial support as
| is given to white schools.
Eighth--Declares that the system OF hiring
| out the convict labor of the prisons OF the
! State by contract is vicious and unjust to the
honest laborers and manufacturers ana ought
| to be abolished.
9th-Demands that the clause Of the consti-
| tuition which requires the board of public
works to prevent freight discrimination
against citizens and products of the state should
be strictly enforced.
1Oth-Declares that thee is no reason to
doubt that for eight years past people of Mary
| land would have been in the full enjoyment OF
| the measures of reform they demanded had
| not the voice of the majority been stified, the
legally expressed will of 72,000 voters con-
temptuously ignored and the decision of
counties of the state overridden by grossest
outrages and by false and fraudulent returns 10
the city of Baltimore; and they further de-
clared that If there is any force in law or virtue
in positive, manly resistance the iniquities OF
1875 shall not be repeated.
Hon. Hart B. Holton, the republican
! nominee for governor, is prosperous farmer
and membar-eect to the next Congress from
the Fifth District. AT the election last fall
his majority over Chapman (Dem. was 1886.
Two years before Chapman's majority over his
Republican opponent was 1856.
Nebraska Republican Convention.
OMAHA, Sept. 27.-T The Nebraska Republican
State convention at Lincoln yesterday adopted
platform which favors proper protective
tariff and State railroad commissions; advo-
Gates the forfeiting of unearned land grants,
opposes legislation allowing cattle men to
secure large tracts Of public lands, endorses
the administration of President Arthur and
advocates the improvement OF the great rivers
of the West and South. The convention ad-
journed at o'clock this morning b. b. Reese
was nominated for supreme judge
A Candidate Declines.
Boston, Sept. GA cablegram has been
received by the Democratic State Committee
today from Hon. f. o. Prince, who persistent
ly refuses to accept the nomination OF Lieu
tenant Governor made by the Democratic con-
vention at Springfield.
LATER.
Col. Coveney, secretary of the Democratic
State Central Committee, denies tonight that
word has been received from ex-MayOr Prince
declining to be the Democratic cadidate for
Lieutenant Governor. Chairman Plympton,
of the executive committee, also states that
the report is untrue. lt is known that before
the convention assembled message was sent
to Mr.. Primes, who is abroad on account of his
wife's precarious health, in reference to the
nomiuation!and his reply evinced an unwilling
ness to accept it. 1t is claimed nothing has
been received from him since he was notified
that his name had been placed second on the
ticket, and the committee do not believe that
the message received before the convention is
considered by Mr.. Prince as a reply to both.
The Globe (Dem) says Prince has not with
withdrawn. while the Post (Dem) editorially
accepts the report as authentic and suggests as
a substitute Mr.. Bowerman or Charles Theo-
dore Russell if either could be induced to
stand. The Herald says: "a member of the
Democratic old line who hopes Prince will re-
fuse the nomination sold that no definite in
formation had been received. He felt that
the nomination was part of the Governors
plan to get Prince out of his way in national
politics, for it is very probable that in the
event of the reelection of Mr.. Ames the i'm
preston would be given to the Democrats of
this county that at home Prince was not so
strong as has been supposed. Thus would the
movementsto put Prince on the national ticket
for Vics President be killed, for OF course two
eastern men could not be nominated on the
national ticket, and Princes removal would
give Butler a clear field in the Eastern States.
The Butler Democrats intimate that if
Prince declines he would not be reelected
member OF the National Committee.
Mr.. Princes son says it is highly improbable
that his father would accept the nomination,
as the condition of Mrs. Princes health, alone,
would be a sufficient reason to him for declin-
ing,