The Republican journal., 1884-08-28
Birth of the Republican Party


birth OF the Republican Party.
THE GRAND ,,rI ERR >TIox AT STRONG OK THE
18TH LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC GATH
BRING. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. MIR.
BLAINE HAS \ No0SiN'' RECEPTION
,.. ,li'4->I, -tu -, IN 'no Sc. eil'n VI
held here which oroanized in The name
Of tbr Rpnuhlican nartv nnminatnd a
full ronntI ticket and adon+nd q Pennh
liran platform If is cIaimad NV tha
ncople Of Franklin comfy that tbis con-
yeufion gayp birth to tho Ronnhlcan
Marty Of The Tnitad statns Tha 1'i1i,,, niainI
is disnuted huf tbn survivino n1amhnro
of fhr convention assert that if naa tLa
first 10 formally adont tho name IF Ba1
puhIican and > distinct;vo RnnnLlican
platform. They saw that no recprds can
be produced to offset theirs which they
have preserved
At any rate they are celebrating the
'"tA anniversary OF The convention to-
Gay ne date was postponed from the
|th To fhe i9th, III order not to interfere
win othcf celehratl"ns The celebra-
'oh (n-daN Is under the direction OF a
general COMMITTEE OF one from each town
IL RANKIN county, Hon j. W. Porter,
"l >uoii@' chairman, and the following
tAetutNc Z committee, Ron. I. II. NtubbS.
o. strong, chairman, C. W. keyes, Of
aI'llh?I'h' Fred +. fogg, OF Strong,
L. l. iliSSIhS' OF L!NeFmore rails.
STRONG lSACHARMINCi LITTLE VILLAGE
of 70O Inhabitants. in the valley of the
SANDY River 10 m;rs from Eanoingtnn
and y miles from Lewiston, II IS ac-
rcssible hy railroad called Inv neon)e fhe
.Batb R3ilroad." which winds aInnn1
the 1ich Intervajes and mountain masses
of Sandy River This road is raIed to
its utmost capacity to convey the crowds,
Every freight car is in nsn ana the
lngpnuity is exhausted IN rio,,ing epats
Sixteen loaded trains have arrived mo-
sides which pronle an tbrnuph tLo
country are Hooking here in teams.
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nao,lo h,,.,. ,,1IioI l,oro Ei.o L,,,,,1roI
teams have ovcrtlowed the stables ana
are hjtchrd under the trees. The whole
town is decorated with fiags. streamers
and banners on which is printed the
original platform of the convention Of
I-54 4 new Blaine and Logan fac. 40
feet long. has been raised. The process
sion formed at l0.I5 to convey the speak
els to the grove where the exercises are
held.
Mai. Il. j. Hill. of Auburn. is marshal.
The Farmington. Liyernore Falls and
Wells bands are here. The following
Grand Army Posts are represented +.
". Woodman Post. No. l.. of East
Wilton. % men: j. /. Appleton Post,
No. p, f. j. Merrill. commander. of
Farmngton lG:5 men, about one-eiohth
of them in line; Isaac A. PcnneIl Post.
New Portland, No. Il, Lewis Vaughn
commander. 40 men in line: General ORD
Post. No. q. No. Arson. Can't IIufchins
commander % mpn in line I,rnns par
ter Post, No. l03, 6. B. Lufkin com-
Gander. I3 men :Cushman Post. Phillips.
:}7 men in line, f.. Samuel McKenncy
commander
yrrrr>v nrrrl,.,rr.
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A. HeTp ! oSIs nfaueo Ine procession OF
lii0 'Vi''" "lS veterans VIII" we're present
dS ueIG3"'eS at tne convention 80 years
ago. behj, F. Eastman, Seward Dlll,
'oeNdI' :, rahl' !oSeph = 1oyt, Gus Hath
a. a.. "S' rtel H. Noltoh' lSdac hllo"llon'
ldchard PomernE, Samuel Blanchard. c.
" w. iu9StiI' Nailutl Nhilney, HIdeoA l..
T"SV' bVllI' i"i"oA, Apei T. weeks,
"a "A ,i'1, i"llS'l Nau8h; JoSepA "ood, Aoel
10: li"uSHl1!!' l'"' III i'uiieF, Josepll llltoh,
Gideon X. Staples, John Richard, Henry
Mckeen, Wm. n. Mosher Enoch lIuss,
Wm. DObir, John L. Taylor, H. b.
Prescott, Ira II. Plaisted, OF Lowell.
Mass, William IlOar. Increase Blake.
Joii ne geo moves, sam Nyman,
Norton Nm Cshr,a" l - "' -, -, ~ raiid4 ,ii ~
/ Nj lnn,,,+o, Ia =, ~ We.,I. '''I ~ ~
NJ l1n-l,a, t,''., o''NI o"2
". -''''hc! 't"l2t NONe, huluS brett,
Ntllilnan Noyes. +. Y. Stewart, John
! Hanson.
The exercises vnra bald in n hard
,r,,,i ,,. A'oiU ~ 'i', "
""'N Si"N' vi INC HllSlue, NheTe luc
people began to gather as early as :
o'clock in the morning. They Whiled
AWAY thr timp eiroin,r i,h;Ioo comes
no+in,, 1n,,oI,an - Jd"''to 81 .
t"thl7 iuil' ltS, ~ ,ahpiheellng Jolh