The Portland daily press., 1884-10-08

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for national bank circulation and that all money,
metallic or paper should be issued and Its volume
controlled by government and made legal tender.
Resolved. That all properly should bear its Just
proportion of taxation and that we condemn the
practice of exenpting from taxation and favoring
certain species OF property by special legislation.
RESOLVED, That our government has no right to
burden the people with taxes beyond an amount
necessary to pay it's expenses and to pay its public
debt That whenever the revenues from ali
sources excee4 this limitation they should be re-
duced as to avoid surplus in the treasury That
legislation to secure these results should guard and
protect the rights of labor and encourage home uro-
ductiye industries without producing or fostering
monopolies.
We therefore favor revision of our tariff laws
so that luxuries may bear the larger and the abb
solute wants of life the lighter burden of taxation
ResolUed. That recent developments have fully
demonstrated the fact that the struggle for office Is
the par mount object of larger share of The
leaders of the two parties now struggling for the
ascendancy in this country. We must therefore in
performance of our duty urge upon all to remember
that governments are instituted, maintained and
can only ne Perpetuated upon the principle of the
greatest good to the greatest number, disregardng
wealth and expected Office.
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Scarboro-I don't want
any acrimonious debate on those resolutions as
has been the case at our previous conventions
but want that tariff resolution struck ont for
about the last thing we shall arrive at ia the
doing away of metallic money. / think the
reason the Greenback party came to an end
was it done it's work too soon. console nv.
self that party is dead for we should not have
r0ColFcu tHdb uoClolOu IdVOrdDl0 TO the (rrpan-
back money from the Supreme Court if it
had been believed the party was good for any,
thing. What prevented the Republicans from
all coming into thu Gresnback party was that
word "hat," making something out OF nothing
Now there's some people who don't under
stand that but it's just as clear to my mind as
it can bo. | hope tho time will soon come
when we shall have an irredeemable currency
don't care what the stamp of money is nut
on, whether it is leather or paper. The honest
Greenbacker wants no metallic in his
A yoice-We know it all now
Chairman-Theres no motion before the
house.
Mr.. McLaughlin-I made that motion as an
| amendment.
Chairman-It is out of order.
Mclaughlin know the rules of order and
thai I'm in order.
He was cried down and Walter SAWYER was
chosen secretary in place of Samuel Berry who
nad not been seen since dinner, after which
the following State committee was chosen:
oggin-Dexter W. Smith. Auburn
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sawyer, Portland
Franklin-B. III, Ridlon Jay.
| Kennebec-Wm. Wilder Manchester
Knox-Oliver Otis Rockland.
| Lincoln-E. X. Guethner, Waldoboro.
Oxford-Sewal Golf, Mexico.
| Penobscot-Geo. W. Lad1, Bangor.
Piscataquis-S. b. p-ague Milo.
Sagadahoc-Aelvil " Spinney, Phipsburg
Some set-Henry CrosweIl, Mercer.
waldo f. A. Howard, Belfast.
York-John Getchell, Wells.
The committee was empowered to fill yacan-
cles, and after considerable debate it was d.
| rected to choose Congressional district COM
mittees, the county committees consisting of
one from each town who should in turn
| choose the town ccmmi tees There was con-
siderable opposition to this wholesale commit
| toe business, but the chairman announced his
mpathy for the movement by saying; We
want to be organized, gentlemen, for ii we
| ever do anything under Gods world we need
| to be organized.
The committee on finance reported that
about one-third enough money had been col
| lected to defray the expenses.
| On motion of Mr. OSis of Rockland the con-
| vention proceeded to choose six electors but
| before it was ACCOMPLISHED the situation of the
| GreeDback electors already in the field
| pledged for Butler and West was discussed,
| and IL was decided to choose new list, which
was done as follows:
First District Edmund Goodwin.
Second Observation-Disclosures Gilbert
Third District-Howard f. Mason.
Fourth Distrct-Levi b. Patten.
AT Large benjamin f. 1reene of Auburn Fred
A. Alden o. Union.
The following resolution was presented by
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Scarboro:
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of the People's
party that we proceed at to organize for the
March meetings to the end that the principles Of
the Peoples party may be spread before the people
at the earliest opportunity
The congratulations of the Peoples party of
Massachusetts, were then presented by Edward
Hamilton of that State in lengthy speech
after which The convention adjourned
Public Meeting at City Hall.
Prior to the meeting in the hall Butler
| and West flag was raised in front of the heads
quarters OF the party on Federal street, There
were no speeches, but Merriman's band of
Ferry Village enlivened the occasion with stir
ring music.
At eight o'clock an audience of perhaps two
hundred people had gathered in City Hall and
by nine O'Clock about double that number
were noticed.
An excellent concert was furnished by Afer-
riman's band, after which Mr.. George H. Nc
Gregor called the meeting to order and intro-
duced DIR. L. f. Webster as chairman The
doctor after brief Introductory speech pre-
s6nted Hon George w. Laid, as the first
speaker OF the evening Mr.. Laid said that
the people had gathered there as the represen-
taflves OF q new party, having no enemies to
punish aud no friends to reward The two
leading parties of the day had nothing in ther
platforms 10 regard to the people. Mr.. Blaine's
mission 80 New York and Philadelphia was to
meet rich men; they know he il a dead head
\ and under their control. Without Ohio Mr..
Blaine will be asbankrupt in politics as he il in
character. Mr.. Ladd took no stock ia the H.
dependents nor in Carl Schurz; he wanted
Gen. Butler, as he was an American in his
politics BE criticised the Republican party,
pronounced the star route trial farce, exposed
the plumbers of the Democratic party and con-
tinued at leugsh on the tariff question.
Hon. Edward Hamilton of Boston succeed
ed Mr.. Laid. He made short speech on sew
eral issues of the campaign and eulogized Ger.
Cutler in glowing terms.