Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-09-04


State ticket after the nomination tor COVER
nor
James n. Dunham of Pittsfeld, in speech
of some length, presented the name of Hon.
Samuel W. Bowerman of Pittsfield as candi-
date for governor He spoke with regret at
the Withdrawal of Judge Abbott and had a
good word for Judge Endicott, Edward Avery,
Leopold Morse and other candidates.
William f. Plummer moved the nomina-
\ ton of Mr.. Bowerman by acclamation. There
were cries of "No! no. no.'
! Mr.. Parsons of Lynn urged the convention
for heavens sake not to commit suicide. Es-
sex county was entitled to the governor this
year. He advocated the nomination of Ed
ward Avery who was born in Marblehead.
| Mr.. Plummer withdrew his motion and
moved to proceed to an informal ballot,
which Mr.. Hathaway of Fall River also ad-
vocated.
| After this motion had been declared carried
a recess was taken till one o'clock
| platform was adopted cOngratulating the
democratic party upon the favorable pros
| poets for the election of Cleveland and Hen
bricks endorses the platform of the national
democratic convention; expresses the belief
that an administration conducted on the
| principals set forth in that platform would
secure to all people the greatest blessings of
free country, exact equalitylof all citizens;
| prevent the increase of monopoles and pro-
motion of capital and would secure harmony
between labor and capital without disturbing
the rights of either; would secure the care
full husbandry of the public domain for the
the use of tho people; system of TAXATION by
customs duties that impose no unnecessary
burdens on the people and be sufficient for
ordinary requirements of the government,
| preserving the industries of the people from
competition with the surplus products of
| other nations an American navy that shall
not be disgrace to the country and the jeer
and by-word amongst the nations of the
| earth; restoration of our shipping so that
| the products of our industries NAV be bourn
in American bottoms to all parts of the
world a retHrn to the high sense of Ameri-
can citizenship that tolerates no interference
| by foreign powers with the liberty of any
citizen. The platform then arraigns the in
tegrity and honesty of the republican candi-
date, whose record it says requires the high
est exercise of human credulity, as well as
the greatest effort of human ingenuity on the
part of his supporters to make 1t even in ap-
pearance consistent with the lowest standard
of official honesty.
1t eulogizes the record of Cleveland and
Hendricks. 1t appeals to the voters with the
interest of pure government to support the
democratic candidates and put Massachusetts,
in the line of States declaring for free ad-
minstraton. 1t arraigns the republican
party for the responsibility of crippling in
dustries, idle factories and unemployed work
men and it declares that the fishery industry
will soon decay if no change in the admins
tration in favor of democracy.
The platform closes by pledging the demo-
ocrat party to support the interests of the
workingmeu and calls on the incoming legis-
lature for laws shortening the hours of labor,
providing better sanitary arrangements in
workshops and promises to strive always for
free vote and an honest count.
The resolutions were read, heartily ap.
plauded and adopted.
Jonas II. French of Boston and Reuben
Noble of Westfeld were unanimously nomi-
mated as presidential electors at large.
A resolution was adopted providing that il
is the sense of the convention that all Con-
gressional conventions be held on or before
October lst, and that councillor, senatorial
and county conventions be held as soon
thereafter as possible.
| The chair announced that the chairman of
the committee on counting ballots stated that
a package of votes had been found so closely
put together that they must have been cast by
mistake, and the committee requested that
the convention proceed to another informal
ballot.
Col. Haggett of Lowell said the chair had
very quietly designated as a "mistake" the
bunch of ballots found by the committee, but
every one knew what such mistakes meant in
political conventions. He, therefore, moved
that the committee be instructed to throw out
the bunch of ballots in question, and then
report the state of the vote, which was car
ried. While the convention was awaiting
the report of the committee. Gen. p. A. Col
lins made an address in response to the invi-
tation of the chairman.
After Mr. Collins brief speech, Col. French
announced that the chairman of the commit
tee to count votes had informed him that it
would be impossible to comply with the vote
of the convention if the committee insisted
on the vote; then the committee would
respectfully decline to serve.
! The committee was then discharged and il
was ordered that the convention proceed to
formal ballot. During the process Of the
ballot John w. Corcoran, representing the
committee chosen 10 nominate fifteen mem
/ bers at large of the State central committee,
submitted list which was adopted. for
NAL ballot for governor resulted:
| Whole number of votes, 72l