The Portland daily press., 1886-06-04
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT coNvEN-
TON
Hon. Thomas 2. Reed Nominated
by AccIamation.
The administration Sharply Ar
raigned.


The Republican First District Convention
met in City Hall yesterday afternoon at ~.
M, Reception Hall where the convention
was called, undergoing renovation.
Chairman Andrew Halves, of Stroudwater,
called the meeting to order, and, on motion,
DR.. c. E. Hussey of Biddeford, was unani-
mously elected temporary chairman, and L.
II. Thompson of Limington, o. t. Despeaux,
Brunswick, and j. P. Simpson, York, secre-
taries.
Upon taking the chair DIR. Hussey
thanked the convention for the honor, de-
elined to make Speech and proceeded at
once to business by reading the call for the
convention.
On motion of Col. Moore, the district COM
mittee was made a committee on credentials.
The committee reported the whole number
of delegates entitled to seats as 300, of which
271 were present
On motion of Col Millett of Gorham the
temporary organization was made perma-
nent.
On motion of Mr.. Wentworth of Kittery,
the following five gentlemen were appointed
by the chair, committee on resolutions M.
F. Wentworth, Kittery, Fred N. Dow, Port
land, j. w. Dearborn, Parsonsfeld, Frank
Brown, Baldwin, and Ira II. Foss of Saco.
The gentlemen, through Col. Dow, later pre-
scented the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted with lound applause
Resolued, That the Republicans of the First
Congressional District of Maine are in free
and hearty accord with the opinions enuncia-
%,1 Oa,a.
at Chicago In 1884; and favOring the princi-
Piles referred to, and the measures foreshad-
owed, in the cali for the Republican State
Convention, to be held at Lewiston on the
9th instant, pledge theil undivided support
to whoever its nominee for Governor may
be.
Resolred, That we commend the Hon
| Thomas b. Reed to the voters of this dis
| trict as an able, honest and fearless expon-
| ent OF Republican principles especially de-
serving their confidence and support because
of his earnest and efficient efforts in cooper
| alton with the Senators and other Represen,
| tativeS in Congress from Maine in behalf OF
| American labor and the fishing and shipping
| interests of this District and State
The following committee of five was ap-
pointed by the Chair, on motion from the
| floor, to select district committee for the
ensuing year; Messrs Clark FL. Barker
| Portland; S. G. Hamilton, Jr., Biddeford
| j. E. Warren, Westbrook; F. j. Leayitt
Buxton; Castor E. Marshall, Berwick.
Mr.. f. M. Higgins of Limerick, addressed
| the convention. He said it devolved on hin
| to present to this convention man of ma
tional reputation, and in behalf of sole
York county delegation he would offer thu
| name Of Hon. Thomas B. Reed (grea
cheering), as a candidate for denomination b!
this district. We all know, Mr.. President
that Mr.. Reed has made national reputa
ton. The State Of Maine holds high place
in the Nations councils, land Mr.. Reed stands
| at its head. | mean no reflection on thu
other gentlemen who have conferred grea
lustre on themselves and the State, and ar
men of great ability, but | may say that Mr.
Reed took the nomination for Speaker whel
it was not possible to elect him, and now W.
| propose to renominate him that he may TAKE
the proud position of Speaker of the HOUSE
in the next Congress- prolonged cheering
and applause
Hon. B. d. Verrill said the enthusiasm
with which denomination has been received
speaks volumes for itself, and more loudly
than any man could speak, of the certainty
Of the election Of the nominee, land there il
that about it that is most gratifying. 1t il
peculiarly gratifying to a Cumberland coun
ty man that the nomination should CONF
from old York, and as the unanimous yot,
Of York, and as long as this district has tht
| good sense to nominate Mr.. Reed Democrats
| will be found scarce who wish to pillow il
this political field. He--Mr Reed is tht
| acknowledged leader of the National House
and no man takes the leadership of party
without great and solid qualifications. 1t il
not too much to say he is the peer of any
man in the House. 1t is peculiarly grateful
| to me to second the nomination of Hon
| Thomas b. Reed. loud cheering and APP
| plause).
On motion of Mr. Higgins, seconded by
Mr.. Verrill, the nomination Of Mr.. Reed was
| made by reclamation, and by a rising vote
amidst great cheering and applause.
| Hon. NJ. It. King said he understood Mr..
| Reed was in the city and he moved a com
| mittee of three await on him and invite hin
| to address the convention, and the motion
was seconded by Mr.. j. j. Gerrish Messrs
| NJ. F. King, w. NJ. Moody of Kennebunk
! port, and Alonzo Leayitt of Alfred were APP
| pointed the committee. They returned aftel
| some little absence with Mr.. Reed, and az
the nominee assembled the stage the cheers
and applause broke forth again and again
| while hats, caps and handkerchiefs were
tossed and waved in the air. After Mr.
| Reed was permitted to speake he addressed
the convention as follows:
MR. REED SPEECH.
| Gentlemen Of the contention:
Since | last addressed you we have had &
novel experience. There have been fifteen
months Of Democratic rule. While l am sor
nv it has been So there have been some con.
Solutions TO which, grateful even for small
mercies, we must direct our attention. In
| the first place the new Democratic admins
| tration, notwithstanding all the campaign
| denunciations extending over almost quar-
| ter of a century, has been obliged to carry or
| the government in the same way we did
Imitation is the sincerest fiattery. When
| and where imitation succeeds the bitterest
| reproach the flattery becomes almost over
powering. Let me call to your minds most
| striking example. You will remember that
| position, his career and his characteristics.
| the most representative of Democrats, pro-
| claimed to an astonished world that in the
| treasury was the enormous sum OF three hum
dred millions of dollars which had been
boarded up and which ought to be scattered
over the country. to revive business
to give homes to the homeless and gen
orally to make dawn the millen-
MUM. 1t is true that Mr.. Sherman fur
nished him an answer promptly. but the
most satisfactory answer came hot foot from
the new Democratic administration. On
April I'd the very first report from the treas
ury burston our astonished gaze in an entire
| ly new shape, made for the very purpose
of proving Mr.. Hendricks mistake That
| report showed that we had no surplus
whatever, but only working balance of
| 500, $50, ops, and that is not all. On the I'd
of june fourteen months afterwards, the
working balance under Democratic admin
istration has risen from $22, 100000 to $105,
100000. The affairs of earth no longer dis
turb Mr. Hendricks, but surely these figures
ought to astound the Democratic editors and
orators who echoed all the variations on this
| theme. What a chance for noble head line.
1893 millions more of the peoples money
| boarded by this tyrannical administration. -
1888, 100000 wickeder than the Republican
| rascals,' which last word brings me to an
| other theme. You remember how the last
| campaign was resonant with the duty Of the
Democracy to turn out the. Republican
rascals. That campaign powder will never
| be burned again. After fifteen months OF
| power the great majority of Republican
| officeholders remain in their places. Many
men have been turned out because they were
Republicans but not one because he was a
rascal. Whether that sturdy Republican the
A ftornav Ganara1 will have to on we do not