Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09
THE THIRD DISTRICT
republicans Renominate Hon. Seth !.
Mllliken by Aoolamation.
Antnustastic and Harmonious Corv.,
tion at watervtlle.

n"stasuc and Harmonious Corv.
ton at Waterville.
yesterday the delegates of the republican.
VI 'ne Ihlrd Congressional District. which
comprises the counties of Hancock Wo,ao
0 Sv ana kennebec, met in convention a,
" a'er'hie, TO nominate a candidate for
congress. Inc attendance was unusuoIIv
lafee' considering that there was no contes,
OIL o,, any klnd,and the floor of the hall was we'll
hiled. The utmost harmony prevailed. and
repuDlicans enthusiastically supported Hon
S. L. Milliken. pfe' hi"n'
non. Il. r. Webb, chairman of the Dis.
trlct COMMITTEE, called the convention To or
uer az III A. NJ and addressed the copven.
.ion IN telling speech. He congratulated
Tue meeting that so many republicans had
sa.nereo al me opening OF the campaign, and
spoke In the highest terms of our present Con.
gresham, who had served with fidelity To his
constituents and honor to the District. Iet No
see to 1t, he said, that we select him NV ga
large or larger majority than two wears ago.
ne remembered how delegates had been cho-
sen at the last convention and instructed for
MI Blaine (applause.) In referring to the
democratic administration, he had seen the
government for the past fifteen months With
out policy. No one could say what its poll
cy had been. Can any one state what the
policy of the democratic party on
the tariff has been? Take the fish
cry question. Six weeks ago an Ameri.
can hshing schooner was seized; what has
been the policy OF the government in regard
to this? The President and Secretary Bay-
ard could not and cannot to-day, determine
what the treaty of 1918 means.
Mr.. Webb read the call for the meeting.
Hon. Geo Warren of Castine was made
temporary chairman; ". Harmon of Uni
ty, secretary.
Messrs. Geo. f. Weeks, Augusta; VIM. B.
Snow, Skowhegan; r. L. Greenlief, Mt.
Desert; [. c. Libby, Burnham, were chosen
Committee on Credentials.
The committee retired and on returning re-
ported 225 of the 253 delegates in the dis
trict, as being present
The temporary organization was made
permanent.
On motion of Hon. A. w. Wildes of Skowhe-
gan, Hon Seth l.. Miiliken of Belfast was
nominated by reclamation as the candidate for
Representative to Congress of the republicans
of the Third District, amid applause and
cheers.
At this point the President read a commu-
nication from Mr.. Miliiken to the convention.
As will be seen il is letter of much interest
to republicans of the District and State and
the closest attention gwen. Following
is the letter:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, U. s..
WASHINGTON, ID. c., JUNE 5th, 1886. {
| To the President of the District Contention
| for the Third Congressional District Of
| Maine;
DEAR SIR 1T has been my purpose to be
| present at your convention to be held on the
| 9Th inst, at Waterville, and have so noti-
| fed some of my friends in the district. 1t
| has been my desire to be with you upon that
| occasion, not TO influence the decision of the
convention, but to meet the representative
men of my constituency, believing it to b. a
wise and wholesome as we'll as pleasant thing
to exchange views with them, but the duties
before me here just now are very important.
| As the session approaches Its close they rap
idly crowd upon Congress. They are both Of
a private and public character. There are
several soldiers pension bills which have
introduc, d " iich till pending, and there
is but little time /, f FIR their consideration.
We have Just pass ulll through the House,
| after a ten DAYS contest, to save the butter
makers from being driven out of the markets
| by cheap, unwh0lesome, cOunterteits of but
ter 200 900 900 pounds of which have been
manufactured and sold in our country within
the last year. Beside the interstate COM
merce, appropriations, and other important
bills, the Morrison tariff bill now pending be-
fore the House is liable to confront US for
consideration at any hour. That bill carries
within itself elements of destruction to the
most vital and valuable industries of Maine
1t seeks to destroy our entire numbering in
ttrest and relegate it to New Brunswick and
Canada, by placing lumber on the free list
| In the same way it would destroy the bust
| ness of our wool growers and leave them no
| alternative but to slaughter their hocks. 1t
would hand over to the subjects of foreign
maritime power our entire fishing industry,
and thus deprive the nation of that nursery
for an American navy which our forefathers
so highly priced and jealously guarded. 1t
would cripple our manufactures of cotton
and wooden goods so severely they
could hardly continue to operate. un-
less perhaps in the production OF few OF
| the coarsest fabrics.
At the same time there is pending the free
ship bill, which, if enacted into law, would
DESTROY every shp-yard upon our coast. In
deed. if these bills had been intended for the
sole purp ,se of furnishing the people of our
State by crushing their industries and ban
| ishing their prosperity, they could hardly
have been more adroitly made to secure that
| end.
These bills can be defeated only by a full
vote of the republican members Of the House
and a small contingent of democrats who
happen to represent great industrial districts,
and who, therefore, we hope, will vote with
us.
| In this condition of things l am sure
that | can best serve my constituents by
remaining at my post OF duty, and l am fur
ther convinced that they who have done me
the honor to send me here to represent
district of so vast and varied industries and
resources. a district which has given to the
national councils, George Evans, Reuei WI
liams Luther Severance, the two Morrills,
and that true American and greatest of our
country's statesmen, James G. Blaine, will
sustain me in the course | have decided On.
You. whom / shall lose the pleasure OF
meeting by remaining here now, shall en-
deavor to see in the campaign in which
1--we shall soon be engaged. be-
| speak for you harmonious and sue
cesstul convention, and result at the
polls which shall be worthy of the proudest
record of the republican party in all the thir-
tv wears of it's almost uniform triumph IN
Maine.
Since it gave its noble quota of brave men
to save the nations life, and saw the labor OF
its soul satisfied in the great act of emanclps-
has had before IL