Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-15
STATE CONVENTION
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feeling prevailed throughout
Quite number were on the ground
early. large proportion Of the delegate
to Tus.day's convention remaining over.
DR.. H.mlln and the State Committee
both MADE their headquarters Al the De-
Witt House. and the hotel office AID the
sidewalk. ia the vicinity presented
lively scene. wednesday morning.
There va. little delay in opening the
eonveniion. owing TO the late srrivsl Of
some Of the delegations The delegates
began 70 drop Ia 10 the City Hall early.
however. and several Of the delegations
held informal mee,ipgs aud chose mem
Der. 10 rrpresen, them GA the difefen,
committees. Perkins. Band. s,a,ioned
ia the rear gallery, snlivensd the occasion
With music.
BY half.pa., eleven the ball va, filed
20 oveiho~ing Chairman Msnley
raped the convention TO order. read the
call, aud prayer ~ss offered by the ehsp.
Lain. Mr.. MARLEY thea announced the
temporary organization. The chairman
vi. Capt. Hores II. Shaw Of Port.
lAnd. Otford Coan,y vas represented
on the lis Of Vice. Presidents by Hon.
A. Z. Bonney Of Baekheld.
The State Committee wAs made Com.
miiiee on Credentials. aud reported the
~hole number Of delegates present a.
l2it, the number entitled 10 seats being
lli3l. There wsre 20 contested dslsgs'
tons Oxford County wa' enii,led TO 81
delegates. And IS were pr,.en,.--A very
good showing.
The temporary organization was then
made permanent. and a Committee on
Resolutions. State Committee, and CON-
mi,iee 20 receive. sor, aud eoln, the
votes were chosen. These committees
consisted of one member from each
county. the county delegation. eho''ing
their representatives.. Oxford ~N' rep
re.en,el on the Committee on R-sola-
ton. by n. W. Beaiee Of Norsai on
the State Committee by John =. S,snlsy
o. Paris; Ca the committee TO receive.
.or, and count the vote. by ;. : Abbott
% Bethel
The convention thea proceeded With
the bushes. o, nsminaiins candidate
for Governor. l.-wis A. Barker. k'q,
Of Bangor. presented ID. name Of DE-. A .
c. Hamln Of Bangor. pa,,ins forward
specially The claim. of Eastern Maine
Gen. James A. Hall Of Dlmlriseo,,a
seconded the nomination. presenting the
claim. Of the soldiers.
Gen. X Is shepherd Of Sko~hssan
pr,.sn,ed the name Of Joseph X. Bod
vel OF H.llowell lie "a. followed by
Hon. /. X. Simonioa Of Camden aud
Hon. ;. ". MA,ihs~. Of Caribou. all
speaking IN the hishs,, terms OF Mr..
I Bodwsll. aud calling special a,ien,ioa TO
hi. po.i,ioa on the labor question. Mr.
Mathew, closed with = hil which drew
forth shout, Of applause. Referring to
tie charge ,ha, Mr.. Bowel is no; an
educated mAn. be said that he vas a
graduate Of the university OF life. aud
tia, 'Psrhap, be can no, write very well.
ba, be can make his mArk,-and We know
be has done IL.
The blllo,ins then began. aud the
Convention relaxed little. IL was bat
a .hor, time before the committee ha'
i.hed their work. AID. order being re-
stored. reported as follows:
whole number ofyo,es, lOts
/ Necessary Tor choice, 90
Joseph Il BOdwell, 50.
Dr. A. &. Hsmlin, sOl'
Hannibal lIamlln, l.
The vote a. reported misplaced the
figures in the vote Of Pisea,sqais.
Amending ,hi. makes the corrected vote;
po,w.u ss7.
n..,Wn &c
Hannibal HAmlu, L.
The vote was also reported by counties.
Oxford. vote stood 81 for Bodwell, IL
FOR Hsmlin. and for Hannibal Hamlin-
During the burs, Of applause which
followed the announcement OF the vote,
Mr.. Barker, who nominated DR.. Hamlin.
climbed upon a seat. and. as soon a. he
could be heard. moved TO make the nom
nation unanimous, saying: 1--WE have
met. no, the enemy. bu, our friends. and
we are theirs. Now We are going back
20 Penobsco,, and with DR.. Hsmlin In
the from, rank. We are going TO roll up
our sleeves and 20 TO work; and we are
soing to roll up the bigges, Republican
majority ever seen in Penob.eo, County,
for the mex, Governor OF Maine. Hon.
Joseph X. BOdwell. .
The motion Was carried amid storm
Of applause. The convention then adj
journed for dinner.
After dinner the Committee on Reso'
lu,ions reported aud the rePor, was ae'
eep,sd. After the appointment OF a
committee to inform Mr.. Bodwell OF his
nomination. the convention adjourned.
The platform adopted is an eIeellen,
one. but i, a. long as the Moral Law. II
declares in favor Of protection, and con.
demns the Mori.on bill for removing the
protection from the principal Maine pro-
ducts. Resolves that the action OF the
Democrats Representatives who propose
TO surrender free msrke, to Canadian
fishermen. while Canada prOhibi. Amer.
lean fishermen from obtaining in their
waters reciprocal privileges. is illogical
and unpa,riO,ie. Thanks the Maine
Representatives for opposing the River
and Harbor Bill. Declares in favor OF
arbitration Of labor troubles. ten hours
for q days work. and fsvOrs the passage
Of q law prescribing fifteen years As the
esrlies, age AZ which children can be
employed in factories. Declares in favor
Of q revision Of the labor system in the
State prison so that convict labor may
no, come in competition with the honest
calling Of any citizen. Endorses the
prOhibiiory law. Regrets that the ETH.
cheney Of the civil service Law Is impaired
and its destruction menaeed under .
Democrats administration. Declares In
favor Of pensiOning al disabled soldiers,
and the widows Of al honorably dis.
charged soldiers. Declares against grant
ing any portion Of the public domain to
foreigners. Denounces the action OF
| I.H.,.on Davis In seekiug To awaken the