The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
STATE POLITICS.
xroRp DELEGArEs UNpLEpGED.

OXFORD DELEGATES UNPLEDGED.
The Republicans Of Oxford held their eau
Gus Saturday evening, May 22d, and chose
the following delegates:
To State Conventional. G. Hall, Henry
w. Coy, George II. Jones and George f..
Hawkes..
To District Convention-Geo. e. Hawkes.,
George II. Jones, r. F. Staples and B. G.
Hall.
To County Convention-W. R. Farris VIM.
F. Caldwell, A. l.. Faunce and Wint Stew
art.
State delegates unpledged.
DELEGATES WHO FAVOR BoDwELL.
At the Republican caucus held at Mechanic
Falls, Saturday, the following delegates were
chosen to the State Convention at Lewiston,
May 9th: J. Fl. DeCoster, Stillman W. Shaw.
W. G. Millett, Benjamin Milliken. They
are not pledged but favor Bodwell.
The following were chosen to the District
Convention at Auburn, June 8th: P. r.
Cobb, j. F. Sawyer, H. P. Downing, f. o.
Purington.
The Belfast caucus was held Friday. The
delegates are VIM. Fl. Folger, John G.
Brooks, A. G. Burgess. Charles A. Pillsbury,
VIM. B. Swan, VIM. c. Marshall, G. B. Fer
guson. Richard Chenery, l.. A. Knowlton,
f. w. Shepherd. An Augusta dispatch to
the Associated Press says the Belfast Repub-
lican delegation to the State Convention fay-
ors Mr.. Bodwell.
Monmouth delegates are as follows, those
of the State Convention being Bodwell men /:
State Convention, E. A. Dudley, c. G. .Rich-
ardson, C. f. Brown. A. Getchell. District,
A. w. Andrews, Z. III. Andrews, @. G.
Jaques, f. Clough. County, F. Clough, +.
r. Simpson, F. II. Beal, David Thurston.
At a Republican caucus in Mexico, held
last Thursday, John r. Trask was chosen
delegate to the State Convention, supposed
to favor Bodwell. VIM. M. Hall was chosen
to attend the district convention.
At Republican caucus held at Wayne,
May 22d, the following persons were chosen
delegates to the district convention to be
held at Waterville, June Sth: S. A, Nelke,
j. S. Berry, W. Jennings. Also the follow
ing were chosen delegates to the State con-
vention at Lewiston J.. S. Berry, z. L. wing
and S. A. Nelke. All for Bodwell.
At the Leeds Republican caucus, May
22d, D. F. Lothrop, Geo. Parcher and Will
lard Lothrop were chosen delegates to the
CongressionalG Convention, and II. M.
Brewster, and Isaac Boothby delegates to
the State Convention. They were not pledg-
ed but are favorable to Bodwell
At Republican caucus held at Liyermorc
Falls, Saturday afternoon, c. Knapp, j. G.
Hammond, L. P. Gould were chosen as dele
gates to the State Convention. The same
delegates were also chosen to represent East
Livermore at the county convention. Upon
motion of Mr.. Alvin Record it was voted to
instruct the delegates to vote for Hon. Mel
son Dingley for Representative in Congress
for this district, and also to support Hon: j.
-R. Bodwell for Governor. The following
were chosen to serve as Town Committee:
c. Knapp, J. G. Ham, George Chandler, Z.
Wadsworth, and L. p. Gould. Llvermore
Falls is strong Republican town, and will
support Mr.. Dingley for Congress, and Mr.:
Bodwell for Governor, and give them good
majority at the polls.
At Republican caucus in Woolwich,
Saturday evening, the following delegates
were elected: State, for Bodwell J. F. Tib-
belts, j. A. Purinton j. j. Brookings; Dis
trict, j. G. Gilmore, David G. Percy, r. M.
Harden. For Dingley.
PENNINGTON GETTING READY FOR
ACTION.
The Pennington Republican Town Com
mittee met Saturday and organized for the
coming campaign by choice of Everett b.
Norton as chairman and secretary The
Congressional and State caucus was called
to meet at the Town Hall next Saturday af-
ternoon The committee is as follows:
Everett B. Norton, NJ. Curtis Hobbs, David
Spaulding, Thomas Croswell and Roland ).
York