Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-26
MEAN MISREPRESENTATION.
What the Bangor Whig Says About
that Citys Politics.

that C1tys Politics.
/ When we saw representative of the Port
land Press in this city Tuesday night we fel
quite sure that he had been sent here for tn
express purpose of misrepresenting the situa
ton in Bangor and when the Press of Wed
nesday morning reached this office we foun,
that he had entirely confirmed our impres
sion as TO the object of his mission. A des
perate cause sometimes demands desperate
methods and this may account for the re
markable course adopted by the Press in thu
gubernatorial canvass. We have seen tha
paper persist in its declaration that the tow
of Eastport was solid for Cleaves after it.
attention had twice been called to the fac
that the Eastport Sentinel, the editor o.
which is one of the delegates TO the Stat,
Convention, had announced that. the fgentle
men chosen to represent the town of East
port were uninstructed and might properl,
be designated a "Cleaves-Burleigh- Marbl,
delegation" hence we are not altogether sur
prised at the following ridiculous statement
concerning the contest in Ward Three il
this city:
The most interesting contest was in war
5. In this ward is Mr.. Burleigh's house
and here he lives when not in his official home
at Augusta. In this ward also is the home
of the Hon. Hamlin. In the retirement he
has earned SO wen, Mr.. Hamlin did not wish
to be brought into politics again, but that hc
might help his old friend Gov. Marble he
consented to he mentioned as delegate to
Portland. The Burleigh men said he could
90 on their ticket, but that he would "have
To keep his mouth shut in the convention il
he did" This, il is said, came to the ears
of the old Carthaginian and, breaking out
with Il would like to see the man who
would say that to me-" he decided to run ON
straight Marble ticket, SO in ward 5 a
straight Marble ticket was put up.
Now it may be customary among the re-
publieans of the Press school to indulge in
such language as that attributed to the
'Burleigh men" in Ward Three, when speak
ing of or to gentlemen of Mr.. Hamlin's
prominence, but is unnecessary for us to
say that the republicans of this city have too
great Il regard for propriety, to say nothing
of their high esteem for our distinguished
fellow citizen, to admit of language better
suited to the slums than conversation between
gentlemen. The statement is not true and
if the Press representative was sent here
to report facts as they existed the appearance
of such ridiculous assertion reflects upon his
intelligence. When the republicans of
Ward Three learned that Mr.. llamlin de-
sired to attend the convention the Bur
leigh men, as evidence of their esteem and
respect for one who has been so promi-
nently identified with the party, knowing that
he would go to the convention as Marble
man, the two gentlemen having been warm
friends for years, voluntarily agreed to his
election by acclamation, and notw outstanding
the fact that the Burleigh sentiment prcdom-
mated in the ward, further declared that he
could go the convention free to act just as
his judgment dictated. Nor did they stop
there. They even went so far as to offer to
divide the delegation, electing two Burleigh
men and two Marble men. The friends of
Gov Marble however, believing that they
could carry the ward would agree TO no com
promise whatever, leaving the friends of Mr..
Burleigh the alternative of surrendering the
field entirely or of accepting the challenge
for u contest of strength at the polls. They
very naturally took the latter course the
result being the election of a Burleigh del
egation by good majority. The contest was
an earnest one, but was conducted in spirit
of harmony, the utmost good feeling prevail
ing throughout the caucus. In view of these
facts the attempt of the Press to make it ap
pear that "the Burlegh men" were guilty 81
some disrespect to Mr.. lIamlin is most con
temptible piece of business, although con-
forming well with the policy of that paper
during the past few weeks.
The editorial in the Press is equally un
fair, as witness the following; ''In another
Ward Dnc) the caucus had to lie adjourned
so bitter was the fight" OF course the in
tention of the editor was to make it appear
that the alleged ''btter fight was between
the Republicans and as the truth would be
fatal to his purpose he carefully supprcsses
the fact that the caucus was adjourned be-
cause it was packed with Democrats who had
no right to vote. The chairman of the eau
Gus was a Marble man, but he declared the
meeting adjourned despite the storm of noes
because he saw it was a mere farce to at
tempt to obtain anything like fair express
sion of the Republican sentiment with the
ward room filed with Democrats who were
throwing votes by the handful. We said in
the Whig Wednesday morning with an hon
est expression of the preferences of the Re-
publicans of Ward One the Burleigh dele
gates would have been handsomely elected
and this statement was amply sustained in
the caucus last night, when, by the use OF
the check list, the Burleigh ticket was elect
ed by more than two to one.
The election in ward gives Mr.. Burleigf
twenty-six of the thirty delegates from Ban.
gor and the remark of the Press that the re-
suit here "could hardly be gratifying to Mr.
Burleigh" is simply the wall of a disappointed
paper 1t had counted upon the anti-Bur
leigh forces to carry the City, or at least ts
cause a big break in the solid Burleigh col
umn in this section, but the practical unani
nifty with which Bangor indorsed his candi
dacy was so much of a set back to the hope
4 had raised that it could not disguise it
feeling of wild disappointment The fact Il
Mr.. Burleigh has good lead i'll the race,
lead that is increasing every day and his op
ponents being well aware of it are in a pan
icky frame of mind. What purports to be
dispatch from Portland was published in th
! Commercial last evening, although no sucl
| dispatch was received III the regular report
summing up the gubernatorial situa
ton as it stands topay. A more contradic
tory paragrash, however, it would be Difficult
to imagine Starting out with the assertion
that Mr. Cleaves has the lead and will main
| tain his position, it then goes on to say tina
the Cleaves men are holding that their mai
( will 90 into the convention with nearly if no
/ quite as many votes as Burleigh Singula
admission that for those who claim that Mr.
| Cleaves leads the field. The fact is, it is tn
! field against Burleigh, the friends of the tw
opposing candidates combining their force
to stay the increasing tide of popular sent
ment, but careful analysis of the delegate
/ thus far chosen shows that Mr.. Burleigb
| the favorte with the back towns still to
J ar1 I at tba ,,onI uark no nm