The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-06-13

Inc loyal Republicans OF Maine VIII today
hear about and talk about a great event in
the history of their party. Fourteen hun
dred and forty-three delegates viii carry
into their homes in nearly every town and
plantation the story of yesterdays grand as
sembly, of the shouting and the cheering.
of the splendid oratory, the immense and
tumultuous throng, and yet of the order and
the decorum that marked the bearing Of del
egates and spectators at every important and
critical point in the proceedings. They will
tell also of the ease and the firmness with
which Andrew P. Wswell kept the great
audience in contented good order; of the old
guard of Lincoln and Oxford counties who
led by r. S. Partridge and cheered on by
Herbert III. Heath's superb oratory, stood
manfully by Governor Marble in contest
which they must have known to be hopeless; !;
of the roar Of applause that greeted Judge
Joseph w. Symonds as he appeared to pre-
sent the name Of Henry Il. Cleaves and
make the eloquent constitutional argument
that is worthy the best traditions of the Re-
publican party. The applause and the
cheers that followed Judge Symonds to the
close and that greeted J. G. Hoyt of Farm
ington and l.. T. Carleton of Winthrop, as
they seconded the nomination of the soldier
candidate, will never be forgotten by any
spectator Of that scene. Equally remark
able was the shout that arose from
Aroostook and was taken up by
Penobscot and Kennebec and the men of
Somerset as Frederick Powers marched
down from the Aroostook gallery to present
the name of Hon Edwin G. Burleigh. Dead
River answered Allegash. and Madawaska
lungs sent up yell that could only be ans
wered by voices trained to the roaring of
Carratunk There was not single one Of
the long list of Aroostook towns and plan
tations that was not represented in the line
of sunbrowned faces that looked down from
the gallery with anxious interest to applaud
every point Powers should make in reply
to the powerful oratory ranged on the side of
the rivals Of his candidate. The applause,
too, that greeted several times the
mention of the names of James G.
Blaine and Hannibal Hamlin was a
prominent feature of the proceedings of the
day.
When IL o'clock came the convention was
not quite ready to come to work As early
as o'clock delegates began to stream into
the hall, many of them glad to rest them
selves after standing for hours in the mob
that had surrounded the Falmouth since
early morning. When Chairman Manley
called the convention to order, a little after
IL o'clock, every seat, whether in gallery or
floor, was occupied. No organization in
Maine besides the Republican party could
call forth such an assembly, and no hall in
Maine but Portland City Hall could hold
them.
After reading the cali Mr.. Manley called
upon DR.. A. K. P. Small. Of Portland, to in
woke the Divine blessing.
The temporary organization was then an
nounced as follows:
Chairman-A. r. wiswell of Ellsworth.
SecretaIies-F. r. Manson, of Augusta; A. p.
Russell, Of Weld; George L. Barrows and A. G.
Kinds, of Portland; c. p. Boutee, of Bangor; j.
c. Chilcott, OF Ellsworth; A. l.. Cummings, of
Biddeford.
On being presented to the convention by
Mr.. Manley, Mr.. Wisweli. who was received
with applause, spoke as follows:
CHAIRMAN wIswELL's SPEECH.
Gentlemen Of the Convention. 4fa
For this distinguished honor in being called
to preside over your temporary deliberations,
l desire to thank you and to assure you Of
my keen appreciation Of the compliment.
This magnificent, assembly of representa-
tive Republicans, this great convention filed
to its utmost capacity by delegates from ev-
cry city, town and plantation within our
State is, 1t seems TO me, Of the utmost sig
nifcance. / think it shows that the Repub-
licans of Maine are fully awake to the i'm
portance of the hour. And while we are
convened here for the responsible duty of
nominating a candidate to be supported at
our State election in September might
well say for the purpose Of naming the next
Governor of Maine-I think that this great
convention shows that we realize that the
September election and the campaign pre-
ceding it will be but part of the great DO
litical struggle which will 60 on during this
coming summer and fall all over the length
and breadth Of this country. and in, which
Will be involved question of overwhelming
interest to every man, woman and child in
our midst, question perhaps which does
not appeal so much to sentiment or patriot
ism but one which affects the material well
fare Of all our citizens.
One great reason, think, why we are so
justly proud of our party and its record is,
that ever since its organization that party
has at all times been ready to meet and
squarely take sides upon, the great questions
which from time to time have presented
themselves.
In that terrible struggle for National su-
premacy, for the preservation Of the Union
and for the universal liberty of mankind
that took place quarter of a century ago,
but which Is yet so fresh In the minds of a
majoriyt of this convention, the Republican
party from the beginning to the end, from
the firing of the first gun upon Sumter until
the surrender Of Lee, had but one mind and
but one purpose, the carrying on Of the war
to successful termination.
There were days indeed that were dark,
when the end seemed far away, but our
partyInever faltered in its purpose, never de-
clared in convention or elsewhere that the
war was failure, but they kept on sending
regiment after regiment Of gallant men Co
the 'front.' until 1t was not the war that was
failure, but secession and rebellion.
And later in that period of reconstruction,
when so many serious questions were all OF
the time arising, we remember how our par
ty was equal to the occasion, meeting those
questions and settling them in such way
that all the world now admits that they were
settled wisely and for the best and for all
time.
And in still later years we have seen the
great fight made by the Republican party for
honest money and for an honest ballot and
after every contest has been finally settled
even ollr opponents have been driven 10 adj