The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-06-13
THE CRITICAL HOUR.
Presentation Of the Candidates and
the Decisive Ballot.

The scene in the hall when 1t was voted to
proceed to the presentation Of the eandi-
dates, has rarely If ever been equalled in any
political convention held in Maine In recent
years. Every delegate was in his place. The
galleries. the stairways, the aisles and the
corridors were crowded with expectant hun
dreds. who waited in almost perfect silence
Tor the opening move.
1t came very soon. In the very front
seats, right under the platform, sat the dele
gates from Lincoln county, the county that
never fails Sebastian S. Marble, eohort
whose loyalty was never for an instant
shaken by the prospect Of certain defeat
There were some young men among them,
but most Of them were veteran Republicans
some Of them nearly the equal of Governor
Marble in the years of their loyalty to the
Republican party. They raised cheer as
the leader Of their delegation mounted the
platform, cheer which the Oxford men
with George ID. Bisbee took up, and which
passed on to the Sagadahoc men with Wake
field, and to scattering delegates in Waldo,
York, Somerset. Kennebec, Cumberland,
Piscataquis, Penobscot and Washington. IL
was not loud cheer but it was hearty one
that greeted the delegate from Whitefeld,
Mr.. Partridge, as he began his speech Of
presentation:
SPEECH OF r.. S. PARTRIDGE, ESQ.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Con-
renti0n::
rise to present TO this convention the
name Of a gentleman for the gubernatorial
candidate, whom you all know. No man has
the right. NOR need, nor have the desire TO
detract one i0ta from the well-earned and
brilliant records Of either gentleman whose
names will be presented to this convention.
l present the name Of a candidate whom the
people OF the county OF Lincoln have learned
TO respect and honor for his unfinching fidel-
ity to the sublime principles and the repeat
ed pledges of the Republican party; and for
his unceasing labors for the triumph Of those
principles and the fulfllment Of those
pledges. We respect him for his assiduous
and successful labor in leading TO political
victory In the county Of Lincoln the Repub
licans for these many years. We honor him
for the purity Of his life and character, ZAP
plausel, his wisdom, and his unabated hatred
Of wrong and injustice, wherever and when
ever shown, and for his ardent love of right,
justice, truth and integrity. refer, gentle
men OF the convention, with pride, to the
present executive of this noble State, Hon.
Sebastian 5. Marble. [Applause.l This fon-
ored man. born In the good county of Oxford
surrounded by those moral principles which
always elevate and never degrade, and, as a
youth, started out In the world to work and
to win, with naught save health, character,
perseverance and love Of labor lApplausel,
wherever duty has called him, whether 1t
has been on the farm, in the saw mill, as a
teacher in the schoolroom, or as an advocate
In the courts Of Justice, or as governor OF the
old State Of Maine, has always performed
that duty well. [Applause.l Standing today,
gentlemen, before the learning, the wisdom,
and the loyalty of the representatives Of the
Republican party of the State of Maine,
declare that the Hon. Sebastian 5. Marble is
competent and worthy to sit in the executive
chair made vacant by the death OF the pure,
the beloved, and lamented Bodwell. APP
plauSe. What higher encOmlum can pro-
nounce in favor of our standard bearer than
to say he is worthy TO sit. by the suifrages Of
the Rep y~olieans OF this State OF Maine,
men, that this sagacious, but unassuming
man, with his financial ability and his econ0-
mic practices, will, In an executive capacity,
guard well the interests Of all OF the citizens
OF this great commonwealth. II minated
and elected, believe we shall point with as
much pride 10 his administration as we now
surely do to those Of his predecessors, in
Guiding the Morrills, Washburn, Dingley,
Connor, Chamberlain, Robie, and the Sage Of
Hamdeh-the lllustrious, noble Hamlin.
IGreat applause.l believe that II this con-
venton shall today nominate Sebastian :.
Marble as candidate for governor, you will
have done right, just, a generous, and a
noble act. Let us therefore, gentlemen, to-
day. do him exact justice and reward this
man, who for so many years has stood as a
faithful sentinel ON the watch tower Of the
Republican party. [Applause.l
When the cheers had subsidized Hon. Her
bert M. Heath, of Augusta, who sat in the
convention as a delegate from Unity planta-
tion, rose from his place in the Kennehec
delegation to second the nomination Of Gov
ernor Marble. He was generously applaud
ed as he appeared on the platform and. as he
continued his speech, not only the Marble
men Of Lincoln and Knox and Sagadahoc
but delegates from all parts OF the hall Join
ed in the cheering, except perhaps In the
long gallery line where sat the silent dele
gates from Aroostook, and below where were
massed their equally silent allies from Pc
nobscot Mr.. Heath spoke as follows;
SPEECH OF HON. II. NJ. HEATH.
Mr.: President and Gentlemen Of The Conren-
tion:
This great gathering Of men has met here
to nominate the next Governor of the State
Of Maine Great applause. come from
the grand old county Of Kennebec that pledg-
es to the nominee Of this convention 1000 Re-