The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-31

! T. Murphy presented Capt. r. W. Black OF
Augusta. and ". II. Moody, Of Liberty. the
! name of j. J. Walker of that town. OF these
/ candidates Messrs. Black and Walker We're Sc
] lected a> delegates and Mr.. Higgins and John
| W. Manson. of Pittsfeld, alternates. There
! was vigorous contest between Walker and
| Higgins. the atter'> forces being led by Judge
Redman. The Vote stood 50 for the Waldo
/ county man and - opposed As candidate
| for representative to Congress, MIR. +. Z. Bean
| of lialiowell, presented the name of cX-Chair.
! man :. :. Brown. of Waterville, who was de.
| feated in the contest for the Kennebec seat on
! the committee by the HallOwell gentleman at
/ the state convention. b. +. Parrott, of Au-
gu>Ia, secured the nomination for eector. One
OF the most active participants in the convcn-
ton was Mr. Thomas f. Murphy, who repre-
! >ented Augusta rs Il delegate thus disregard
| ing III il most tlagrant manner the civil service
/ rules. as he is a federal Office holder. The fol
lowing District Committee was selected: Ken
nebec-W. C.. Palmer. Gardiner. and Z. l..
Jones, of WaterNille. SomerSet-.J j. Par,in,
Hanrock-E. Webster French. fremont. and
Curtis X. Foster, Of Ellsworth. WaIdo-C. J.
Hall. Belfast and Crosby Fowler, Unity.
BALM FOR HIS WOUNDS
After kicking Simon ;. Brown of the State
committee the Democrats of the Third Con-
-re>>ionai District have rendered him the emp
tN honor OF a domination their candidate for
/
ncieHt sarcasm of itself this olive branch was
placed i'll the hands of Browns successful com
retltor on the State Committee, who presented
the name of the side-tracked statesman to the
convention. Thus as compensation for he I'M
kind treatment of the day before. Brown is to
hay" the thrilling satisfaction of leading the
for!orn hope i'll Congressman Milliken's dis
trict Brown and Bunker are now expected to
look pleasant no matter how they feel. Ban
cor Wing.
The dcpo>al of the Hon. Simon :. Brown
from lhc Democratic State Committee was re-
garded as a hopeful sign that the Democratic
party OF Maine had begun Il much needed puri-
ilratlon. But his nomination for Congress in
the Third District seems to indicate that the
Chairman has not yet entirely lost his grip on
the party. As his defeat is certain. however.
perhaps TINS Is only way of letting him
down easy" and preventing him from knitting
the state ticket. Portland Press.
An INTERVIEW WITH BEN BUNKER.
The Augusta correspondent of the Portland
Press tclcgraph> under date of Nav %. Per-
hal,s the man who suffered most from the
downfall Of Chairman Brown Tuesday. was
Ben Bunker of Waterville. All his fon,lest
hopes were blasted For several Years he had
been candidate for Il certain office. but the
party refused to give it to him. and when his
friend Brown was slaughtered his last hope
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