The Portland daily press., 1888-06-12

ana 1aVOraDly known throughout the State
In 1886 he resigned this Office. but the people
Of Ellsworth that year chose him to the Leg
isiature, thus continuing him in the public
service. In the Legislature he became con-
spicuous for GOODNESS Of Judgment and for
the force and lucidity Of his arguments.
The qualities Of mind, admirable as they
are in debate, are even more admirable in
the work Of presiding over large and en-
thuslastic convention. Therefore we con-
gratulate the Republican delegates, today,
on the excellence OF their presiding officer,
as well as on their numbers and their enthu'
siasm.
Governor Sebastian s. Marble.
Hon. Sebastian S. Marble, Governor Of
Maine, and candidate for the nomination to-
day, is one Of the veteran Republican leaders
Of Maine. During the whole history Of the
party he has borne prominent and an hon
orable part in its achievements. OF the
leaders Of the ''0ld Guard" in Maine no one
has been distinguished for greater courage,
greater astuteness or greater success. In
deed his parentage and the surroundings Of
his youth were just such as to develop the
strength Of character that has been such
conspicuous element Of his personality as
political leader. Among the hills Of Oxford
county, in the beautiful t,wn Of Dixfeld, he
was born in 1918. His early ambition was
to enjoy the advantages Of an education, and
to the attainment Of this object he bent all
his youthful energies. In the common
schools, in the high schools, and then at the
Academy at Waterville, and finally in the
studies by which he fitted himself for the
bar, he secured the training for his politi-
cal career. When the period Of political con-
fusion came, out of which appeared the Re-
publican party Of Maine, Mr.. Marble was al
ready political leader Of sagaclty and expe-
rience; and he gave the advantage Of this
as well as Of his own loyalty to the new party
of Freedom. For fifteen years he was
member of the Republican State commit
tee for the County Of Lincoln, where
he has made his home for the last
shirty-fye years In the town of Waldoboro.
During those years, aside from his political
duties, Gov Marble has been engaged in the
practice of law, giving attention also to ship
building and agriculture, having for the
latter a decided fondness. One Of the lead
ing characteristics Of Gov. Marbles political
career has been the warm friendship exist
ing between him and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin.
He led the latter's forces in the memorable
Senatorial contest, and always enjoyed the
fullest confidence Of the Maine statesman.
1t was Mr.. Hamlin's intention, to make as
the crowning occasion of his political career,
a speech for Governor Marble on the floors
of the convention to-day. That privilege
however. was denied him. From 1861 to
1868, Mr.. Marble was deputy collector Of
customs and from 1868 to 1866 collector,
From 1867 to 1870 he was Register in Bank
ruptcy and from 1870 to 1878 United States
Marshal. In 1882 Lincoln county sent him
to the State Senate, of which body he was
President when Governor Bodwell died. As
Chief Executive of Maine. Governor Marble
has shown himself one of the ablest and
firmest Governors that the State ever has
had.
Hon. Henry q. cleaves.
Hon. Henry B. Cleayes is native as well
as a resident of Cumberland County. His
birthplace was in the town of Bridgton, and
there he spent the early years of his life. He
was educated in the common schools Of the
town, and fitted for college in the old Acade-
my at Bridgton. But at the moment when
he was on the threshold Of a college course,
the cloud of dissension that had been gather
ing over this country burst into the fury of
the civil war; and instead of stepping into
college he stepped into the ranks of the
Maine volunteers. He enlisted as private
soldier under Col. William Writ Virgin in
1862, and at the expiration Of his term Of ser
vice re-enlisted with General Francis Fes-
senden for three years. He served under
Col. Virgin in 1923, in Maryland and Vir-
ginia; in 1864 with General Fessenden in
the Department of the Gulf and in the Red
River campaign; and in 1s64-5 was under
Sherman in the Shenandoah Valley, and re-
NAMED in active service until after the sur
render of Lee, when he received an honora-
BILE discharge. He went into the service a
mere boy, and earned the shoulder straps Of
lieutenant by his own bravery and faith
fulness. During his service he always en-
joyed the goodwill Of his comrades and the
confidence and esteem of his superior officers
and in the language Of his commanding Off
Ger, was brave and fearless soldier"
AT the expiration Of his term Of service,
Mr.. Cleaves returned to his home at Bridg-
tOuf anu bC6du MS piCpcAatAOh AOA thC OdA III
the Office Of Howard Il Cleaves. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1868 in Oxford county.
and in 1869 removed to Portland. Since that
time he has been prominent resident Of
this city, where he has the confidence and es-
TEEN of the friends and neighbors who will
today support him in his candidacy for the
highest State Office within the gift Of the
people of Maine. Mr.. Cleaves has been tried
before in places Of honor and trust. In 1877
and rs he was one Of Porthnd's representa-
tives in the legislature Of Maine; in 1879 and
so he was City Soil citor of Portland; and
from 1880 to 'S5 he was Attorney General Of
Maine. His was model and brilliant ad-
ministratlon Of the affairs Of that depart
ment, conducted so faithfully and success
fully in the interests of the State, that Gov
ernor Robie, in his message to the legisla-
ture upon the retirement Of Mr.. Cleaves In
1884, commended his distinguished services"
to the people as ''having contributed much
to the welfare Of the State" During his ad-
minis.ration as Attorney General, he was
engaged In the prosec ltion of the celebrated
railroad and telegraph .ax cases in behalf of
the State. He coElmenced ana conducted
these suits TO a successful termination.
though resisted at every point by able coun-
sci. As a result of THIS litigation, Mr.. Cleaves
secured for the State nearly seventy thous-
and dollars from the railroads and telegraph
companies, and fully settled the right of the
] State TO demand thereafter fair revenue