The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-10
First District Republicans.

First District Republicans.
The Republican First District Convention
was held i'll City Hall, Portland, Wednesday
afternoon. May >. Judge Nathaniel Hobbs, of
North Berwick, presided. There were 81
. delegates out of 800 present. For candidate
for Congress Judge Willis Emmon>. of >acu,
presented the name Of Hon. Thomas B. Reed,
and it was seconded by Mr. +. Dudley Free
man. of Yarmouth. Mr.. Reed was nominated
by reclamation and three rou,ing cheers We're
given Col. Mark F. Wentworth. of kttcry.
was nominated by reclamation for Presidential
Elect0r. For Delegates to the National Con-
Ncntion Charles \. Brown. OF Portland. and
William b. Tobic. OF North Berwick. We're
chosen by accamation. and Edward b. Mact,
Jr. of Freeport, and Justin NJ. Lcavitt. of
Buxton. were chosen alternate> by acclaina-
ton.
Hon. j. II. Drimmcnd and Major II. A..
>horey reported set of resolutions which
Were adopted by the convention. The first
two are short. and r"atlirm adhesion 10 the
principles of the party: affirm that the DIES
pcrate opposition 10y a part Of the Democratic
Representatives in Congress to the rctIndng
of the direct tax Is 4 demonstration that they
are ready with uncNamplcd bitterness, t. re-
open the issues of the past; affirm that the
same principle which led the Republican party
at its formation to demand that free labor lie
saved from competition with SLAVE Labor. rc-
qulrc> that home labor he saved from rompei-
ton with foreign labor. The last two are IT,
follows:
Resolved, that the first, ,rcpnd aI'I Only choice
OF the Republicans of the First Clngrc--iu Di--
rlrt as to the standard bearer ~ the eventual con
test IN which we are about to engage j. tbs u-trl
Gus statesman, the matrhc~- orator. the incnlnpal
able political leader, WHO 50 Naiiantl! ana heroic
Gus campaign of four wear, ago, and though con
rrdlng much to his wise torctAon4} and ariuou-
public services i'll the past, and fully approaching
ana commencing h7 motives III me Sihrerc -
precision of the desire that the standard -houid
now he placed in other hands, we nevertheless
earnestly Vet respectfully cnrnclatc the icca that
the occasion i one which impcr;tiNcly demands
the entire suborlinHtiOn of indiN idual desires aud
preferences that higher consideration the public.
welfare, and in Difference tp the unmi-takail,.
tendency of the popular Will, not only in Maine
but throughout the country we gan hut express
the earnest desire that our ,eleat"- "a the National
Convention use their influence To again place the
crown Of leadership upon that liIustrloUs sou Of
Maine, James q. Blaine.
Resolved. that i'll again presenting to the suffrage
of the Republicans of the lst Congressional bi-
tlict, and for the >th successive term, the of
the distinguished representative, Who in these
years, by his untirin% industry and commanding
abilities, has won for himself ans! his district I'M
lerisllablc fame and given to the district and state
AN influence in the National councils not warranted
either by the territory, wealth, or population
represented, we iittngly express our appreciation
of his brilliant talents and splendid achievements
IN statecrait; and in returning Thomas t. Reed t"
the Fiftyir-t Congress. as We are certain To do.
we shall enjoy the consciousness. not only of
having done credit to ourselves. the district and
the state, but well i'll having immca-utblN
strengthened the power of the Republican l.Hrty
in the national House and in having furnished that
bodya peerless candidate for the spcakership.
Draubaugh will renew the telephone fight in
the courts.
Master Workman Powdcrly SAYS he is not Il
candidate for political office.
The Massachusetts supreme court oycrrulcd
the exceptions in the ease of Mrs. Sarah j.
Robinson.
The rack-laying through the Cascade Tunnel
on the Northern Pacific Railway was finished
saturday.
Gold has been discovered AT Fe>tino-. North
Wales. The quartz that has been a>>ayed
I Yielded five ounces of gold to the ton.
/ DR.. I.aurens per>eus IIickol the noted meta
physicist, died at his home in Amherst SUNDAY
after an illness of only Il few days.
A Scandinavian female evangelist who has
been eXhorting at Menominee. Mich, for the
past month, has driven eight persons to the in
sane asylum.
Carter Harrison says that the water of India
is absolutely undrinkablc. That's what Car
water of Chicago.
! London dispatches from India announce a
destructive hail storm in Delhi and Morabadal
by which several hundred persons We're killed.
Some of the hail stones weighed two pounds.
Roscoe Conklng'> will is dated 1867. He
leaves all his property to Mrs. tomkn~. 4
thorough search fails to reveal a later docll-
ment. The estate is supposed to be worth
S200.000.
Gov. Luce. of Michigan has removed from
office Samuel ID. Clay. prosecuting attorney At
Grand Rapids. on charges of matchmaking and
OF screening offenders Clay will test the Ie-
gality of the action.
Gen. Crook, the famous Indian tighter.
stands six feet in his stockings. and is as
straight as an arrow. When on the war-path,
Gen. Crook wears an old canvas suit. said to
be worth Sl.23.
Mary l.. Moore and Sarah Bolton fought a
duel over young cowboy at Lima Valley. n.
NJ, recently. Mary was wounded in the Shout
der and took revenge by shooting and killing
her antagonist Saturday night.
A Philadelphia and Reading freight train
broke apart near Mount Carmel Saturday
night. When the two parts came together the
shock caused Il car of powder to explode.
Eight persons were killed and thirty injured.
engagement in St. Petersburg, presented
by the Gar with 4 double ruby and diamond
ring, while Miss Mary Moore received from the
same personagea double circle diamond brooch.
a despatch from Lima, via Galveston. says
1.-THE government has declared Peruvian ports
open to Chilean traffic, with the exception of
the ports between Valparaiso and AntofagaSta.
in which zone some cases of cholera are still re-
ported.
AT the treasury department Saturday.a pack
age from the Merchants National Bank. of New
York, purporting to contain S41 900 in bank
bills. was found to hold nothing but blank pa,
per, which had been substituted for the money
by some thief.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermorc. of Melrose. Mass.
was seriously hurt Thursday evening at West
minister, Mass. Her dress was caught on the
steps of the stage from which she was aIightng
and she was thrown to the ground, cutting her
lip on the pavement.