Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-02
HIGH LICENSE
And fhsnpseH dBeliast, Proba'
BY The Ticket
Ioninltsd By The Democrats at Tia
State Convention Today.



history Of the Democratic campaign Of
ls50 are the elans gashs ring the nselvss
together 70 chose standard bearer TO SUI
port the eolors which the nominee Of The
first convention. Hon. +. W. Hill, Of
Exeter. vas obliged TO lay down SO early in
the campaign
The convention will be called to order IN
Granite Hall At Ii o'clock this forenoon BY
n. P. Frank Of Portland. Who acted ~ the
chairman AZ the last convention, and the
meeting will fnd substantially the same
officers to preside over its doings 40 offici-
s,ed on June 80. There 10 every indica-
ton that the conveEtion will be small
one, the most sanguine Of the leaders
placing the number at not over 400. What
il lacks in numbers il will make up in en-
thusiasm, however, rs indications show that
there will be lively times. mainly over the
introduction Of the high license plank.
At the Augusta House last evening, vas
and advance guard Of about 80 Of the party
wire pullt 70 and Workers. It vas . gather
ing Of decidedly warm character and
some forcible and plain spoken language
was INDUCED in by the delegates. The
several candidates mentioned for the GU
bernatorial nomination are VIM. Z.
Thompson of Belfast. VIM. H. Clifford Of
Portland, DIR. G lfdon Of Portland, Geo. E.
Hughes of Bath, II. NJ. Plaisted. Augusta,
and Hampton Fairfield of Saco. The
genera, opinion is that Thompson and high
license is the winning card in today's strug-
| gle As il 10 believed that Clifford who
stands next in point Of support will not
consent to run against Thompson but will
rather prefer to throw his support in favor
Of the Belfast man.
| The other candidates are said to have
only local support which will not count.
It is believed that the nomination of
| Thompson will be made by acclsmation.
| The struggle viii come on the itroduction
| of the high license plank. II 10 believed
that nothing can be done to prevent the re-
reconsidering of the question although it is
understood that chairman Frank will refuse
| to entertain the motion to reconsider this
part Of the platform, rulirg that it has been
once adopted and that the present eonven-
| ton is called merely to choose q nominee
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. HILL. Silver topgued orators will be
there and it is promised that some ringing
speeches will be made. That the conven-
ton will be one of the hveliest on record
there seems to be no doubt as the high Ii
cense men are bound to be heard and u
large percentage of the delegates favor the
introduction of this plank.
1t will undoubtedly be Thompson and
high license. Among the prominent demo-
cratic lights who were on hand last evening
and discussed affairs were the following
Thos. White, Chas. l.. Snow. Walter
Brown, Willis Y. Patch, all of Bangor. +.
l.. Thayer. DR.. G. Z. Jones and Benz. Bun
kef of Waterville; Warren II. Vinton Of
Gray: VIM. 7. Spear, Fl Fairfield; Kim
ball Eastman of Sscarsppa; Geo. F. Cliff
ford, Cornish; J. II. Montgomery, Caribou
A. II. Stanley, Bangor; Geo. ii. Nichols.
Brunswick; f. B. Torrey and Arthur
Sewsll of Bath; w. II. Clifford. John NJ
Adams, Elliott King and Col. J. J. Lynch
of Portland; Thos. J. Goodwin of So. Ber-
wick; 7. Goldwaite of Saco; John b
Donovan, Alfred; II. Il. Foss, Auburn; +.
o. Greenleaf, Pennington; Chas. A.
White, Gardiner; +. Il. Beane of Halo
! we'll and Col. C. b. Morton, Gen. II. NJ.
Plsisted. Col. X. W. Black, 4. C. Allen
Elias Miliken, o. Holway and Tho,. +.
Murphy of this city.
SAID one prominent leader of the party
to Journal reporter last night: Eyes, we
mean license. We are going to see, too.
that we have fair show this time. With
an honest count we should have carried the
convention before. Ii any of that kind OF
mOnkeying is tried tom orrow you may con
tidently look to see something drop. We
propose TO have our rights or know the
reason Why
"D0 you really expect to re open the
platform and insert license plank
That's Just what we intend to do. Three
fourths Of our party is in favor of it. Many
republicans would go with US on it and il
wonld be source of strength to us in the
campaign .
Wouldn't it lose you many temperance
democra,s?n
mighty fer, was the smiling respo nse
Milk and water democrats of that calibrs
are exceedingly scarce. They are in
small minority and we cannot and what:
more, shall not permit them to dictate the
party policy"
What's if they scoop you tomorrow
thought"
''It they do, the result will inevitably b.
to split the party. A large number of ou
vo'ers will support the nominees of tn,
license convention, which will certainly b.
held the present month, in case of failure
TO recognize that movement in tomorrow ;,
convention. Lots of our men are heartily
sick of being licked, year after year, OF
the old lines Of battle. They believe tn,
time has come for US to take this positive
position. They are in the fight to see i
through. and let me tell you that If the,
are whipped tomorrow, it must be by fai
count No funny business will be toier
ated'
"Who will be your candidate?''
Ask me something easy. The situation
is just this. No milk and water man could
possibly get out anything like 4 full PARTY
and none of the men who could do tha
thing are willing to accept the nomination
on a milk and water platform. Just nov
the position appears to be begging. and my
opinion will continue in just about tina
plight until the party takes q square edget
position for license
"Bnt wouldn't the effect Of such . move
be to unite the friends of temperance
against you, irrespective of psrty?"v
81 don't know Shat you mean by that
We favor license because we claim to b,
friends of temperance and we think tina
when a license plank 10 inserted in our plat
form many republicans who think as we DE-
will support it, The third party will d.
just as much for their own ticket as they
would under other circumstances. A very
few old fogies might leave Us, but theil
number would be exceedingly small a
compared with the number who will leave
US unless this license plank is inserted, ant
would be far more than Offset BY the gain
we would make from the republican ran Ks.