The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-05

moved that speeches be limited to five min
utes apiece.
Hon. Warren II. Vinton called for the pre-
senting OF candidates and refused to give
way to a suggestion for the presentation Of a
platform first. Mr.. Bass seconded the mo-
tiOn of Mr.. VintOn.
Mr.: Torrey of Bath then nominated Fran
els W. Hill of Exeter for Governor. Archi-
nation, eulogizing Mr., Hill highly, but say
ing never word for the others. Hon. John
Z. Bass also seconded the nomination OF Mr..
Hill, holding him up as an Eastern man who
could work havoc with the Republican party.
Mr.. Vinton said he wanted to vote for Put
nam any how, but on the whole he thought
1t better to vote for Hill. Mr.. Garrity of
Bangor also came up to the scratch manfully
and blew for Hill too. He moved that 1t be
made unanimous by aeclamation.
The convention accordingly made 1t so.
Shouts and cheers brought Mr.. Hill to the
platform and amid deafeDing cheers he ad-
vanced to the front Mr.. Hill said substan-
TALLY that he had rather somebody else
would stand uD to be knocked down, but as
It was he would make a target of himself
for the good of the party.
An impatient young man rose in the ranks
of the Somerset delegation and moved that
the committee on resolutions be directed to
report forthwith. de was accordingly dele
gated. together with Mr.. Torrey of Bath, to
drum them up. Word was brought back
that about 10 minutes more would be re-
quired by the committee. The convention
spent the interval in yelling for Hon. W. FL.
ton. City Marshal Fred Tarbox of Bidde-
ford, was called for. He told the convention
that no Republicans were in office in Bidde-
ford today. w. A. Roberts of Saco, enter
tanned the convention with an old fashioned
backwoods stump speech. Hon. A. 5. Rice
of Rockland. declined to speak. The crowd
great impatient and ordered another embas-
sy sent to the recalcitrant committe on reso-
lutions. Elk Governor Plaisted filed up the
interval with bugle blast for Democracy
and Cleveland. He refused to give way to
call for the committee report when that body
arrived, and howled down the convention.
Mr.. LyfOrd OF Auburn, presented the re-
port OF the committee on resolutions, which
was read by Mr.. Moulton.
The Platform.
The Democrats Of Maine renew the pledge of
their fidelity TO the time honored principles of
Democracy, and reaffirm the platform adopted
by the Democratic National Convention of 1888.
we won 1nrs that an
alton should be reduced to the needs of econ
omic operation CT the government; that such re-
ducton shall be made on the necessaries of life In
common use by the people; and that this shall be
done with direct reference to the best interests of
American labor as well as the preservation Of our
principles because they In the interests Of the
great mass of the people and are in marked OPP
| Compromises commerce and erIpples agriculture
by narrowing the market and imposing unequal
| and unjust burdens upon the Inecessaries of the
laborer. and concentrates an unjust share of the
| earnings Of the whole. In the hands Of the mil
| liLnaries.
| formed so as to tighten the burdens upon labor
| and not to add to their weight. The necessary
| expenditures Of the national government are so
IMPORTS than ra'ss Sas raised S dss Deiore uPSGe pGe
/ late war; and hence the issue Is not between
protection and free trade, but between tariff in
the interest of labor, and tartn in the interest
| labor have now ha1a quarter OF century's ex-
perience of tariff go largely in the interest of
monopoly. Are they satisfied with the result?
| The great and threatening danger to our Repub-
| lican institutions is bribery at elections. Ii de-
feats the will of the people and substitutes money
for the ballOt:C ClAt the last Presidential election
| the Democratic candidates majority Of one hun.
dred thousand was set aside by the corrupt pur-
chase OF the tloaters in New York and Indiana
| by the Quays and Dudleys, and Harrison is in
the Presidential chair as the result Of this pur
chase, a crime only equalled by the counting out
of Tlden. Since his ascension to power he has
shielded the briberS, rewarded the men whC
furnished the corruption funds and muZZled th(
press by subsldZing its editors with large offices
and the Republican leaders in Congress propose
to enact tariff act not for revenue, not even fo
protection, but as a job to procure means witt
which to purchase the next election. Tney hay,
| despotcally treated the minority as having NJ
| rights which the majority were bound TO respect
They have counted out members elected by th,
| people and counted in Senators on certificates
/
| now propose to take the ballot box out OF tht
hands Of the people, on the plea that the people
cannot be trusted, and place t in the hands oi I'M
minions of the national administration, and thu:
by doing their own registering, their own count
ing, and their own certifyng,' under the manipu
lation of their Quays and Dudleys, TO consolidate
| and perpetuate their illgotten power.
We believe in reformed ballot system, seere
official ballot to prevent bribery and fraud AM
intimidation at the polls.
We believe in an honest and Impartial enforce
, | ment of an laws ON the statute books and in al
honest civil service, honestly observed, not pros
tituted TO party, and we cordially invite all voter
| Of Maine Who believe in these just and equal prln
ciples to unite with us at the polls to make ther
| effective in the practical administration Of tn
| government.
, | we demand that the rights and interests Of Ia
| Dor shall be sacredly guarded and fostered. W
| favor the principle of arbitration in the SETTLE
| ment of differences between capital and labor
| and call upon the next legislature 10 enact law
| 10 that end We point with satisfaction to the e
. | forts Of the Democrats in our last legislature
| secure the passage of laws TO prevent briber,
: fraud and intimidation of the electors Of Main,