The Portland daily press., 1890-02-22

ana MI Deering was nominated.
This announcement was greeted with a
slight stamping of feet by about one in every
five delegates.
painful silence Of several minutes then
ensued. while the chair waited for "a motion
to make 1.-THE nomination unanimous, but
none came. The chairman looked at Mr..
Frank and Mr.. Frank looked at the chair
man. He then rose to the emergency and
his feet with a motion to make the nomina-
tion unanimous, which was declared carried
by the chairman.
Here Mr.. Flaherty rose and inquired
whether the ballot the convention had taken
was formal or informal one. The chair re-
piled that as they had nominated a candi-
date for Mayor and made his nomination
unanimous, that 1t struck him the ballot
must have been quite formal and Mr.
Faherty sat down.
Mr.. Chas. G. Chase moved that a COM
mittee Of five be appointed to notify Mr..
Deering Of his nomination and Mr.. Edward
s. Osgood added an amendment which was
adopted that they request his presence in
the convention. The committee appointed
was M. p. Frank, @. @. Chase, j. A. Nc
Gowan, E. S. Os; ood and v. c. Wilson.
When Mr.. Osgood made that motion he
little knew what toll 1t meant for the com.
mittee, and had the committee known they
would have undoubtedly declined to serve.
They started out Immediately in quest Of
Mr.. Deering They were gone long while
and the convention grew impatient. After
an hour and quarter they returned with
the astonishing information that Capt
Deering could not be found. The chairman
who was anxious to get home after a
whispered interview with Mr.. Frank an
nounced that the committee had visited
every hotel and public place but the nominee
was not to be found and he thought the con-
vention had better adjourn. This brought
Mr.. Edward s. Osgood to his feet to oppose
the idea Of adjournment. Mr.. Osgood made
an eloquent and telling speech In the course
Of which he said that he was real, good,
Democrat and was willing to wait there two
or three hours to see Mr.. Deering aud learn
whether he would accept the nomination
er not. Several delegates privately
expressed surprise that Mr.. osgood didn't
know. He was not one of those who be-
lieve that the Democratic party Of Portland
is played out and demoralized affair. He
thought 1t was an honor to be the Demo-
cratic candidate for mayor, and he thought
the gentleman who received the honor should
be where he could be found Whether the
speaker intended to censure Mr., Deering or
not was not quite clear to his hearers He
probably did not. however, for gentleman
to whom a nomination comes as a surprise
and wholly uDsought. could hardly be ex
pected to hold himself In readiness to be
conveyed before a convention at any mo-
ment] Mr.. 0sgood thought it extremely
necessary that the Democratic party should
know whether they had any standard-bearer
or not, and moved that the committee have
till 10 O'Clock to secure Mr.. Deering.
just as Mr.. 0sgood finished speaking,
there came report that the nominee could
be found at that trysting place of Democrat
ic souls, the apothecary store of L. Dana,
Jr. The situation was growing desperate,
| and some of the committee again rushed up
| Congress street after their prize. They
| soon returned crestfallen-they were empty
| handed.
The Democratic heart is stauneh as a usual
| thing but 1t could stand this terrible strain
| no longer and their spirits and the conven-
| tion collapsed simultaneously.
| Mr.. Osgood was detailed to continue the
! search indefinitely.