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The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

For the purpose of nominating candidate for
Governor, to be supported at the September cleo
tion, and transacting any other business that may
properly come before 1t.
The basis Of representation. willibe as follows:
Each city, town, and plantation will be entitled
TO one delegate, and for each seventy five votes
east for the Republican candidate for Governor
In 1888; additional delegate, and for fraction
Of forty votes In excess of seventy-nye votes, a
further additional delegate. Vacancies in the
delegation of any city, town or plantation, can
only be filed by residents of the county in which
the vacancy exists.
The State Committee will be in session in the
reception room Of the Hall at nine O'Clock on the
morning of the Conventio for the purpose of re-
ceiving the credentials of elegates.
The voters of Maine who believe in the policy
of protecting home industry, to the end that the
laborer shall have steady employment with ade-
quate compensation for his toll who believe that
the agricultural industries Of Maine should be
freed from the injurious competition of FOREIGN
productsi who Join in the policy of prohibiting the
traftc In liquors, as immoral, injurious aud dam
gerous TO the best interests of society; who be-
lieve In the wisdom of a well regulated civil ser
vice; who approve all measures for the restora-
ton of American shipbuiIding; who uphold all
measures for assuring an Independent suffrage to
the people and an honest counting Of their ballots
ARE cordially invited to join with the Republi-
cans In choosing delega es to this convt ntion.
Per order Republican State Committee.
f. Z. SoUTHARD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, April 20, 1890.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

There is now before Congress bill for the
better treatment of postoffice clerks. It is
pretty we'll understood that no class of gov
eminent employees work SO steadily and so
hard as the mail distributors In our post
offices. They have to toll early and late,
and their work is of kind that require.
close application and the greatest care. This
bill proposes to give them fifteen days vaca-
ton each year and reduce their days work
to eight hours. The first part of the propo-
sition is entirely unobjectionabe. The let
ter carriers are now given avacation, and
there is no reason why the clerks should not
be accorded the same privilege. As for the
reduction of the working hours to eight.
that is reform perhaps which may be de-
sirable. but existing conditions are hardly
favorable. The vacation, however, ought
to be accorded without hesitation.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The Mormons are hit a hard blow by the
decision of the United States Supreme Court
which fully affirms the constitutionality of
the Edmunds in its application to the prop
erty of the Mormon church. One clause Of
this act provided that the Mormon corpora
ton should be dissolved and its property
escheat to the United States. The territorial
legislature enacted a law in consonance with
this clause and the work of winding up the
corporation was begun, at which the Mormons
appealed to the Supreme Court claiming that
the Edmunds act was unconstitutional be-
couse 1t impaired the obligation of a cop-
tract between the territorial legislature and
the Mormon church, and also because the doc
trine of escheat was alien to the spirit of
free institutions. The court has overruled
both these claims, and affirmed the constitu-
ticnality of the Edmnnds law. Judges Full
Ter and Lamar dissent.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The abolition of bars in Boston will be
good thing If after they are abolished they
are made to stay SO. But the great danger is
that the law will be stringently enforced for
little while, and then will gradually be re-
Taxed until the open bar becomes as common
again as ever. One of the greatest Difficult
ties in the way of suppressing the liquor
traffic or restricting it is the failure of the
officials.to steadily and persistently enforce
the law. They have spells of vigorous en-
forcement. which are succeeded by spells of
innocuous desuetude. That is the way
probably it will be with Boston bars. They
will be abolished for a time. only to be re-
vived later on.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The consummate folly of one of the late
strikes is forcibly shown in the following ac-
count of the recent trouble in Norridgewock.
"a most cordial feeling exists between Col.
Bangs and his employers at the Dodlin gran
lite quarries at Norridgewock. When the
stone cutters of Maine struck on May LIST for
nine hours and ten per cent increase in paw
Col. Bangs cutters being members of the
Union were compelled to strike also, but
much against their will. They were thor
---s-- .s~sNs MA s>anso oIcIcu ~
grant the nine hours with five per cent?
IN
crease, which prUposiLi0n was promptly and
gladly accepted by the cutters" Maine men
have been in the past rather Indifferent ia
the pictured charms of labor organizations
which reduce all men to to the same level
and oftentimes cause strikes for sympathy
with people they never heard of. This last
strike of the granite workers was particularly
of this order. However if the experience of
Col Bangs's men serves as lesson to other
workingmen to think twice before they put
themselves and their families under the
thumbs of board of grand officers some
where who care for neither the men nor
their families. so long as they are we'll fed in
idleness themselves, it will have served a
useful purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Inc Fassett committee tried Monday to
get more light on the alleged payment by
Mayor Grant to Croker of large sum of
money to be used in crooked practices but
nothing Oh Importance was developed. Sew
eral witnesses testified that no such transac
ton as Mccain swore to took place. No
body has yet offered to explain,
however, how it happened that
cant was so generous to Croker's
infant daughter as to make her a pres.
ent at two different times of $4,000 in cash.
The world will be very skeptical of Grants
story that 1t was given her because he was
her godfather
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Inc labor party which met at Waterville
found apparently very little to admire and
very much to condemn. The present bank
ing system doesn't meet their approval ;
trusts are an abomination. and so is stock
gambling in agricultural products. But they
have prescription which would cure all the
ills Of the Republic. 1t consists of an equal
distribution of the surplus among the peo-
pie; the issue of greenbacks as currency
postal savings banks; government railways
and telegraphs; graduated income tax and
service pensions. There is very strong
flavor of socialism in this prescription.
More reasonable and sensible is the demand
for the Australian ballot.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Inc Queen City is once more stirred up on
the liquor question. Fifty citizens, anxious
to defend the good name of their city from
the reproach cast on it by the recent letter of
the mayor to the governor and council, in
which he promised to close the saloons on
sundays and at 10 o'clock on week-day
nave banded together, agreeing to assess
themselves a certain sum monthly for the
hnal extirpation of the liquor traffic. Every
good citizen hopes that the movement will
succeed. this time.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

as bearing upon the question whether the
I na original package decision affects
incense as well as prohibitory laws the on,n
ion OF ex-Gov. Robinson of Massachusetts u
OF value. Gov. Robinson has been EMPLOYED u
by syndicate of Holyoke unlicensed ljonor
dealers, and in the opinion he has given
them he holds that the selling of liquor in
original packages is legal. He says the
local authorities may seize the stuff, the
lower court convict. and an appeal be made
70 Inc Superior Court but when taken to the
supreme Court there is no questioning that
such decisions will be overruled Acting on
this advice. ten Holyoke dealers will make q
test case. A0
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Under the significant heading sold
Again" the Machias Republican mournfully
announces that Col. Greene has discharged
the engineers recently hired to finish the sur
vey Oh the Shore Line railroad. 1t is perhaps
diincult to understand all the necessities for
surveys existing in the plans for the con-
s1fucnon OF the Shore line. 1t would appear
W tne average person that Col Greene has
surveyed, and talked, and cajoled the shore
somns ,ong enough and that If he means to
Is Sh ~ sne road now is the time to 20 to work
- no uoeS not he should take himself ont 81
'ne way and let somebody else finish the
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The New York Sun is out of all patience
with the interstate commerce commissioners
and the Senate committee on interstate COM
merce because the Canadian railroads are
not excluded from doing business in this
country. The Sun shiEes for all sometimes.
but in this particular case it is Undoubtedly
shedding its light for the benefit of Mr.. C.
u. Huntington and his railroad system.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Frank Lawler of Illinois has no desire to
continue in the house of representatives. He
is said to confess to an attachment for the
shrievalty of Cook County, I'D. An attach
ment is an eminently proper thing for
sheriff, and there might be worse fields for
brilliant sheriff than Cook County. Ill.,
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

AT last accounts Cottrell, the belligerent
Mayor of Cedar Keys. had been driven out
OF the swamps, but not captured. 1t is a
curious fact that though Cottrell has been
in the habit of locking up citizens of Cedar
Keys. whenever he felt like it, lust to show
his authority" and occasionally shooting at
them just for fun, they all are said to SYM
pathize with him now that the United States
government has got after him. Not that
they love Cottrell more, but the United
States government less.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Chief Justice Fuller very plainly init
mated in his original package decision that
Congress might empower the States to ex
Vest Is apparently afraid such law would
=. unconstitutional. 1t would senm as II
Mr.. Vest might safely trust the Democratic
justices on this point. But perhaps his con-
stituents like beer.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
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with loss of hair from pimples to scrofula.
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SOAP, 25c.; REsOLvENT, 81. Prepared by the
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION,
Boston.
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pages 30 Illustrations. 100 testimonials.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
Cuticura Succeeds

Having been a sufferer for two years and half
from disease caused by bruise on the leg, and
when all other methods and remedies failed,
deem my duty to recommend them. 1 visited
Hot Springs to no avail, and tried several doctors
Mr.. John p. Finlay Ito whom / shall ever feel
gratefully, spoke to me about CUTICURA, and
consented to give them trial. with the result that
l am perfectly cured. There Is now no sore about
me. think can show the largest surface where
my snfferings sprang from of any in the State.
The CUTICURA REMEDIES are the best blood and
skin cures manufactured. l refer to druggist
John 2. Finlay and DIR. ID. c. Montgomery. both of
TINS place, and to DIR. Smith, of Lake Lee, Miss.
ALEXANDER BEACH, Greenyile, Miss.
Mr.. Beach used the CUTIcURA REMEDIES, at
our request with results as above stated.
A. b. FINLAY & CO.. Dy3f10isfs
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

Harrison concerning railway communication
with South America; but there is nothing
impracticable about it. OF course its cost
will be immense, but it will be borne by
many States and therefore its weight upon
anyone need not be oppressive. Obviously
its benefit to both North and South America
In the way of promoting commercial inter.
course would be incalculable. A person
need not be deemed foolshly sanguine if
he should predict that before the close of
the present century such railroad will be
well on the way to completion.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The women of Topeka, Kansas, have TAX
en- the rumSellers of that town in charge and
intend that the state law shall be enforced,
the original package decision to the contrary
notwithstanding
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
Scrofula 7 Years Cured

have been troubled with scrofula seven years,
which first started on the top of my head. giving
me infinite trouble, with constant itching, casting
OH OF dry scales and watery liquid exuded from
under the scales. treated it for seven years I'M
successfully, and was unable to check it until l
found your CUTICURA REMEDIES, which COM
petely cured me, my skin becoming perfectly
clear and smooth.
s. T. DAVIS Artesia los AnoeIes % Gal
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

The Germans are by no means all oppo-
nents OF the Bennett law and other cognate
measures. The Galena district conference
OF Methodist German churches, comprising
the upper counties of Illinois, Southern Wis.
consin and Western Iowa, adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions by unanimous vote:
whereas, We believe that the recently enactaa
school law in Illinois and the Bennett law in wis.
consln are not calculated to prohibit parochial
nominational and German language instruction
IN mem, put that they rather Insure common
ana necessary English education for all children
In those states, especially those heretofore neg
lected; "'e
Resotred, That we as a district, believe the gen.
eral principles OF those laws to be right and ilst
and most earnestly advocate their enforcement
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
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The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 81.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee Of good faith,
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are ret used.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

IL is gigantic scheme which is foreshad.
owed in Mr.. Blaine's letter to President
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
CURRENT CONNIE EMIT,

LINKED SWEETNESS LONG DRAWN OUT.
Bangor News]
We see that some modern poet sings that
Heaven kisses earth and it is May" There
has been little too much of the kissing
down around Bangor this year to suit the
farmers.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE DINNER.
brooklyn Standard Unionl
Tom Ochiltree has given a dinner to
Speaker Reed. and we have no doubt 1t was
good dinner; but what we want to know
Is, whether he is going to run for Congress
in New York city.
HE DOES NOT NEED TO PLAGIARIzE.
detroit Tribune
When they accuse Senator Ingalls, of plag
iarism they seek to discredit man who has
no need to draw from other resources than
his OVID. For further particulars INQUIRE of
Grover Cleveland or Dan Voorhees,, Thew
can testify to ingalls, intense originality.
HOW SPEEDILY is 1T GENERALLY DoNrs
[Tacoma Ledger.]
The New York State Senate has again sat
down on the sentimentafist and refused tn
pass bill abolishing capital punishment.
So long as cold-blooded murders are nerne
trated. so long should their perpetrators be
speedily put out of the way.
TRIUMPH OF MANAGEMENT.
minneapolis Tribune1
Speaker Reeds rules are obviously saving
great deal of time He declares that the
House can finish the BUSINESS of this sess-
lon by July 4. He could hardly have anv
motive for saying such thing If he did not
fully believe 1t. and he is in position TO know
what Is probable. Few congresses have had
more business to do than the Fifty-irst, and
If in fact adjournment is reached before the
middle OF July It will be triumph of good
management The Democrats entered the
present session with the avowed Intention of
delaying business. III the new rules had not
been adopted under Mr.. Reeds mastery tao
TICS, II would have been impossible to get
done and that will be dispatched, before next
November. There is economy in the new
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hot Springs Fail

sruise ON leg leads 10 q eat suff' ring.
Hot Springs, doctors, and all methods
and remedies fail. Tries Cuiicura and
succeeds. Not n sore about him now.
The Portland daily press., 1890-05-21

pyMPLES. black-heads, red, rough chapped, and
AAnh oily skin prevented by CUTIcURA SOAR.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
VISITED BY a TRAMP.
When the Vag Left He Had Traces
Cream on His Whiskcrs

When the Vag Left He Had Traces of
Cream on His WHISPERS.
1t is hard to beat !. tramp. The cum.
ming of the vagrant eXceedeth that of
the serpent.
A lady, who has had more experience
with tramps of one sort and another
than she has any use for, looked out of
the kitchen window early one morning
lately, and saw ragged animated scare
crow coming through the yard. Tho
man was evidently a tramp in search Of
breakfast. The kitchen door was open,
and the lady shut it with a vicious slam.
She also closed the kitchen shutters and
lit the gas, so that she could 90 on pro-
pairing the breakfast. The tramp came
on, and presently hearty thump at tho
door announced his desire to breakfast
without more delay.
But the lady, who waS grinding tho
coffee for the morning meal, paid no at
tention to the thump at the door; she
also cautioned the cook not to opon it.
The tramp then rang the electric bell
for three minutes continuously. Then
he swore awhile and knocked rata
plan on the panels. No attention was
paid to him and at last the woman in
side the house heard him depart.
"Well we got the best of Mr.. Tramp
that time" said the lady of the house.
The next minute she said to the cook:
"Where is the cream?"
"Outside the door, mum. 1 haven't
took it in yet"
The lady opened the door. An empty
jug stood beside the Intel. There were
traces of cream on the jugs inside.
Meanwhile tramp, whistling an
operate air, was disappearing down the
village street. There was cream on his
whiskers. Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
WHAT is A GENTLEMAN

What is gentleman? Is it thing
Decked with scarf-pin, chain and ring
Dressed in suit of immaculate style,
Sporting an eye-glass, a lisp and a smile;
Talking OF races, of concerts and balls,
Evening assemblies, and afternoon calls,
Summing himself at lat homes" and bazars,
Whistling mazurkas, and smoking cigars?
What is 4 a gentleman? Say, is it one
Boosting of conqueSts and deeds he has done?
One who unblushingly glories to speak
Things which should call up q flush to his check!
One, who, while railing at actions unjust,
Robs some young heart of its pureness and
trust
Scorns to steal money, or jewels, or wealth,
Thinks it no wlSng to take honor by stealth?
What is a gentle a.Gn? Is it not one
Knowing instinctitcly what he should shun,
Speaking no word that could injure or pain,
Spreading no scandal and deep'ning no staini
One who knows how to put each at his ease,
Striving successfully always to please
One who can tell by glante at your cheek
When TO be silent and when he should speak?
What is gentleman? Is it not one
Honestly eating the bread he has won,
Walking in uprightness, fearing his God, =,
Leaving no stain on the path he has trod;
Caring not whether his coat may be old,
Pricing sincerity far above gold,
Rocking not whether his hand may be hard
Stretching it boldly to grasp its reward?
What is gentleman? Say, is it birth
MGitesra man noD1e'o or ADDS TO his WORTH
Is there a family tree to be had
Shady enough to conceal what is bad?
Seek out the man who has God for his guide,
Nothing to tremble at, nothing to hide,
BE he q noble, or be he in trade,
He is the gentleman Nature has made.
The Pilot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-18
THE FLUSHING OF WOMEN.
Iany Wives sink Beneath the Burden of
DaiIy Common placCs.

Daily Commonplace.
Men generally laugh at what they
term ''fussing'' on the part of women,
or, in other words, any mention before
them or discussion of household duties.
And yet all is to be perfection, particu-
larly the ''cuisinc;" the "Julienne soup"
is to be worthy of French cafe, the
"cotelcttcs Il Ia soubse" irreproachable.
1t is true that they retain their privilege
as Englishmen-of grumbling; but that
is, as a rule, all the help they are willing
TO give woman in domestic matters.
Till people have done a thing them
selves they always undcrrato the labor
that it requires to do it efficiently. at
looks SO easy, it can not take so long"
is said as often by men and women az by
children. The next time that Lady
Clara We're de We're goes to Ascot, it
might add to her experience Of life if
she were on one occasion to pack her
own boxes. She would, perhaps, by
means of that experience better under
stand the look given her by her maid (of
indignant mortification) when she de-
cides at the last moment to change her
ulCSo lOE OIlt IildG Is REFUSING
at the bottom of her trunk. Tho law Of
the Modes and Persians will not suit an
English houSehold-a system that works
well for few months is not necessarily
good for all time. A change OF household
often involves to the woman as much
trouble and annoyance as change Of
Ministry to a country. Nor must it be
believed that because q household is
numerous and woman has many serv-
ants under her command she can, to
quote the vulgar phrase, "be quite a
lady" loll on sofa all day, and read a
novel.
"Too many cooks spoil the BROTH"
and often, with their discussions, re-
examinations and quarrels, much more
time is lost and wasted by the cooks
than was required for the actual making
of tho soup. John Stuart Mill, in his
"Suiection of Women" speaks of the
many and various duties of woman,
and compares her life ito an interrupted
sentence" Many women sink beneath
the frCtting burden of daily common
places and trivial duties. Lord Lytton,
in one of his novels, writes: How
liam lJtAtlio 4hllGOlio ulS hillSu
by the atmosphere OF drawing room!'
How many more Brontes and George
Eliots" are destroyed by the load of con-
vcntional lifc Nobody looks on
woman's time as sacred. Who ever
heard of woman's study in any country
house? A man may be the most bucolic
of mortals, Or only happy in the COM
pany of his dogs and gamckecper, yet
courtesy confcrs upon his private apart
mont the epithet of study" and his
leisure is always considered sacred. In
sutilciency is no longer considered n
mark of ladylike refinement Even
Princesses in these days would not be
considered musicians if they could not
play better than tho Princess of Hans
Andersens story. The knowledge of
what is really good in art or music no
longer belongs to cotcrie.
Century