The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-18
The Maine Democracy.

The Democratic tide is turning in Maine,
as elsewhere, from Cleveland to Hill as
the candidate for the Presidency this year.
J. p. Bass, of Bangor, appears to have |
been the original Hill man in this State,
and for time his following seemed limit
ed. Now the Democrats are falling into
line behind the banner of Boss Bass; and,
as writer in the Boston Globe puts it,
''the Cleveland men are falling away from
their chief like flies off a wall in Novem
ber" Other prominent Democrats who
favor Hill, as reported by an Augusta cor
respondent of the Globe, are the Hon.
Henry Ingalls, Of Wiscasset, Hon. Arthur
Sewall, Mayor Jones, George Alden and
Hon. S. $. Brown of Waterville; Don
Powers of Houlton, T. White of Bangor,
and Hon. Joseph Williamson of Belfast.
Admirers of Cleveland are the Hon. Will
liam l.. Putnam and Colonel John NJ
Adams of Portland. Thomas E. Calvert of
Lewiston. Archibald McNichol of Calais.
John c. Talbot of East Machias, and
Charles Baker Of Belfast. These friends
of Cleveland while they would like to see
him nominated, would be equally content
with the choice of the national convention
as expressed at Chicago. 1t is predicted
/ that the Maine delegation will go to Chi
cago unpledged.
As Nh Bass evidently occupies the po-
sition of leader of the Maine Democracy,
what he says on State matters becomes OF
interest He says that MI. Thompson,
the candidate for Governor two years
ago. is entitled to a denomination; and he
NAV therefore be considered as slated for
that honor. Says MI Bass: eff Mr..
Thompson is good Mayor for Repub-
lican city he ought to be good enough
governor for a Democratic State.' This
is only Mr.. Bass way of talking, and is
not to be construed as an invitation to
Mr.. Thompson to emigrate from the Re
publican State of Maine. MI. Bass is
should be held in Bangor. and after the
meeting of the national convention. Then
he wants 'sto see the national platform
readopted, with a strong i-prohibitory
law plank. and to have the best fight pos
sible made When asked if an anti-prO
hibitorv resolution would not lose the
Democracy many votes Mr.. Bass replied
NO A few men. who have been brought
up on Neal Dow Mane-law milk woulC
refuse to vote with us but we should GET
10 Republican votes for every Democratic
vote we should lose We believe the
Republicans of Maine would be most hap
py to meet Bro. Bass on the ballot tielC
upon the terms he sets forth
Those assigned to the duty of reading
the essay or the poem at the annual meet
ings of the Maine Press Association have
a difficult task There is no phase o
newspaper life that has not been depicted
in prose and verse by the cleverest writ
ers in the country. to say nothing of the
charming essays and poems by Elwell an6
NJ. 2. A. Yet each year, with rare ex-
ceptions, the poem and essay are so goo(
as to excite both wonder and admiration
This year, for example, Mr.. Burleigh in
vested somewhat hackneyed theme will
such freshness and wit as to entitle his es
say to rank among the best. The poet
Mr.. Nendleton, had the advantage whicl
some Of bis predecessors did not have, o.
being really poet, and not one made t.
order by a committee of the Press Asso
citation. Naturally le acquitted himself
Well and instead of saving that his verses
contain more truth than poetry, it mus
lie conceded that there is 4 good deal %
both in his clever lines.
The Maine Press tSsnriatiou.