The Portland daily press., 1892-06-30

Sro Fa VI te c9ilventlon. come, as sald
ME- SVEN bt Which , sends if o n tSe
;ntaroSt ~ NJ. HliSi seUs ts ueiegates III elie
hoe orn,yn W., 49, - ,, d tlail ~
ndn sI Ivy W lIeIe droll cnlan9od; VINO was
who %es o o,.5 d paph i u anu
+nUd non , woinsu ms way up .lllei Goudy ie
in esf fa e NJ 1t ci.y Appause n secoha
! fed in my own mind that | am seconding the
nomination w viii ha asote Su gve iah Iiie
| Young man; and feel SATISFIED also that. if Won
/ give him the nomination you will give it to a
sheet mon the nosition and mon bnsalf !,
| [Applause].
Inc convention was still IN great uproar
"A0H
| Charles Mccarthy, Jr.,
|
| came forward TO defend the ward caucuses OF
| Portland. "Those caucuses," he said "were
| all riobtn
GU So.
| [Shouts, Kisses and cheers1
Mr. mccarthy ..yyo ,varo re,,rosented h1, orr
~ s'l Wy - "oio ~ out
oeSt citlzens IN those caucuses.
| Contlnuing Nh. mccarthy said;
speaking Tor myself, do not claim to be
PT1nioluonlst. don't beheve IN prombltlon.
Deen used as mere political machine until
they have broken it to pieces, and now they
nave setup the cry That MI SWEET VIII not en-
force tne law. | haven't any rear or that Mr..
SWEET, II elected sheriff, or whoever the Dem.
scratic candidate is, if elected, will enforce all
laws we 90 not desire tnat any sneri should
once, TO the unreasonable or fanatlcal enforce
menu AZ OF any one law TO the deulment or neglect
OF otners. Inc taxpayers nave pecunlary In
terest III thls matter.
| An Unreasonable Enforcement
| &c +,,o .a,,,,;, ~. ,.... e ~.
land. 1t gives us the name OF not being able to
| keep decent hotel Our trade is going nv MS
| 10 otbar o;+;ae
W o'hoi oi'io''
| Gentlemen, you in the country districts have
as much interest in this Question as we have
Give ne no1rro s,o++ ~ aa,a;a,to for
| oiso 10 ueolse L. oWett DIS d caluluate lor
send him out of Portland with a majority of
that mean for YOUR county ticket? Il means
| the election of four senators and every officer
Toa VIZ fsn, III sls G9ntem.loH toaay;
| moment ago what the precedents had been in
reference to the office OF sheriff. He missed
1ass yedhn pI T ASK mn nov many Fd 81 to o
| thirty wears have been elected9 We have been
| defeated every time The fact is the Repuhli-
can party has used that law as a political
| machine and Won have If in vo,,r mower TODAY
| to break that machine if Won OnIy act wisely
| We have here TODAY in this mart Of this bniIdine
Democratic. building from base to dome II
| Won give rs as the oIIfeome of this convention
| The nomination of George L. SWEET for sheriff
we viii give YOU every other wing inthis build,
| ing Within twelve months If NAV he said
Of the ritv Hall Of PortIand "' and 0 fhe
| county buildings that the Democratic air is SO
| Strong and pure (as was said at Albany recent
| Iy). that it would be death to a Republican TO
| breath it, rApplarsel Won have yOur onnor
| tunity. All have to saw to YOU is. if youimiss
| it, "May God forgive vol buf the Democracy of
Portland and the county Of Cumberland never e
| Augustus F. MouIton said that he Thought
5sarN q zen Susler apPeape 70 this
more cats" MI. Moulton thought the biz row
now meant a big vote in September. He was in
ia Ma. Dl IWet1 Morortt,,,s s,,oao, h
| forgotten. and the fiery Is. L. Poor of Sebaro
A Few Prohibition Democrats
| present. He said: Il do not wish to take up
your time and do not intend to do so We all
49, " ~ ~ a..
hnoM on"0 "n"' We "an'. "iei we doiiillaOe
| candidates here we want good, clean Demo-
| Gratis so that we NAV saw to the peonle of Cum
hor,o,,d oo,,,t,, 49, L.
oolialu counIy tliat we are giving thein clean
candidates and clean platform, in order to get
| the Democracy's votes in the country towns
You may nominate INA CANDIDATE | don't care
swett-nominate him here today upon the talk
| which the gentleman from Portland made to
| you here few minutes ago-and will pledge
| you my word and honor as a gentleman that he
| is defeated in September"
b. z. Donaghue-l call him to order. Misses
| and cheers.l
Mr.. Foor. continuing: For Gods sake, Mr..
| Chairman, is the Democratic party going to say
here today. in speech and in platform, that they
are opposed to prohibition?''
Charles F. SWEET against whom conviction
in liquor case is pending in the lower court)in-
| terrupts-"Yes, they are"
Mr.. Poor, again continuing: "Well, then,
|
| They Are Going to the Devil
| .nd ovorhoord IN co,,+.,,,,,or ,ro,, M c,,..u
anu o'oipo"i u III OopUenipei. NOW, MI CHdir-
man, I believe in regard to the temperance
| question this. am not onnosed tn a rasuhm;s-
zion on, 1,,,irer +,,at - si,o,,1d W, s,..;4
sioii' aln Wiling clid1 IL snoulu pe resupml1-
| ted, and that the majority should rule. What
ever candidate is nominated here today will be
! my candidate, but do not want it to go out
| from this convention that we recognize by
SpeoGin " ny aiy pialh III otlI pdtlorIn mere To-
opposed to temperance or prohibition. If we
w T ~ We a ,,aio Ivy 20 + ye sieCeion
on leaden ears. The convention derided him.
| Then the balloting began amid much conf,I-
| sion. On motion of Vinton of GRAY. M. Dow of
| Gray and John T.. Ward of Portland, were add
| ed to the committee to receive, sort and count
/ votes.
| AS each delegates name was called he
| stepped up and deposited his ballot. AS the
ballotlng was proceeding, with much confusion,
/ Mr. Robert f: Somers, one of the candidates adj
l