The Portland daily press., 1892-07-07
INCIDENTS OF THE CONVENTION
THE DECISIVE VOTE:
Especial to the Press.1


WATERvILLE, July 6.-The Third Dis
trict Congressional Convention did it's
| work up in single session and ad-
| journed at o'clock. 1t was called to
meet at II a. M, but it was nearly 1890
when it was called to order by Hon. Ma
thaniel Meader, chairman of the district
committee. The long wait was caused
by the hearing before the committee in
the four cases of contested seats from
plantations in upper Somerset county.
The report of the committee was accept
| ed as final without discussion. In the
case of The Forks both contestants were
admitted, each being given one-half a
vote. This accounts for the fractions in
the balloting.
George G. Weeks, a Fairfield lawyer,
was chosen president and made a good
one. The vice presidents were Hon. E.
F. Webb, Hon. J. Manchester Haynes, o.
| Tuell, Omar Clark, J. O. johnson, Han
| nibal E. Hamlin, Frank Moore, Oramel
Murray and L. @. Morse. DR.. G. M.
Twitehell of Augusta was secretary,
with Byron Boyd, A. F.. Carlton and
Thomas ]. Young as assistants. Every
seat was filled and all the standing room,
while hundreds were
Unable to Gain Admission
to the hall, which seats some 1900. 1t
should have been said before that while
the people were gathering in the hall the
candidates were escorted one by one to
seats upon the platform by Sheriff Stew
| ems of Kennebec county, each in turn be-
ing greeted by applause Mr.. Manley's
following was conspicuously small
what it lacked in numbers.
Gov. Burleigh was seated in the centre
with Mr.. Milliken on one side and Mr..
| Wiswell on the other. j. Manchester
Haynes was on Mr.. Milliken's right and
Mr.. Manley on Judge Wiswell's left,
while Gen. Beal and Orville Baker were
| extras. The band played and there
were loud calls on Orville Baker for
| speech but he would not respond. The
following district committee were
selected by the several counties:
Kennebec-NathanielM Meader of Waterville.
somerset-F:, W. Hovey of Pittsfield.
Waldo-J. W. Black of Searsport.
On motion of Hannibal E. Hamlin of
Ellsworth, the youngest son of the late
ex-vice president, it was decided to
ballot by counties, a committee of five
receiving the votes, the list of towns
being called and each county voting in
separate box. This proved a very slow
method when put in practice, but it left
no chance for fraud, if any had been an
ticipated. The committee to receive,
sort and count votes consisted of III. f..
Hamlin, S. A. Nye of Fairfield, j. W.
Chase of Augusta, E. G. Stevens of
Chelsea and Arthur l. Brown of Waldo.
A committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed consisting of Hons. E. F. Webb
of Waterville, George Flint of Somerset,
George M. Warren of Hancock, and Fred
| Atwood of Waldo.
Nobody Thought of Dinner,
and at ten minutes before o'clock the
presentation of candidates was begun.
DR.. r. L. Grindle of Mt Desert was
the first speaker. He dwelt upon the
ability of Mr.. Wiswell, praised the ex-
| Speakers record, and said the prefer
ence of the Hancock delegation for him
was based on something more than mere
sectional pride, which was only minor
consideration. He said Mr.. Wiswen was
a man who would command the respect
of the best elements of society, and
whose influence would be ten-fold as
weighty as his vote. He would be man
who could help maintain the prodigious-
ly disproportionate influence which this
little state has been enabled to exercise
in our national policy. We must keep
ON sending our best men to Washington.
DR.. Grindle made an excellent speech,
and offended none of his opponents.
The Milliken men were very fortunate
in their selection of spokesman, Rev.
E. M. Smith of Readfield, president of
the seminary at Kent's Hill. He spoke
of the self-control Americans exercise in
these contests compared with the French
and English, who even throw ginger
bread at their statesmen. To be calm
has been defined as the first duty of the
citizen. He referred to our present dele
cation. in Congress, mentioning Mr..
Reed as one skilled in arithmetic and
knowing how to count, gradually work
ing up to Milliken, whom he character
lied as a man who was not an expert
ment, a typical Maine man, who has the
habit of being on the right side. He
will not so to Washington. be registered.