The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-30

POLITICAL POINTS. Portlands turn
has been long in coming, but it comes at
last. Maine has been Il State Tor nearly
three quarters of Il century. During all
this time Portland has furnished but two
governors Enoch Lincoln in 1927 and
Samuel Wells in lS55. The Republican
party came into power in 1913, but since
that time until now no Portland candidate
has received the nomination, while Angus
ia has borne off the honor six times and
Lewiston twice.. When 5. Grover Cleve-
land ran for Governor of New Nork in
1882 he was elected by a plurality of 1872
S54. When he ran for President in 1884
he carried New York by plurality of
l,047. When he ran again for President in
1883 he was defeated in New York by
plurality Of 14,373. These are figures
which Cleveland enthusiasts should paste
in their hats. ..... Biddeford Democrats
celebrated the nomination of Cleveland
and Stevenson with music, fireworks and
speeches. ..... The Rocky Mountain News,
of Denver, Col, has bolted the Demo
cratic ticket on account of the action in
convention on the silver question. Maine
did not adopt the unit rule at Chicago.
nor was the Maine delegation under iron
clad instructions. Consequently the vote
was divided, nine going to Cleveland and
one each to Whitney. German and Hill.
1t is not hard to guess who cast the Hill
vote. .,....T The Cleveland people bought
the support of the Indiana delegates by
promising Gray the Vice Presidency, but
when the time came they We're unable To
deliver the goods. .... The National Demo
cratic Platform Committee would have in
corporated the Republican creed intact
Hut Henry Nattcrson gave them tongue
lashing and secured Il good free trade
resolution to bank on. AS an exchange
remarks: 1t is worthy OF note that the
entire Maine delegation in the Chicago
Democratic Convention saw at Il glance
what blundcrfiom party point OF view,
WattcrSon's t'ee trade plank was. And
the Maine Democratic delegation voted
unanimously against the tariff plank on
which the Convention with a h,lrah
ordered them to stand. They know, Us
we'll as all Maine knows that the free trade
plank of the Cleveland platform carried
into law would cause Il wild hurrah
throughout the Dominion of Cana,l;t and
Il wall Of industrial depression in the
agriculture and manufactures of Maine
...... The press OF Paris is delighted with
the nomination OF Nh. Cleveland. The
journal dies Debats says, The Demo
cratic Convention ought to be congratu-
lated upon its choice. Everything prom
ises that Cleveland will be elected His
opposition to extreme protection makes
us hope that he will succeed" The
Gaulois says, 1.-The vote Of the Demo
cratic Convention promises victory at the
polls. ..... Ex Secretary Whitney at Chi
cago. Thursday, received the following
telegram from ex-Presdent Cleveland:
II must say to you, and through you to
those who have acted with you, that |
have grateful appreciation of the efforts
made in my behalf, and that my admira-
| tion is unbounded for the prudence,
gacity and generalship of my friends in
Chicago. (SigneD Grover Cleveland -
| ....Senator Quay offers to bet SO, 600
! that Harrison will be elected. Some days
| ago c. 5. Brice, chairman of the Demo
| cratic National Committee, offered to bet
| $1,000 that Cleveland could not win, if nom
| mated. Quay sees that 81 600 and goes
| $4,000 better The free silver papers
are between the devil and the deep sea.
They can get no consolation for their pet
hutnbug from the platforms of either
party But as they rather expected it
from the Democrats they are bolting
| Cleveland S nomination. The Rocky
| Mountain News heads the procession.
| candidate Stevenson is not only a spoils-
man but a greenbacker. 1t looks as if
| Tammany began to get i'll its knitting pro-
cess early.....Of the Maine delegates to
the democratic national convention,
Thomas White, esq, of Bangor voted for
Whitney of whom he is, in common with
many others, a great admircr. His was
the only Whitney vote in the convention.
ID. G. Parker, esq, of Danforth, voted for
Senator German and Hon. j. p. Bass, of
Bangor, voted for Senator Hill.... The
Capitol. of Topeka, Kansas, contains a
letter from Frank McGrath, eX-President
of the Kansas Farmers Alliance, announ-
cling his return to the Republican party.
Mc('ratl asserts that he has discovered
| the Alliance is an office seeking, hood
| ling annex to the Democratic party.
WASHINGToN WuISPERINGS. If Sec