The Portland daily press., 1892-07-28
FOR REED UNANIMOUSLY.
Enthusiastic Gathering OF the First
District Republicans.
CHAIRMAN J. @. BRADBURY ON THE
ISSUES OF THE DAY.


E. Dudley Freeman, and by Horace
III. Burbank--Where the Mortgage
| Rests in This District-Ward Three
Republicans Unfur1 a Flag the Mo-
ment Mr.. Reed is Nominated.
that gathered in Reception Hall yester-
day afternoon, on one of the hottest days
known to Portland, to nominate a Repub-
lican candidate for Congress from the
First District. The number of dele
gates to which the convention was enti-
tied was something under 800, but after
they were seated the rest of the room
was quickly appropriated by citizens ca
ger to listen to the proceedings, and who
| filled every vacant seat and overlooked
| into the ante room and corridors. Every
point made by the speakers was quickly
| caught on to. When the name of Mr..
| Harrison was mentioned there was a
| loud demonstration, and when Mr..
Reeds name was referred to the house
re-echoed with the applause. The allu-
sion in Mr.. Burbank's speech to Mr..
Reed-when the Democrat of York
county was said to have asked Mr.. Bur-
bank if Mr.. Reed had mortgage on the
| district and Mr.. Burbank's retort, suited
| the humor of the convention greatly.
The convention was called to order
precisely at 2 o'clock, by Mr.. Andrew
Halves, chairman of the district commit
tee, who read the published call, and
| then offered as officers Of the convention
Hon. James O. Bradbury of Saco for
chairman, Elliott G. Mitchell of Port
land and John bennett, Jr., of York as
secretaries, and they were elected.
Mr.. Bradbury was warmly greeted as
he took the chair. He addressed the
convention as follows:
Mr.. Bradbury's Speech.
M. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-
Uention:
The intense heat of bright summer
| day is too much to induce men to leave
their respective employments and gather
together simply for the purpose of fes-
| tivity or social intercourse; but no day
can be too hot, no day can be too cold, to
prevent the Republicans from the coun-
ties of Cumberland and York from at
! tending the summons issued for their ap-
pearance in convention for the purpose
of performing their duty as delegates
and representatives of the great popular
party of the United States. [Applause].
In the proceedings of this convention
| this afternoon you are, SO far as the peo-
| pie of the First District of Maine are
concerned, taking the initial step in the
+ great campaign upon which we have
now entered. 1t is not matter of SEN
timent; it is not matter of excitement;
but with the Republican party it is a
matter of business. lApplause1. The
business of the community, the business
of the citizen, be he capitalist or laborer,
/ the business of the entire nation, for we
are simply part of the great whole.
And, sir, here is one fact that we, as
calm and thoughtful citizens, should al
ways bear in mind, and it is this: That
when we gather in halls for deliberation
and for the expression of our sentiments
and opinions upon matters of national
importance, we are making history for
| the country. 1t. has so
come to pass that for the
last 30 years it has been the business of
the Republican party, and it is its bust
business today, to mould and form the
history of this great republic-the great
est on the face of the earth. [Applause.
Bearing this fact in mind, it is no matter
of sentiment to say that we are here for
the transaction of business. The lines of
great political contest are being drawn.
The two great national parties of this
country are again face to face. Issues
are being formed, distinct in their char
acter and positive in their nature, and
the people are being addressed and ap-
pealed to for their support. And how
does it come about? Gentlemen, when
we go abroad and seek for some zone to
help us in our business, whether it be
upon the farm, or in the office, or in the
workshop, we seek for man whose rep
utation assures us that he will carry out
his present intention and acknowledged
purposes. In fact, the greatest gift, the
most priceless heritage to man, to man,
to a party. OF a nation today, does not
consist in it's gold or its thousands of
acres of land, but consists in clean and
an honorable reputation wrought out
through the years that have passed. [Ap-
| plause.
Now, my friends, how do the parties
stand as they again confront the great
| jury of the American people and ask for
their support? How do they come be-
fore the people? 1t is the same now as
it has been in the years past. The Re-
publican party has always been a positive
and an aggressive party, positive
in it's convictions and ag-
gressive in it's desire and purpose to car
ry out those convictions. The Demo-
cratic party has been a party of mega
ton. The Republican party, ever since
it's inception, has held the public pulse
and has said this OF that great thing
must be accomplished for the benefit Of
the nation; the Democratic party has
said that it could not be accomplished
for the benefit of the nation. The Re-
publican party saw this nation, ruptured
by civil war and crumbling to pieces, land
it said: "By the great power above us;
by every drop of blood that flows in the
veins of American citizens, this is a re-
public and not oonfederacy of states y
The Democratic party said: I'VE wish
it were so, but there are constitutional diff
culties in the way of making it So" The
Republican party said: las question
of morals, as part of the great life OF
the nation, slavery is a curse and dis
grace to the nation and a cancer that is
eating out it's vitals, and it must and