The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-04

poLIIIcAL POINTS. The Augusta Jour
nal says that the story that Gov. Bulleigh
intended to be a candidate for L. :. Scna-
tor next winter, is too silly to merit Sc
rious attention. and that he never contem-
| plated anything OF the kind. $50. The Re
| publican First District Convention WAS
held in Portland July 9th and occupied
only half an hour. Hon. +. Dudley Free
man. OF Yarmouth. presented the name OF
| Hon. 7, Is. Reed AS Congressman and was
seconded by Hon. H. H. Burbank. of >aco,
and he was nominated by acclamation.
| The resolutions affirm loyalty to the party
| and its candidates. AT the Hancock Re
| publican county convention held at ELS
worth July Z1th nominations were made
as follows senators, Dr.. Il. l.. Glindle.
Nit, Desert; Elmer Spottord, Deer Isle.
| Sheriff James W. Patterson, Bucksport
Register OF Probate, Charles F. Dorr,
| Ellsworth. Commissioner. James W.
Blaisdell, Dedham. Attorney, Edwin 5.
Clark, Bar Harbor. Treasurer, James +.
Davis, Ellsworth. So. The Rockland Repuh-
licans have nominated as representatives
| to the Legislature, Gardiner l.. Farrand
| and William :. White. Mr. Farrand was
"A member OF the last Legislature and is a
| leading business man, while Mr.. White is
| one of the prominent granite manufacture
ers of New Eng gand. 80. The York county
| Republican convention was held at
Alfred last Thursday. In the afternoon a
mass meeting was addressed by Gen.
Henry b. Cleaves, the Republican
candidate for Governor, and others.
...... Hon. Charles A. Boutelle and Hon.
| Henry B. Cleaves will address the public
on the political issues of the hour as fol
lows: Iioulton, Monday evening, Aug. ID;
Presque Isle, Tuesday evening, -sug. l6:
Calais, Wednesday evening, Aug. Ii;
Cherrytield, Thursday evening, Aug. Is;
Orono, Saturday evening" Aug. 20; Dover,
Monday evening, Aug. y. Hon. VIM. p.
Frye, Bath, Friday evening, Aug. 10;
Rockland, Saturday evening Aug. 20.....
The Republican State convention in Min
nesota Thursday adopted resolutions eulo-
gizing Hon. James G. Blaine, sympathiz-
ing with him in his recent Affections and
expressing the hope that he may again be
| called into public service. EX-Congress
man knutc Nelson was nominated for
Governor and Frank Nye for Lieutenant
Governor, both 10y acclamation. 500. Free
man Littleteld, ESD, proprietor of the
| Brewer pants factory, has been nominated
as Democratic candidate to the legislature
from the Wintcrp"rt class, and has ac-
cepted. ..... At the Republican caucus in
Augusta, Friday evening Treby johnson
was renominated for the legislature.
| There was a hot contest between A. NJ.
Goddard, j. j. Maher and $. w. Lane
Ior second place. After one ballot the
caucus adjourned with no choice. Al
ter the Augusta Republican caucus had
adjourned last Friday evening, Mr.
Maher and his followers held another eau
GUS, at which MI Maher WAS nominated
by acclamation He says that he shall
send his name in to the Secretary of State
to have it placed on the regular Republi-
can ticket. 500. The Democratic gerryman-
der which is overturned in Michigan is
not that on which the Congressional re
apportionment is based. 1t applies to the
Senatorial districts only, but it affords a
good guarantee that the Michigan Legis-
lature will not again be stolen from the
Republicans. The decision that the
gerrymander was illegal was luminous,
the two Democratic Supreme Court JUS
tees joining with their Republican col
leagues in giving it. Don NJ. Dickinson S
new boom for the United States Senator
ship fades permanently out of sight.
After taking forty ballots, the Wyoming
Democratic State Convention has adjourn
ed, having nominated a candidate for gov
ernor and adopted free silver platform.
1t is not reported whether the usual en-
dorsement of the national platform was
made, but it is not easy to see how that
could have been done consistently since
the national platform pronounces for dol
lars ''of equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value "......At a Republican caucus, in
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