Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-16

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The Oxford Bears may remove their
county buildings from Paris Hill To
south Paris, but they never can rern"yr
from the recollections of some OF the OF
stsgers in that county, the rcmembrdnce
of some Of the amusing incidents c''t-
nected with court weeks. noS esp
cially refer To public meetings, 49,
ca.iOnslly held In the court house In the
evenings during court sessions.
think II was court week In the VII
ter of lS5l that some of the opponent
of John Hubbard, then governor "f
Maine, called public meeting for III -
cussion Of the question whether ihi
Democratic members Of the legislature
should follow the old prece,ieut of noun
mating = governor, or whether that
question should be referred {" stale
delegate convention. Governor Hub
hard had signed the blu known a. the
maine law" consequently had bcC"nhe
obnoxious To the Wildcat wing of the
party. This wing of the party st~rt.'l
out for state convention a. their only
hope of defeating the denomination ~
Hubbard, aud this meeting At the cOurt
house was called IL ia. interest 81 the
anti-llubbarl Democrats.
In the afternoon of the day ~ the
meeting a delegation from south taf,s,
friendly to Governor Hubbard, csllc,! 10
nav room st the hotel aud stated ih't
they iid not like to have the Nildcit
Democracy have everything In their oNn
Nay. and said II ! would promise IA
make a speech, or get sOm. one else In
do IL, In opposition to them, they would
come up from south Paris sH E,asss an,l
~, he cassrAg. Asa friend Of Governor
Hubbard aud the Maine law, ! at last
promised to speak or ilnd a substitute.
when the evening came, the old court
house Was packed To overlooking, "a ma.
iority Of the audience being Hubbard
Democrats from south Paris.
The first speaker was an elderly gen
tleman whose name do not recollrCt-a
farmer who lived short distance from
the lIill-who pitched into Governor
Hubbard, aud based his principal Obj
lection To him because he signed the
Maine law. This IL was found cut after
ward was not according tn the pro-
grammc, for Il was understood that the
speakers should keep dark" on the
"
The old man apparently being little
dry, let his honesty get the batter of the
party hypocrisy Of some Of his assoc
ciates, and said what he pleased.
Lawyer bennett. who believe resided
st one time ~ Ruckilrld, made n speech
In which h. laborcd hard To BE- witty,
but his Wildcat brethren did not seem to
appreciate his efforts, and only once
dgr'as ~, harangue cheered him on by
applauding.
The main speaker upon that side dur
ing the evening MAS Hon. Joseph robin
of Hartford. Mr.. Tobin was a farmer
an uneducated msn-yet In his way was
quite an orator. lie had been a member
Of the legislature, and always bossted Of
being peoples man." lie dwelt
largely on the sovereignty Of the people
In making nominations as against legis-
lati,c action In that direction. The old
gentleman worked In a good deal Of the
"spread eagle" and on the whole made
pretty fair speech.
After Mr.. TObin sat down, Mr.. Paris
arose aud said II there was any one there
that could take issue with the patriotic
remarks Of Mr.. Tobin, he would Ike to
hear him.
saw this was my chance, aud "a
could get no one TO take my place, 20
keep my promise I "pltched In" AL
can say about my speech Il simply this
according To the programme was tn
speak and the "boys" from south Paris
were to 10 the 'cheering, and no one
who Was present could say but what
they dill their part, for the applause was
uproarious from beginning To end.
This made the wildcat Democracy
mad, aud Mr.. Paris and others opened
their batteries upon me, calling me an
"abolitionist, "rsmrod," and strsltor'
to the party, etc, etc. Of course I only
laughed at their abuse aud let them 20
II.
Hon. Elbridge Gerry, who was a Hub
bsnl pVmocrst, being present, made 4
vigorous, telling speech, aud the South
Paris boys kept up their cheering To the
,,ho, and by this time things had be-
come decidedly lively. Amid the din
and confusion Dr. Brown offered reso.
luton endorsing Hubbard for governor,
The chair refused TO entertain the reso.
luton, when a stalwart Democrat
jumped upon table and put the motion
when the south Paris boys gave Z
laundering "Aye" with q "tiger."
Things were becoming too hot for the
chairman, aud he declared the meeting
adjourned. IA he left the chair SON,
one called for three cheers for Governor
Hubbard, which were given with tire
mentoas howl.
II being court week, nearly all IN,
lawyers attending court were present
and In the Language Of Judge May, thei
practitioner LA court, as he MAS pass
inl out, Il was "better than theatre OF
q circus"
The wli;c,ts couldn't be- solemn u
they would, hut near the close Of th'
meeting many VI their number woul,
join In the hurrshs, not seeming To carr
whose cause they were cheering. A,
the audience retired they all seemed Il
say,
~Ani when they next shall run q race.
MAJ lie ther b. See"
JOiN j. PERRY.