The Portland daily press., 1894-07-26
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dress Was Made by Hon. C, e. Little
field of RocIxland.
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Alfred, July 25.-The Republicans from all
over the county were on hand bright and
early this morning, a large NUMBER having
arrived the night BEFORE AT 10.40 a. m.,
preceded by Pinchard's band of Biddeford,
they marched to the Town hall, which was
soon packed to overfiowing.
The call of the convention was read by
Curtis S. Carle of WATERFORD, chairman of
the county committee, and the convention
was then opened by prayer by the Re-. I.
N. Kewley of Alfred.
The chair then announced the following
temporary formation: Hon. Frank NJ,
Higgins of Limerick as chairman, and r.
Il. Ford of Biddeford, VIM. S. Matthews of
Berwick, George E. Mitchell of Newfield, as
temporary secretaries.
Mr.. Higgins accepted the chair in ring
ing speech, in which he reviewed the
actions of the present administration, and
situation was very heartily received. He
complimented the Hon. Henry B.Cleaves on
his administration, and closed with a fine
OulOSy III Gl0 l1Ou. 1uOiudS D. h60u.
Hon. Nathaniel Hobbssof North Berwick
then moved that the temporary organization
be made permanent with the following adj
ditions to act as vice presidents Hon.
Lorenzo B. Hersom of Berwick Hon. Usher
B. Thompson of Newtield, and Eben Emer-
son of Biddeford. Motion was carried.
On motion of Walter Downs of South Ber-
wick, the county committee were appointed
as the committee ON credentials.
Charles E. Atwood, secretary of the COM
mittee on credentials, reported that they
were entitled to 159 delegates, and that they
were all present. On motion of John W.
Dearborn .of Parsonsfeld. the following
committee on resolutions were appointed: :
J. W. Dearborn, Parsonsfeld; Nathaniel
Hobbs, North Berwick; Dr. John Lord, Bid
deford; E. M. Hargraves, Buxton; c. W
Coffin, Shapleigh.
The convention then adjourned to give
the senatorial districts an opportunity to
n ominate their candidates to be placed in
nomination before the convention. In the
northern district the contest lay between
Frank M. Higgins of Limerick and Curtis
CARL of WATERFORD. The vote in the sub
resulted in Mr.. Higgins getting
25 and Mr.. CARL. 81 votes. No choice. This
district also presented the following persons
as members of the county committee:
Acton-Samuel H. Garvin.
Alfred-James E. Hewey.
Cornish H oward Bracket.
Limington-5 W. Hobson
Limerick--FrankM NJ. Higgins.
ssParsonsfield-Dr. J. W. Dearborn.
: Sanford-Frank Wilson.
Shapleigh-C. Coffin.
Waterboro-Curtis CARL.
corvontinn tbop IN vote
for Senator in the northern district. The
vote being taken by towns resulted as fol-
lows: Franklin Higgins, S5; Curtis CARL,
SO; scattering, l.
On motto of Curtis S. CARL, the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Higgins was made unanimous.
In the southwestern district, Horace
Mitchell of Kittery, received the unanimous
nomination for Senator, and Isaac Hanscom
of Lebanon, was nominated for county COM
missioner. The following are the members
of the county committe from this district:
York-Wilson NJ Walker.
North BerWick-D. A. Hurd.
Wells-W. 5. Wells.
Kennebunk-P. G. Wiggin.
Kennebunkport-J. n. Welch.
Eliot-W. G. kennard.
South Berwick-yno. NJ. Burleigh.
Berwick-H. B. Noyes.
Kittery-Horace Mitchell.
In the York sub-district, Hon. Charles
Prescott of Biddeford received the nomina-
tion for Senator and the following were
presented as members of the county COM
mittee:
Saco-A. G. Manson.
Biddeford-k. W. sutherland.
Old Orchard-B. f. Milliken.
Dayton-Jno. M. Chase.
Hollis-C. P. Harmon.
Buxton-F. I. Leavitt.
After the reports of the different sena-
torial districts had been presented, nomina-
tions for the Office of clerk of courts were
the called for. Hon. Nathaniel Hobbs of
North Berwick, in very able speech pre-
sented the name of James E. Hewey of
Alfred, the present incumbent. Hon.
Charles S. Hamilton of Biddeford withdrew
the name of Fred S. Boothbay of Saco and
in his name moved that the nomination of
Mr.. Hewey be made unanimous. Motion
was carried.
Nominations for Register of deeds came
next in order. Hon. BENJAMIN f. Hamilton
presented the name of Col. Justin M.
Leavitt of Buxton and there not being any
contest the nomination was made unani-
nous. This nomination was readily
seconded by Walter p Perkins of Cornish.
In the contest for county attorney Joseph
B. Pare of Biddeford presented the names
of Benjamin f. Cleaves of Saco Mr.. Puring-
ton of I4imington presented the name of
James o. Bradley of Saco and DR.. Cochrane