The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-22

| plause). Since that time he has lived
his life openly among us. For twenty
| years he has lived and worked within
| the confines of our State and in the city,
cial life. He can count his friends by
hundreds. and have yet to hear one
| word which impugns the honor, the Ca
pacity, the public spirit of Mr.. Clark H.
| Barker (ApplauseL His friends believe
if elected he will bring to the discharge
of the duties of the office the intelligence.
| the capacity, the business system and
experience, the pride of citizenship and
| of office which will restore the position
| of Sheriff of Cumberland county to some
thing Of it's old-time prestige and dignity
when emouments counted least and
| opportunity for honorable service most
| (Applause.)
I take great pleasure, Mr.. Chairman. in
presenting to this convention the name
| of Mr.. Clark H. Barker of Portland as
candidate for Sheriff. Great applause.
Mr.. Barker's nomination was seconded
by Mr.. Stephen Hinkley of Gorham
Mr.. Edward G. Reynolds next arose to
nominate. Mr.. Samuel D. Plummer, say
| ing:
MR.. REYNOLDS SPEECH.
| Mr.. Chairman:
desire to present to this convention
he name of gentleman for nomination
| for the office of Sheriff. That gentle
mans name is Samuel y. Plummer.
(Applause). regret as much as any one
| can. that Mr.. Plummer labors under the
| misfortune, as when compared with the
| eloquent speech of the gentleman who
| has just spoken, that his cause must be
| presented by lips no more eloquent than
mine. But bring to his cause what
| strength | can, and do it with whole
heartedness, too. Perhaps it would be
| if we were to make our nominations
| without speeches.; but it has become a
custom, which probably under the cir
cumstanes. the friends of Mr.. Plummer
could regret exceedingly for me to omit,
| thinking possibly that thereby I had
| neglected ID duty which.I ought to per-
| form.
So, Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of
the convention, | present the name of
Samuel D. Plummer of Scarboro as a
candidate for the off1ce.of Sheriff Gap
plause)
Mr.. Plummer was born in Raymond, in
this county. For twenty-nine years he
has been a bona fide
RESIDENT OF SCARBORo.
He was educated in the common schools
of that town, and graduated at the Cape
Elizabeth High school. and attended
law school at the Michigan University.
After he had completed his studies in
school he began teaching, and taught
for two terms in Scarboro, and for
about ter years in the town of Cape
Elizabeth. He was supervisor of schools
in Scarboro Tor seven years, and tax col
lector for five years. Since that time he
has been deputy sheriff of this county,
a period of about four years. During
this time he has been chairman of the
Republican town committee for ten
years, and a member OF the county COM
mittee for four years. As teacher in
the towns of Scarboro and Cape Eliza
beth. he left standard for the teachers
in those towns ever after. Go wherever
you will in those districts where he
taught and ask if he was
A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER,
and you will be told that ever since he
taught in those schools it has been the
custom to refer to his teaching days as
the haleyon days in the school life there
AS Supervisor of Schools in the town of
Scarboro he was most, successful. gain
ing by his genial conduct and sterling
character and habits the good will of
all those with whom he came in contact
Since the close of his five years service
as collector of taxes in the town of Scar
boro, he has served four years as a dep
uty sheriff. These four years of service
as deputy sheriff have been open to the
inspection. of people and we say less
about them. The people who have had
occasion to come in contact with him
in that office know whether he has con-
Quoted himself honorably, faithfully
aud fairly. We certainly know that he
has n VG a uan io1 ali
alton and a careful attention to all our
wants. that has been most pleasant and
gratifying to us ALI
Now. gentlemen, there are one or two
matters that desire TO explain, with
your. indulgence. 1 do not like to use
that word EXPLAIN but it is necessary
because of certain sense of mystery
that has seemed to be lowering about
his name. Mr.. Plummer, in the first
place, comes from ScarbOro You have
read insinHations in the papers that
he is one. of three or four gentlemen
from that town occupying lucrative
positions. Let me say here, in order
that you may not misunderstood the con-
dition of things, that Mr.. Plummer is
the only resident of Scarboro, that holds
any county office. Don't misunderstood
that. There are no other officeholders
residing in the town of Scarboro; Mr..
Plummer is the only county official re-
siding JneIe.
If there is any gentleman who has
come to this convention with the idea of
voting for Mr.. Plumnier, and that Mr..
Plummer who is one of the deputy sher-
ifs appointed for the
EN- FORCEMENT OF THE LIQUOR
Law,
I desire to say to him that he is laboring
under a misrepresentation, and wish to
put him right in that matter. In the
Office ofisherif for umberland Icounty,
there are two sets of officials, one work.
ing in the civil department. serving civil
processes, the other working in the de-
partment for the enforcement of the Iio-
uor law. Mr.. Plummer's position is in
the civil Department.; his duty is in the
service Of civil precepts. That is the
work that has devolved upon him, and
in that work you have found him faith
full and true every time. (Applause).
There is one other thing to which I
wish to refer in order to offer a reasona-
BILE explanation. Within the last few
weeks there have been cast aboul over
cum berland county insinuations and
suggestions more than that, inuendoes.
that if Mr. Plummer shall be elected
Sheriff of this county that that office
will be given over to