The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-27
1T is JOHNSON AGAIN.
The Democrats Literally Thrust the
Nomination Upon Him.
The Plum Trust is Vindicated-The OPP
position to 1t Amounted to Nothing
Alderman McGowan Gets in a Reso-
luton Condemning the A. P. A. A
Fifty-eight Hour Law Recommended
The Resubmission Plank of Two
Years Ago Repeated.
Especial to the Press,l

lOpOSinA W tLO 1CSosl
Lewiston, June &c, 1S94.-Tne Democratic
State Convention assembled at IL o'clock
and was called to order by Mr.. George E.
Hughes of the state committee. Fremont
verrin of York, Henry A. Wing of Lewiston,
E. S. Osgood of Portland, A. L. Farnsworth
of Portland, Oliver Otis Knox, Fred Plaisted
of Kennebec and Ben Moore of Thomaston.
were made secretaries. Mr.. Joseph E.
Moore of Thomaston who had been selected
for chairman was presented and addressed
the convention at length. Mr.. Moore in
dulged in rattling speech which pleased
the boys immensely. He held the Rspub-
licans responsible for the present de-
preston, denounced protection and exalted
tariff reform, though he didn't care to talk
about schedules-espeoially sugar schedules
had good deal to say about trusts and
monopolies, which of course, he regarded as
purely Republican institutions, about half
defended the income tax and wholly ap-
proved the Presidents Hawaiian policy.
questioned the accuracy of Gov. Cleaves's
statements relative to state finances and in
various other ways commended himself to
the unterrified.
After Mr.. Moore finished, the committee
on credentials reported sos delegates out of
1l06, present, and the county delegations
then proceeded to report members of the
committee ON resolution and state commit
tee. The members of the latter committee
are as follows:
Adroscoggin-D. J. McGillicuddy, Lewis
ton.
Aroostook-Peter c.. keegan, Van Buren,.
erland-Llewellyn Barton, Portland.
Franklin-Enoch ": Whitcomb;,
Hancock-Edward E. Brady, Ellsworth.
Kennehec--Fred Emery Bean, Hallowell.
Knox-J. II. Montgomery, Camden.
Lincoln.Gsyorge i. Cqombs' y, Waldob9oro.
Washington-Frank W. Sawyer.
York-Tristram Goldthwaite, Biddeford.
Waldo-P. G. Kilsore,. Belfast.
Oxford-ByrOn l.. klmball, Norway.
Penobscot-Edward Connors, Bangor.
Piscataquis-Henry Hudson, Guilford.
Sagadahoc-George 4. Hughes, Bath.
The announcement of the state committee
| showed that the Plum Trust had won a COM
plete victory. Indeed there was no real
| fight made against it, except in the Kenne-
| bee delegation, and there Beane, the repre-
| sentative of the Trust, easily beat Fred
| Plaisted, the candidate of the opposition.
| Beyond the utterances of half a dozen men
there was no word of condemnation of the
| Trust The great majority of the delegates
| were on its side, some perhaps because
| they had got offices through its influence
and more probably because they hoped to
get offices. At any rate the Trust was very
much on top; and the next time it makes a
pilgrimmage to Washington it can claim
with good reason that it has the Democratic
party behind it. - raw
The committee on resolutions was made
| up as follows
Androscoggin-T, g; Spillan.
Aroost ooS-Frank McCarty.
| Cumberland-H. W. Gage.
Franklin-George Mel. Presson.
! Hancock-H. f. Maddocks.
| kennebec-Dr. Packard.
| Knox-L. M. Staples.
Lincoln-R. I. Randlett.
Oxford-O. A. Thayer:
Penobscot-G. G. Weld.
Piscatao uis-Henry Hudson.
| Sagadahoc-F. W. 5. blanchard.
Somerset-S ". Gould.
| Waldo-J. D. Lamson..
Washington-John F. Lynch.
| York;. A. Stevens.
The committee. through its chairman re-