Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-27
Maine DEMOCRATS
Nominate Charles F.
Johnson For Governor.
MANY REFORMS URGED.
The District Convention Nominates D.
L. McGillicoddv For Congress.

LEWISTON, Me-, June e7-The Demo
cratic state convention adopted q reso-
luton Of sympathy to Frauce one favor
Ing the election OF the next United States
senators By popular vote, one disapprov-
Ing ths practice Of trusts of bringing pau
per labor to this country to take the place
Of eitizens. one favoring the limita-
tion Of the hours of labor for women
and mAnors to 6s hours o week,
one coudemnins the labor bureau of
this state as partisan, run In the
Interests Of Republicans. one con-
demnins the legislative acts relating
only to single towns or cities. such as the
one creating the police commission Of
Biddeford, the recent increase of salaries
Of state officers. and one endorsing the
Chicago platform In ths last campaign,
especially lbs CLAUSE on the money ques-
tion.
Peter O. Ksegan named numb Der of pub
lilo ofiiceholders who had been selected
from the state committee. Mr.. Keegsn.
10 the matter Of appointments from the
state committees, referred TO the Augusta
postoffice hght, In which Plaisted was de-
feated by Lynch. The minority on the
resolution hissed. The resolution was
finally postponed.
Chairman Hughes Of the state CON-
mittee made heated argument In vindi-
cation OF any state committee men who
might be charged with having got on to
the state committee In order that they
might by the influence the position gave
them, secure public offices.
The minority report favored bimetal.
lism. The resolution said that as an
amendment TO the resolution already
offered the sense Of the gathering was
that both gold and silver should be
coined by the country The amendment
was indefinitely postponed, and the other
resolutions were adopted as given In the
majority report
Mc0nliouddy For Congress-
In the district convention d. J. McGini-
ouddy Of Lewiston was nominated for
congress by reclamation.
The chairman then announced that the
next business was the nomination of a
can ndidate for governor. and the delegates
shouted for John Scott
The nomination for governor, the chief
duty of the convention, was made by
John Scott OF Bath, seconded by ID. ].
Mc8illicuddy. Tristram Goldthwait and
William Henry Clifford, and was adopted
unanimously by the convention. The
man thus selected Is Charles +. johnson
OF Watsrville. He accepted the nomina-
tion.
After the resolutions were presented,
Alderman McGowan Of Portland pre-
ssnted an amendment condemning the
A. p. A., which was adopted.
Editor Otis Of Rockland moved that no
member Of the state committee should be
Q candidate for office. but this was voted
down.
The following slate committee was ap-
pointed; AndroscoGGin, ID. j. McGilii-
cuddy. Lewiston; Aroostook. Peter G.
Ksgan, Van Buren,; Cum berland, Liew-
ellyn Barton. Portland, Franklin,
Enooh w. w. Whitcomb; Hancock, Ed
ward f. Brado, Ellsworth; Kenne-
bee, Fred Emery Bean, Hallowell;
Knox, J. H Montgomery. Cam
den, lincoln. George H. Coombs,
Waldoboro; Somerset. w. J. Bradbury,
Fairfield; Washington, Frank w. Saw
yer; York, Tristrsm Goldthwsite. Bidde-
ford; Waldo. w. p. Kilgore, Belfast; Ok
ford. Byron l. Kimball, Norway; Penob-
SCOT, Edward Connors Bangor; Piscata-
Quis. Henry Hudson. Guilford; Sagada-
hoe. George k. Hughes. Bath.