The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
A NEW CONVENTION.
Delegate Plaisted Says One Must Be
Called.
MIR. SEWALL PASSES THROUGH
PORTLAND.

A Few Democrats at the Train to Meet
HINT is Evidently MIR. Sewalls
Opinion That Candidate Winslow Must
Be Hoisted Up While the Gold Plank
is Pulled Out and a Silver One Run In.
Mr.. Arthur Sewall, Democratic nomi-
nee for Vice President passed through on
his way to Bath last evening.
Mr. Sewall arrived in Portland on the
regular 4.40 train from Boston. His ar
rival created no sensation, few friends
being present to greet him. General Man
ager PPyson Tucker was among the mum.
Der, and with these MIR. Sewall went at
once to the private dining room Of the
Union station cafe, where dinner was
served.
During the dinner several local Demo.
Gratis arrived, all to pay their respects and
some to go to Bath. These were Post
master George l.. SWEET. Immigrant IN
spector George H. Fogg, Luther Roberts,
Editor Mcdowell of the Lewiston Sun.
Virgil G. Wilson aud E. S. Osgood, pri.
vate secretary to Collector Dsering. MIR.
Deerlng was not present, being out OF
town. MIR. SWEET was not going to Bath,
but the Others did. Nest Of them expect.
ed that Mr.. Sewall would go to Bath OIL
the regular train, which left about
O'Clock, and did not know that MIR. Tuck.
or had arranged for a special train which
should leave Union station at 6 O'Clock,
after Mr.. Sewall had completed his sup.
per.
These few Democrats did not seem es
peoially enthusiastic over the fruits Of
the Chicago convention; but their idea
seemed to be that Mr. Sewall was &
Maine man who had been highly honored
and that it was proper to show apprecia
ton of that honor. sit is u matter Of
state pride with us, said one. and thi.
sentiment was echoed by several who
must have had their daggers in Sewal
up to the hilt at the recent gold state
convention.
Those who took dinner with Mr. Sew
all in the private dining room were W. B
TORY of Bath, +. W. Plaisted of Au.
gusra, payson Tucker and Arthur Bos
worth of Portland, and W. NJ. Thomp
son, representative of the Boston press
Hon. n. P. Frank was not at the dinner
but with Postmaster SWEET he met Mr.
Sewall after the dinner. Mr.. Frank
walked arm-in-arm with Mr.. Sewall &c
the special train, and went to Bath witt
him.
Hon. E. B. Winslow and DR.. S. c.
Gordon had been asked to go to Bath OF
the special, but they did not appear. This
left the field to Mr.. Frank.
| Delegate Fred W. Plaisted of Augusta
has come on with Mr.. Sewall from thu
West. Mr.. PIaisted is member of tn,
executive committee of seven selected tt
| Bryan and Sewall. Mr.. Plaisted did moi
| care to say where this notification would
| be made, but he eviently thinks il will
be in Madison Square Garden, in New
York.
Mr.. Plaisted is enthusiastically and de
terminedly in favor of calling new
Democratic state convention in Maine flu
the purpose Of ripping out the gold planl
| and putting in silver plank. Here WI
are in Maine calling for gold when TIM
Democratic party of the nation has de
olared that silver shall be the party creed
We are no better than boilers. That golt
plank was put in by the vote of only 19
delegates, while the full convention wa
entitled to 1900 mem bers. Tho Democ
| racy of Maine should be called togethe
again to undo that work. and it should b.
done at once. We do not care to change
our candidate for governor; but We mus
have a new platform.
Mr. Plaisted said that this was not onlI
the view of Mr.. Sewall, but also of near
ly all others. The Maine Democrats wer
in an absurd position and ought to ge
out Of it.
Mr.. Plaisted said that he went to Chi
oago under instruction from gold con
yention. and he voted steadily on thu
gold side until the platform had beeI
adopted. Then he considered that he wa
at liberty to vote for tho most suitable
man to go on that platform. He and Del
egate Sawyer of Calais, were the origina
Bryan men in Maine, having voted TO
him on every ballot.
Mr. Plaisted is very enthusiastic ove
Bryan, considering him great man. h
| Is also enthusiastic over Sewall.
No demonstration attended Mr.. Sew
alls journey from Boston. At Riddefort
Everett Stone and one or two Others wer'
at the station to greet him. The Wa
Eagle WAS not among the number.
The special train which carried Mr.
Sewall to Bath consisted of four cars,
| baggage, two ordinary cars and Dir
| fuckers private car. There wsrs no pas
| sengers but MIR. Sewall and the four o
| five with him. MIR. Tucker did not go t.
| Bath