The Portland daily press., 1896-08-10

Democrats Failed to Make Nominations
in Many Cases-RepubIicans Slipped Up
| Only Once.
| Augusta, August 8-The secretary of
state g office closed at midnight, when
the time for filing nominations for the
September election expired, and just
| twenty minutes before the doors closed
messengers brought in nomination papers
that give new aspect to the famous and
bitter Republican faotional fight at Ban
gor. They were papers nominating by
the signatures of the required number of
legal voters, Messrs. Parkhurst, Beal and
Porter for Representatives. against the
Stetson candidates.
The secretary of state had already init
mated that he would place the names of
Beal and Parkhurst on the official ballot,
with that of Stetsou of the opposition.
The Stetson faction will ask the courts
to put on instead the names of its three
candidates. The Beal people, to be sure
of place on the ballot, have resorted to
nomination by signatures, of which they
gave thirty, and the validity of these
was duly attestsd by Victor Brett, clerk
of the city of Bangor. If the decision of
the secretary is not upset by the courts
the names of Parkhurst and Beal will
appear in two places on the ballot-under
the party designation, in ths Repu blican
column, and on the right side of the
ballot under nomination by signatures, :"
and Porter's name will appear in the
latter place alone. But they are sure to
get on the ticket, anyhow, NO matter
what the courts may decide about the
rights of the Stetson faction.
The receipt of thess papers after the
eleventh hour was a tremendous surprise
| to the secretary. who said he had been
asked not to allow the Information to be
printed in the newspapers.
When the limit expired the Democratic
party was found to have slipped up in
many nominations, showing their Or
ganization to be WEAK. No nominations
we're made for the following: A Demo-
cratic judge of probate in Androsooggin
county, one Democratic representative in
the Blaine district, Aroostook county;
three Democratic representatives in Vest
brook, Deering and Freeport, Oumber-
land county; Democratic county at
torney ID Franklin county; one Demo-
cratic representative in the Bucksport
district of Hancock county; Democratic
county attorney in lincoln county, and
three representatives in the Boothbay
Han Dor, Booth bay and Bristol districts;
a Democratic representative in the Passa-
dumkeag district of Penobsoot county; q
Democratic register of probate and y
representative in the Monson district of
Piscataquis county; a Democratic clerk
of courts, sheriff and county commits
sioner and representatives in the East
Machias, Harrington and Eastport dis
tricts of Washington county; q Demo-
cratic county treasurer in York county.
1sPopulist and prohibitory candidates are
not dominated in many places.
Every Republican nomination is in for
every office from governor down to the
smallest county officer, with the single
exception of a representative for the Lu-
bee district In Washington county. II oil
the nominations posi- Bile were made
there would be 1854 names on the ballot,
and there will be this year about 1000
The only nomination Uade by nomina-
tion papers, excepting in the representa-
tives fight in Bangor is for city reform
sheriff for YORK county.
A Republican caucus was held at
Edgeoomb, in Waldo county, at O'Clock
Satur day afternoon, aud the nominee,
by driving thirty miles over the roa'is,
reached the State House in time to get
Oh the official ballot.