The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-30

Gle Race-This Heat Was Tame Com
pared to the Rip Tearer of Few Days
Ago-Nh at Was Done and Who Was
! There.
| ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Augusta. July 29.-Another heat was
run tonight in the famous Democratic
obstacle race for the gubernatorial no.
mination and free silver badge. When
the trial was made at that wonderful
gathering OF last week, the greatest OBJ
stacle in the way of the free silver run
ners was Mr.. Edward B. Winslow Of
Portland. The gold platfor m was Of
co urse moro or less Of an obstacle until
Mr.. Frank of Portland showed them all
how to get over it by proving to the
satisfaction of all the silver men that it
didn't exist at all after the Chicago gath
ering went wild over Bryan and free
coinage, and when Mr.. WiDslow, the
| greatest obstacle took himself cut of the
| way, great was the rejoicing and the
runners began to go through their fares
In preparation for the heat to be run to
night e. V. Hanson of Belfast who
with Hon. Arthur Sewall of Bath, claims
to be the original Maine free silver
sprinter, wrote his name ON the Augusta
house register this afternoon on the line
under that where appeared the signature
of Hon. M. P. Frank of Portland, and
it is whispered that Mr.. Frank has not
been averse to coming in first, as dark
| horse, at the finish. Others who were
present were: B. B. Torrey, Bath; /;
Tristrnm Goldthwaits Biddeford; George
q. Hughes, Bath; L. NJ. Staples. Wash
ington; Fred Emery Bean, Hallowell;
Charles Baker, Belfast; Fred Plaisted,
Augusta; E. L. Jones, Waterville;
Fl. NJ. Plaisted, Bangor; Llewellyn
Barton, Portland.
| 1t will be seen that 1t was not large
gathering which met in the hotel par
lors at O'Clock Of the state comIuittee
there were present only Tristram Goldth-
waite of York, Llewellyn Barton of Port
land, L. III. Staples of Knox 9. 81.
Coombs of Lincoln; W. r. Hunnewell OF
Somerset. Chairman Hughes of Bath and
! Secretary Beane of Hallowell.
Other members were represented by
proxy, so that the 16 counties were repre-
sented.
There is many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip, and the runners found an
other obstacle in the path. because there
was an apparent reluctance to holding
a new convention, it evidently being the
the hope Of many that the state. commit
tee would go ahead and be the judges at
the finish of the race, naming Mr.. Win
Gle came in the shape of the statement
from Secretary of State Fessenden as to
what, In his opinion, is vacano. under
the ballot law. Now the law makes the
secretary of state its interpreter, sub
iect of course to an appeal to the courts
The law also provides that candidate
having died or withd rawn, his place may
be filed by the executive committee of
that party. This latter provision is found
IN section 8, which Is as follows:
"In case candidate who has been
duly nominated under the provisions of
this act shall die before the day of cleo
tion, or shall withdraw in writing, the
vacancy may be supplied by the political
party or other persons making the origi
nal nomination in the manner herein pro-
vided, or If the time is suffi cient therefor,
then the vacancy may be. supplied If the
| nomination was made by convention
| in such manner as the convention or oau-
GUS has previously provided for the pur-
pose, or in case of no such previous pro-
vision, then by regularly elected gen.
eral or executive committee representing
the political party or persons holding
such conventions or caucuses."
AS Mr.. Fessenden understands this
section, a duly nominated candidate"
is man who has been named in oon-
vention and who has filed his certificate
of nomination with his written aocep-
tance in the office of the secretary of state
in accordance with the law. A man who
has been named in conventi on is simp-
ly nominee of the convention up to the
time of fling his certificate and aocep-
tanoe in his office.
Mr.. Winslow never FL ed his certificate
and acceptance, consequently while he
was the nominee of the Democratic con-
vention, he was not, under the law, the
candidate Of the Democratic party; and
further If MIR. Winslow was never the
candidate, there exists no vacancy of
the kind which the state committee has
the authority to fill.
When this new obstacle was found on
the race course, great was thesconsterna-
tion of the managers, and so they
straightway hied them to the secretary
to see If the obstacle could not be re.
moved. Chairman Hughes and Secretary
Beane called on Mr.. Fessenden this ef-
ternoon and talked the matter over. MIR.
Fessenden told them that If Mr.. Wins
low sent him the certificate and a aooep-
tance as required by law and saw fit to
also send dsolination, the records of the
secretary's Office would show vacancy
to exist and certificate from the Demo
cratic state committee naming some per-
son to fill the vacancy would be accepted
IT this course as not adopted, The only
| other Mr.. Fesssnden could propose was
| that q Democratic convention should be
| held and make a nomination in due