The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-08
Hot Representative Caucus In Bath
Last Night.
IN WHICH THE A. p. A. is SAID TO
HAVE FIGURED.
Candidate Opposed to Jahn o. Patten
Receives Less Than Third AS Many
Votes AS His Opponent-Ihreats of
Cutting at the Polls.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

! Bath, August For several weeks
report has been in circulation that an at
tempt would be made this evening at the
Republican caucus to defeat the nomi-
nation of John o. Patten, editor of the
Bath Times as representative to the
| legislature. 1t was reported that the
local branch Of he A. P. A. was at the
head of the movement and as a result
there was crowd gathered an hour be.
fore the doors of city hall opened.
When the doors were finally opened the
crowd began to push and jam into the
hall until the old structureswas packed,
1t being one of the largest attended eau
cuses ever held here. The candidates Of
the Republican machine were John o.
Patten and William G. Donnell, while
the opposition had The name of James
@. Ledyard instead of Patten. At a
few minutes before 8 o1ock George 81.
Clark, chairman Of the oity committee.
announced that owing to the crowded
condition Of the hall the meeting would
adjourn to the Almeda.
Having reachedEthe Almeda the crowd
was soon seated filling theshaIl nearly
full Chairman Clark Of the city com-
mittee called the meeting to order and
Judge aanford Fogg was chosen chair
man with @. W. Longley, secretary. "a
Hon. William Rogers was promptly on
his feet and moved that a committee Of
three should be appointed to receive, sort
and count votes. .Dr. E. e. Briery arose
and moved that the committee be chosen
from the floor.
Judge Fogg tried to take yea and
nay vote but the 800 throats made such
racket that it could not be properly esti-
mated. A rising of hands was called
and the amendment declared carried.
John P. Welch and Harry e. Stetson
were chosen without any trouble Then
some one nominated Mr. Briery-a and
Charles II. Mason nominated Mr. Rogers
Then came the cries "Briery," "Briery,"
and when the chair attempted to put the
question the CRY for Briery continued.
After the failure of yea and nay vote
show Of hands WAS made and the chair
man declared Mr.. Rogers elected. The
drew in favor of Mr. Briery. Then 1t
was moved that another be added to the
committee and that Mr.. Rogers be that
one. which was done.
The polls were then declared open and
the str cam of voters began to pass by
the stage on which were Assem- bled the
committee to receive the votes, the Re-
III os& ,s<A-
tives ofEthe press.
While the votes were being counted
your correspondent noticed Chairman
George E. Hughes of the Democratic
state committee Collector of Customs
Charles W. Larrabee and Postmaster
Ernest E. Kelley seated in the gallery
Watching the proceedings
When the vote, was announced it was
as follows:
Whole number cast 526. William T.
Donnell had 522, John o. Patten, 922,
James 9. Iedyard, 193 The chair then
declared John o. Patten and William T.
Donnell the nominees of the caucus.
As soon as the vote was announced
there wore cheers for Patten and the
crowd having seen the greatest part of
the excitement. began to move toward the
door.
IL was the hottest caucus Bath ever
saw.
While the Republicans were holding
their caucus the Democrats were also
holding one at the council room in City
hall where they nominated Joseph Tor
rey. silver man and Charles Farnham
gold man for their representatives.
The opponents Of Patten declare that
although they failed to defeat his nomi-
nation they will succeed in QUITTING him
at the polls so as to prevent his election.