The Republican journal., 1896-07-30
The Maine Campaign.
Winslow Declines the Nomination,

Hon. Edward B. Winslow of Portland has
written letter declining to accept the nom-
nation for Governor by the Democrats. Mr.
WinslOw gives as his reasons that he could
not conscientiously run for Governor on a
gold platform when the national convention
adopted one in favor of free silver.
Hon. NJ. ?. Frank says that the State com
mttee has the power to fill all vacancies
and may select another candidate, or the
convention which nominated Mr.. Winslow
may be re-convened and another nomina-
ton made. In 1890, F. W. Hill, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, died before
election, and in this case the old convention
was re-assembled and a new nomination
made Mr.. Frank thinks this is what will
now be done. The new convention will
probably adopt free silver plank and nom
mate a free silver candidate.
UNCLE soLoN ON THE MISTAKES OF BATEMAN.
L ncle Scion Chase was interviewed at ALL
burn last Friday. He thought that Prof. L.
Z. Bateman, the Popuist candidate for gov
ernor, should not have taken so decided
stand against the Democratic candidates, for
he thereby showed too much of a personal
interest in the matter. He announced in
one breath that he would oppose Sewal as
Nlce-presldenT and in the next breath an
nounced that he would support Sewall, if
Sewall supported him. If the Populists
nominate any other than Sewall for vice
president they are sacrificing principle for
party organization, and you can be assured
rnat this course is dictaSed by so-cailed OF
sef-appointed leaders of the party, who are
afraid that if Bryan and Sewall are nomi-
mated their identity as individual leaders
Will be lost. If their advice is listened to
and Bryan is nominated with vice presi-
dent other than Sewall, l do not believe that
Bryan Will accept the nomination, and the
Populist party will be worse off than ever.
1t will simply show that the selfish leaders
OF the think of their WI
al advancement than they do of the great
principle of free coinage of silver, which is at
stake.
HANSON BEATS The BAND.
An Augusta correspondent of the Boston
ADV ertlser says: The most conspicuous
figure on the Democratic stump III this cam
paign, barring BRYAN or other chance impor-
tations, will be Mayor Hanson of Belfast.
tie is burly man with a voice that would
make the Two sons of Zehedee faint with
envy. 1t is currently reported that he can
iii every ear in Waldo county from three
stumps on line through the county, and in
any Rhode Island county he would need
only one stump to overflow the county line
at every point of the compass. He is un-
douhtedly a good rough and ready debater
who will cut wide swath in this campaign
if he carries ont his threat of bearing a
scythe for Bryan through every grass field
IN the State. Ii his tale of the revolution in
Waldo county and the stories of the other
free silver boomers could be taken without
salt, there might be some reason to fear for
the sanity of the Pine Tree State, but Demo-
cratic claims are apt to be a long way be-
hind performances in Maine and elsewh here.
In their newspaper force the Republicans
have an immense advantage, bitterly re-
gretted by the free silver boomers. Of the
1877 registered publications in Maine, there
are only nine avowedly Democratic. Two
of the nine the Machias Union and Lewis
ton Sun, have fatty bolted the free silver
coinage platform, and the Portland Argus is
Only two daily papers and five weeklies are
actually advocating free silver, and three of
the five weekly papers are popuist organs.
On the other hand, the Republican papers
cover every part of the State with forceful
appeals for the sound money cause