The record-union., 1896-08-28
MAINE DEMOCRATS.
Delegates Elected to the indianapolis
Convention.
Representative Democrats Meet and
Denounce the Chicago Conven-
ton and Platform.

The New York Suns report of the
convention of sound money Democrats
In Maine on the Goth of August is more
extended than that sent to this coast
by wire and will be read with interest.
1t is as follows:
That William Henry Clifford, the can
didate of the sound money Democrats, is
to receive the loyal support of large
mass of the Democracy of Maine for
Governor next month was shown here
to-day at the meeting to elect delegates
to the Indianapolis Convention. The
men who led to-day's movement were
the leaders of the Democrats of Maine
who have fought the battles of the
party in the Dirigo State, 10, these many
years. One of them said to-day amid
much applause:
1--WE learned our Democracy too long
ago to forget it at new exhorters. We
viii show them at the polls that there
Is still Democracy of honor in Maine.
The vote for Clifford is going to be
much larger than appears on the sur
face, too.''
Among those whose presence was
noted were Edwin l.. Poor Sebago;
Gardiner r. Norton, Sebago; Henry
Mayo, Deering Center; Erastus Ler-
1nond, Thomas Shea, Boston, Harry f.
Thompson, Brunswick; o. B. Merrill,
Topsham; Daniel r. Slower, Harps-
well; z. K. Hodgins and Theophilus
Soule, Harpswell; Lemuel H. Stover,
Brunswick; Lamont A. Stevens, Wells;
=. B. Wiggin, Saco; r. E. Herson, Lea
on; Isaac L. Schofield, John Bishop, b.
G. Simpson, A l. Snow, Brunswick;
Thomas NJ. Given, Topsham; r. d.
Woodman, Westbrook; c. II. Osgood,
Lewiston; W. II. Clifford, Jr., William
II. Moulton, John o. Rice, Portland; Il.
T. Kelly, F. w. Blanchard, Bath; sam
uel Scofield, Brunswick; Cyrus King,
Washington. D. c.; NJ. P. Milliken,
Richmond; George Weeks, Damariscot-
ia: w. H Gardiner, Camden; c. Ney
Holman. Rockland; E. c. Jordan, H H.
Fierce, George Noyes, Charles F. Flagg,
S. w. Bates. George F. Noyes, William
G. Davis, John f. A. Merrill, Harry A.
Pounds, George F. Alexander, the Rev.
Henry Blanchard, 3. F. Harris and
George H. Knight of Portland; John W.
Deering, Collector of the Port of Port
land; W. H. Green, Portland
Those who went to the platform with
William Henry Clifford were c. Vey
Holman, w. H. Gardiner, E. c. Jor-
dan, ex-Alderman w. H. Stevens, Fred
y. Wiggin of Saco, L. A. Stevens OF
Wells, II. D. Woodman of Westbrook,
II w. Swasey of Portland, r. Z. Her
son of Leabon. Mr.. Holman spoke
spiritedly of the situation which con-
fronted true Democrats and loyal men.
The action of the Chicago Convention
was not Democratic and its platform
was not Democracy. The McKinleyism
Of the ST. Louis Convention was repug-
nant to Democrats of all beliefs. There
remained only the single hope of the
national Democrats. Mr.. Holman PAID
q tribute also to the memory of the late
Governor Russell of Massachusetts,
and read a telegram from ex-Congress-
nan Bynum of Indiana, who said that
the cause was growing in the West.
lie read the following letter from the
venerable ex-United States Senator
Bradbury.
Augusta (ATe), Aug 20, 1896.
Dear Mr.. Holman: Please give to the
convention my congratulations and tell
them 1 stand with them upon the old
Democratic platform. A sound cur
rency that will not escheat the wage
Garner, the sacred preservation of the
national credit and honor, no repud1a-
ton of earnings of honest toll for the
benefit of co-Operated stockholders, no
annual bounty of millions to the rich
owners of silver mines, and, 1 trust, an
end to the free coinage agitation by a
thorough death of the scheme, that
would restore confidence, revive busi-
ness. and bring back to the people the
prosperity this agitation impaired.
Yours truly.
JAMES w. BRADBURY"
Henry w. Swasey of Portland was
called to the chair. He said the So
called Democratic Convention at Chi
cago was not expressive of true Dem
ocratic principles. The platform was
not the creed of Democracy. 1t was not
the expression of craftsmanship. The
convention was carried away by preju-
dice and sentiment
The resolutions adopted said:
I'VE, as representatives of the Ma