The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-07
GOLD MIN BOLT.


don appeared, pushing his way through
the throng in the centre aisle. Right be-
hind him came group of gold Demo
GRATIS while the band overhead crashed
out the familiar air of that popular ditty
which may yet become campaign song:
81 Don't Want to Play in Your Yard. ;"
There were about so on the Portland
train. Among them were Hon. VIM. II.
Clifford, Hon. Tristram Goldthwaite, the
War Eagle, both of whom came with
speeches in mind. Then there were John
o. Rice, Oscar K. Wish, Robert McClutohy,
Frederick Wiggin, of Saco, Gen. John J.
Lynch, E. C. Jordan, W. H. Clifford,
Jr., Virgil C. Wilson and Others 1t
was mostly
A GOLD CROWD,
and its appearance resulted in an express
sion of impatience at the delay.
thine, time, shouted the delegates,
and at last,at just IL O'Clock noon, Chair
man Hughes got his second convention
under way and read the call.
Hon. Charles f. johnson had ventured
out in the rain long enou gh to inform
the committee that he could not serve. So
Hou. John Scott of Bath was put in his
place. J. l.. Thompson, F. W. Plaisted
and Frank I. Wilson were appointed
secretaries. The proceedings were begun
with prayer by Rev. j. Frank Rhodss of
Fairfield, who referred in his invocation
to the doubt which existed rs to what
was the right course and asked Divine
tn ho 10 n 20
invocation was appleuded, and then MI.
Hughes said he was sorry to inform the
delegates that the Hon. Charles i. John
son felt physically unabls to he present
and introduced Mr. Scott. who at once
struck the keynote of the days proceed
ings, when ne said that the loud burst
o. applause and cheering with which he
was greeted indicated to him that the
Democrats of Maine did not disapprove
OF his course at Chicago This statement
got some more cheers, but in that section
Of the ball where sat the delegates from
York and Cumberland counties, there
was
NO HAND-CLAPPING
and no cheering. Mr.. Scott prolnptlyPgot
down to business and called for nomina-
tions. Gen. ". II. Mcclellan of Belfast
tried hard to get in q resolution, but
the leaders preferred TO let the riot come
last, and the chairman promptly and
vigorously ruled the genera. out Of Or
der
Alr. Torrey Of Bath nominated Mr..
Frank. He told the delegates that they
had reason to thank God and take cour-
age for things had changed and today
,tae4 nernbbr;lts had m even chance with
tbs Republicans of carrying the country.
In Maine you hat9 so, 00o nay 60. o)o Den
ocrats, Nho never boweh the knee 80
Baal or followed unknown gods. This
statement was loudly applsuded. Whet4-
or Mir. Torrey inter ded to re-
fer TO Mr. Hanson rs Baal Or
,Ap unknown god. was not apparent,
BnT tho delegates shouted just the same.
gFC5ntinuing, Mr.. Torrey said that he
should not make q long speech. He had
in mind man who was in sympathy
with the Chicago platform before it was
framed and he would name him now,
the Hon. III. P. Frank of Portland There
was wild yell from the Frank men, but
that little group of gold men again sat
CLIENT
Hon. L. ID. Staples of Washington lost
s2hsl tins in beginning his speech
DOMINATING MR.. HANSON.
He went over to England and all
around the country, but finally got down
to business aud praised the Belfast mayor
in a way which brought the Hanson
contingent to their feet. Mr.. Staples got
badly twisted when he tried to tell q bout
the Lincoln of 1896 whom he called Will
liam J. Jennings of Nebraska, until the
shouts of Bryan got Mr.. Staples back OIL
the track. The mention of Mr.. Hanson
WAS greeted with cheers which showed
that his followers had sound lungs. The
statement, II love him for the enemies
he has made, " was another telling point,
and when Mr.. Staples dragged out that
biblical figure of speech which has done
such good service for the boy orator of
tho Platte there was still more cheering.
This is what Mr.. Staples said in part:
Endowed with the democratic princi-
pies of jackson ami Jefferson, the found
ers and makers of our platform, and with
the patriotism OF Lincoln, determined TO
rid them of the shaokles which have bean
forged and thus forever perpetuate the
principles by them enunciated and send
forth the ever soul-stirring proclamation
"a Americans shall rule America, - and
England with her arrogance which savors
OF the tyranny of l776 shall mind her
own business and all absolute divorce
tiaoreed in November from the long es-
tablished dietation by her to US of our
monetary system.
We make
NO WAR UPONECAPITAL,
but We demand legislation that shall
place the farmer, the miner. the artisan
equal before the law with the capitalist
and banker.
Men who are in pure accord with the
pure Democratic principles of our fathers
without any dross, must be our standard
bearers. Men who fully appreoiate the
nardships of dangers besetting the COM
mon people; men who from early boy.
hood to mature manhood have faced
hardships and by force Of industry and