The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-20
The Democratic Boilers Will Gather
Here Today.
JOHN r.. FELLOWS ANNOUNCED AS
THE CHIEF ORATOR.

Also Has Heard of a Town Where All
the Democrats Are for Clifford-Mr.
Gardiner Wants Bryan Repudiated
Hoofs, Hide and Horns.
On one of the, noon trains yesterday
came Messrs. @. Vey Holman of South
Tholnaston and W. 81. Gardiner Of Cam
den, the advance guard of the Democrats
who will come here today to attend the
mass meeting in Congress hall called for
the purpose of choosing 10 delegates to
the indianapolis convention with the al
ternates and designating six candidates
Tor presidential electors.
The convention or mass meeting will
be called to order at 1870 in Congress hall
in accordance with the programme az
ranged By the provisional comm ittee of
which Mr.. Holman is chairman. Besides
the business of the convention, there will
be some speechmaking. Mr.. Holman
stated last night that Hon. John r.
Fellows, one of the Tammany leaders
who refused to follow the dictates of the
Chicago gathering, will be here and de-
liver an address and SO will Hon. Harvey
N Shepard of Boston, Hon. VIM. H.
Clifford is also expected to speak so that,
whatever else 1t may be. the gathering
promises to be decidedly interesting. Col.
Follows Is an orator of wide reputation
and the ability OF the other gentlemen as
speakers is we'll known here. There is
likely to be things said about the
Chicago free silver show that will make
mighty interesting reading. Mr.. Cliffor
will probably be one of the delegates to
tho Indianapolis convention. 80 80
Messrs Holman and Gardiner spent
yesterday afternoon in conference
with Portland sounp money Demo-
Gratis and in the evening met ". H.
Esq. Moulton, Esq, John 0. Rice.
and others at the Preble house. Mr..
Holman brought with him an interesting
piece of campaign literature. 1t is
letter from the chairman and secretary of
the Knox county Democratic committee
asking him to put his hand In his pocket
and help the Democratic cause along
with o cash contribution, no objection
being made to any kind of money, gold,
silver or paper Tt will be- remem bered
that last Thursday minority of this
committee met and adopted resolution
"repudiating'' Mr.. Holman as a candi-
date for senator from the county. This
reputation however appears to have
been only skin deep Tor the following
letter is the second which Mr.. Holman
has received since then. These two APP
peals for assistance, peouniary and other
wise, would, perhaps, seem intended in q
Pickwiokian sense. Chairman J. II.
Sherman, VIII signs the letter, at the
committee meeting voted against the
resolution "repudiaEing" MIR. Holman.
Secretary Carleton, who by the way pre-
scented Mr.. Holman's name 60 the con-
vention which unanimusly nominated
him for senator, voted for the resolution.
Here Is the letter:
"Camden, August II, 1896
"Dear Sir-As the time Is near for
active work and for our best efforts to
elect the county ticket at the coming
Septem Der election, we respectfully ask
you to contribute towards the campaign
fund by sending the usual sum given by
candidates for the office for which you
were nominated by orr county conyen-
tion to Ralph W. Carleton, treasurer,
Rockport, Me-, who will receipt for the
same. You win greatly oblige US.
'We pledge ourselves TO make proper
expenditures and keep correct expense
account of oil moneys received.
every truly yours,
~. II, SHERMAN,
"RALPH W. CARLETON.
Executive Committee of Democratic
County Committee.
"To O. Vey Holman, Esq, South
| Thomaston, Me-"
Concerning this letter Mr. Holman said
yesterday that it seemed most extraordi-
nary that he should be called upon to
assist largely in defraying the expense of
campaign the opening gun of which
had been directed at him in the form of
an uncalled for unjustifable and wanton
insult. "My sense of humor,'' he re-
marked, sis zoo latent to appreciate the
Kaleidoscope course Of treatment I re-
ceived at the hands of the committee
My desire was that our local, state and
county fights might have been and ought
10 have been conducted upon local issues
without the introduction of fractional
strife or heated contention over leg It'll
mate differences of opinion on national
issues. That view did not prevail and
now 1 am asked to contribute to the
funds of committee which exceeded all
its powers by going out Of the way to at
tack me.
"It seems to me thar proper preface
to such an appeal would have been some
action had by the entire committee re-
| sounding the oheaply abusive vote Of its
| free silver minority last Thursday.
propose to conduct at the proper time an
energetic canvass of the county ana 1t
will not cost me anything less to say
the least that three or four times the
sum would naturally have contributed
to the committee.
''There viii therefore be no reason to
claim If I refrain from responding tc
this appeal, that l have done so from any
motives of economy"
Mr.. Holman had another matter on his
mind last evening. Yesterday there was
extensively circulated about, town q