The Portland daily press., 1896-05-01

theless-A Woman's Suffrage ResoIu-
mated for Governor.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREsS.I
Waterville. April 30.-The Hon. Frank
Jones of Portsmouth. N. H.. Is not q
Prohibitionist, but he was the central
figure in the Third party's state conven-
tion here today. In the forenoon, Mr.
Jones was the subject of a speech by a
Portland woman, and one of the reasons
given for the nomination of the Rev. Mr..
Ladd as the party's candidate for gov
ernor was that the suspicion of shadow
which had fallen upon the prohibitory
sentiments of Maine Methodists through
Frank Jones might be removed. Mr..
Jones could have been here, he would
probably have found it mighty inter-
es ting convention.
The Third party is small, but it has It's
managers and they manipulated the
wires successfully today. A vigorous at
tempt to put woman suffrage plank in
the platform was sat upon and resolu-
tion in favor Of the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver was tabled as soon as it
appeared. Thsn there was resolution
in favor of the listing bill, but that got
into the hands of the committee on reso-
lutions and 1t never came back. So the
platform which Voiney B. Cushing had
In his pocket when he came here this
morning was adopted without having any
new planks spiked to it.
The convention mustered So dele
gates, little group of ladies who went
to see the proceedings, and half dozen
reporters. The little band gathered in
the Waterville city hall and tried to keep
warm. There was little of the hustle
and excitement of the ordinary political
convention about this one. 1t resem-
bled more religious than political
gathering and a telling point in speech
was as likely to be received with a CRY
of amen as with hand olapping. The
speech of the day, in some respects, was
thar made by Mrs. L. G. Partington of
Portland, whose comments on the recent
election of Frank Jones 70 membership
in the board of trustees of Kent's Hill
Seminary were vigorously set forth in
picturesque language.
If the third party is lacking in number
it makes up the average in time. Today
convention lasted all day and there was
a rally to wind up with this evening.
The convention was called to order
by Mr. Volney B. Gushing OF Bangor at
IN 20 Mr. Gy1ohino 10 fbo oh 80
the state committee. The meeting was
organized with DR.. W. S. Thompson of
Augusta as chairman, and Fred J. Brown
of Lewiston and NJ. o. Wright of Bath as
secretaries. Chairman Thompson made
speech In which he predicted that the
party strength would be augmented.
DR.. Thompson is of a sanguine temper
ment. He saw signs OF increased mem ber-
ship in the fact that there were so many
reporters present, although DR.. Thomp-
son apparently didn't hope to convert the
reporters. He explained that their pres
ence indicated growing interest in the
doings of the party. Another hopeful
sign mentioned by the chairman was the
suooe So of Theodore Roosevelt In enforo.
ing the Sunday law in New York.
THE ORGANIZATION
of the covention as completed by coun-
ties as follows:
Androscoggin-Vice president, Rufus
3. Dunning; platform committee Rev.
q. J. Wheeler; state committee, N. +.
Woodbury., Auburn.
Aroostook-State committee, Charles
W, Johnston, Fort Fairfield.
Cumberlaud-Vicep president, Rev. S. =.
Pearson, Portland; platform committee,
ID. P. Parker, PoTtland state commit
tee, E. T. Burrowes. Portland.
Franklin-state committee, DR.. E. A.
Johnson, Hancock; state committee,
Capt. Abraham Lord.
Kennebec-Vice president, J. B. Bry-
ant; platform committee, q. Fl. Clary,
Hallowell; state committee, Geo. P. Bill
lings, Clinton.
Knox-State committee, W. W. Perry,
Camden.
Lincoln county-State committee,
James S. Walters, Waldoboro.
Oxford county-State committee, VIM.
r. Eustis. Dixteld.
Penobscot-Vioe president Lewis Rob-
inson; platform committee, A. P. Rich
ardson; state committee, VolneyB. Cush-
ing.
Piscataquis-State committee, L. II.
WnlGGl6Is 0uuIOfu.
Sagadahoc-Vioe president, A. :. Oliver;
platform committee, w. Oliver; state
committee, &. S. Nichols.
Somerset-Vice president, Rev. B. G.
Wentworth; platform committee, o. S.
Pillshury state committees S. F. Emerson.
Washington-State committee, John
Barker, Calais.
Waldo-Vice president, 6, F. Sherman;
platform committee, Benjamin Il. Kelly;
state committee, George e. Files, Unity.
York county-State Committee, L. B.
Hussey, North Berwick.
1t was while the committee on platform
was celebrating that
MRS. L. G. PARTINGTON
of Portland, was called upon and made
rattling speech. She said to begin with
that, while the prohibitory law might
not be enforced as it should be, still sae
couldn't oronly buy liquor in Maine
while wearing the white ribbon badge of
the W. G. T. U. Then Mrs. Partington
proceeded to sail into the appointment OF
Trustee Jones of Kent's Hill. Said she:
II have been a member of the Methodist