The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-22

L MORNlNG. JULY 90,
hVe deemed 1t best as matter of
courtesy to give the vote of the delegation
eol Ar. Sewall, and we did 1t. It was a
trying position, but believing that we
were sent there to vote and not to sulk
tapplause) we voted. I believe that Mr..
Sewau was the best man put in nomina-
tlon. don't know as under the oircum-
| s5ances, We could have done much better,
ana vet 1T YVES one of those trying places
wnere men find that they must do the
best they can. 1t scanned to me that, as
told Mr. Whitney, it would be as hard
FOR Us to explain to the people in Maine,
why We did not vote as why we did not
| bolt.
| Chairman Hughes then referred to that
| Wellaknown fact that there Is d difference
OF opinion among Maine Democrats, but
he felt sure that everybody respected
everybody else's opinion. He did not
claim that the Maine Democrat could
carry the state, but he did think. he said,
that they could bring out vote at the
| September election that would have q
great effect on the country. Mr.. Hughes
called on Ex-Governor Plaisted to tell
how this was to be done.
| GOV. Plaisted's method was to accept
| the action Of the Democratic party in the
National convention assembled at
| Chicago. the only tribunal having
authority to define the national issues.
This was the only course the ex- governor
saw for loyal Democrats to take After
pitching into what he termed ''McKin-
| leyism" the Ex-Governor predicted the
sleotion of those two superb men Bryan
and Sewall.
Ex-Goy. Garcelon did not want to
| make speech until he had found out
what the Democrats wanted, for he re-
called the fact that when at state con-
vention he had spoken for silver, he had
been called crank. Nevertheless times
had changed and notwithstanding his
reluctance to make speech, the vener-
able Ex-Governor did speak at consider
able length, and it was a pretty vigorous
free silver speech too. for night when
the thermometer stood at nearly ninety.
In conclusion the Governor said: 'Now
gentlemen ! am q plain spoken man
and II any man; who has been with us
cannot stand upon the platform let him
go 10 his own, for we respec an honest
evening.
| Collector Deering of Portland took up
the oudgel for Winsiow. He said be had
not yet found out what the questions
were they had been brought here to CON
slider. sWe had a convention in Port
land the 18th of June, and an elegant
| convention called 1t. At that conven-
tion we nominated a gentleman by ao-
clamationA as candidate for governor; q
gentleman who needs no euIogy from me.
We nominated at that convention Ed
] ward s.. Winslow of Portland. (Some
/, apgl,.N:so.) He IS man who, I believe,
oan poll more votes than any other Demo-
crat. He has few enemies and we love
him for the few he has made. After the
| nomination, the resolutions were read
and accepted. Mr. Winslow was notified
Of his nomination of the platform, before
the Chicago nomination. presume Mr.
Winslow will accept and stand on that
| platform.
| SIS seems to me that we onn unite on
that platform and on Edward Winslow.
The platform adopted at Chicago is an
other matter. National and state plat
forms often differ and don't see what
We are here for except to accept Mr. Win
slows acceptance
Captain Deering having got the con-
vention down to business, Chairman
Hughes urged everybo else to be as
plain spoken and find the common
ground on which they can stand.
Mr.. Hughes introduced Charles. &.
johnson, as a man who ought to have
been governor if he wasn't.
| He said that it was useless to deny
that the representative Democrats here,
had great differences of opinion. We have
seen the Chicago convention do things
and say things that are new to many of
Us as Democratic doctrines. We have
seen Democratic national convention
| ldi! W onQOTs0 ttu lIOAo5b Do1uOCEtablO &O-
ministration. We have seen it condemn
the act of Democratic President, in
suppressing mob rule at Chicago. We
have seen our Whitneys. our Clevelands,
our Hills and our Russells give way to
Tillmans and Altgelds.
| ''It is useless to deny, but many of us
are grieved at the action Of that oonyen-
tion. / believe every intelligent Demo
crat at Portland knew. when the state
convention met, that the Chicago con-
vention would declare for silver. We need
not dght national battle in the Maine
campaign. We can all Loyalty support
our nominee for governor.
Mr.. Johnson's reference to Tillman
and Altgeld brought up Mr.. Torrey OF
Bath, who jumped from sofa to che
arena to call upon MIR. Hughes to SET
those sterling patriots, Tillman and Alt
geld, right in the minds of the people.
| Mr. Huphea rromntly said that il WAS