The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-06
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Augusta, February 5.-The Plum Trust
has let fall another plum and again it is
the Portland faithful who are made hap
py The Trust is apparently trying to
rival the President in bestowing favors
upon the City Of Portland, for at the
| meeting of the Democratic state COM
mittee this evening it was voted to hold
the state convention in Portland on the
18th OF next June at II a. m It was also
voted that delegates shall be apportioned
ON the basis of the party vote of 1892
Inc appointment could not very we'll
be made on the basis of the vote of 1894,
as that was too small to cut much of the
ice in which will chill the Democratic
atmosphere next September The seleo-
tlon OF the chairman of the convention
was left to Chairman Hughes and Secre-
tary Bean of the state committee. Mr..
Charles d. johnson may be the man.
SOME WHO CAME.
The usual quiet of the Augusta House
in non-legislative winter. was not
greatly disturbed by this gathering of
otAo LA6 tuVduC9 SOarUS arrived
on the afternoon trains. The rear guard
came on the evening train. The main
army did not reach the scene of action.
Invitations had been extended to promi-
nent Democrats to be present and confer
with the state committeeman. All the
democrats who came may, perhaps, lay
claim to prominence, and so for that mat
ter may many who did not come. The
parlor of the Augusta house was not
crowded when the session began. From
portland came quartette led by Collec.
tor John W. Deering, with whom were
Committeeman Llwellyn Barton, James
II. Bradley and E.S. Osgood. That com
pleted Portalnd's delegation. Bath did
nearly as well. for besides Chairman
Hughes, there were Hon. Arthur SewalI
and John Scott Esq. The spindle city
sent DR.. L. j. Martel. Committeeman
D. j.. McGillicuddy and g. S. Fl. Nc
Dowell, and from Biddeford came Ed
waite. the war eagle, ana A. E. Win
ship The others present were f. H.
Chase of Dexter Collector OF Internal
Revenue p. Fl. Kelleher of Auburn,
Gen. S. D. Leavitt of Eastport, Collec-
tor OF Customs ii. j. Hathaway of Houl-
ton. Committeeman ". J. Bradbury of
Fairfield; +. M. York of Caribou, Score.
tary Fred Emery Beane Of HallowelI.
committeeman E. E. Brady of Ellsworth;
VIM. III. Jeffrey of Augusta: Committee
man q. HI. Coombs of Wsldoboro Corr
miittecman Enooh W.Whitcomb of Farm.
ington, Committeeman j. H. Montgomery
and H. E. Capen of Camden. T. x.
O'Brien of Thomaston, Col. CHARLES B.
Morton OF Augusta, W. Il. Hunnewoll of
Pittsfield. Pension Agent W. Blake
of Augusta.
PORTLAND WINS.
Proceedings began by the presentation
of Waterville's claim by Mr.. McGilli.
cuddy. 1t was touching in its reference
to that young hero Mr.. Charles f. John.
son, but it did not carry the day, Messrs
Barton and Deering pointing out tina
Portland's claim was the best The
question of hotel accommodations was
touched upon, but the gentlemen did
not seem greatly alarmed that the crowd
would be SO great that it could not fna
elbow room. One convention was re-
garded as better than two and SO the
delegates to the national convention and
the candidate for governor will be se-
lected on The same day. "It is the ami
versary of the battle of Bunker HILL"
said the War Eagle, "and we're going
to tight the battle over again.
''No, don't know who'll be the can,
didate. Perhaps they'll take me. I"
SASSAPARILLA AND VOTES. 4
If there was much discussion as to
available gurernatorial timber, it was
held behind closed doors. Mr.. Edgar
Hanson of Belfast, who has been men
TONED, has been largely Interested in the
manufacture Of sarsaparilla preparations,
but Candidate Roberts has announced
in his paper, the Biddeford Times, that
sarsaparilla may cure, but it doesn't
win votes. There was one topic, however,
on which all were agreed There is very
little snow in Maine and what there is
is scattered prettily evenly over all parts
Of the state. Perhaps the most enthusi-
astic Democrat present was Gen. Leavitt
of Eastport. Said he in reply to ques-
tion. ''They are at work now on one
section of the road. Ten miles are as
good as graded and trains will proba bly,
be running over the Washington county
railway by the first of next October "
When asked about politics, however, Gen.
Leavitt had less to say.
The meeting lasted about two hours,
nd at its close the committee went into
executive session. Mr.. Bradbury of
Fairfield, resigned. Mr.. Bradbury Is
postmaster of Fairfield and resigns be-
cause of that fact The appointments of
his successor was left to the county COM