The Republican journal., 1897-05-20

Hon. e. G. Burleigh
Nominated for Congress by Acclamation.

The Republican Third district Con-
gressional convention, held in Waterville
May 18th, was fully attended, harmonious
and enthusiastic. Mr.. J. W. Black of
Searsport, chairman of the district COM
mittee, raped to order and called upon
Hon. Hannibal f. Hamlin of Ellsworth to
preside as temporary chairman. In as
Stunning the chair Mr.. Hamlin was received
with great applause. He dwelt feelingly
upon the life. character and death of MI.
Milliken, and he knew the nominee of the
convention would be a man of sterling
ability and the highest honor.
W. A. Newcombe of kennebec, Hon.
Milton L. Merrill of Somerset and j. S.
Hartman of Waldo were nominated as
secretaries.
Gen. W. S. Choate of kennebec c. S.
Hooper of Hancock, D. r. Hunnewel of
South Somerset and A. |. Brown of Waldo
were nominated as vice presidents.
The temporary organization was made
permanent.
j. L. Moody of Kennebec, Lewis At
wood of Waldo, J. O. Smith of Somerset
and j. E. knowlton of Hancock were Sc
lected as committee on resolutions.
When nominations were called for,
Hon. H. NJ. Heath of Augusta came to
tllC SldSC anu teCtlNeu HOSC COfQlal
greeting He declared it to be remark
able honor to represent the Third district
in congress. He eulogized the late Con-
gresham Milliken in eloquent words,
maintaining that he would long live in
the memory of the Republicans of the
Third district for what he had done; not
! for what he said but what he did. For
the loss Of Congressman Milliken there is
genuine mourning. Many man in this
district is to-day happier and more COM
Portable because of the labors of Mr.. Mil
liken. But upon us, said the speaker,
rests the responsibility of selecting his
successor. The people of Maine are look
Ing to us to nominate man of business
ability, trained in the school of experience
The great questions of the day are not
yet settled. The preliminary skirmish in
the struggle for sound money we have
won, but the main battle has not been
fought Maine must have protective
tariff. 81 come to present to you man
who is acquainted with these questions, -
said Mr.. Heath. ''He is a man in the ma
| turity of his years, who has become ia
miliar with Maine business interests by
| hand to hand touch. His name is a syno-
nym for honesty in business and politics.
He has been tried in public life and never
been found wanting Mr.. Heath ended
| by placing in nomination Hon. Edwin c.
| Burleigh of Augusta as the ''people' S
! choice"
The nomination was seconded by Hon.
L. T. Carleton of Winthrop, A. w. Spear
of Gardiner, A. l. Brown of Belfast
/ Forest Goodwin of Skowhegan, DR.. r. L.
Grndle of Mt. Desert and Chas H. Allen
of Mercer. The speeches ended, Chairman
Hamlin put the motion that Mr.. Burleigh
be nominated by reclamation, and it was
carried by a tremendous chorus of
"Ayes"
On motion of Hon. A. J. Billings of
Waldo, a committee consisting of Mr..
Billings from that county, w. H. Will
liams, Kennebec, H. P. Saunders, Han
cock and F. W. Hovey, Somerset, was
appointed to notify Mr.. Burleigh of his
nomination and to request his presence
before the convention.
At this point the committee on resolu-
lions, reported as follows:
Resolved: That this convention desires to
express its profound regret for the death of
! the late Hon. Seth l.. Milliken, who for IA
years represented this district in the nation
al house of representatives, bearing his part,
IN all these years, in the party councils of
the nation with fidelity and ability, ever de-
Tending and protecting the interests of his
constituents, always striving to advance the
interests of his district, his State and his
country We recognize our great loss in
his death and we offer to his bereaved fam
/ lily tender and heartfelt sympathy
| Resolved: That this convention presents
to the people of the Third Congressional
district as a candidate for Congress the Hon.
Edwin G. Buregh of Augusta. The con-