The Portland daily press., 1898-08-04

+. Perkins of Cornish. who said he had
nothing against Register Leavitt, but
dldn believe man ought to hold Office
Tor life. The vote resulted in Register
Leavitt's nomination by vot g of 1s6 to
So.
For treasurer Henry c. Lord of Alfred
came up as candidate against lbert
Goodwin of South Berwick, the slated
nominee. Mr.. Goodwin received 1872
votes and Mr.. Lord 20.
1t had been all planned that Sheriff
Usher B. Thompson of Newfield should
be renominated by ACCLAIM alton, but
Geroge w. Aver, Saco pump manufact.
urer, distinguished himself and surprised
the convention by getting up and pro-
posing the name Of John W. Clark of
Dayton as radical temperance candi-
date. Mr.. Clark received nine votes and
Sheriff Thompson 81.
Ex-Msyor Charles S. Hamilton of Bid
deford had been talked of as a probable
candidate for county attorney, but he did
not carry his fight into thesconyention.
Clerks of Courts James e. Hewey was
WluuOub u I1tdJt anu 4OA Wiz 'Ooi VA UtlAO
his name goes down on the party ticket.
The following county committee was
chosen:
Northern Distriot-James e. Hewey,
Alfred; Oliver G. Titcomb, Acton !;
Howard Brackett, Cornish; Charles II.
Adams, Limerick; S. W. Hobson, Linn
ington; Al Mitchell, Newteld; J. w.
Dearborn, PA nsfeld, II. B. Rowe,
iloffin Shanl0lphs +
CARL, WATERFORD.
Southwestern District John r. Cham
barlain, Lebanon; 4. f. Staples, Eliot;
Horace Mitchell, Kittery; William S.
Wells. Wells; Richard l.. Goodwin, Ber-
wick; Daniel A. Hurd, North Berwick;
P. A. Twambly, Kennebunkport; +. A.
Moore, Kennebunkport; Henry A. Eva ms,
York; Harry B. Aver, South Berwick.
Southeastern District-C. W. Purcell,
Biddeford; Willis L. Emmons, Saco; b.
Milliken, Old Orchard: Frank j. Leav-
lit, Cornish; Cyril P. Harmon, Hollis;
Horace D. Hanson, Lyman; John W..
Clark, Dayton.
THE MASS MEETING.
When Congressman Reed arrived in
town on the early afternoon train from
the city, he was driven to the residence
of Hon. Amos L. Allen, and from there
to the court house, where he met Gov
ernor Powers.
About 2. As the two distinguished guests
appeared at the entrance door of the court
house, and faced about 350), half of
whom were sitting on the spacious lawn,
and the others standing as close as they
could get to the stone steps.
%ha firct fO Tho
crowd started mighty cheer and hats
were swung and handkerchief waved.
Then the Governor came out and he was
given an ovation. Chairman Stewart
called first upon Mr.. Reed, who addressed
the throng for about a quarter of an
hour. He said in substance:
Fellow citizens. ladies and gentlemen:
AS the object of my coming here was
not to make speech, but to have u little
talk with olo friends, shall ask your
silence, In order that may talk and not
make speech. You may not under
stand why I was put forward before the
Governor of the state. when he Is SUI
prene within our limits. 1t is not. SO
much my lack of modesty, as his abun-
dant modesty in allowing me to precede
him. So ~
IL was LILY PAOtASuiO WV WAS eteSf w AesA
dress you in these grounds. ] predicted
to you on that occasion that if the right
course YVES taken by the voters of Maine,
and followed by other states, the result
would be advantageous to this country.
Some people have been attempting in
the last day or two to say that the pre-
diction was untrue.
1 say to you it is very easy for person
to get siok, but a great deal harder to
get we'll. It takes time to recover from
the mistakes of nations, as we'll as from
mistakes of individuals You can bear
me witness in what I said to you, two
years ago. I did not mean to be too
severe ON our opponents, did not I'M
dertake to charge them with respons ibili-
ty for all the misfortunes in this world.
[ said their conduct had aggravated the
causes that had plunged the country
into greater distress than would have
been experienced without their help
When the Republican party, by the
will of the people, came into pow
er, it did not assume entire control
of affairs. 1t had the President and the
House of Representatives, but the Senate
was so divided that no man could tell
what would come of its action. The
House of Representatives did it's duty by
the country. and the Senate did better
than at that time there had seemed rea-
son to hope. It did so, because back of it
stood the people who were determined
that something should be done. Governor
Dingley, distinguished citizen of your
own state was leader in the effort by
which the decisive action was brought
about.
1 said to you two years ago that as
surely as the sun came, prosperity would
again return to the United States, the
like of which we had enjoyed in the past.
l shall say the same thing to you today.
Why is it we have not come into full
measure of prosperity?
The reason is plain. The Republican
party had done its full duty up to the
first part of April to start a revival of
industrial prosperity. Then came the
preparation for war. Prosperity was wait.
Ing for us, and its coming was only post
poned. You and know that when q
nation sees fit to go to war the war must
be attended to promptly, and at once
The governments wants in this case were
attended to promptly and at once and
everything else had to be laid aside
The history of the last few months
shows clearly that the war was attended
to promptly. The valor of our soldiers,
and the splendid ability OF our naval
forces have permitted us to rise above
our opponents in measure almost mi
raculous.
Ghe war has enriched our history by