The Portland daily press., 1898-06-17


1n"n' oiean, upright and honest, to whom
'l'0 county could look for the conduct Of
az honorable and business like admins
o'"Uioh. When Mr.. Sanborn had finished
speaA1hg Mr.. Dresser's friends shouted
themselves hoarsa
alderman Frank I, Moore Of Port
land seconded the Dresser nomination in
inasterly speech, concluding with the
assurance that whatever the result of the
'"ilooing, no scars would be left to re-
lnliia Us of the fierce conflict that has SO
ioiig been raging over the choice of a can
ulaate for sheriff.
Mr. I. q, Mcdonald of Portland, said
good word for his friend, Mr. Dresser,
ana set the galleries into commotion.
AT this point Mr.. Chapman Of Portland
announced the withdrawal of Candidate
clarence L. Bucknam from the sheriff
contest. This announcement was hailed
WIN pleasure by the Despeaux forces.
Mr. Whelden registered himself in full
accord wi th the Despeaux hackers. More
applause followed
Mr.. Emund True, member of the Port
land delegation. arose to announce that
ward hree, which f'has often been called
on to save the life of the city of Port
land, had given the Dresser delegates
l4S majority. This declaration started
another avalanche of applause. Judge
Kay of Westbrook scored another point for
Despeaux.
Half an hour having been devoted to
speeches on the sheriff question. the con-
vention decided o.proceed to ballot. Near
ly every delegation was applauded when
the name of it's town was called. The
Scarboro delegates and those from Port
reception by the Despeaux sympathizers,
while South Portland and Baldwin were
hailed with special favor by the Dresser
faction
The announcement of the result of the
vote was greeted with deafening applause
from the Deqpeaux forces, and many
hat was tossed into the air. His majority
was 20, the vote being as follows:
Whole number, 1853
Necessary for choice, IS
Oren 7. Despeaux of Brunswick, 95
! Ua1uof ArSSSSf OIL FOPulauu,
On motion of Mr.. e. E. True the
nomination of MIR. Despeaux was made
unanimous.
CLERK OF COURTS.
The contest over the Office of clerk of
courts had come to the surface late In the
campaign, but it was not lacking in
energy when once it was started. The
J candidates were the present incumbent,
MIR. Benjamin G. Stone of Portland, and
his deputy, Mr.. Herbert T. Libby of
Portland. The good qualities Of the
senior candidate were enumerated to the
convention by Mr.. Stuart Laughlin,
Major FL. s. Melcher and Mr.. Barrett
Potter, while Candidate Libby had ardent
spokesmen in Messrs. Parker +. Pring
of Gorham and Amos Mann.
Mr.. Stone had many votes to spare, the
contest resulting:
Whole number, 1854
| Necessary for "a choice, So
Benjamin Q. Stone liz
Herbert f. Libby, 81
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
of deeds, every one Of whose candidacy
was ably chanpioned. The candidates
were: Register g. Fred Murch OF Vest
brook, Ray P. Eaton of Brunswick, j..
Calvin Knapp Eof South Portland.
Frank q. Haskell of Windham and Nor
man True of PownaI. Two ballots were
necessary before there was choice, and
then MIR. True barely slipped in, having
but one vote to spare. The result on the
first ballot was:
Whole number, 1854
Necessary for q choice, S3
Norman True, II
Frank III. Haskell, 81
4 j. Calvin Knapp, "a
II G. Fred Muroh, 23
Ray P. Ration, l2
Mr.. Eaton Withdrew after the first
ballot, his strength going to Mr.. True.
The second hallot resulted as follows:
Whole number, 1856
Necessary for choice, "a
Norman True, So
J Frank III. Haskell, 46
G. Fred Muroh, 30
j. Calvin Knapp, is
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
1t required three ballots to settle the
county commissioner contest. The four
, candidates were Hon. g. G. Wiggin of
Freeport, Hon. Matthew G. Morrill, of
Gray. George E. Baston of North Var
mouth and George P Plaisted of Cor
ham. The first ballot resulted as follows:
Whole number, 1877
Necessary for choice, 70
George E. Baston, 40
Charles q. W1ggin, AZ
Matthew Y. Morrill,, 86
George T. Plaisted, 25
j On the next ballot two more votes were
rallied. Mr.. Plaisted, the Gorham candi-
date, withdrew inlEfsyor of MIR. WiggIn.
which carried him to the lead, vet he
lacked several votes of enough for q
choice. The ballot stood:
Whole number i59
Necessary for choice, so
Charles G. Wiggin. sc
George j. Baston, Sc
Matthew G. Morrill,, 81