The Portland daily press., 1898-08-05

Too Young to lie President-The Chief
Feature of the Democratic Mass Meet
ing at tAlfred-County Nominees.
Alfred, August 4.-The Democrats OF
York county took their turn at slate
making today. "Honest Sam" Lord
and his staff of .astute Saco politicians
put in weeks of conscien tions, unrelent-
ing labor, in an endeavor to make the
county convention boomer, but much
of their energy went to waste.
The convention or the mass meeting
wasn't a circumstances compared with
the Republican affair of the previous
day. The crowd was not half as large
and there was not the jingle or enthusi-
asm that marked the events Of Wednes-
day. The managers of tha show had
spared no effort to give the up-county
folks their moneys worth. "Honest,
Sam" was there to make his first speech
of the campaign in his own county, and
Parson MoKinney's endeavor to square
himself with his constituents on the
issue embodied in the Jeffrey expose had
been saved up for this occasion. Still
the crowd that assembled in the court
house yard to hear the speeches could, if
thunder shower had come up, have all
found shell er in the court house corridor
without being uncomfortably jammed. = =
Candidate McKinney's explanation Of
his Colombia lett er, and his nsw deolara-
ton of faith, easily ranked as the most in
teresting feature of the day.
OFFICES WENT BEGGING.
The only offices over which there was
any controversy before the convention
were those of county attorney and senator
in the southeastern district.
William A. Roberts Of Biddeford, who
has been out of politics much of the time
since the Dem ocrats of Biddeford al
lowed him to run for mayor in hopeless
campaign, few years ago, had yearn-
ing for senatorial honors. His desire was
breathed into the ears OF several of the
foremost delegates from the county me-
tropolis, but another. man hadIbeen slated
for the place and Mr.. Robertss aspira-
tions were ruthlcssly smashed.
The choice of candidate for county
attorney seemed to lie between Leroy +.
Haley, young Riddeford lawyer, and
ex.Judge John S. Derby, recently
United States consul at ST. John. Both
wanted it, but Albert W. Cole of Saco,
the prospective candidate for sheriff,
had expressed desire for the nomina-
tion of George E. Haley, and after coax
ing and pleading, had threatened not to
stand for sheriff unless Mr.. Haley would
consent to run for county attorney. C.a
didate Cole got the object of his wish,
but Mr.. Haley shook his head defantly
when the convention named its choice for
attorney, and dec laress that he could not
and would not sign the nomination pa
pers.
The convention. called to order by Wal
ter D. Davis of Wells, and presided over
by George F. Haley, was very slow in
getting down to business, but after the
first fall of the gavel the whole show was
ran off at record breaking speed. The
following ticket was made up. all the
nominati ems going by acclamation:
Clerk of Courts-Harry G. Hurd, Linn
ingion.
County Commissioner-Amon A.
Dolliff, Kennebunkport
Register of Dseds-Edmund E. Good
win, Sanford.
County Attorney-George f. Haley,
Saco.
Treasurer-Cornelius Horigan, Bidde-
ford.
Sheriff-Albert W. Cole.
The resolutions, drawn up in the midst
of the session, were as follows:
Resolved, That the Democrats OF York
county, in convention, assem- bled, pledge
their hearty and untiring support TO Sc
cure the success of the full ticket placed
in nomination in state, district and couR-
ty.
nResolved, That in State and local %
sues, as presented by the candidate for
governor, in his admirable letter OF ao-
oeptauce, are such as to demand and VIII
the support, not only of every Democrat.
but OF every voter who believes in honest
government, careful expenditure of the
public money, clean administration q
public affairs and the enforcement Of all