The Portland daily press., 1898-06-17

Usher. had credentials signed by only the
secretary of the caucus
Mr. Morrill, then opened up the Deerine
m after. which had been the chlet bone OF
contention in the committee room. He
carefully reviewed the doings Oh ohe beeF
ine ward cauouses and the general canoui
which followed it, referred to the cnahg'
of front of Delegate Charles uooa"ih VI
ward 4. and the splitting up OF the gener'
al caucus. which resulted in the choice o.
rival delegations at large. he s'slo o
majority of members of the coHlml0tee
had come to the conclusion 6hsO 'hey
could not go back of the caucus reo''rnS.
They therefore had decided to reconiueao
the seating Of the Dresser delegates 9,
large, Sewel1 r. Fowler, Lorenzo =
Dyer, Charles D. Moses and William :
Ph1nney. The report concluded DIS Ao1'
| lows:
''And it is the further sense ofshls COIN
mittee that they deplore the unfortunate
Misunderstanding which has resulted In
sending of two sets of delegates at large
from the oity of Deering and stamp with
signal condemnation any and all acts OF
a breach of good faith or treaehery on the
part of any delegate toward his consult
uents -
The committees report was accepted,
after the convention had voted to seat phe
delegation from Cape Elizabeth, tal-
mouth and Sebago, whose credentials
were technically faulty. There was but
one dissenting voice when the question OF
accepting the committees report was put
to vote. A hand vote being called for,
only three voted in the negative.
On motion of MIR. Freeman Gowen, the
Deeing delegation was empowered to fill
the vacancy oocasioned by the resignation
of Delegate Goodwin. Mr. Andrew
Hawss was chosen to succeed the absentee
| aOn motion of MIR. Edward e, True of
Portland, the spectators were sent to the
galleries and wings. SO as not to obstruc
the convention delegates.
The chairman now announced that he
was ready to receive nominations for the
offices, beginning with that of eandi-
date for senator in the Portland district.
W. @. Whslden. ESQ.,, obtained the floor
and moved that Senator Josiah Fl. Drum
mond, Jr., of Portland be renominated
by acclamation. He said the candidat
was entitled to denomination, not only
by precedent, but because of his faithful
filing of that Office. The nomination
went to Mr.. Drummond by aoclamation.
Senator Edward @. Reynolds of South
Portland was renominated by aoelama-
tion, on motion of Judge Ray of West
brook.
The denomination of Senator Cyrus F.
Witham of Raymond next followed, that
honor going to him without contest.
THE VOTE FOR SENATOR.
The first bal1oting of the convention
came on the choice Of a candidate for
senator in the eastern district The name
Of Joseph. Y. Hodsdon of Yarmouth
was placed before the convention by
Mr.. George W. Hammond of Yarmouth,
the nomination being seconded by BENZ.
Thompson, Esq, of Portland.
Mr.. Seth f. Sweetsir of New
Gloucester was nominated by Mr.. E. Fl.
Moses, the nomination being seconded by
Mr.. Henry Brewer of Freeport. This
committee to receive and count ballots
was compo sed of Messrs. Charles E.
Townsend, Edmund e. True and Harlan
P. Prince. The vote was taken by towns.
Mr.. Hodsdon was nominated, the vote
being declared as follows:
Whole number, 1e9
Necessary for choice, 85
John Y. Hodsdon of Freaport had 129
Seth F. Sweetsir Of New Gloucester 46.
The chairman announced that one more
ballot had been cast than there were dele
gates present, but the passage of a motion
to make the nomination Of Mr.. Hodsdon
unanimous rendered unnecessary the
| taking Of another ballot.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
County Attorney George Libby Of Port.
land was renominated by acclamation, the
nominating speeches being made by w,
g. Chapman, ESQ.,, sand Mr.. Thomas P.
Kimball.
Adu 6dLhlI III NALRY.
| Next in order came the settlement of
the great question of whom the Republi-
can party will present to the people mex
fall as its candidate for sheriff, tt was
this question which lay at the bottom OF
most Of the exciting caucuses, and though
Candidate Despeaux was practically sure
of being nominated ON first ballot. Candi.
date Dresser's forces rallied to make one
great and final BATTLE
There were nominating speeches by the
half dozen. Mr.. Barrett Potter of Brun.
swiok started the oratory with an in
geniously worded speech. He said that
four years ago the Republicans of Brun
swiek had come before the county con-
vention and asked for representation on
| the ticket. They showed that the lare est
| town in the county which is taxed on a
valuation of 81 ,o00, 900 and has always
| been loyalty Republican had not had a
representative in any county office in a
generation. They presented the name OF
| man who was we'll fitted by ability and