The Portland daily press., 1899-01-10
DEMOCRATIC Love FEAST
Vas in COmmemOratiOn Of Old
Hickory.
VERY LITTLE WAS SAID ABOUT
DExOCRACYs PATRON SAINT.

First Annual banquet of the Maine
Democratic Club--Nearly All the
Speakers Talked About Expansion
and imperialism, hut Had Little 20
Say About Free silver--Letter Read
From w. J. Bryan.
The first banquet of the Maine Demo-
cratic club occurred last evening at the
Preble house. The club has 1871 members,
representing thirteen Of the sixteen
counties ana forty Of the towns of the
state. Out OF this number there were
quot lightweight Democrats by actual
count Many well known Demo Gratis of
local fame who have always been re-
garded as the pillars Of the party in this
section OF Maine were conspicuous by
their absence from this love feast The
greater part OF these absentees were the
black sheep Of the Democracy who could
not stomach the 10 to ratio and who have
not yet been taken back into the fold.
There were quite number present from
out of town, including four of the Demo
cratic representatives of the legislature
and prominent leaders from other sections
of the state.
Speeches we're made during the evening
by Hon. Henry W. Lamb of Boston, who
is president of the Massachusetts, Free
Trade club, Hon. George K MoNiel of
Boston, a we'll known labor reformer,
and Ell. Governor Alonzo Garcelon.
Very little was said about free silver,
this being a subject which none Of the
speakers seemed TO desire to dwell upon
at great length. They spent the most OF
the evening in denouncing the i'm
perialistic policy of the administration, in
scoring the Republican party and William
Nc Kinley, and in endeavoring to establish
platform for the Democratic party on
these lines. 1t was banquet for the OBJ
servance of jackson day and the speakers
were supposed to dwell at, length upon
JacksonIan principles MS applicable to
Democratic policy. Not a word was said
about Saint jackson until the speakers of
the evening had nearly completed their
remarks, ana then Ex-Governor Alonzo
Garcelon and Nj. p. Frank were the only
ones who had much to say about him.
cratic gathering from a DInocratio stand
point. with very excellent feast of
yiands and a famine of eloquence.
Previous TO the banquet the formal or
ganization of the Maine Democratic club
occurred In the parlors of the hotel. AT
|, this meeting the following officer S were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-LlewellynB Barton.
Vice President Walter u. Davis.
Secretary-M NJ. Ingraham.
Ireasurer-Hanno ". Gage,
Executive Comlnittee-DP. s. G. Cor
don, samuel l.. Lord, III. L. Frank, Geo.
f. Haley and George f. McQuillan.
The constitution and bylaws of the
club were adopted, after which the march
into the banquet hall was taken up.
AT the head table by the side of
President Llewellyn Barton and DR.. S.
Z. Gordon, were the speakers of the eve
ming and other invited guests. Among
them Andrew jackson Packard, resi-
dent of President Mckinley's congress
sional district; MIR. Tristan Stevens, the
only mans living In Portland who voted
for Andrew Jackson, and four Democratic
representatives to the Legislature, Mr.
Deering Of saco, MIR. West of Biddeford,
Mr.. Farnsworth Of Pembroke and MIR.
Merrill of New Gloucester.
The other out of town guests were as
follows: Harry G. Hurd, Limington;
Kimball Eastman, 9. S. Eastman, X. ID.
woodman, Fred A. Libby, Westbrook;
W. Il. 5. Bridgeman. Buckfield; j. II.
Sherman, Camden; James o. Kaler,
South Portland; Fred Emery Bean,
Hallowell; George I. Delano, South Port
lard; A. =. Packard, Buxton: Lemuel l..
Day, T. NJ. Merrill. New Gloucester; A.
$. Farnsworth, West Penn broke: Gsorg
s. Richardson, Waterville; Leroy Haley.
Robert Is. Sidel, Biddefor,i; Frank G.
Deering. Saco, North NJ. West, Bidde-
ford; Amos A. Chase, Cumberland Mills;
]. W. Meserve, Bar Mills; Thomas W.
Porter. Burlington, Me; William NJ
Trip. Wells; Willis ]. Linscott, Alfred;
K. T. May berry, Westhrook; e K Pink
ham. Freepors; K f. Goodwin, Spring
vale; Walter D. Davis Wells; King 5.
Raymond. Westbrook. William r. Hun
newell, Pittsfield; W. B. Chute Naples.