The Portland daily press., 1900-08-01

f6dllAe bne danger from this rum cOntrOIY
DO they know that three hundred rum
sellers with all their friends and relatives
are bound together TO help the Republi-
can party and to contribute to It's funds2
How long will they tolerate thisg 1t has
been going on too long already, and soon
the people viii rise up and overthrow this
hypocritieal party. Mr.. Connolly went
ON to say that a ring controlled the Re-
publican party, and the good citizens
vote with the rumsellers to keep this ring
in power. He said that the ring went SO
far at one time as to decree that only
one kind OF ale should DO sold in Port
land, and this ale was manufactured by
a brewery owned and controlled by a Re-
publican candidate for Senator in New
Hampshire who had paid the freight of
the New Hampshire delegation to the
Philadelphia convention. The man who
seeks office IN the Republican party must
first take the VOW of perpetual silence
from the ring He then said something
about how the sheriffs went so far as to
to attempts to control the Republican
county committee by putting all deputy
sheriffs upon 1t, but that this attempt
was overtime Wn by young man who
win learn better after while than to try
to buck up against the ring e-told
how he saw the father OF policeman at
work in d bottling establishment, bot
Ting ale, and of an officer who came into
his store one time anu said that he didn t
dare to seize a car load OF beer because
If he did he would lose his job, and that
this officer had told him that he had
found it profitable to be nearsightsd If
hs wished to remain on the police force.
Mr.. Connolly wound up his speech by
saying something about the Democrats
tearing down the pirate flag Of Mark.
Hanna and restoring the flag of the free,
and about the overthrow OF the party
which is republican in one land and
imperial in another. "Our battle cry
IS freedom, not profit, :" concluded Mr.
Connolly, "and in November the Demo-
cratic party viii vindicate the Declara-
ton OF Independence.
This speech seemed to take well with the
convention, and they gave Mr.. Connolly
very literally of their applause at the
conclusion of his remarks.
j. Henry Bradley Of Portland moved
to make the county committee the COM
mittee on credentials. After some delay
this committee reported 1873 delegates
entitled to seats, with 800 present. Casco,
Harpswen and Otisiield had no delegates
present. Stephen Foley OF Ward three,
Portland. moved to accept this report,
and then Louville II. Dyer of South
Portland moved to make the temporary
organization permanent, and it was so
voted
Mr.. LIeweIlyn Barton of Portland
now came TO the 'front.' and moved that
committee on resolutions be appointed
by the chair. This being voted, the
chairman appointed Llewellyn Barton of
Portland, Louville H. Dyer of South
Portland, Joseph A. BIc6owan OF Port
land, Warren IL. Vinton of Gray, and L.
W. Moulton Of Standish on this com
mittee. Mr.. Barton soon returned and
presented the following platform, which
was adopted:
THE RESOLUTIONS
We, the Democrats OF Cumberland
County IN convention assembled, re-
affirm the principles enunciated in the
I totALc UAA AkstADAttA RAetbAOA1Ln tAADpUo0 az
Lewiston and Kansas City, and especially
those planks IN the State platform relat-
ing to the fee system, taxation and the
prohibition question.
We condemn the course of the present
administration of this county for its so
called enforcement Of the prohibitory
law. 1t is farcical, fnslncere, corrupt
1 and indefensible.
In the language of the State platform
| which we reiterate, we believe the re-
county, irrespective or party, favor
I change. They demand that the law shall
be better enforced or repealed. 10 that end
| we demand resubmisSiOn. When resubmIs-
| sion is accomplished we advocate high
! license and local option law IN the cities
and towns of three thousand inhabitants
or more, but until that is accomplished
we demand the impartial enforcement Of
| the present prOhIDitory law, and we
pledge our candidates. II elected TO such
an enforcement
We pledge the candidates this day
nominated our cordial and united sup
port.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The convention now got down to bust
ness and began to run off the slate. Mr..
Meserve of Naples nominated Edward A.
Gibbs of Bridgton as a candidate for
senator from the Northern District Mr..
Libby of Brunswick nominated William
NJ. PenneII OF Brunswick as a candidate
for senator from the Eastern District.
! Louville Dyer of South p ortland nomi-
mated Frederick w. Jordan Of South
Portland as candidate for senator from
the Southern District, and Mr. Tobias
A Burke of Portland in a very pretty
speech nominated Joseph A. MCGOWAN
OF Portland as a candidate Tor senator
from the Portland District.
Levi Greenleaf, after a rather long
speech, placed in nomination the name
OF Nathan Clifford of Portland for county
attorney, and then the convention came
to the sheriff nomination. The moment