The Portland daily press., 1900-07-11

BRIGHAM, "but / know that a great
many of them are doing considerable
s'WhaS win they do, form another
party2'
ii don't knew. I only speak for my
self. / shall vote for Mckinley. got |
enough of the party when / saw their ac- |
tion at the Kansas City convention.
made up my mind that those Popul1sts
out there with hair on their teeth could
not make any more sixteen to one plat
forms for me. / was willing to follow
Dave Hin and the old time Democrats,
but couldn't swallow any more Bryan
when he wished to dictate the platform1n
advance. My Democratic creed has been
that the people made the platforms and
the 4 the candidate named in convention
was expected to stand upon it. y
A story was started here this evening
TO the effect that u. Barton, the Demo
cratic member of the state committee
from Portland was to leave the party
Mr.. Barton was seen by the PRESS cor
respondent this evening and emphaUlcalIy
denied the report. He said 1t was no
doubt started by the same people who in
spired the story which was IN the PRESS
OF Tuesday. Il shall not leav9 the
party, said Mr.. Barton, unless I am
kicked out. -
There seems to be little doubt but that
the fight In the Cumberland county dele
cation viii result IN the cleo tion of Geo.
L, SWett. Mr.. NJ p. Frank is heartily
In favor Of Mr.. Swett and It would appear
that he has the fight without hall an
effort.
Candidates for the governorship are not
very numerous. The Hon. ID. j. McGill1-
cuddy could have the nomination but he
emphatically says no. Many OF the dele
gates are in favor of Obediah Gardiner of
Roekland, the master of the state grange,
but his friends in Knox county Go not
want him to take the nomination as they
wish TO nominate him for state senator
and say they can elect him. This will no
doubt take Mr.. Gardiner out Of the Held.
His own desire is not to take the nolnina-
ton until he IS not connected with the
grange
John i. Lynch Of Machias has many
friends and they are telling of his many
good qualifications. lie may be nomi-
mated II there is a serious objection to
Mr.. Lord from the delegates in the CEN
trai ana eastern part OF the state
1t looks tonight as more than likely
tha Samuel L. Lord Of Saco VIII be the
nominee, although there are many who
balieVe he is not the most available can
didate.
Among the prominent delegates here
tonight are the Hon George n. Hughes
ct Bath, Willis Z. Patch and Thomas
White OF Bangor Oliver Otis Of Rock
land, l. NJ Staples of Washington, Fred
Emery Bean of Hall0wel1, Llewellyn Bar
ton OF Portland and many others.
The convention viii be called to order
Ly Chairman Hughes of the state com
mittee D. J. MoGinicuddy of Lewiston,
win be temporary chairman. The secre-
taries viii be as follows: Fred Emery
Beane, Hallowen; Oliver Otis. Rock
land; Tobias A. Burke, Portland; Ralph
Plaisted, Bangor; H. E. Holmes, Lewis
ton.
The platform VIII endorse the Kansas
City platform ana pledge the support OF
the Maine Democracy to Bryan ana
Stevenson.
The remaining planks treat of state
affairs. Republican extravaganza IS de-
nounced, revision Of taxation in order to
equaiIzs it VIII be demandedi 1t will favor
the election of the railroad commissioners
+ by the people, viii oppose the creation OF
the office Of state auditor, win favor
abonshing the fee system and the resub-
mission OF the prohibitory amendment
and II defeated local option and higE
license. The only presidential eleetor Sc
far decided upon is Hon. L. L. Jones
+ 0the T persons mentioned are: NJ. P.
Frank, w. E Vinal. Thomaston; f. W.
Knowlton, Oldtown; Llewellyn Barton
ard ex-Gov. Alonzo Garcelon, Lewis
t ton. About 150 delegates are present and
/ the prospects are the convention viii be
a large one.
The York county delegates who are
here wearing Honest Sam badges got a
scare tonight. The story got started that
an attem pt was TO be made to stampede
IF the convention for Hon. ID. j. McGllli-
cuddy, but it was without foundation
The Lewiston statesman would not accept
the nomination under any conditions.
Congressman Fitzgerald viii be present
/ and address the convention on the Frye
Payne shipping bill and other issues.