The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-04
GEORGE FRED REPLIES.
agrees Z" Debate with Governor
Atkinson.

-@=AfACIAL TO THE PREss1
s.. -D'es--' - i'oe1nbe 5.-UnIess appearances
arc very ~eoe1tful the man who bas hoov,
causing q good deal of fright bv obasip o
moiien ana peerlng into windows viii
e1Fe One1a no more trouble for a while
II the police arrested man wbo
gives MS name as Whittam and who - is
''.'ssoU =. ~ was peering in at the windows
- o-A'sA -S7@ A Harriman's home on H1ob
1o,eos ven discovered by a police officer
"iiO f'0os-A1p P ted to arrest the fellow. The
--l''lA 1e'-- oo6 was pursued by the officer
wy ga e@red him and locked him nm.
10 "S'S = hearing in the morning.
AooS'S 1>ev- r. w. O'Brien's Forward
DaoVeiiie7-1 g hurchssconductedva big excur.
SION 10 augusta and Togus on the steam
q Sl-ao gs-11-h0c- On the trip home there
,as T"s - Die on board and one man was
20 P, 49, II mons. The trouble confirmed
81 g a~,sI- ! - - trying to suppress it p. H.
steenos5-. = 0oo5hbay, who is mate on the
I,1tfn Ious1fl.e-. :. was stabbed in the back The
ALlIo i.- -I---.EOTvly escaped the lining of the
5sS ruS a = 8 made wound one and half
o.,9 TS 15eo lie was brought to Bath
Suu Si. Il. -AQWln NJ. Fuller is attending
n1In' ' ne Is said to be in a serious condi7
Gaon w u = --Szo who did the stabbing seems to
20 uh hA1z0VVn tonight and while the poIfce
a~res. tomas mas Z Neagle of Bath under
Win Ill, c231111n1 q lifting the crime.
ne 441,s6 Democratic rally held in the
olOy turing the present camDaion took
PasS5 PtsaSS a me Alameda this evening and
Wnlle o-1ere was good sized audience
present The enthusiasm which greeted
congressman Littleneld week or ten
Gays ago failed to manifest itself IN
uOuDIo0lY the serious Illness of Hon Ar
ur Snur s7ez<Fa-1 caused a lack OF enthusiasm
tor MS name Is on every one's Iips tonight
huWaE0 u Plummer called the meeting
TO ofoe=r and named joseph Torrey as
cnalIL1z42 who introduced the sneaker of
Gne evening IN the person OF Hon, George
EIeu ~ 4l11anS Of Massachusetts, Mr.
Williams prefaced his remarks by alIud-
ing 70 Sit SeWalIs s sudden and critical
llllSss and spoke OF his high regard for
him as q personal friend a penerous
hearted citizen and a faithful Democrat
whose loyalty never faItered even though
great a4turements of personal profit were
nelu 04b 10 tempt him. He then opened
his speech by alluding to little personal
matter he said that while he was in
Portland lae was presented with a list of
quesU4o1s prepared by New York news
paper which he declined to answer in that
way but declared his willingness to
discuss the issues with any representative
kepu bI1can OF the state of Maine This
paper claims 1 do not dare meet a gentIe-
man OF the Republican side in joint de- |
bate ~ hen / alluded to a Joint debate I |
stated the kind of a man / was willing to /
meet. 1t was a cabinet officer two |
H.
Either I am willing to meet to discuss
the issues Of the day. Mr. Lit5lefteld
specifically ccllned and the other gentle
men / have 1eard nothing from / Will
make II broader and that there may be no
Misunderstanding VIII repeat that l am
ready 90 cancel any engagement that [
may have during this campaign to meet
upon any platform in any city in the
state. any gentleman that Che Republican
party may select. I do not propose to
take up my time unless the person is the
authorized representative of the RepublI-
cans Of Maine. and should the Republican
state committee select Governor Atkinson
or any other man agree to meet him and
waste no questions as to his personality
1t is no dlsrespect to Governor Atkin- {
son, however, for me to demand that he
or whatever gentleman may be selected
shall show credentials from the Republic {
can state committee and in turn do not
think there is any doubt but that the
Democratic state committee would grant
me mine He then went into lengthy ]
discu ussiOn of the trusts and attacked quite !
vigorously the oil and sugar trusts. \