The Portland daily press., 1900-06-06
Mr. Scates Defeats Mr.. Edwards in
the Contest.
The Delegates Are Not
Instructed.
The Speeches Of q Very Prosy
Order.

The convention OF the Democrats OF the
First Congressional District to elect one
delegate at large and one alternate and TO
also elect two district delegates and two
alternates was held at Reception hall YET
terday afternoon. Considerable interest
had for some time been manifested in this
gathering and besides the most Of the
delegates who were on hand, there were
present many well known followers of
the party to witness the proceedings Out
of all the number that gathered there
were few gold men in the hall and what
few there were, took pains TO remain
strictly in the back ground 1t had been
announced that the convention would be
called to order at two o'clock but it was
twenty minutes after that hour before
Chairman Hanno W. Gage took the plat
form and read the call. Before proceed
ing with the temporary organization
Chairman Gage said that he had served
in that capacity for the last ten years. He
thought that 1t was now time for him to
retire. He therefore would decline u
denomination although he did not
1ntenu 10 lefiNt bIlt OciilUCTublO puTSy. AhV
simply wanted to be private.
William NJ. Pennell of Brunswick was
named as chairman and Il. A. Burke and
William<M. Tripp of Wells as secretaries.
The vice presidents were Edward A.
Gibbs Of Bridgton, Silas Skillin of Fall
mouth, Samuel l.. Lord of Saoo and G..
l. Bradbury of Hollis.
AFtax fa,.v In .iaa NJ D0,.naIl
launched forth into a rather prosy sort of
speech. He read from manuscript and
the high sounding sentences had been
carefully prepared to suit the occasion.
Once or twice only was he interrupted
by applause and that was very family
given. A reference to Bryan's name
brought out some cheering. He quoted
several times from Democratic newspa-
pers, reading to his impatient audience
long, dreary editorials from these organs
OF course he predicted Democratic sue
cess in the coming elections. But In
short the Brunswick man came a long
way from proving to be a good card for
the convention and everybody felt greatly
relieved when he reached the end OF his
essay.
Edward Stone of Biddeford moved that
the district committee be q committee on
Credentials and that it report at the
earliest convenience. The report was
that 64 delegates from York were present
and IO2 from Cumberland. The former
county was entitled to 81 delegates and
the latter to l2S.
On motion of K. G. Moody of York the
temporary organization was made perma-
nent. The same delegate also moved that
a committee of five be appointed to select
a district committee. 1t was seconded
and George L. SWEET of Portland,
Roscoe G. Harding of Gorham, Kimball
Eastman Of Westbrook, Fred b. Wiggin
of Saco and L. c. Moody of York were
SO appointed.
Levi Greenleaf of this city moved that
a committee of six, three from Cumber-
land and three from York, be appointed
to draw up resolutions. This was carried.
The chair appointed Mr. Greenleaf Of
Portland, Warren II. Vinton of Gray,
L. W. Moulton of Standish, r. c. Her
som of Lebanon, George l.. Sands Of Sacc
AMI Harry c. Heard of Limington.
The next business was taking a recess
so that the committees might be allowed
all the time which they wanted. This
recess continued about fifteen minutes.
The special committee for the purpose
reported the following as members Of the
district committee: Henry @. Hurd Of
Limington, J. N. Meserye of Bar Mills,
III. A. Weymouth of Saco, W. +. Cousins
Of Wells, Joel B. Kicker of Springvale,
w. MPennell of Brunswick, II. ]. Lane
Of Raymond, Kimball Eastman Of West
brook, l.. b. Roberts of Portland, Frank
G. Harding of Gorham.
s'Parson' Mckinney Of Bridgton
thought there We're too many delegates
but Mr.. SWEET said that there were not.
Then the report was accepted.
Then came the report of the commitee
on resolutions which was as follows:
The Democrats of the First Congress
sional District of Maine, in convention
assembled, reaffirm the principles laid
down, and adopted by the Democrats oi
the nation at Chicago, In 1898.
We reassert most emphatically, tne
Democratic faith that all tariff taxes
shall be laid for revenue as theil
sole object and not for the upbuilding ol
the Hannas, and their school OF graspine
multi-millionaires.
We denounce the administration fol-
inflicting upon the nation a policy o.
colonial conquest, with its attendant evils
Of Imperialism and militarisn' as peine
In direct contradiction of the principle.
enunciated by the Declaration OF Indepen