The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-12
The Portland Convention.


Gov. HilPs first term. lie is popular
and able chief magistrate and has given
the State an admirable business ad-
ministration. Chairman F. NJ. Simpson
of the State Committee called the con
vention to order, Hon. n. 2. Noble of
Phillips presided, l.. G. Cornish of Au.
gusta made the nominating speech and
Richard Webb, Esq of Portland, Forrest
Goodwin, Esq of skowhegan and George
Il. Smith, Esq. of Pressure Isle made the
speeches seconding the nomination.
In the make up of the convention, f.
Kelley of Fairfield was vice president for
Somerset; l.. L. Walton, ESQ. of Skow.
hogan, member of the committee on
resolutions, and Forrest Goodwin, mem.
bers of the State Committee for Somer
set. Col. A. e. Blunt was mem Der of
the committee chosen to notify Gov. Hill
of this nomination.
Gov. Hill appeared and accepted his
nomination in a brief, model speech
The platform adopted is a good one.
The enforcement plank reads: Every
provision upon our statute books for the
promotion of temperance was put there
by the republican party, which has al
ways stood for sobriety and thrift among
the people of our State. We favor the
| continuance of all such statutes and de-
mand their faithful and impsrti,l en-.
forcement by the officers of the law
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw made
a very able speech on National affairs
Following is the pithy, telling, five
minutes speech made by Forrest Good
win, Esq. in seconding for Central Maine
| the nomination of Gov. Hill:
A republican convention IS an inspiration
/ always and everywhere; and this convention
Of the stalwart republicans Of the State Of
Maine, assembled for the purpose Of re-
nominating our present governor, united, en-
| thusiastic and confident, composed Of dele
gates representing constituency as inteli-
gent and patriotic as can be found within the
union, is in every way worthy of our splendid
candidate and our glorious cause.
For forty years the republican party Of the
State of Maine, has been true to the people
of the State. For forty years the people Of
the State have been true 10 the republican
party. From this confidence and trust sprung
the lusty child of repubcanism and to-day,
after forty years of service tired and true, we
find the republican party in the full power
Of its vigorous manhood, bulwarked and in
trenched in the hearts of the people Of our
State, as llrmly as Mount Katahdin was plant
ed by the God Of Nature amidst the ever
lasting hills of the State Of Maine
OF our democratic friends individually we
say nothing but good. Collectively, they
have no cause for existence For forty years
they, like the children Of Israel, have been
hopelessly wondering in the wilderness, seek.
ing the promised land. But they have had
no Moses, they have no pillar OF fire by night
nor pillar Of cloud by day. True, during
some OF the forty years, when Mr.. Cleveland
was President, they received some Of the
political mama, hut the opium trust OF the
faithful, scrambled SO over the remains, that
it did them more harm than good.
In this State the Democratic party today
is the worst licked party that have ever
known. Defeat with it has become chronic.
Like the patient OK ii marches up to the BIZ
ennial slaughter, and never knows what
strikes it. 1t has no more life than stag.
nant pool Of water in muck hole, ON a sum
mer afternoon, with the thermometer at
hundred degrees in the shade.
1t is the party of the past; il is the party
Of the old and defeated; and if by chance
you should be in Bangor at lis state eonyen-
ton, You will see convention Of old men
and you will hear them talk about Jackson
and Jefferson, Free Trade and State banks,
and you will feel like saving in the words Of
the immortal Webster: Venerable men you
have come down to US from a former genera
ton"
ON the other hand the Republican party is
the party Of the young and the strong II is
the party Of hope and of progress, of pros
perity and plenty. Of courage and victory.
The young men of today hold in their hands
the destiny OF this republic, The young men
Of this republic are Joining the Republican
party--for it holds To them the word OF prom.
Use and keeps it to the hope. The young men
Of Maine Will elect a Republican governor
this fall and in 1904. the young men of the
United States from Maine to California, and
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, will stand
in serried ranks in the Republican column,
and with an enthusiasm unbounded with 4
courage untlinchng. with number rrsistable,
will elect by their suffrages, President Of the
grandest republic the world has ever known,
that mate less young leader of today, presi-
dent Roosevelt
said, Mr.. Chairman that our party had
ever been true to the people of our State
Listening today, we hear the ground swell
from the ranks of labor, murmer among the
people, demanding shorter hours and greater
privileges. We are quick to the response
And we say to the laboring men Of Maine