Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30
Cobb Named for Governor.

| a dispatch from Bangor, Me-, last night
! says: The republican state convention,
| held here today, nominated Mr.. William T.
Cobb of RocklanG for governor on the
| first ballot. The other candidates were
| Charles II. Prescott of Biddeford, Bert NJ
! Fernald of Poland, Eliot Wood of Win
| throp and Mayor Flavius o. Beal of Ban
| gOr.
| United States Senator Hale was made
temporary chairman, and later the tenn
| porary organization was made permanent
| Representative Lttlefeld placed in nominal
| ton William T. Cobb. who received 673
| of a total of 1,26S votes cast the first
| ballot. The vote for the other candidates
| was: Fernald, 291; Prescott, 291; Wood, A.;
| Beal, 3.
The platfrom declares for protection,
| which safeguards American we'll pa Id
| labor against the competition of chea o
| foreign labor a sound currency, with gold
| as the basis; favors reciprocity which COW
| ers the interchange with foreign countries
| OF articles not produced in this country,
| and our own products needed in such coun-
| tries, but opposes reciprocity with Canada,
| and recommends proper aid by the gov
| eminent In building up the American ma
rlne: The achievements of the national ad-
! mlnistration during the last four years
are set forth in terms of praise, and the
support of the party in this. state is pledged
to Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Senator Hill Not Invited
dispatch from New York last night
says: For the first time in fifteen years. at
| least, ex-senator Hill is not invited to the
Fourth of July celebration at Tammany
| Hall. The fight between Hill and Murphy
! has resulted in the losing of the invita-
! ton that ordinarily would have been sent
to Mr.. Hill. The committee on invitations
Is under general instructions to invite all
democrats of the first magnitude. Mr.. Hill
has been regarded hitherto in the first
| class. This year he Is unbiased. When
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Tammany
! Hall, was asked last night about the fail
ure to include Mr.. Hill, he said:
IF Mr.. Hill was not invited the over
| sight was not intentional. The understand
Ing Is that every prominent democrat in the
| state is to have an invitation. clerical
| error must have been made in handling the
| invitation intended for Mr.. HILL"
Betting on Cleveland.
Wall street is beginning to take interest
in the national political situation. In the
deadly dizziness which has seized stock
speculation interest in the market devei-
| opments has given place to discussion as
to the democratic, nominee at tho ST. Louis
| convention. Yesterdays prevailing differ
ences of opinion, found expression in the
| curb market, where score or more of bets
| were made. Grover Clevelanfs name ap-
peared with surprising persistency in the
| terms of many wagers.
There is at least $4,000 waiting to be
wagered at odds of to 21a that he will be
| the democratic nominee. Those who differ
| on the point, however, willing to bet
| only to 1 that Cleveland will not be
| named.
There We're six or seven bets made indi-
| eating that in event of Mr. Cleveland
| nomination it was an even chance between
! him and Mr.. Roosevelt. c. M. Minzes-
| heimer said he had $4,000 to wager at
evens that Cleveland would defeat Roose-
welt in the former were nominated
and consented to run. customer or
| Sternberger, Sim & Co. placed 800 even
money on Roosevelt against Cleveland. w.
c. Moore, curb broker, bet $100 even with
| Louis Heienman on Cleveland.
| One of the matters most commented on in
/ the financial district yesterday was the
! force of the Cleveland boom. Wire houses
had it that the ticket would be Cleveland
! and Francis.