Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-05
Norway Republican Caucus.
CHOSEN FOR swAsEY, WHO
ADDRESSES THE CAUCUS.

The announcement of the fact that
well-planned attempt would be made to
carry the Norway caucus for Littlefield,
whereas the town had been regarded as
sure for Swasey, caused considerable ex-
element to prevail In that town for q
few days, and called out one Of the larg-
est caucuses ever seen in that town Sat.
urday afternoon. Both sides had been
covering the town with bandbills, and
Mr.. Swasey had been summoned and was
present In the hall.
The caucus was called to order at 3
o'clock by Hon. John A. Roberts, chair
man of the town committee, and he was
chosen chairman Of the caucus by
unanimous vote. A. j. Stearns was
chosen secretary.
As the only contest Of any importance
was over the district delegates, and some
of the voters wished to leave aa early as
possible, that part Of the call was taken
up first. A motion was promptly made
that the five delegates be voted for on
one ballot, and that they be instructed to
vote for Hon. John P. Swasey, and the
two parts of the motion were severally
put and carried by show of hands, with
only few votes in opposition.
Notwithstanding that the caucus was
thus definitely committed to Swasey, the
distributing of the ballots which had
been printed, and which were headed re-
spectively "Swasey delegates" and "Lit-
tlefield delegates" went on, and the bal
lots were cast. The voting took some
time, and when the vote was counted the
total was 233. OF this number the
Swasey delegates had 1872 and the Little
field delegates II. The delegates thus
chosen are John A. Roberts, Simeon
Hartman, Frank A. Danforth, George
q. Dunn, and Herbert F. Andrews.
The announcement of the result was
greeted with loud applause, and Mr..
Swasey was introduced to the caucus.
He was received with three cheers, and
the short but eloquent speech which he
made was punctuated with burst OF
applause at every second or third SEN
tence. Mr.. Swasey expressed his love
for the County of Oxford, the county In
which he was born, where he had always
lived, and where he should probably die,
and eulogized the Republican party, the
principles of which he had always sup
pOGt0us III thio hSues NO ooius NO Aooh1ou
that he was up against the machine, that
he was up against the power Of the
corporations, that he was up against the
rum vote. He was not any mans candi-
date, as had been insinuated, but II he
was elected he should 60 untrammeled,
embarrassed, and independent, but Re-
publican.
Delegates were then chosen to the
state convention - follows: w. w.
Whitmarsh, E. r. Smith, E. q. Allen, G.
L. Curtis, r. E. Drake.
Delegates to the county conventions:
A. j. Stearns, G. W. Ryerson, d. L..
Horne, Bates s. Rideout, s. C. Foster.
Some differences of opinion arose at
the latter end of the caucus, causing con-
siderable discussion, and resulting In
dragging 1t out to great length. It was
finally voted to choose members of the
town committee separately instead Of
one ballot, and although only thirty or
forty voters remained in the hall, 1t took
nearly an hour to elect the seven men,
bers Of the town committee. The COM
mittee as finally chosen was: Charles p.
Barnes, 81. L. Bartlett, George 81. Dunn,
VIM. r. Jones, George r. Rowe, W. MUIR
ray Russell, A. L. Sanb0rn.