Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-01
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likely that no objections to this method
would be raised.
The a!ternates and the Presidential
electors virtually were agreed upon at
noon, as follows:
Alternates-Robert Macarthur, Bid
deford; Fred o. Smith, New Vineyard;
DR.. A. c. Hagerty, Ellsworth; George
H. Smith, Pressure Isle.
Electors-Charles H. Randall, Eir-
gil r. Connor, Fairfield Benjamin F.
Cleaves Biddeford; Luther P. Mad
docks, Boothbay Harbor; Henry W.
Sargent, Sedgwick, and Hugh r. Chap
lin. bangor
The secretaries selected for the con-
Vention were Everett B. Norton of
Pennington; Harry NJ. Bigelow, Port
land; Frank H. Upper, Bangor; Or
lando Irish, Hartford; Edwin b.
Twompley, York Harbor; Oliver J..
Hall, Bangor; Col. Elliott C. Dill, Port
| land, and Sam e. Conner. Lewiston.
! The delegates began to gather in the
| vicinity of the auditorium as early as
| l2.45 and half hour later at least a
| third were seated in the convention
| hall. There was much moving abou:
| ttlu COIil uSlolI lllS tilC BIC&l Id IiIlIl.
| utcs. The time was improved by the
supporters of the GubernatoriaI candi-
dates to flood the hall with campaign
| literature.
Chambers LIST Regiment Band en-
| livencd things with patriotic airs, but
| the delegates continued to swing back
and forth in the aislcs and an open
| space at the rear.
| The convention was called to order
at 1.50 by Chairman Seth NJ. Carter of
| the Republican State committee. While
he was waiting for quiet. William r.
| Haines. one of the gubernatorial aspir-
ants. strobe down the east aisle and
| took a scat with the kennebec delega-
| ton. amid applause by his adherents.
| The call was read by Secretary By
ron Boyd of the State committee.
| Prayer was offered by Rev. JESSE
Hill of Williston church, Portland.
Mr. Carter, announced the temporary
| chairman. Forrest Goodwin of Skowhe-
gan and the secretaries.
| Chairman Goodwin delivered mas
terly address in which he touched on
| national politics and most of the topics
of national interest, speaking for half
| an hour.
He said in part:
Maine has always been true to Re-
publican principles and has stood by
| Republican policies. and, in the COM
ing campaign and at the coming cleo
| tions. the people of our State will be
as steadfast in the ranks of the Eepub
| liCan larty as they have been since
the first Republican President.
Twice in so years have the people
of this country temporarily intrusted
their government to the Democracy
| and twice have they bitterly regretted
| their hasty action. and l believe they
will not repeat the experience of the
two Cleveland administrations.
The Republican party has always
been the party of morality and virtue.
1t was brought into being so years ago
by reason of the righteous desire on the
part of the people to stamp out the ac-
cursed traffic in human beings. and to
wipe from the escutcheon of our coun-
try the black blotch of slavery. 1T
grew in strength when the Union
was attacked, and the solid Democracy
of the South attempted to set up an
other flag in the place of the Stars and
Stripes; and when that war was over
the Republican party found itself in
trenched in the hearts of the people,
and they have never wavered but tenn
porarity in their allegiance to it's
principles.
Through the dark days of the Civil
War: through the Reconstruction
period when it seemed as though the
wisest craftsmanship could not har-
monize the conflicting interests or re-
vive the country from the great blow
which had been inflicted by the ex-
penditure of millions of dollars and
thousands of lives. the Republican
statesmen grasped the problems of the.
hour and met the new conditions as
they came, and from that time to the
present. it has created the laws,
formulated the policies, and controlled
the destinies of the land.
When it became necessary to estab-
lish public credit and to assure the
world that our national debt would be
r,:d. it was the Republican party that