Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-04-17
STATE CONVENTION.
mn EaATEs TO NATIONAL CON-
yENTIoN ELECTED.
-, rouR DISTRICTS AND STATE FOR
RoosEvEIT--THE REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.

"a
ror last Wednesday was one of the largest
md most exciting in the history of the
80 in Maine. The contest was between
Tsn and Roosevelt adherents, and Roose-
ralt won sweeping victory.
The four delegates-at-Iarge elected by
,ho state convention are for Roosevelt, and
tho second, third and fourth districts each
elected two Roosevelt delegates. As the
ars, district had previously elected Roose-
coli delegates, this gives Roosevelt the
sol;d delegation OF twelve delegates from
Maine.
Hon. Warren &. Philbrook, OF Water
,4,,a. who presided at the convention,
made q ringing address, in which he
seored heavily ON the democratic admins
,ration in Maine, concerning which he
said
time forbids any extended review of past
..hieyements by either party. In the State,
d,,ine the last ffteen months, public meas
are. have been framed and public policies
have been formulated by those who have
claimed the right TO criticize our management
q, public affairs In former years.
We may have made mistakes. and we prob
ably ala for We were human. and, as such,
liable to err. But while We may have in
Cured some debts in erecting necessary pub
nc baildings and supplying the needs OF
worthy public institutions, we have never at
,smp;cd to mortgage the credit of the State
,or half a century by proposing two-miilion-
dollar bond issue, nor incurred the expense
a, a special session Of the legislature for no
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lneabatcd mountain and hatched ont mole
hill.
We may have failed sometimes to uphold
the dignity of .sw By impartial enforcement,
bot we have never openly persisted in saying
that the will of the people cannot be en-
forced, or In telling majority Of the voters
that the minority was right. and that no
question was correctly settled until the deci-
sion was In harmony with the views OF a
minority,
some town clerks may haze made errors In
counting ballots or in compiling returns, but
We have never put forth the monsirous
proposition that a candidate for county or
legislative Office in Fort Kent or KeEar Falls,
in case Of q disputed election, may have
access to the ballots only by travelling all the
way to Augusta; nor have we, remembering
the days Of 1850. believed II TO be wise 10 place
the ballots themselves in the hands of those
whose privilege 1t is 10 adiudieatc upon re-
turns
The vote for delegates in the State and
and district conventions were as follows;
State convention Roosevelt, .5Sa; Taft,
l97.
second district 49, Roosevelt, 1870; Taft,
lOi
Third district Roosevelt, i57; Taft, 50.
Fourth district - Roosevelt, 1854; Taft, 20.
Charles l.. Morang, OF Ellsworth, was
one Of the Roosevelt alternate delegates
at-large elected.
Hon. John A. Peters, OF Ellsworth, was
the Hancock county member of the com
mIttee on resolutions, and J. ID. Phillips,
OF Southwest Harbor, was the honorary
vice president from Hancock county.
In connection with the State conven-
were held.
Hon. Elmer p. spofford, OF Deer Isle,
Was elected the Hancock county member
OF the State committee, and Roy C..
Haines, of Ellsworth, the Hancock county
member of the district committee.
The Hancock county committee elected
is IS follows: IL. Wakefield, Bar Harbor;
T. NJ. Nicholson, Bucksport; E. f. Chase,
Bluehill; A. c. Hagerthy, Ellsworth; w.
o. Emery, Sullivan; ]. ID. Phillips, South
west Harbor; IL. w. Sargent, Sargent
vile; W, A. Kicker, Castine; o. w. Foss,
Hancock.