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ht to Htriko without arbitration, or other f<>nimli 



case the employer tails to pay <>lt' lit tin 



lar pay ila\s without giving satisfactory reasons. 



Prohibition. The second annual meet ing of 

 tin- People's Prohibitory Knforceincnt League 

 met ai Augusta in February. The address of 

 I he president, which had lieen prepared in con- 

 sultation with the executive committee, was 

 adopted liy tlie League, and :5,(XK) copies were 

 ordered to lie printed and circulated. 



Political. The People's party held its first 

 State Convention at Gardiner on May 3. The 

 statement of principles included the following : 



\Ve ileinalid :i sate, sound, nnd tlexilile currency 

 which shall ! a full legal tender for all debts, public 

 and private, to he controlled exclusively liy the Na- 

 tional Government without the intervention of pri 

 \at<- corporations, and issued to the extent of $OU 



Jn r <-il/iltil. 



As a step in the right direction, we demand the 

 free and unlimited coinage of silver. 



We demand that all revenues shall be limited to 

 the necessary e\]iciiscs of the Government. 



\Vr demand a graduated income tax. 



\\'e demand that Congress shall enact u law that 

 any person, firm, or corporation who employs the 

 t foreigners not natural i/.c'd, shall pay into the 

 I iiitc.l State.1 Treasury one dollar per day for every 

 day such foreign labor is thus employed, or^such sum 

 as shall he equal to the highest average protection 

 given to capital employed in the various industries of 

 this country. 



\\'c demand that the Government shall at once lake 

 charge of the railroad, telegraph, and telephone 

 systems and manage the same in the interest of the 

 people. 



We demand equal suffrage regardless of sex. 



We recognize the saloon as the mortal enemy of all 

 the above-named reforms, and therefore demand the 

 strict enforcement of our ,-tatute laws, and the enact- 

 ment of such national laws as may be ncccssan for 

 its complete and universal overthrow. 



Luther C. Bateman was nominated for Gov- 

 ernor. Delegates were chosen to the national 

 convention at Omaha, and a State committee. 



The Prohibition Party's State Convention met 

 at Ma i igor on May 4, with 152 delegates present. 

 Delegates to the national convention were select- 

 ed, and Timothy B. Hussey was nominated for 

 Governor. 



The Democrats met in convention on June 6 

 at Man go r. The subcommittee on platform was 

 in favor of instructing the delegates to vote for 

 the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, but after con- 

 siderable debate the resolution was modified so 

 as only to recommend his nomination. The gen- 

 eral feeling was decidedly against instructing 

 the delegates. The subcommittee's report also 

 declared that bimetallism, the free and unlimited 

 coinage of gold and silver under an international 

 compact to which the commercial nations of the 

 world are parties, is the true monetary system 

 for this country, which properly aspires to be I he 

 leading commercial nation of the world; and 

 said, in refereneeto the prohibitory law : 



The pretense at the execution of the prohibitory 

 law in the cities and larger towns is but a criminal 

 farce. dc|>aiielmi:_' the oilicials, degrading the public 

 morals, and incrca-inir the tipplinir habits of the peo- 

 ple, and it- principal uses seem to be to till the Re- 

 publican exchequer with enforced contribution! and 



tin' ballot boxes with coerced Republican vote-. \- 

 the proper execution of all laws depend upon the 

 support of public opinion, which seems wanting in 



this ciuie, we demand that the coriHtitutiomd provision 

 pertaining to the subject be again MUbmittcd to Un- 

 people, to the end that they may become informed of 

 the present disgraceful condition of ;h'- matter, and 

 provide some more ctticai-ioii.s modi.- to May tin- in- 

 en -use of the evil of intemperance. 



The platform as finally adopted first recom- 

 mended the nomination of G rover Cleveland; 

 second, opposed the McKinley tariff law: third, 

 declared for free raw material; fourth, de- 

 nounced the prohibitory law and culled for the 

 resnbmission of the constitution! 1 amendment : 

 fifth, opposed the udoption of the projx)sed con- 

 stitutional amendment regarding the fiualifi- 

 cations of electors; sixth, recommended that 

 election day be made a public holiday: seventh, 

 favored abolishing State constables; eighth, fa- 

 vored repeal of the law making hotels and drug- 

 gists common nuisances. Charles F. Johnson 

 was nominated for Governor. 



The Republican convention, which met at 

 Bangor, on April 27, to choose delegates to the 

 Minneapolis convention, recommended the re- 

 nomination of President Harrison, but left dele- 

 gates uninstructed. The convention for nomi- 

 nation of State officers was held in Portland on 

 June 21. Following are extracts from the 

 platform : 



In matters touching the affairs of the State, it [the 

 Republican party of Maine] is pledged to a prudent 



ana economical administration; a gradual reduction 

 of the State debt; such adjustment of burdens of 

 taxation as shall impose equal tax upon all property ; 

 a pure and carefully guarded elective svstem : a legis- 

 lative and executive policy which shall improve the 

 condition and maintain tlie rights ot all people who 

 labor, and by constant effort, both by legislative act 

 and individual exam] ile. t< i develop and improve the 

 natural resources of the State, and to keep the men 

 and money of Maine at home for the benetit of all its 

 people. It sees plainlv the great hern-tit which has 

 come to the people of Maine from their firm belief in 

 the cause of temperance and Prohibition, and it will 

 continue unfaltering in its fidelity to this cause. 



Henry B. Cleaves was nominated forGovernor. 



At the State election, Sept. 12, the following 

 vote was cast for Governor: Henry B. Cleave-. 

 li7..-)S,-> ; Charles F. Johnson, 55,073 ; Timothy B. 

 Ilnssey, 3,731; Edgar F. Knowlton (Union La- 

 bor), 1C6; Luther C. Bateman, 3,005 ; Scattering, 

 17. The two proposed amendments to the Con- 

 st it nt ion were carried. The one providing that 

 the adjutant-general and the quartermaster- 

 general shall be appointed by the Governor was 

 passed by a vote of 9,721 for, to 9,5(K> against. 

 The other, providing that " no person shall have 

 the right to vote or be eligible to office, under the 

 Constitution of this State, who shall not be able 

 to read the Constitution in tlie English language 

 and write his name; provided, however, that the 

 provisions of this amendment shall not apply to 

 any person prevented by a physical disability 

 fiorn complying with its requisitions, nor to any 

 person who now has the right to vote. in>r to any 

 person who shall IM- sixty years of age or up- 

 wards at the time this amendment shall take 

 cffci-t." was passed by a vote of 2.">.77"> t" 18,001. 



The number of Senators elected was 30 Re- 

 publicans. 1 Democrat; the numlH-r of Repre- 

 sentatives. 107 Republicans. 44 Democrats. 



At the November election the total number of 

 votes cast for Harrison was 02,871 ; for Cleve- 



