Show Maine Republicans BANGOR Maine April 26The Republican Re-publican State Convention was called to order 783 delegates being in attendance attend-ance Horace H Bnrbank was elected chairman The candidates with a I single exception were elected by acclamation I accla-mation Charles H Prescott Joseph H Manley S i H Allen and Charles A Boutelle were elected delegatesat large The alternates and electors having been elected the com mitteo on resolutions reported the platform which was adopted and the convention adjourned The platform declates for the protection of American industrv and that it is the dutv of Remiblicans in Congress to resist to the utmost the passage of Mills tariff bill favors the abolition of BO much of the revenue tariff taxes as will bring the total receipts re-ceipts of the Treasury to equal as nearly as practicable the just expenditures expendi-tures of the government that Hon James G Blaine our longtrusted statesman is deserving ot the thanks of the people of Maine and of the entire nation for the promptness and remarkable remark-able ability and facility with which in his Paris letter be answered the free trade manifesto of President Cleveland and pointed out the duty of maintain taming American industries and markets for the American people The physicians tonignt say the Emperor is better in every respect and that the crisis is past |