Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-10-26
The Mex, legislature The 0Hcers /
shall Elect.--The Senator Question.

keep decent watch. or move the eos'omar,
vote Of thanks 70 the speaker at the close o
the session. hi. will throw the whole re
.rOnsibili,y upon the Republican party. o
oour-e the Republicans will have the or
ganiraticu IN each branch.
For President Of the Senate We have hear
mentioned. Dr. Pcasc, Of BsidgtOn. Mr.
Andrews. Of Biddeiord, Mr.. Granger, o.
Washington, Mr.. Ilammatt. Of Penobscot
and Mr. vinton. OF Gray. Either Of thes'
men have the necessary qualifications 10
make them good presiding officers. 80 Tar
a. &c can Judge in the matter. we think
the eontes, will b. between Or. Pcas,, OI
Cumberland. and Mr.. Granger. Of Wash
iugton.-,he iorusr nos Aeing ahead. Bot
in hi. We may be mistaken. The battle Is
no, alssys to The strong, or the race 70 the
swin.
IN the House, there are large numbers Of
men Who would On the speaker chair with
grace and sbiliiy; bu, We have heard only
two men NAMED Who seen u be prominen,
candidates Tor that position. ues-rs Blainc
ofAugusiA, and MeCrllis Of Bangor. Each
Of the.c syn,lcReu have served two terms in
the House, both have ability and tact A.
well a. experience. We Observe that some
Of our contemporaries say the sPcaksr.hip
i ooHcs,i,i n Mr.. Blaine. We do not -
understand 10. unlcS. Mr.. McCrillis goes
OFT % t.a Geld. ant c,cD IN that went
some other Richmond might spring up to
claim the honor. With either OF thee
gentlemen We have no doubt the party
would he satisfied and either. Il slect-i.
wall discharge the datiss Of the position
With eminent ability.
Cor BROTHER Lincoln. Of the Bath Scn,i.
mel. Will undoubtedly bc reelected Sscret,ry
o. the senate, having s"rycl but single
ycar--ta tie entire satisfaction Of an con.
ccrucI.-and the sane NAV bc sah Of the
rrr.cn, Clerk Of the lIcu.e. who will 60 in
without .er''us opposition.
s. f,r as STATE oactr. are concerned there
will probably b, bu, one or two changes.
Mr.. Morris. Land Agent. !. on hi- tir.t term
W. believe h,m to he good oEccr. and 49,
no reason Why he should not he unanimous
" reelected. The same may BE- said q Mr.
Dane. our very sGcient State Treasurer.
Who. ~ NJ. managemeu, cf our financial
AFFAIR.". - ~innine golden opinions FROM all
Nj Drummond. Attorney Gcucral. was
ehc--n % fli the vacancy oecAponei hy the
death Of the lanentci Ingersol. Mr.. D. -
a Young man Of ,Icrll-ni legal atiainmrnt..
an active public oaicer. AMI We have no
doubt ~ill b. reelected hyA unanimou.
vote or his party. 10 the oa,r of Secretary
OF State. Il se-m. 8, b. generally conceded
there will - \ change. Hon. S'sh Smith
the pre-,ut incumbent, will have held the
cfce. a, The expiration o. he pr-s,nt tcrn,
three year. ~ one, to our kno~leige.
Gnds fault 18th the -Annrr ~ which the
dutiy. OF The uEc, have been discharged an.
der his administration. We helicy, Ne has
performed then well. With great hithful.
u,,' ana flrlty. pre'-irnt In the R,pub-
l,cau Iarty. ia thi. STATE. sesn, 70 dictate =
change The name. generally mentioned,
from which a successor % Mr.. Smith j. 70
b. selected. Ofa nes man I, 20 b. taken
are E0och ". wocihury Of S-eisn. ! u.
Hall OF Ar,o-io1k, q. W. Wilcox VI Gar.
diner. ana l.. d. Moore, Of Augusta. 81
Tar a. Ne can gather public s,n,i~snt upon
thu question, ur. Woodbury. has the inside
,racS. Thu. state OF feeling Aris~s from
several causes. Ia the Gr., place, Mr..
Woodbury., IN point Of qualifications. stands
second 70 none Of his eomr-,tor,. n elect
Cd. h,. rtpsuencc IN the senate and House
will ail him c-.sntially IN che discharsc q
his okcial duties. No mas has, better
record. % a kinder heart. lie has tcen
iaithiul working man, IN the Republican
party. lrlm 10. fret oIganiaii,n. We have
DO sort Of di.rariscment tor either OF hi'
competitors. They all are honorable mou,
well qualified i1r the high trust they desire
o. assume. Mr. Hall ha. been Secretary Of
the S.uate Tor three years. aud Mr.. Wilcox
CLERK ct che Ilou-'. the same length Of time,
zinc. tie Republican. came into powrr IN
thi. State. Both OF these ctbcc., al Ihe
present. rate " pay, are lucrative. Sir.
Moore. lake some Of our other Kennsbec
friends. seems 10 have been tolsrably lucky
In holding ohce IN times past. OIher thing.
being equal. NE DO not suppose our friend.
in Kennebec wiil ask Tor curyiLiHs. They
are good .et Of fellow. a. ever lived, but
they ara not the whole STATE. Besides. in
times past, they have Jared pretty well, by
way Of Governors, Speakers OF the House.
elsrsships, and other places, and nov II
they expect United State. ScuatLr, Speak.
sr Of the House. and some hall dozen minor
otisys, would it not be a little modes, in
them to withdraw their candidate ior Sec.
rotary Of State, and {" make way" for one
Of the Oxford BsArs9 These suggestions
are DOT our own, but they come from our
Republican friend. in different section. Of
the State II i tor them to determine
whether they are entitled to fair consider.
alton.
The most impor;an, matter which will
come up in the next Legislature will be the
election Of United State. Senator TO al
the vacancy which is now sure 10 arise by
the election OF Mr.. Il.mlin To the Wee
Presidency. Three names have already
been mentioned in the press for the high