The Portland daily press., 1882-03-14
MAINE,
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Camden's Annual Election.

Special Dispatch to the Pressl
CAMDEN March 13.-The following is the
list of town officers elected in Camden to-day:
Moderator. H. Martin.
Clerk-A. d. Champney.
Selectmen, Overseers, Assessors, &c.--J. L. Well
man, Jere McIntire, A. Lampson.
Treasurer-F II Calderwood.
Collector Elliott Orbeton.
All Greenbackers except Collector On the
board of selectmen there was very spirited
contest. The test vote was on the first select
man, where the majority for the Greenbackers
was only 90 The Republicans believe there
is hope of Camden at the September election.
Biddeford's Election No Choice for
Mayor.
BDpEFoRD, March 13-There was good
fight made here to-day in the election. but
it resulted in no choice for mayor. Mr.. Clark,
the Republican candidate. had a good plurality
but the combination between the citizens and
Democrats proved to be of considerable
strength, and he lacked about eighty votes OF
an election. The Republicans elects five out
of seven aldermen, and large majority of the
councilmen. In ward one the combination
elect all but one councilman and clerk for
which there v i'll have to be new election.
Organization of Rockland's New City
Government
ITO the Associated PressO
RocKLAND, March 13-The city govern
ment of 1882, organized to-day Mayor
Gregory delivered his inaugural, which made
only forty-fve printed lines. In consequence
of the annual reports not being presented, he
was unable to give the financial condition of
the city, or make recommendations. except
that the annual reports be made and published
prior to election. r. III. Durham was elected
President of the Council and W. o. Fuller,
Jr., was reelected City Clerk. Both boards
adjourned till Monday evening next to elect
subordinate officers
Greenbackers Sweep North Berwick.
NORTH BERWICK, March 13.-The following
town officers were elected at to-days election,
all Greenbackers, and elected by from ten to
sixty-three majority:
Moderator j. Fl. Hammond.
Town Clerk-H S. Kidder.
Selectmen and oversesrs-Stephen Ford VIM. B.
Littlefield, Charles W. Chase.
Supervisor of Schools-W. H. Furlong.
= Collector and Treasurer-John johnson.
Town Agent-Stephen Ford.
Everything One Way in Bangor-Repub-
iicans Make Clean Sweep.
BANGOR, March 13.-The municipal election
to-day resulted in sweeping Republican vic
tory Lysender Strickland (Rep) was re-
elected mayor by more than one thousand ma
jority over G. P Brown, Citizens and Demo-
cratic candidate, and by nearly nine hundred
clear majority over all. On the mayor vote
the Republicans carried six out of seven wards
and elected the whole Republican ticket in
four wards, giving the Republicans the entire
control of all branches of the city government.
Last year the Republican majority was only
twenty-five with total vote of 2,768. To-day.
although the weather was unfavorable, 1880
votes were cast, as follows: Strickland, (Rep.)
1857, and Brown, (Fusionist) nominated at
the Citizens caucus and ratified by the Demo
cratic and Greenback caucuses, 629. 1. w.
Coombs, (Rep) voted for without his consent
on a so-called temperance ticket presented at
the polls, 121; scattering, 8. Stricklands
plurality, zoos; majority, 1874. Brown was
badly scratched AID his defeat the most crush
ing known in our municipal politics.
On the question of ratifying the proposition
to waive the city's first mortgage of the Ban
gor & Piscataquis railroad to permit the rail
road company to raise on the first mortgage a
loan of $780, 900 to complete the road to Moose
head Lake, the vote stood. Eyes," 1921; "no,"
1872, and the proposition was ratified by ma
jority of $3.50.
The Republicans Make Clean Sweep 10
Augusta.
AUGUSTA, March 13.--At the election in this
city to-day the Republicans made clean
sweep, electing every candidate upon their
ticket in every ward, from mayor to constable.
The total vote cast was 1,120, of which P. o.
Vckery had 7S9, Martin 324, scattering.
The Republican majority is 45S, the largest for
many years.
Belfast Elects the Citizens Candidate.
BELFAST, March 13.-At the municipal cleo
ton to-day, George e. johnson, the so-called
tax payers candidate, was elected mayor by
$50 majority. Political distinctions were en-
tirely ignored
Shipping in Rockland.
RocKLAND, March 13.-John Bird q 20. OF
this city, with Worcester, Mass, parties, cor
template building Immediately large auxlli-
airy steam schooner for the coasting trade, to
be ready for business the ensuing fall.
MASSACHUSETTS,.