Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-10

there can be but one IN 's,'"
10 Il There will be no regular session
Of the Legislature during the coming
winter. and nothing Of that sort 70 pre-
vent the proposed meeting.-an h seems
IN me il can never b. held In a more "a
vor.ble time. Especially interesting ""
such A reunion BE- 20 the older memoe"
u former legislature
Thi. thought carries me bach 70 the
art legislature o. which the inter o.
,hi. article was a member, 1910. 10
looking over the list u the men who
composed the State government OF hat
wear. . far A. can learn, q very small
rsr cent are o among the living
John Fairfield was Governor fhlip -
johnson, Secretary u state Daniei
Williams, Treasurer A. B Thompson
Adia,Ant General. aud Rufus Mclnife.
Land Agent. The Executive Ooen'"
was made up Of Gowen Wilson, John
Webb, Benjamin =. Eastman Alpheu'
L.,on, y. L. Fletcher. John Burnham
and Micah j.. Talbot. The venerable
Col. Eastman. now u this city, think'
/. the only surviving member stephen
G. Foster was President Of the senate
and Hannibal Hamlin. Speaker Of The
House VIM. TrAflon Secretary OF inc
senate and Elbfidse Geuy. Clerk Of me
House. The Senators from CamocfAnl
~ere OTIS G.. Gros.. La Croker, Phiip
Eastman and Levi I. Totman ifom
York. Timothy shaw. Simeon Barker and
John q. Perkins; from Oslofd, uen'
Al,An Bolster aad David Hammons'
The Representative from Portland were
| Oliver Is. Dorfance. VIM. PIE Fes'enden'
| Sylsangs X Lyman AMI husba Tow
bridge
In tracing the subsequent political ca
reer Il the members u that lSsislAiaic'
4 will b. seen. that q contained COM
para,iycly = large numbcr Of able men,
who have figured largely IN the political
world. John W. Dana. Hannibal Ham
In and Abner Cobarn. members % The
House. have each since allied the glbef-
material chair. While MI HAmlin and
VIM. 4. Fcsscnden. with Distinguished
ability. have since hoaored the state ~iih
lons year, q service 10 the L. ; sen
ate.
stephea c. Poster. Isaac Reed sad
| David Hammons from the senate. and
Freeman n Morse u Bath. Laihef Sew
erance Il Augusta. Nm T. fcssenden
I Of Portland, John Ous ~ haliossll.
John J.. Peuy q Ot'otd. Charles An
drs~s q Tuner. Elisha IL Allen oi
Bangor. Hannibal Hamin oi Hampton
and shepard Cary u Houlion Of the
House. and Ebndse Gsuy. - clerk,
have since been members ~ the National
House Il Representative but there
were 4 stngui,hed men IN that legi'la-
iufe Who nsvsr reached Congfessional
honor.. Who deserve q pa--ing notice.
Kicaafi n. Nosc ~ Augusta, = dsun.
PUNISHED lawyer; PhlP Eastman OF
saco. a sound add able advocate. joseph
Eaton of Winslos Ffsnklin smith ~
Ansoa. notable business men and sam
usl IA. blake q Bangor, q leaiing las-
yer and bu,ines. man. were III. membcis
II the senate. On the Holse from old
York va. The ,euefatle Joseph Dane.
Ex.M &. a. Kenncbgnk y j. Miller
I II Holls. ahef~afds al Portland d.
q. l.. Bennett of Psr.on'hcid and John
/. Paine of sanford, Mr. Hamhn'. nrai
for the Sps.kefship Brunswick was
represented by The venerable E3cnefsf
Everett. Mr.. Douance of Portland ~s.
one Of The most popular members % che
House. While 5 X Lyman from che
same city. VA then and many yeafs az
Ter. = distinguished leader 10 The Oh
Wig party. Oh u -. George
va. A irepressiblc speech maker. while
VIM. D~ele.depisr u B~alleysille. a.
though an able debaicr. was sometimes
very unfortunate In hs personal attacks
upon bis brother members lchabod X.
I Chadboufn Of Elsipofi Va On able man
of dignifed bearing. bat be never could
bear a Joke. E5enezsr =. Dsan vas one
OF hAr HNiNA Wt|A VI hAIANAHNf WHHA" HhH
Ezekiel Holms. of Winthrop. although
le.s demonstratlve than many u bis peer
had large influence IN the House. Geo
G. Getehell Of Arson was a keen logical
debaier. and Jas, the opposite was VIM
&. HAmmett u Hartland, whose honest
rough and tumble IN debate onen made
him The winner Bat / have no time
nor space IN thu. letter 20 speak ot other
members | would be glad 20 specially
noiice-such msn a. Jonathan Tucker %
Saco. jacob Hazea Of Bndgion, VIM
Baxtoa Of North Yarmouth, jason Fal.
lea u Boothbay. .no~ Of Portland, Phil
ip NJ. Oarcelon u Lisbon, Ssfsrani
Shaw Of WindhAm, AarOn r. Emerson
Of OlAnd. Noah Prince Of B~ackheld,
Noah Barker u Exeter, Dennis l. Mil
liken Of Bgrnham. Moses True Of Mon'-
vile and Alanson b. Caswell u Farm
ington.
Politics during that year, especially
during the extra session Ia the fall Tor
the revision Of the old statutes, were Of
fever heat. IL was the old Hlnf CIDER
campaign u "UpPecanoe and Tyler too.
when
Maine vent
Hell bent
for Governor Kent
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