Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-04


81 will try" was Eugeue's reply" When
Eugene got his foot into Congress, there was
no power to get him out until the greenback
craze knocked his trotters out from under
him. Seth Milliken, who represents Eugene's
old district, has not forgotten what kicked
Eugene, and when bill was before Congress
to make more 85 cent dollars, he voted
against il.
Nearly all the members of the House were
strangers TO me, | was intimately acquainted
with very few; among the latter Mr..
Lucius Loring of Buckfeld. a retired mer-
chant, quite aged,-he is now away up in tie
nineties. in good health, but does not go out
much in cold weather. In warm weather he
i. about the village bright and cheerful every
day.-The democratic candidate for repre-
sentative against Mr.. Loring, was John
Long, now ex-Gov. Long Of Massachusetts
John Loug moved TO Massachusetts and
changed hi, mind, and well 1t is for Johnny
Long that he CHANGED his mind when young.
THE SESSION OF 1862
was a busy session. The most of the BUSH
ness was connected with the wal, raising troops
and providing WAYS and means. Fifteen reg
iments had been raised. The lst Maine Cav
airy and the 18th Maine were in camp on the
State grounds. An extra session of the Leg
islature the year before had authorized the
recruiting Of ten regiments with bounty of
sl3. to each enlisted man. Fifteen regiments
had been recruited and the question came up
in the House to pay the last five regiments
the same bounty the first ten were paid The
measure failed to pass. The members of
Legislative experience who were accounted
good fnanciers did not think the resources OF
the State could stand the drain if the last fiTe
regiments were paid the same bounty the first
ten were paid The ''s5 cent dollar" had gone
into the ground along with the gold dollar
and the banks could not redeem their notes.
The prospect ahead looked dark The men
who shaped the legislation of the State in
1862 were experienced men, sharp. careful
and shrewd. They could see no way out by
the old methods. There was no way out by
the old methods. They looked for wisdom
back into the past. They had not the
prophetic vision 10 see in to-morrow's paper
the announcement of the birth of the rag
baby baby was born that stood in the
prime aud vigor of manhood when day old
and a nation was saved.
James G. Blaine was Speaker He run
that house a. easy and natural as Caleb Smell
runs hauling when he is master carter
moving a building. Among the members of
the House, we'll known in the politics of the
State, were Shepard Cary of Houlton, Geo.
+. Sewaii' blon bradDury' D. biake' A.
Z. Gould, and ID. ID. Stewart of St. Adams.
Shepard Cary was on his feet most of the
time, but didn't have much to saw. ID. ID
Stewart didn't open his mouth very often and
when h. did he most always had something to
a ,rho da,, haf,r. tho ciosa 90 ,ha sass;,n
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,oJ;tto;ans 90 ha;,, an cola fnnI n.ndJhave
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ahead since 1862. Our course is still onward
and upward, and there is grand future for
the old Pine Tree State Our cold winters
make our people more enterprising and indus
trious. In our climate manual labor gives a
man more strength and better appetite. |
am now cutting pine with the boys, and | can
make \ pine stump p feet in diameter in a
very short time.
Our public schools have been kept up well
abreast of the wants and needs of the people.
The graduates from the farm, the workshops
and sawmils have made Maine what it is.
We send college graduates to Congress; they
don't do much because they are waiting for
the men on the farms and at the forge to tell
them what to DO. rhe future Of NJ 4ine is in
the hands of the farmers, mechanics. artisans
and the wage earning multitude in the fac
tories, The way to continued and increased
prosperity is through higher wages for labor
and better schooling tor children.
| anticipate pleasant season at the reunion
and paving season. too, as l expect to buy a
large amount of "S5-cent dollars" Them