Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-04


], the concurrence of the House in the PROPOSE
tion of the secretary for joint convention
TO be held forthwith in the representatives
hall for the purpose Of electing secretAr,
I of state, attorney general, adjutant genera
and seven executive councillors.
The Senate came at twenty seven minutei
past twelve O'Clock and . convention wa.
then forme..
In Convention.
On motion of Senator Hiucklcy Of Sasads.
hoe, the chair appointed the following com
, nittee to receive. sort and count votes fol
Secretary of State. From the Seua;e Mes
srs Hinckley of Sagadahoc, aud Poor OF
Cumberland. From the House, Messrs Cole
of Brookliu, Woodsum of China, Race OF
Boothbay, Thomas Of Audover and Whitten
of Lee.
un motion Of Senator Hill of Androscog-
gin. the following committee were appoint
ed TO receive, sort and count votes for At.
iorney General, From the Senate, Messrs.
Hill Of Aadroscoggin and Austin Of Lincoln
From the House, Messrs Foster of Stets5 ~,
Allen of Wellington. Winter of West b ,th
Lamb of Westhrook and Thurlow Of Cutler
The committee appointed 10 receive, sort
and count votes for Secretary of State, sub
sequeRtly reported;
Whole number of votes cast ln2
! Necessary for choice. II
| John Smith had
| Augustu, + Moulton had II
| Oramandsl Smith had 1877
The repor, of the committee was accepted
and oramandal Smith having y maj iity of
the votes cast was elected Secretary Of
State for the current political years of 1889
and 1880,
On motion of Senator Dsggett Of Pi.cata.
quis, the Chair appointed the following
| committee to receive. assort and count votes
for Adjutant Genera. from the Senate,
Messrs. Dagger OF PiscAtaquis. and CLARK
of Aroostook, from the House, Messrs.
Green of Portland. Mitchell Of Ne~feld,
Goodwin of Skowhegan, Field Of Auburn,
and Cote of Biddefori.
| The committee appointed to receive. assort
and court the woes for Attorney General
submitted the follow ing report
| Whole number of votes cast, l4S
Necessary for = cbdce, IS
j. W. Montgomery had l8
| tharl's + Littlcf,ld had 1870
| The report was accepted and Charles Il
Lit,letield was duy elected Attorney Gen
eral of the state for the current political
years of 1889 and 1890.
| On motion of Senator Wright of Oxford,
the following committee was appointed to
receive, a,Gort and couI I vote. for Executive
| Councillors
From the Senate, Messrs Wright Of Ok
ford, llobrook Of Washington. From the
| House, Messrs. Bennett of Darforth,
| DirgIey of Casco. Puiington of Minot,
Gurus of Paris, and keegan of Hamlin
| Plantation.
The committee appoin ed to receive, assort
anc count votes for adjutaat general submit
ted the following report
Whole no. of votes cast, l53
Ne, essary for a choice, II
| John j. Lynch had II
| Henry M. Sprague had 1856
The report was accepted and Henry NJ.
Sprague having majority Of the votes cast
WAS duly elected adj utant general for the po-
litical years of 1883 and 1870.
| The committee appointed to receive, as
sort and count the votes for Executive Coun-
C lIrs subsequently reported;
| Whole no. of votes cast, 1852
| Necessary for choice II
| Fret district, James +. Bracket had 1882 /;
second district, Tobias Lord of S,andish, had
1872; third district, s. W. Carr of Bowdoin-
| ham, hac 1872; fourth district, Daniel W. Al
len of Fairfield. hal 1872 fifth district. vii
| liam I. Cobb of Rock land, had l32; ,ixth
district, Sis c. Hatch of Bangor had l30 |;
seventh district, Ansel NJ. LumbeIt of Houl-
ton, had I32
First district, Atwood Levensaler of Thorn.
aston, had 20; second district. Elwin N. Full
Ter of Bath, b vi 20; third district, V. G.. Will
son of Portland, had 20; fourth district, q. +
Sewall of Oldtown, hal 20: fifth district,
John A. Nadeau of Fort Kent. had 70 ;
sixth district, Edward Ware of Ath, ns had
20; seventh district, Jesse II. Cook of Lin
ington had 20; Eiward simpson had /.
The report was accepted, and tobias Lord
of Standish, 3. W Carr of Bowduinham,
Daniel w. Allen of Fairfield, William +.
Cobb Of Rockland, Siias G. Hatch of Ban
gor, and Ansel NJ. Lumbert of Houton,
having majority of the votes cast, were
duly elected councillors for the current
political years of 1889 and 1890.
On motion of Senator Sleeper Of andre
scoggin, the rules were suspended and a
message was sent to the councillors elect
informing them that the two branches of the
legislature were now assembled in conven.
tioi and ready to administer to them the
oa,hs required 10 qualify them to enter upon
the discharge of their official duties
| Senator Kendall Of York, moved that
Charles Z. Littl, he d, Gen. Henry NJ
Sprague, Oramandal Smith a. d the council
ors-elect be no flied OF their election for the
political years of 1889 and 1890.
The secretary of the Iou,e reported that
all the officers had signihed their a. c. ptan 70
Of their respective offices With the exception
of VIM. r Cobb of Rockland.
Senator Sleeper rene we'd his motion and
> was directed to notify Hon Oramandal
Smith Of his election as secretary of State
Hon. Charles + Littlefth of his 81, cti IN q.
attorney general, Gen. Henry NJ. Sprsgue OF
his election as adj uiant general. and Me,srs
James T. Bracket, Tobias Lord. \. w
Carr, Daniel W. Allen, William +. Cobb
Silas G. Hatch and An.el NJ. Lumbert oi
their election as executive counc, ,lors for tn,
current political years of 1859 a, d 1880
Senator Sleeper subs. que ntIy reported
that he had attended TO the duty sssignet
J him and that he had received communicative a
from AL Of them To the effect that u ey woul,
attend upon the convention forth~ ith
1hereupon, at twenty -one minute, pas
one o'clock, the Council-elect came In, an
IN the pr. sence Of the convention. before tn,
president of tn. Senate, took and subscribe,
the oaths Of Office.
The purpose for which this convention
was called having been accomplished. the
senate retired
On mo in II Mr.. Sponord Of Bucksport
that gentleman was appointed to conduc
Geo. NJ Warren of CAstine to the G Jverno
to take the required oath. and subse quentl,
reported that he had performed that duty
whereupon Mr.. Warren took his seat in tn
> House.
On motion Of Mr.. Clifford Of Auburn.
Ordered, That the .crs tary Of Stat
be directed to present to the clerk Of tn
+ House one copy Of Worcester's q1Arto die
u tionsry, one copy Of Weost-r's unabridge,
dictionary, one copy Of the Holy Bible on
copy Of Cushing's manual and one copy q
LippincOtt's Pronouncing Gazetteer.
On motion Of Mr.. Robie of GorhAEn,
Adjourned.