Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-03
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
OUR LAWMAKERS.
They Are Getting Their Feet
Placed for the Legislative Winter.
-Four Horses On Augusta House Coach. asd
Every Room In house Taken.

For weeks TO come the capital city will be
in the hands of. not the enemy, but the
representative men of the good old State OF
Maine, whose constituencies have sent
them down here to make laws for the pub
lie veal, provived no mistakes are made
They will be with us today in force. They
began to come in on the afternoon trains.
They came on the evening and night trains.
Mr. Gorham Towle, the veteran whip of
the Augusta House coach and familiar
with every public man in the State from
Kit,ery to Fl. Kent held the reins over four
finland as he drove to and from the station.
BY o'clock every room in the hotel had
been spoken. You may be sure the candi-
dates were not missing among the faces
that congregated at the Augusta House last
evening to talk things over. good many
prominent men were early on hand, and
among them were noticed these, hose bold
signatures adorned the register as follows :;
A. X. Savage, Auburn; W. NJ. Nash,
Cherry field; II. NJ. Leighton, Columbia
Falls Josiah II. Drummond. Portland f.
NJ. Higgins, Limerick: +. A. Powers,
Houiton; Austin Harris, East Machas; II.
Gilbert, Canton; John X. Ames, Machlas :;
S. S. Brown, Wateryille: Fred Atwood,
Wintcrport; \. +. Fernald, Winterport;
Don A. II. Powers, IIoulton; Samuel n,
Campbell, Cherry field: Fred +. Richards,
= Portland: C.. A. Mccullough, Cal
ais; II. S. ShepherJ, Rockport :;
Albion Little and II. s. Osgoo1 of Portland !:
J. S. Clark. Calais; A. +. Herrick and j..
NJ. Philbrook. Bethel: A. x. G. Smith and
II. S. Partridge, Whitefield; +. +. Timber
lake, Phillips; J. P. Swasey and j. c.
Swascy, Canton; j. W. Wakefield, Bath
A. F. Crockett, NJ. S. White
and S. NJ Bird of Rockland; Chas.
+. Littleield, Roekland: II. II. Chamber
lain. Bristol; George Pottle and Chas. Wal
ker, Lewiston: J. W. Mitchell, Auburn; n.
t. Hlinkley, Phillips; q. II. Boothby ,Saco !;
A. F. Carleton, Winterport, and G. l..
Farrand. Gen. John Harper, Lewiston.
was among those present last evening.
The matters discussed were principally
the candidates. of those desiring to fill the
offices connected with the two branches of
the Legislature, and councilorships and
committees. For the latter among those
present were noted Hon. Fred Atwood of
Winterport and he had good many of his
staunchest friends present His leading
competitor, J. X. Mears Esq, of Morrill,,
did not arrive last evening. One of the
liveliest contests of the legislative offices
seems to be that for assistant clerk.
of the House, and the candidates, G.. w.
Jones, Esq, E. Maynard Thompson and J..
G.. Swasey, had their friends there last
evening Mr. Jones and Mr.. Swasey were
on the field themselves. Each spoke conf
IDENTIFY of the result, as did the friends of
Mr.. Thompson. There is another lively
and, what appears to an outsider, quite
close contest on the taps among those who
want to be assistant messenger of the Sem
ate. Frank Oak. j. 4. Ashford, A..
II. Whitmore, Byron Crawford and
a MIR. l.ezotte of Lewiston are
candidates. and there may be others.
Senator Spears friends claim that there
will be no considerable opposition to him
for president of the Senate, if any. There
was but little general discussion of this
matter in the hotel lobby last evening.
Hon. A. X. Savage was present and doubt
less contempling the matter of committees.
tied will occupy two days time for the large
majority of lawmakers.